Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-02
THE SCHOOL BOARD:
Hll!s Paid-COllectOr ChOsen-RSoOks fol
IDdigeni Pupils-Abuses Discovered
Resolutions Offered aud


present:
Baker, Breneman, Carpenter, Cochran
Eberrnan, Erisman, Evans, Haas, j.
Hartman, Jackson, Johnston, Levergood
Marshall, McComsey, McConomy, Morton
Offender, Reimensnyder, RhGads, Rich
ards, Samson, SchwebeI, SIaymaker
Smeych, Spurrier, Westhacffer, Christian
Zechcr, Geo. W. Zecher, WarfeI, prcsi
dent.
MIR. Baker from the experimenting com
mittee presented the following report
which was adopted
To the Board OF Directors of the Common
Scnools OF the City OF Lancaster:
The superintending committee having
considered the subject referred to them, al
the last meeting OF the board. Respect
fully report:
That the number of pupils enrolled in
the female department OF the high school,
is 1876, and the number of seats is I29. The
committee recommend that the seating
capacity be increased sufficiently to receive
all the pupils applying for admission.
Secondly. That pupils in the female de-
part,nent be permitted to select either
Frencl. or German as regular study.
Thirdly. That the German classes III the
female department be instructed by Prof.
Matt, without additional compensation.
DANIEL G. BAKER,
WILLIAM MCCoMsEY,
JOHN w. JACKSON,
LUTHER RICHARDS,
II. Z. SLAYMAKER.
Lancaster, August 81, 1881.
Mr.. Evans, from the finance committee,
presented the following bills, which were
directed to be paid
Da:1 (, T. ID
S Bro, bricks for James and Lemon
street schools, S2O1 Christian Gitlich,
bricks, $72.15; Henry Shaub, earth,
So; Joseph Pool, labor, 1884 Louisa
Morrow, labor and material, slG.0j !;
labor, 1868; John KilIingcr, cleaning
and whitcwasling, $3l w. ii. Batcman,
painting, $50 DOrwart, Benedict & Co.,
plasterins. 81; Hquirer, printing, Sl3 !;
Anthony K!ink, cleaning, painting, &C.,
SIG Christ. Nauman, wlitcwasling, $50 :;
Bender & Holman, iron fence, &C., S7G4.-
50 NcD Era, printing and advertising,
$21.7J Chas. III. Barr, books aud sta
ticnary, sG5.4S Marshall & Rengicr,
glass and other material, $12.30 David
McClain, labor, SO Stcinman & Hcnscl,
printing, $l4D; Slough Il Son, re-
pairing desks, &c., $3.50 {; G. Scnsen-
derfcr, whitcwashinS and cleaning, S25 ::
John IIcnslcr, whtewashing and clean.
ing, slJ ii. +. Slaymakcr, tclegraphing,
&c. s3.74.
Mr.. Evans moved that a. Il. Warfel bc
appointed collector of unpaid taxes for the
ensuing year. The motion was agreed to
and the official bond of Mr.. WarlcI, with
John B. krcidcr as surety, in tho sum Of
So, 800, was presented and approved.
The proposed amendments to the rules
Of the board offered by Mr.. Baker at the
last meeting were read and laid over for
final action at the next stated meeting.
President Warfcl called John l. Hart
man to the chair, and, taking the floor,
mado statement regarding the unusually
heavy bills presented to the board during
the past year for books for alleged ''indi-
gent pupils. lie had investigated the
matter with some care aud found that the
board during the last year had paid for
books for such pupils the sum of S696.O7-
more than twice as much rs had been paid
during the preceding year, or any previous
year. This heavy amount had suggested
a suspicion that something was wrong and
he had investigated the matter. He had
found that some Of the directors had been
in tho habit OF signing every order for
books recommended 10y the teachers and
that teachers lad recommended the pu1-
chase of books without proper inquiry into
the indisence of the applicant, supposing
that the directors would make the neces-
sary inquiry. One OF the teachers Miss
JohnstoD refused to make application for
books for u pupil, because she knew the
parents were abundantly able to purchase
tho books. whcreupon member of
the board Of directors peremptorily
lprdercd the teacher to make the
application for the books. The
president also SAID that Miss Johnston
had informed him that books Of the same
kind ut the expense of the board had
been asked for and furnished to the same
pupil t,ctce during a single session, The
president further stated that it was in his
knowledge that other teachers who had
objected to make application for books for
alleged INDECENT parents have been
chased for pupils whose parents were in
ers keep q record Of the books furnished
pupils at the expense Of the school board.
Miss Huber is an honorable excep-
record, and there may be few other
teachers who are also entitled to credit.
but not many. The president concluded
his remarks by referring to the very large
number Of second hand school books to lie
had at the stores, and hinte,l that perhaps
a good many of them belonged to the
board. He offered the following resolu-
tions, though: he understood that other
members of the board had other resolu-
tions to offer which would probably more
fully cover the case.
Following were Mr.. Waifel's resclu-
tions !:
Resolred, That the experimenting COM
mittee be directed to prepare rules under
which text books may be loaned to in.
diSent pupils in the public schools.
That all such books should be consid-
cred the property of the board, the teachers
should see that proper care is taken of
them. and when they are no longer needed
for the purpose for which they were given,
they should be returned to the teacher to
he again used by other pupils under SINH
lar circumstances.
The teacher should keep record Of all
such books and see that they are all re-
turned, and the city superintendent should
be directed to have the rules embOdyipg
the above rigidly enforced.
Mr.. Cochran said that when the abuse
referred to by the president had reached
his ears he had drawn up the followin 6
resolutions which he offered for adoption,
though they did not perhaps cover the
president.
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