The daily gazette., 1880-02-24
W. ]. Morrow,
b. r. HEIsLER,
HENRY p. GRUBB,
HENRY EcKEL,
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HENRY p. GRUBB,
'rH.n HENRY EcKEL,
Committee.
The Committee on Finance present
ed the following estimate of expenses
of the schools for the fiscal year:
+ Salaries, $54, 495; books and station
cry, "a, sos !; fepairs, 81, 757 /; fuel, $2,-
458 gas, water, insurance, etc, 1914;
Superintendents supplies, $500; Secre-
tary and Treasurer's supplies, 300;
contingent fund for expenditures that
cannot be estimated for, 81 1921; total
expenditures, 6.600; revenue expect
ed to be derived from the trustees of
the school fund from school district
No. 10, 81 600; amount required from
City Council for school purposes for
the year ending December 31st, 1880,
$65, 900.
The committee to whom was refer
red the communication of DIR. Max
we'll, (Which has already been pub
lished in full in the GAZETTE,) were
discharged from the further consider
alton of the subject.
THE GEOGRAPHY QUESTION.
There are some members of the
Board, who are determined to spend
money without due regard to the tax
payers, nnd further, which is almost
as vital, without due regard for the
scholars who attend school. 1t ap-
pears from their action last night that
about the time the pupils become used
TO a text book some members are de-
termined to take from the pupils the
books they have been studying for
about a year, and supply them with
new ones, which action has the effect
of putting them back in their studies.
1t has not been but year or SO,
since the Board voted to do away with
Mitchelps Geography, and introduce
Warren's Primary. The pupils had
hardly become conversent with War
ren's before an agent of Harper Bros.
visits the city, and proposes to furnish
Harper Brothers Geography at 30
cents per piece for one year, IN ex-
change for Warren's Primary.
The Book Committee To whom was
referred the proposition, reported a few
| meeting nights ago In favor of using
| Haiper's Introductory Geography In
place of Warren's Primary.
The report was laid over from time TO
time until the meeting last evening
when Mr.. HeisleT called 1t up. for hnal
action. In doing so he spoke at some
length In favor of the change, not on
| The merits uf the book but OH the score
u economy.
Mr.. Keni spoke against the change and
denied that it would be economy to In
Iroduce the new books, but on the coll
trary proved conclusively that It would
cost the Board over four hundred dol
lars. He had sent out blanks to all the
teachers OF the schools, aud from the
answers that he had received there
would be about 1S0 Wanen's needed
during the school year, while # Harper''
are Introduced, there would be l6Ot
needed. The Warren's cost 54 cents
while the Harper's fol the present OF
during tue change would cost 30 cents
and after the change was made, ti'
Board would have to pay 90 cents fo
them. If we cha &c now, one montl
from now we may be asked to chang
again on the score of economy, becais'
other publishers will offer us as goo'
rates as Harper's.
Mr.. Lynch spoke against the change
and during his remarks became some
| WHat pbIbouh tOt winch hO ""o So'iO
10 older twice. He closed by sayin
! that he was not going to allow pc
scheme to pass through the Board by hi
r | vote.
DIR. Grimshaw said that he regrette
exceedingly that the Board did not des
J. in education, hut in fipny bits. He wa
!, opposed to the change on the ground
economy. There was no economy In th
change, because next year the booi
1 would cost 80 cents; when the Boar
e changed from Mitchell's to Warran's
i cost $1,000. He contended that II
z Warren's were superior to the Harper
:. in every way. He hoped the Boal
. would consider the matter carefully, al
i not make the change.
Mr.. Morrow, IN his remarks, stat
that one of the principals told him M
IT, Kent had instructed her to report
books that had the Lesson IN them
beisg In "good condition" Con:inuin
Mr.. Morrow said he had gone aroul
the schools and personally Inspected 9
Warren's Biographies. which he lou
In the following condition:
Entirely worthless. ...............s.'t
Will last till Sept. 1st............'....4
r Good boOas.. !
Tbs worthless books and those u
will hold out only until September il
N the Warren books will cost more than
replace the entire num or Of geograph
e nov IN The schools (i766J with Harp
es books.
Mr.. Kent, in reply, positively den