Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-02-12
Board of Education.

Board of Education.
| Regular meeting OF the Board of Educa.
| ton, Feb. 5lb, 1879.
| All Comm ssioners a nd the Supt. present
| President Sweeney in the chair.
MIMI es ofprevious meeting read land ap.
| proved.
| The Supt- read a memorial from the
teachers representing to the Board wheth er
it would not be adv isabie to extend the noon
recess OF our school session.
Com. Ambrose moved that the same be
extended II minutes.
Com. WILDER offered an amendment to tie
above resolution making it 20 instead of 10
| minutes.
After discussion both the motion and
| the amendment were withdrawn.
The COMMITTEE on Finance offered The
| following report:
Your Committee res pectfully report that
hey have carefully examined the following
accounts and recommend their allowance
| as reported:
G. e. Lane. text books, 6 blls) $40 SO
WI. Button, text books bills, S22.45;
.. S. Cook, text books, 81 %; Ivison, Blake
nan, Tay Tor & Co, text books, Sc Geo
),
O'Bryne, sundies 1920; HamIin & Ford,
coal $40; Habhegger & Co brooms * cts
John Kraft, repairs 81 05; August Heuschpl
wood $loa.7o; Straw & Murphy, sundries
6U cts.
J. Ford,
M. AMBROSE, Com.
J. MCGoLRICK,
On motion of Com. Ruebhaussen the re-
port was adopted, and the accounts allowed:
The Special Committee appointed to ex-
anime into, and report on the ACCESSIBILITY OF
burning wood or coal in the furnace of
Union School No. 2 reported as follows:
Your COMMITTEES finds that, by actual ex-
pertinent it has been proved that soft coal
may be burned in one Of the furnaces of
said school, whereas in the other it has
proved failure on account of the gas es.
Gaping and entering the rooms through the
registers.
Your Committee also find that coal can
be bui ned at ap expense which is from
to / less than the cost of wood.
Your Committee believe that the burning
| OF coal will not damage the furnace any
more than the burning Of wood, especially
when a moderate fire is necessary.
Your Con nittee recommend the procur-
ing of coal for said school, and burning the
same when but 10 oderate fire 10 required.
Your Committee also recommend that
| the Janitor of said school, be instructed to
saw all the wood used there cutting it once
M. AMBROSE,
JOHN FORD. Com.
E. G. GEBLER,
On motion Of Com. WILDER the report
was adopted.
The Committee on Text Books presented
the Following report:
TO the Hon. Board of Education of the City
of Watertown:
In compliance with your request, the
reader question has been carefully investi-
gated, and finding that the Supt. and the
great majority, OF our teachers consider n
change desirable, and prefer Appleton's
Readers to sny other series, your Committee
therefore recommend the adoption of Ap
pleton's Readers in the place OF Wilson s
| at as early period as your Hon Body may
| deem expedient, provided that a satisfactory
agreement as to price and terms can be
obtained.
WATERFOWL, Feb. LIST, 1879.
: 5 ;s:S ;s:s: Com.
On motion OF Com. WILDER the report
was adopted.
Com. WILDER offered the following resolu i
ton
Resolvad, That the Com. On Text. Books
be, and they hereby ara authorized and in
| slructed to carry the above report into eff
| feet, under the provision therein contained.
| Commissioner GaebIer offered an amend
meat 70 the above resolution, that the Presi /.
| dent O.: the Board and the Superintendent
| be added to the committee for the purpose
| mentioned.
Both the amendment and the resolution
were adopted.
IN motion of Commissioner Gaebler, the
sum of $25 was appropriated out of the
| Tuition fund for the purpose Of buying the
| microscope now on trial in Union School
| No. /, provided the same be in good con
| dition.
! On motion of Commissioner Ford, the
| Superintendent was authorized TO buy the
Annals Of Howard College, volume 8 at
| n price not to exceed 80. the money to be
| taken from the Tuition fund.
| On motion of Commissioner Gaebler the
| evening school WIS continued for Ave weeks
from the 10th inst.
| On motion Of Commissioner WILDER, the
microscope now in use in Union School No
l was to be transferred to Union School
| No. 2 if the new microscope (for use in
| Union School No y was bought.
The Superntende Mt offered the following
preamble and resolutions:
WHEREAS. A bill entitled ga Bill to
Cheaper the Cost OF Text Books" has been
offered by the Text Book Commi ,sion of the
Legislature of Wisconsin, and has been in
trocuced therein; and
| WHEREAS, 1t is our conviction that said
bill II 1T should become q law would be
detrimental to the educational interests oil
the state in general, and particularly to the
city of Watertown: and
WHEREAS, The system of free tex,
books is now so successfully in operation iu
the schools OF this city, and we find the
same the cheapest tina, can be devised, if we
be permitted to buy our books from the pub
l'shers directly as heretofore; therefore,
tsesoIved, That the Hon j B. Bennett,
State Senator, sand the Hon. H. Finn,
Member OF Assembly, be, and they hereby
are requested to use all of their influence
| either to Dreypn said hill from hocom;nr n