The daily gazette., 1880-12-14
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
REGULAR MEETING LAST EVENING
BUT LITTLE BusINEss TRANsACTED.

REGULAR MEETING LAST EVENING
BUT LITTLE BusINEss TRANSACTED.
The Board of Education met last
evening in regular session, President
Conrad in the chair.
The meeting was not called to order
until after o'clock, and it looked at
one time very much as though there
would not be quorum, but the men,
6ers kept dropping in one by one until
the necessary number were present.
The Finance Committee reported
$l3, OBS "a in bank 10 the credit Of the
Board, and on motion Of Mr.. Lobdell,
the proper officers were auth orizej to
draw upon the City Treasurer for the
December installment of So, $50.
The Committee on Teachers report
cd that they had appointed MissJ ennis
l.. Black to the position of First AS
sistant in No. Is. As there were some
objections to the report it was laid
over for two weeks.
The committee appointed for the
purpose of devising some means
whereby additional school room could
be procured, reported that additional
facilities were needed, and recommen-
ded the appointment of committee
on legislation to urge upon the coming
Legislature the passage Of an act au-
thorizing the City Council to issue
bonds for the building of two new
school houses, one in the eastern part
of the city and the other in the west
ern part.
Mr.. Hazlstt moved to amend the re-
port to the effect that the committee
appointed to provide more school
room, act as the Committee on Legis-
lation.
Mr.. Lobdell moved that the commit
tee be reduced TO three, and that he be
not one Of the number. The motion
was lost and Mr.. Hazlett's amendment
adopted.
Tho Committee on Revision of
Studies, moved that so much of the
Committees report that had been
adopted, that docs not confiict with
the introduction of new books 20 into
effect at onoe. Adopted.
Mr.. Morrow renewed his motion
made two months ago that the NoI-
NAL school be abolished. The motion
was on motion Of DIR. Shortledge laid
over Tor Two weeks longer
On motion OF Mr.. Belts the commit.
tees Of Nos. II and 1S were instructed
to notify the owners that the Board
would vacate the schools after March
25th.
The committee of No. 7 we're au-
thorized to have stove put in at a
cost not to exceed $25.
A number of locks were authorized
to be repaired in No. @, at . cost not
to exceed 80.
The committee of No. 10 were au-
school, and ask for proposals for doing
the same.
Mr.. Baird said that he had been in.
formed that number Of teachers were
violating the rule in regard to inter
missions. The children in some Of the
schools were not given intermissions,
but were dismissed that much earlier
in the afternoon. He moved that the
Superintendent be instructed to notify
the teachers of the rule, and see thai
it is observed.
Mr.. Lobdell desired to know Of the
Superintendent in what schools the
rule had been violated. He thought
there was no use having rules if tho
teachers were going to violate them
they might as well run the Board, Al
they do anyhow.
Dir. Shortledge moved that the wore
"recess" be printed in the teacher
daily reports. The motion was adopt
: cd as was also Mr.. Baird's.
Repairs were ordered at Nos. l ant
= Is and then ON motion the Board ad
journed.