National Republican., 1880-06-25
PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD.
Special Meeting of Trustees Last
Evening.
selection of sites for New school Buildings
Proposed Utilization OF the Corcoran
square - Routine business - Tho
King Scholarship--iIon. Ho-
ratio King vmdicntes tho
In cgrity of History.
Additional Educational Facilities Proposed.

Additional Educational Facilities Proposed.
A special meeting Of the board of school trus-
toes WIS held ut the Franklin school building
last evening for tho purpose Of TAX ing action
for the purchase of tho necessary sites and tho
erection and completion of the school build
ngs provided for in The act of congress op-
proved June 4, 1880. In tho absence of Mr..
Matthews, Trustee Curtis was called to the
chair. The secretary read the call for tho
meeting, aftor which the chair invited sue-
ecsLions Us to the locations Of tho buildings
Mr.. Baldwin, from the committee on build
ings, after stating that the D's rict Commits.
siOners were disposed TO rtify any action that
the board might take in the premises, sub
mittod tho following, which was adopted
Reg0'rtd, That the committee BUILDINGS and
fti,Atrs recommend to me ooard mo nuvfsaouIy
of locating Gh0 public school building for The s1-S-
Ond division on the Corcoran market SQUARE
fronting . street, and the grounds to he embraced
Oh lots TO IL inclusive to depth OF not less thnn
| $50 feet.
Regarding the location of the building for
The seventh division there was considerable dis
cussion, Mr. Baldwin offering u motion that
IL be placed in the second subdivision which
Mr. Curtis moved to amcnd by inserting
lteorgctown The amendment was lost and
the motion of Mr.. Baldwin adopted.
1t was decided that tho building in tho
second division should bo constructed after
the Henry" plan, aud that in tho seventh
division after the Force building" plan.
The resignation OF Mrs. Annie ". lIefle-
bower rs toachor Of school ], grado 5, to take
effect June 30, 1850, was accepted Mir. Loyejoy
paying high tribute to tho lady for the abiI-
ily with which sho had conducted the school
under her charge.
Applications for positions MS teachers wore
read and filed from Mcssrs Addison Dent r.
j. Bollin aud William G. Ewing and for iani-
tors positions from w. =. Allen aud George
X. T.. Hunter.
Mr. Brown, of tho sixth division, submitted
a report recommending the erection of Il school
building in AnsCDstia, ut "A cost not to exceed
$1,000 aud asking that The plan therefor bs
referred to the committee on buildings and
repairs. Tho reference was ordered.
communication WAS received from Hon.
Horatio King stating that tho Ereajpg Star, in
Us last report of the proceedings Of the board,
had committed certain errors in giving a his
tory of tho King scholarship" and giving a
correct account of the subject.
short discussion followed, during which
Mr.. Lovejoy stated that since 1855 twenty-
three scholarships have bacn awarded, nino Of
which wens to the rst division, six each 10
the third and fourth divisions, and two 10 the
second division. The first Columbia college
scholarship was given IN 1865 by the faculty
of tho National Medical college. The Ken
dali scholarship was not given until 1869.
The letter OF Mr.. King was thcn referred 10
the committee on annual reports, with re-
quest that they give history of the different
scholarships and embody in 1t Mr.. Kings
correspondence.
Tho board then adjourned.