, 1879-05-30
EDUCATIONAL.
The School Board Takes Action
on the Liquor Question.
II Will Grant No Leases Except OIL Con-
dition No Liquor Is Sold.
And that Tllorc Arc No Sunday
Performances Given.
d Report on Optional tudies-German,
Musio, and Drawing.


A-
The Hoard Of Education held a rcrular ncet-
Ing faht evening" President Wells In tho c.ar.
The ottler members present vera Inspectors
iloynes English, Arno1il, Jacobs PrltssinE,
Stone, Keith, 3rcnan. Frankonthal. null rakc.
On motion of Inspector Jacobs, the Commit
tee On atedals WIS authorized 10 purchase tho
usual prizgs awarded at slle e,i III tho school
ycnr.
On melton OF Inspector Arnold, the nonrtl
proceeded to the election OF teacher to supply
q vacancy in tho West Division I1lgt-schooI.
Tie election resulted in the unanimous cilo,yu
OF Mr.. L. o. Vail. Tic gent!eman's aaary was
fixed ut 81 $50 pcr nnnu,u, to datc from the
tine when lie eutcrcd upon his dutlcs.
On motion Of Inspector Arnold, tlc Commit
tee oil High School waB authorized to llayo pre
pared aid printed tic usual number of dlpto.
lnas.
scnooLs.TEs.
The Committee on Buildings mud Grounds
madc report recommending the acceptance OF
tho bid Of Ogden, Sheldon & Co., for school
site near the corner ot Ohio and Western aye
nuc, fur $1,000, payable out Of the nppropra-
tton Of 1873. The report Sas adopted.
The satnc Committee reported that they tatt
received a number Of bids for school.s!te at
the corner Of State and lnllann streets, nonc Of
which they could recommend, for tho reason
that they wcro too high.
1lcse was considerable tails about the des1ra-
bilisy Of school In this locality and general
expression OF regret thHt The realcetate met,
held their property at "kt.Ingn figures. Ils
upsl,ot Of It all wns that the Committee was
given further time.
Tho Committee on JapIto,s and supp1cs re-
ported recommending tllat tl,e coal and wood
contracts for 1S70-'S0 be Rwardcd as follows:
Two thousand toss large mud su,all orc to r.
l.. uodstron, & Co, At Al pcr ton: 25O tons
range, to Baker Bros, 81: 1000 tons Erie. =,
l., Hcdstrom Il Co,. s4.H0: 1.5rD toua rn,rc,
I'LL, Z. AIotior, 81: ID cords maple yoo1. Baker
Bros, eG.a5; 100 cords niue slabs, Baker Bros,
s8,BD. Tbr rcrort vos ndontcJ
Sory.. ~. ~ 'si.ost "!1s q,a'us' noop'eu'
recommended naming the three new schools as
follows: Corner OF Wood and Conercss streets,
nLasalle schon1 u. corner of r,no,,r I'M nt,,.'
or1rl.o s,ron.s ,fnra.a ,fna..u ~, a a''S n
Monroe Atnl Morgan streets, "Wcbstcf." Latd
oyer until the next macttng.
Miss Stewart wns gnnointci, n tc,c3er A. ,,,o
1i,n,J, a,,, .r,,. T1.a,' ,s.",.,.'. ., ~
A''eo4''' "''u a'ss o1ee" a. ae 1aaS'l1' ee''ool
OPTIONAL STUDIES.
The Special Committee to wl'om was referred
the subject Of optiot,a5 stulIe3 rcnortrd throrl,
pr.siaeus wo's It's Chairman, TINT tsy iyo Ind
madr an exhaustive investigation Of the subject
referred to thcrl ut, the statistics s11t.,,,ttcd
ai,ow, ,,,,. thnro ,ru. ,,ro,t tr,,n H., H. .t..
ment. Out Of q total membership of
t4,0tl March 10, 1870. in the Primary. t;ra,n-
..a ill.,, 1.,1 a.. CSC - -. ""'
M"tt NV" AA'eA oeAou's1 osio'S htFe atuuyHE
vocal nlt1sfc, 1,4e0 lind discontinued II ainru
Sent, s, 1878, 1890 Ind tal,cn It nm Mt some
, r ~ ' -. "A0 '"',~" ~ Ap ~ eo''ss
time or other, but did not now PURSUE it; 1.31S
a,,ona,,on. n, d. ,..,+ so y, m" ~ va' No.
'tudylhS II Haa 6'p. IN driving, out Of total
membership, March 10, 1879, {u a1l schools of
~, ,50o o. ycro pursuing ti,e ,,udy, IN hod
asoppou II since Sept !, 1878, G14 lad
hmt ,ynro ,,nt wv. n,t n
rn, nar,+ ,,rc mc'e ~ nps hnn. ,, aM w. pcr
f:,.n,., ~, ~ ao"' - w. nnticr u
=. ,.s f unt ~ ."@a. KY " uls!sons
l6ip, Jul were netually pnrsutuc The htuly nj
i it,at date, 10 had dropped It since Sept. ],
1873, 1910 had pursued 1t nt one time or
another, umd were not pursuing it nov, nl tic
percentage Of pupils studying Gcrman III d.
Fls!ous where 1t wa6 taught was a3.6.
Inc majority Of the Gomn,ittue, nftcr a'carc-
~ u consideration 81 ING subject, presented the
!o!!qMallg resolutions tor lho consideration of
tit beard:
l. That tho present System of teaching Gosman
has mt bcen entirely satisfactory.
;, =. That Hcrman should o. continued In the nub.
slo setoo!s. Wilh such noulAcnton ~ Will render
W.T.. J.. IN M Ia. ntaHen tno.s esielGht,
.sne.s n eonue,,r a uHo1s fe1ns essenn
tfIa rranmnr uraIrss WV 4'"N' - oo' "'"' JUL"
i. That tI,e study Of German bo commenced In
tho nfth grads and continued AZ 4 craIeI cuutso an
through! thc grammar grnrs; anil tlat to insruc.
tion bc enicfel OIL at tl'o commencement Of tIo
contsa only. e1cept when pupils aru found quill
f'gd t. ~, cntGs y existing eisasss.
tan n i . s1PS,x r. n fSn1nS , to ,nsras