Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-03-10
manifest itself in frequent visits to the
SUPPLEMENTARY READING.

SUPPLEMENTARY READING.
The need of plenty of proper and suit
able reading matter in addition to the or
binary school reader, in order to teach
this fundamental branch of education, is
felt in our schools. Unless plenty OF
matter is provided, either at home or IN
school, the pupils do not learn the art OF
reading, but simply commit to memory
the pages of their school reader. In our
schools an attempt has been made to
teach reading by practice in reading, and
the senSeless custom OF drilling pupils
upon the selections of the reading book
until they can repeat them by rote, has
been replaced by more rational method.
The use of current literature suitable to
the several grades has been encouraged.
The Teachers library has furnished at
least three sets of readers to every
grade for sight reading: Lathrop's
Young Folks Monthly reader,
Harper's Young People, Swinton's Sup
Elementary reader and others have been
used in several of the schools, the pupils
eagerly supplying themselves with such
reading matter In this way pupils read
three times as much as formerly, and
become acquainted with new words: not
by continued drill upon them as they
occur in single school reader; but by
meeting them in new combinations and
by practice upon new and fresh reading
matter.
MUSIC.
l have received communication from
Prof. PREM asking permission to give
concert, with the assistance OF thousand
school children, at the close OF this school
year during the last week in June. He
represents that this plan has always had
the effect of stimulating work in his de-
partment, and that his arrangements are
such as not to interfere with other
school work. AS this will furnish him
an opportunity to exhibit to the
patrons of the schools the results of the
al instruction of our pupils, and as it will
occur at time when it will not distract
the attention of pupils from the severer
studies. recommend that Prof. PREM
be authorized to arrange for this concert
in accordance with his plan.
GLOBE AND OUTLINE MAPS.
A globe and set of outline maps are
needed for the jackson school. | recon-
mend the purchase of a set of Camps
Outline Maps and an eight-inch globe
and stand, like those furnished to the
other schools Respectfully submitted,
B. F. WRIGHT, Superintendent.
That part of report relating to pur-
chase Of maps and globe for jackson
school was adopted.
That part of the superintendent
report relating to Prof. Prlem's con-
cert was laid on the table.
The committee on property submitted
the following report:
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PROPERTY.
Your committee as directed advertised
for proposals for the erection of school
buildings On st. Anthony hill and Day
toms Bluff, and received the following
bids:
st. Anthony
Hill. D.yton's Bluff
White. Red White. Red.
Wicken d Remur 1o,046 1875 1926 15,54S
T. Reardon. 80. j.. 81 ,000* 81 O0O%
Farrell & Cooley. 16,OOO 1860
*For both white.
There were also bids from Chas Leon
ard, Bowling & Ely and McArdle & Ri
word, but as they were accompanied by no
bond, as required by the advertisement,
they were not considered by the commit
tee.
The committee recommend that the
buildings be both of sChaska brick, and
that the contract be awarded to Wilcken
& Remur for the erection of the two
buildings for $31, S72, and that bond
be required in the sum of $780, 900 for the
satisfactory performance of the same
The committee recommend the purchase
Of lots 20, 81, % block 5, Woodland Park
addition, corner Mackubin and Laurel, for
the sum of $1,000, as a site for the new
building on St. Anthony hill.
We also recommend the purchase of
lots 6, Z, 8, 9, 10, block 81, West St. Paul,
thinking it an eligible location to be used
in future for school purposes.
1t is with pleasure that the committee
announce an occurrence so far as we know
hitherto unprecedented in the annals of
the Board, VIZ, the purchase of block Al,
Lyman Dayton's addition, for $500 less
than the price at which the board ordered
it TO be bought, l. e., s., 700.
E. j. ABBOT,
Chairman.
The recommendation of the Committee
awarding the contract to Wilcken 81 Rel
muir was adopted by the following vote.
Yeas-Murphy, Turner, Dufrene, Alb
bolt, Kerr, Benz, Weed, Athey, Hamil-
ton. Richeson, Donnelly, Mr.. President
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Nays, none.
lns Hamilton offered the following
resolution:
Resolved, That this Board adopt the re-
port of the Committee On Property for
the purchase of the lots on St. Anthony
hill, and that they will provide at an
early day a school building suitable on
the lots owned by the Board at the cor
ner of Grand and Grotto streets
Adopted by the following vote:
Yeas-Murphy, Turner, Dufrene, Alb
bolt, Kerr, Benz, Weed, Athey, Hamil-
ton, Richeson, Donnelly, Dir. President
IL
Nays, none.
The recommendation Of the committee
en- property relative TO the purchase of
property in West st. Paul was adopted
by the following vote:
Yeas-Turner, Dufrene, Weed, Athey,
Hamilton, Richeson, Donnelly, Lineau
s
Nays-Murphy, Abbott, Kerr, Benz
Inspector Benz moved that the old
school property and building in West St.
Paul be sold for $3.50 or more.
Adopted.
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