National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-05-21
Meeting of the Board OF Trustees.

The Board Of School Trustees met at tho
Franklin School building last evening" Mr..
Curtis in the chair and Mr. j. II. Brooks secre-
tary. The committee on buildings and repairs
submitted their report on the plans for the
new school.houses authorized to be built by act
of Congress. 1t states that the plan of Mr.. p.
J. Lauritzen was entitled TO the reward, and
recommends that it be used in building the
new houses, with some notifications suggested
by the committee.
Mr.. Loveioy, from the committee OH course
of study, submitted a report approving the in
PRODUCTION of tho plan to have a common hall
for study, with adjoining rooms for Rotations,
in buildings having schools of grades 9, 4,
and 8, and recommended that in one of
the new school buildings this plan be fol-
lowed, and that the superintendent Of schools
be instructed to prepare detailed statement
of the arrangements necessary to carry out the
plan.
Mr.. Madison Davis submitted minority re-
port, in which he dsscnted from the views Of
the other members of the committee, and
| urged that If the experiment was TO he tried
| it should be made in some building already
erected. Tho reports were discussed at con.
| siderable length, nearly every member OF the
board participating, and finally laid over The
application of Miss Mollic Ii. Palmer for q pc.
sition MS teacher was read aud filed.
| Mr.. j. ii. Brooks, from tho committee on
buildings and repairs made u report recon-
mending that Mr.. Middleton, owner of the prop.
erty corner First aud Pierce streets be request
cd to inform the board upon what terms he
would erect building suitable to school pur-
poses on that property. Tho report was adopt
| cd and recommtted to the committee, with
| full power to act
Mr.. T. A. Lambert presented memorial
| signed by number of citizens residing at lie
Droit Park, asking that one of tho new school
| buildings be located in tho second instead OF
the third division.
| Mr.. Lambert then offered resolution that
| the board reconsider the resolution whereby
| the third district was designated as q site for
one of the proposed school buildings, and that
the second division be substituted therefor
A discussion ensucd, after which the subject
was postponed until the next meeting.
| superintendent Cook submitted his report
of the spelling examination 10 the colored pub
lie schools, which shows G,0l2 pupils enrolled
and 2,430 examined. A summary of the re-
suits states that the percentage examined Of
number enrolled was 40.4 per cen t.. present
9S.2 number examined, 1887; absent, 43
number of classes examined, 49, number o.
classes having pupils absent, AZ; average per
ccntagc of correct spelling third grade, 696
fourth, CTS; fifth, al; sixth, S5.7; seventh
S3.S, and eighth, 6S2 total average, 1873.
Mr.. w. II. Smith submitted the following
changes of programme in the closing days o.
the coored schools June IL, eighth grade
Eastern, 2 p. M. Western, 3 p. m. June II
Stevens and Miner, o u. m. Sumner, p. NJ
June 49, fifth subdivision, Chamberlain, 8 ain.
high school, l p. IN. June lG, second subdi
vision Tenth street, Fourth AMI L streets
Third street, and Franklin street, 8 am; j
L. Cook, p. IN. June II, third subdivision
Lovejoy, 0 g. m; Lincoln, p. m. June Is
fourth subdivision, Anthony Bowen, a. IN.
: Randall, p. M. June 10, / p. m, exhibit o
drawing, map-drawing, and penmanship, to b
held in the Sumner building
Mr.. w. S. Rheos moved that the schools b.
closed on Decoration Day. Agreed TO unani
mousy.
A motion of Mr.. Holland that tho report o
the majority Of tho committee on the cours'
of study be laid on the table was disagreed to
after which tho board adjourned.