Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-06
Total Average NJ
Enroll Attend ca
Total. ............ $3.50 5,515

| Total .............. 49, 0,0l0 III
The jackson school will be ready for oc-
cupancy Monday, Jan. 10, 1881. | suggest
that the house he formally dedicated to the
purposes for which it was erected on Monday
morning, Jan. 10, at 10 A. NJ.
| 1t will be perhaps impossible to arrange the
boundaries of this new district in accordance
with the preference of every portion, and at
the same time give the needed relief to the
overcrowded rooms of the Madison and Neill
schools, but it is believed that the following
arrangement will in the main be satisfactory.
| recommend that pupils of the first, second
and third grades residing in district bounded
| by Gautier street. extended to Jay, Jay to Far
| rington avenue, Harrington avenue to Carroll,
Carroll to Mackubin, Macubin to Marshall
avenue, Marshall avenue to city limits, be adj
mitted to the Jackson school Tuesday, Jan. IL.
| The salary of the principal OF this new school
| has not been fixed and l suggest the same sum
as that paid to the principal of the Monroe
| school.
There arc needed for the schools several
maps of Minnesota. The schools are plenti-
| fully supplied with maps of Africa, Asia and
Oceanica, but only one school has map OF
our our State. As the purchase would not in
volve the expenditure of large sum recon-
mend the purchase of wall map
of Minnesota for each school.
desire to report to the Board the successful
operation of the system of instruction in vo-
cal music inaugurated at the commencement
of the present school year. Although too
little time has elapsed to speak confidently of
what is to us an experiment, yet the results al
ready attained are to me wonderful. In orr
high school Prof. PREM has glee club of
forty members that gives excellent promise
for the future, while in all the schools and
even in the lowest primary natural musical
taste and ability are being constantly discov
ered At the last session of the State Edu-
cational association held in this city at which
of few months enthusiastic work, this new
feature of the st. Paul schools
received favorable notice and at
tention. The instruction in music has,
instead of taking time from other branches,
given new zest to school-life and promot-
ed scholarship. Respectfully submitted,
B. +. WRIGHT.
That part of report on purchase of
maps, on motion of Inspector Murphy,
was laid on the table for the present.
The balance of the report was adopted
The Committee on Schools submitted
the following report:
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON SCHOOLS.
The Committee on Schools report the
designations of Mrs. Flagg of the fourth
grade in the Franklin school, and Miss
McKenty of the first grade in the Jeffer
son, and recommend the appointment of
Miss Lulu Marshall for the Franklin and
Mrs E. Alcott for the Jefferson school.
GEO A. HAMILTON. Chairman.
Accepted and appointments confirmed.
DR.. Abbott, chairman of the Committee
on Property, reported that the jackson
school would be completed next week,
and on motion of Inspector Abbott the
Board was to meet at the school to ac-
cept the building Friday, Jan. 18th, 1881
at 10 A. NJ.
The Superintendent invited the mem
bers to be present at the dedication of the
new Jackson school, Monday, Jan 10th,
at 10 A. NJ The invitation was accepted
and the Superintendent and the Presl
dent was instructed to prepare a pro-
gramme.
Adjourned to Saturday, Jan. 18th, at
7:3O P. NJ. ]. G. DoNNELLY, Secretary.