, 1880-02-27
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

StHOOL Hu4lD4NG NtSlAhC43s
The Board Of Education held meeting last
evening, President Hoyne in the chair, and all
the members present except Messrs. Armstrong,
English, and Stensland.
The standing Committees Of the Board re-
ported favorably upon number OF bills. and
were instructed to issue vouchers for the
amounts. On the recommendation of the Com
mitteo on Buildings and Grounds, contracts ag-
grcgating $4,000, distributed among some thirty
Contractors, were awarded for tho building OF I.
school on the corner OF Wallace and Thirty fifth
streets.
scAMMoN~sCHooL PROPERTY.
Mr.. Keith, from the Committee on School
Fund Property, presented report advoc Ating
the renting Of the Scanl1non-S School property on
West Madison street to John n. Siryth for thirty
years at yearly rental OF s3,oa5 (being So per
front FOOT. Mr.. Smyth contracts to erect sub
stantial brick buildings at 4 cost of S40Uo with
in two years. and the present rental is su b1cct to
appraisal Mt the end OF ench term Of five years
Mr.. Keith snid that the property had been twice
advertised, and bids Of s., ,4tN and 5000 per year
had been received. The larger rental was Of
responsible, and 4 retldvcrtising failcd to bring
in any replies. He thought Mr.. Sulyth's offer Il
fair one. The report was approved, and Il rec
ommcndntiOn of the same Committee that three
frame buildings now on the lot, and nlso the old
Scammon School, be sold and removed, was also
adopted.
PAT oF TRUSTEE.
The same Committee reported In regard to q
claim Of Mr. ". K Sullivan for s., ITO on account
Of work done by him as Trustee in foreclosing
certain mortgages, that the Committee recog-
nized that he had claim for remuneration, but
they wanted him to consu1n1nate the snlc by the
delivery Of the deeds before they went into con-
sideration of the amount due. They recon-
mcnded also that bill Of $440 for advertising
the property in the Legal Nc1cs should be paid.
The report, Or ar least tho first half Of it, met
the whole job had not occupied half d day, but
It had been agreed that Mr.. Sullivan should be
paid 2n per cent IN the amount involved, and he
supposed this took the nature Of Il contract If
this were the case he would have to vote for the
payment. The report was amended SO as to
specify that the Board would pay what seemed
to be Justly DUE and in this shnpe it pissed.
TEACHING BOHEMIAN.
The special order was called up, being the re-
port Of the Committee On Text Books and 1il-
struction in regard to the teaching Of Bohemian
in the public schools. 4 petition had been pre-
guardians Of children receiving. instruc-
Hon tn the Throop School, asking that
these children be t0ught Bohemian. Mr.. Vocke,
Chairman Of the Committee. announced that he
had no report to make; while 1fr. Stone, on be-
half Of himself and sfr. Stiles, reported in favor
ment was. of course, designed to bring up tho
question of tcach1ng German in the schools, and
something In the nature Of a discussion WAS eI-
pected. This WIS shut OF by the previous ques-
uon being ordered, but n motion to adopt the
report OF the majority Of the Committee Was
lost By the following votes:
Fcas-Stone, Brcnan, Stiles, FTake, Curran-5
Ndys-VOcke, Keith, Bnrtett, FTankenthal,
Hoyne, Rlchberg, Delany-7.
The Committee on School Funds and Prizes
than Burr Fund seventeen sets Of Chambers
Encyclopaedia at $33 per set.
BIT. Stone said he could buy the book referred
to at SIS per set tthe American edition., and that