Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-03
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Meeting OF Direct0rs-Eeports Of Commit
teeS-Sa1o Of BOnds-Cjty Sunerin
tondent's EepOrt-NishS schools
Opencd-vtsitOSs Present &c

tees-Saie Of Bonds-Cify Superin
tendent's HepOrt-NishS Schools
Opencd-Visitoss Present. &c
The board Of directors of Lancaster
school district met last evening, the fol-
lowing named members being present:
Mcssrs. Baker, Breneman, Cochran.
Eberman, Erisman. Evans, Haas. Harris,
D. Hartman. j. l. Hartman, jackson,
Johnston, Levergood. Marshall, Nc
Conomy, Offender, Reimcnsnyder,
Rhoads, Richards, Samson. Schmid,
Schwebel, Slaymaker, Smeych, Snyder.
Spurrier. Westhaeffer. Wilson, Christ ian
Zecher, Geo. W. Zechcr, Warfel, prssi-
dent.
Mr.. Baker, from the superinte nding
committee, reported that Miss Alice Gum
daker, principal Of one Of the Duks street
primaries, desired on account Of impaired
health, to relinquish the principalship and
exchange places with her first assistant,
Miss Ella Carpenter. and that the commit
tee had sanctioned the arrangement until
1t shall be otherwise OrdereGl
Mr.. Baker also presented the following
report
Tothe Bo1rd Of Directors OF the Lancaster city
Your committee to whom was referred
that point Of the report of the city super
intendent which recommends the changing
Of the old school building into single
rooms, respectfully report:
That at q meeting Of your committee
held October %, 1880, at which the civ
superintendent was present and presented
plan for changing each Of the three West
Chestnut street schools into three single
rooms, which met the approval ofthe COM
mittec, but in view Of the amount Of work
now demanding the attention of the prop
erty committee and the shortness OF the
time during institute week to do the work.
your committee deemed it it inexpedicnt
to make the change at present. by the
timo the vacation occurs next summer, the
board will have had some experience of
the working of the single room plan, and
it can then decide intelligently in adapting
the old buildings to that plan.
Respectfully submitted
DANIEL G. BAKER,
II. f. SLAYMAKER,
Luther RICHARDS.
On motion, the report was received and
filed.
Mr.. Evans, from the finance committee,
presented the following bills which, being
approved by the committee, were ordered
to be paid
j. +. Wickcrsham Il Co., for 80 copies
School Jou1na! 5i1.25; Stoner, Shreiner &
Co., hardware and sundrics $50. II Givlcr
Bowers 4 Hurst, carpctins &C., a3l.S2;
Chas II. Barr. books and stationery, 32Oi. 10;
Examiner, printing and advertising, S3G57;
Philip Myers, for labor. $3.50; A. X.
IIotiemicr, chairs, sla Urban & Burger,
benches, s1s ;J.B. Esbenshaiie ,cobs, SO so;
Alex McKillips repair vi school organ &C.,
$3.50; Andrew Land;s, co5s, $3.50; Ian
caster gaslight and fuel company, gas,
s2.4O; Inquirer printing company, binding,
S13.2J.
Mr.. Evans also presented the official
bond of VIM. o. Marshall, treasurer of the
board, which was approved.
A communication of James Black, rela.
tive to an over taxation OF his property in
the Second and Sixth wards, was read, and
it was ordered that an order be drawn on
the treasurer in favor of Mr.. Black for the
amount over charged.
Mr. Evans announced that the $40, 600
) per cent. loan advertised for by the
board had been awarded to Reed, McGrann
Il Co. at ) per cent. premium. they being
the best bidders.
City Superinten.icnt's Report.
The following report from City Superin
ten,lent Buehrlc was read:
LANCASTER, Pa, Dec. ., 1880.
oHc R0ard Of School Directors:
GENTLEMEN !: herewith submit to you
the statistical report OF the public schools
of the city OF Lancaster, for the month of
November. 1t will DC seen that the whole
number OF pupils enrolled was 3,3i2, the
average attendance, $3.50 ; the percentage
Of attendance, SO. The mlmbcs Of visits
made by the visiting committee was Is,
as follows: J. W. Jackson, G. Schwebcl
5 and DR.. J. Levergood, 4. Other di-
rectors made 81 visits, rs follows: j. Il.
Warfel III. W. JacEson.6; T.. Il. COch-
ran, 9; d. Hartman, i ii. X. Breneman.
4 II. j.. Slaymaker, 10; l.. Richards, o:
W. McCOmsey, 81. j. Hartman, 3; G.
2, and of seven visits the names
of the visitors were not reported. The
in addition to supplying Il
teachers place for Il day and half made
Al visits to the schools, meeting G4 teach
ers. The meeting of the teachers for pro-
fessional instruction were held as usual
Respectfully submitted.