The daily gazette., 1879-10-14
FIRST EDITION.
Board Of Education.


The first business done at the regular
meeting OF the Board Of Education, last
night was he Offering Oi the followiLg
reColnme ndation by Mr.. Nj Morrow, chair
man of the Teachers COMMITTEES:
WILMINGTON, Oct 13, 1870.
To the Board of Public Education:
Your committee on
teachers most respectfully recommend
that section ~ Of the Rules be amended
as follows: In thu first paragraph strike
1.-TWO" out of the fifth line and insert
"three' in it's place, and strike "eighty"
out nf the ninth line aud insert seventy
fiv." III Its place.
In fhe second paragraph strike "eighty"
out of the eiR hth line and insert "seveu-
N-five in It's place, and insert "two"
between "next" and annual' IN the same
liOe.
Ii these amendments are adopted, the
average required III the eeme Dtary
branches to get a permanent cer'it cate
will be seventy-tve Instead of eighty as
nov ,aDd the time for study of the higher
branches Will be three years instead OF
Two as now. The effect will be to make
| the examination soIur~ hat less d fhcuit
than tsey have been the last two years.
| These Inducements do not IN any way
change the examination of persons ap-
schools" The paper WAS signed b., the
cotuIDittee on teacher-.
On Mr.. Baird's motion IL was postpon.
ed until the next meeting.
Mr.. McIItire from the Committee on
Accounts rep rted school taxes To The
amount of 81 100 56 and tor slS7S ~ the
amount OF SY43.47 in the City Trea%urers
hands and on his motion an order for
those sums was directed TO be drawn.
| Mr. Guurau from the AnepiaI cpIuuit-
tee appointed to consider the Superin-
| tendents Annual Report, and to atvcr-
| tise for proposals for printing II, report
cd that two bios had been received AS
follow: Glatts g. Eek l. GOO copies for
500; Ferris Bros, 800 copies sos The
report was accepted and the committee
discharged.
A commu unication from A NJ. Butlor,
of Philadelphia, callii < atIeuti 10 rer-
tam wall cbai II mIde 10y linn, was pre-
seDred, read ard r. frrred.
| Mr.. Baird's resolution in reference to
opening a night school in school house.
No. 8 was referred to commit tee OF
three. COMMITTEE, Messrs. Baird,
ii eisler and Lally.
Mr.. Conrad offered an anne ndment 10
secuon ., OF the Rules, providing the
said section should Eot apply to No. ]
school. The section Us amended would
read as follows:
Sec. o. There shall be an interim. sio OH
of study anu recitation each morning anu
afternoon, of not less than fifteen, nor
more than twenty, minutes. In stormy
or very cold weather, the pupils may re-
u.aln iu the school room during the In
termission. Teachers are requested 10
encourage the pupils to 60 into the yard
for IA few minutes, during the inteTmis-
sion. "The prOvisisns OF this section
not TO apply to the several departments
OF ,chool No. l."
There was some discussion on this, and
finally, on DIR. Shorthdge's motion, II
was postponed by vote OF io3.
The Superinteudrnt's monthly repOr,
was read 1t shows absence OF j:
days from school on the part OF leach
! ers.
Mr.. Heisler offered tho following:
Resoiued That the Committee OF PUP
lie School No. 6 be- aul horizei tp NIL AZ
. vacancies in said school by promotion
! from various grades, and that the com
e mittee transfer all scholars that i've near
!. out belong TO other schools
- Mr.. Heisler, supplementary TO I'M
: resolution, said that he offered II be
cause there were children that belonged
TO other schools going to No. u, anu pre-
y venting Others from going that really oe
i longed there.
|
. tnple ON DR.. Shprtledge's motion.
> Mr.. Conrad presented the toilowin
paper from DR.. George Troup Max
e we'll:
y WILMINGTON, Del, Oct. 13, 1879.
e To the Board Of Public Education:
II GENTLEMEN: From the city paper
n and other sources, 1 have derived til
Is inform atom that you are suffering en-
is barrassment in the performance OF you
,r functions DIS Public Educators from II
40 sutliciency of school accom- odatlons AN
'e teachers; indeed of all he facilities fe
t. educating in the primary department
& and that, therefore, there are hundred
of of chldrt II in this city who are denied
er deprived of any opportunity LOT recei
ne ing education. Y Ou are not singularln th
NJ. re. ard, no wever, tor inquiry aud person
" observation have thought me that thel
IL are few, if any, cities in the country
d. which tho samv difficulties do not e.
o. ist.
.ir NV purpose In writing this does n
compr, hend or necessi'ate lbquiile IN
T.. the causes of this unhappy resut. Ii
- il II CERTAIN that a change IN the prest
ne syst. Ill which would restrict the cOut
N. or greatly modify the curriculum OF Il
,e- cider ana advanced pupis Is very unu
10: 81 abl, whil u its extension so as 10 IL
,er nish needed facilities for beginne
| would in, olive a Di eSent outlay LOT ouil
W. inps. &c, and an increase OF annual e
nd psnses for the maintenance OF 4
pc schools, which would be, perhaps,
,ys warrantable.
wo Give rue permiss ION, beg, to INV
all your attention to, aud careful consider
ton of tine "haif time SYSTEM" viii
hae commended itself to me as not on
desirable, but as successfully meeu
anu removing such obstacles as are nt
lying across your path.
In. The plan Is designated "hait-tna =.
TEN" b. cause, under IL, young cnilur
, are required to attend school "a or
'" hours each day, instead OF from o
hours, al under the system now IN
ar most universal operationin TINS count
The system Ia All its origin III Ensia
res over forty years ago, anu has oeen
successful Ope'at. on ever since. MI
era than 100, 600 children are being educa'
ON under it at the present time. III mas De
pc introduced into Germany tx enslve
,er- also. and to u limited extent Into T.
A"S country. ~ :.
tho "Engiand was compelle lled In tue earn
aan wears of tut, century To limit oy LeSis
tive action the excessive Iashs heh y
on great numbers Ufchildren IN factoii
She found before long that Inc su,
Ihe vav TO defend them from the cruei'
-r of their task masters was to insist
:. thar attendance at school during the
g dInarv period OF a single session ev'
e.a- d,v. and It was this measure, taken
H,st nnite AZ much from feeling of
lieu mainly AZ from "a sense OF The heen
htf far