Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-15
THE sCoLAsTIC CENSUS.

the part of all concerned In the collection of this
| fund.
| THE SCoLAsTIC CENSUS
The secretary has taken the scholastic census of
the @ DIS since the last me meeting Of the
| These make an exhibit as follows:
No. of white males. ,42q
No. of white females. ......... ,653
Total whites 5,O82
No. of colored males. 1872
No. OF colored females. ,514
Total colored. 800
Grand total .......................... 1883
The returns gave COL as the grand total for 1s7S,
ana We d thus nave a. on 81 LIZ as mp
must be attributed Ii large degree to the fever OF
er of that fearful scourge which must have carried
off during its prevalence not less than one thousand
| children OF school age.
| COMMUNICATION FROM THE BOARD OF
| HEALTH.
On the thirteenth day of March. the superintend-
that the Various buildings owned or tented By the
school board i for school purposes; must be
conon at G TSs notice %Ss
submitted to Messrs TTezevant and Rallston of the
taken by me in person. that the sanitary work
speedily performed. Such portions OF khe work as
to the building committee. who will doubtless make
repor 1t is proper to say that found none of the
them needing some extra cleaning, which viii, 1
have no doubt result advantageously TO the health of
the general health Of the pupils in attendance upon
the schools has never been better than during the
the steady increase In the per cent OF attendance
which is affected by the sickness OF pupils than
by any other cause.
TRANSFER OF SCHOOLS.
In the communication of the board of health above
referred II, the superintendent was ordered TO close
the two rooms In the out building In the Count
street lot as being .'toi lily unfit for school pur
After consultation III With t the building com
the two schools were dismissed By me on Friday,
ing Friday and Saturday, dIfigent search was mace
by Mr.. Ralston and myself for location suitable
main building, but without success. wheTeupon, at
the suggestion Of Mr.. Randle concuIred in by the
Court street to the Smith grammar-schooI building
Market street, viz: Miss May with twentysiX, and
feasibIe for obvious reasons to transfer the TWO Dr.
mary schools directly affected by this order, and
hence selected two schools OF higher grade, the
pupils being OF such age to make it less incon-
venient to go outside OF their district Miss Mays
! the same floor with the high school. and the
frame room In the school yard was utilized to
twelve pupils of corresponding grade from Mrs. MIL
ler's room, which was crowded, to Miss Boddie,
schools and giving each about forty pupils. class
In the fourth first al the same time consolidated
with Miss LeWellJn's school at the Court street
building. This arrangement was made as a matter
or necessity and in Difference 10 the Views or the
economical standpoint. than to rent new buildings
and find II likely TO work very smoothly until the
END Oh the present ScnOOl year.
APPOINTMENTS ETC.
Mrs George g. Dent having resigned, Miss Annie
Cummings was, on March Sd, appointed to the va
cancy thus occasioned 1t remains for the bosd TO
elect her regular teacher, and to elect supernu-
mslaTY in her place. Respectfully submitted;
The board, by unanimous vote approved
the action of the superintendent In reference
to the transfer of schools from Court street
to Smith grammar school. The changes of
the schools were approved.
Mr.. Llwhora was sworn in as a member
of the school board from the pinth ward.
The order of the board of health as to the
improvement Of the sanitary condition of the
schools was received.
The report OF the auditing committee was
adopted.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
The report of the finance committee was
adopted.
The finance committee reported that ow-
ing the present financial condition of the
board, the committee does not deem it ex-
pedient to incur any additional expense for
buildings or teachers.
The finance committee further reported as
to the financial condition of the board, as
follows:
Amount due s. P. Read, treasurer. s 80 90
Amount due auditing bills to March 10th. $50 46
Amount due on bills which have not yet
been audlted ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS $50 70
Total amount due ...................S5 SIS, 602 09
The committee added that owing to recent
legislation in the general assembly of tbs
State, it was impossible to make any estimate
of the probable income from taxes or to say
when the committee will be able to pay the
amount now due.
The report was signed by Messrs. John E.
Randle and w. A. Goodman.
Other Business.
On motion of Mr.. Rhett, Miss Cummings
was confirmed as a teacher.
The seat of school visitor from the seventh |
ward having been declared vacant, Mr.. G. V. |
Rambaut was duly elected as school visitor
from that ward for the unexpired term. Ma |
jor Rambaut was sworn into office.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON TEACHERS.
The committee on teachers reported as fol- |
lows: For teachers at thirty dollars per |
month, so long as employed:
For White SchOOlS.-Misses Lena Berry, |
Lizzie Foley.
For COlored Schools.-Mrs. Green Evans,
Miss Ida Dickens, Miss J. I. Turner.
The report was adopted.
CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY.
Mr.. Goodman, of the committee on back
taxes, etc, reported In favor of employing an
attorney to attend to the interests of the
school board in the United Sta ties court and
IN the controversy over the receivership of
Memphis, which will come up in court in
May next. The committee was authorized
to inquire and report as to what amount an
attorney could be employed for. The amount
claimed by the school board from the city
would amount to about four hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, on bonds to be issued
for fifty thousand dollars annually for ten
years. OF this amount about eighty-6v
dollars had been paid by the city to
the school board. The committee was also
to investigate and report as to
claim of nine thousand dollars against the
city TOR privilege-taxes.
NEW BUSINESS.
The special committee on investigating the
books of the secretary, Major M 'Clune, re-
ported that the books were found correct,
and that the secretary deserved great credit
for his careful work in keeping such books.
The finance committee was authorized to
investigate as to whether money could be
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