The Portland daily press., 1879-11-25
School Committee Meeting.

The monthly meeting of the School Com
mittee was holden last evening, His Honor the
Mayor in the chair. There were present Messrs.
Burgess, Smaller, Chadwick, Libby, Burrage
and Gray.
The record Of the last meeting was read and
approved.
The report of cases of corporal punishment
was read by the secretary.
1t was voted that there be no session of the
High School on Saturday after Thanksgiving,
An order requesting the city government 10
petition for change Of the city line among
the Islands, 80 that no island shall belong to
Portland and any other municipality, was
passed.
The following were passed:
Voted, That in view Of the fact that the
easterly line Of the city now divides Crotch,
Little Chebeague, Hope and JewelTs islands
in sjich q manner as to embarrass the admins
tration Of the school department and III view
of the further fact that by slight change in
the line a better division of the same can be
made.
Ordered, That in order to effect the above
objects the City Council be requested to ask
the Legislature to change the easterly bounda-
~ line of the city as follows, viz: Beginning
at the intersection of the line of the towns of
Falmouth and Cumberland and the city of
Portland, thence south 74o 30 east {true meri-
diam one and twenty one thirty secondths
statute miles to point on Chandler Cove;
thence due south TO the open sea; and to give
due notice of the same as required by statute.
Whereas, The school accommodations in the
eastern section of the city are at present insult
ticient to meet the requirements of the school
population; and, whereas, this board is OF the
opinion that q new school house, of size suffi-
cient to accommodate 300 or 100 pupils is need
ed on Munioy Hill
Voted, That the city council be requested to
consider the ACCESSIBILITY Of taking immediate
action with reference to the erection and lcca-
ton Of such a school house.
The subcommittee recommend the follow
ing changes in the course Of study in the pr-
mary schools and geometry In the grammar
schools;
In Arithmetic the third class shall take the
fouI fundamental rules, including in their
practice examples in United States Money and
Decmals as far as three places, excluding the
multiplication of decimal by a decimal and
the division of decimal by decimal.
In Geometry, chapter XVII, omit from
section to end Of the chapter; in chapter
XXVIII, omit sections 3, 3, and 4 in chapter
xxx, omit from section to the end of the
Chapter in chapter xxx, omit from section
to the end of the chapter; in chapter XXI,
omit from section to the end OF the chapter;
in chapter XXXIII, omit sections 10 and II;
in chapter XXXTV, omit sections 4, 3 and 6.
Omit all after chapter XXXIV.
1t is required that the teachers in the sec
ond classes, primary, shall take up in Arith'
metic, Factoring and Fractions, and the tables
in Denominate Numbers, with constant and
and daily review of the four fundamental
rules.
The teachers, he first classes, primary,
shall take up Denominate and Compound
Numbers, with daily and constant practice in
the four fundamental rules and Fractions
with special regard for quick as well as accu-
rate work.
This recommendation was passed and adopt
ed by the Board.