Morning journal and courier., 1882-10-07
Board of Education.

Regular Meeting - Several Matters Of
 Importance Discussed-No More Shows
 to be Advertised at Public Schools.
 meeting of the Board Of Education was held last evening present, Messrs. Welch (presiding) Zunder, Harrison, Peck, Plum kett Parmelee, Pond, Strong and O'Brien.
 The Committee on Schools reported that the evening schools would open on next Monday evening; also that the Webster school would not open another room. The same committee also recommended l that the use of the High school hall be grant- ed the Teachers association and also for g course of lectures.
 1 The applications for the abatement of school taxes, in accordance with the recom- l nendation of the tax commission, was 1 passed.
 l The application of James Walker, of Or l ange, for permission to send a child to the High school because he had paid taxes in New Haven for twenty years was read. The Board thought, as the child or children of ! Mir. Walker could not be enumerated in the l district, the petitioner should be given leave | to withdraw unless the regular tuition were paid, this being the rule of the Board. 1 It was stated that tuition for scholars out l side the district amounted to $1, 800. ] Mir Zunder thought the capacity of the l High school would have to be increased at an ! early day to accommodate the scholars of | New Haven alone.
 school was discussed. Mir. Zunder thought | that such building could be advantageously l erected with two rooms additional for recita. ! ton rooms.
 | Superintendent Dutton said that his idea ! was to erect a training school somewhere in hn nyJ0T 0TreIfr of Ina ln6 dkr ! thought that the young ladies had not receiv. l ed that experience as teachers in the training | schools that was required. They had often ! been taken from the training school before they were competent to teach. l Mr. Zunder said that he thought the teach CTS should be thoroughly drilled before they ! were placed in charge of classes so that the
 Board would not have to go out of the dis l trict or State to hire teachers. | Mir. Harrison said that after years expe
 rience the graduates of the High school had | not the natural aptitude for teaching While
 many of the young ladies who graduated ! from the High school were very intelligent ! yet he had observed that they had not the ca pacity for teaching. He therefore thought
 that the idea of training school was in the
 interest of the district as financial measure ! The idea that scholars who graduated from
 the High school should be appointed teachers 1 because they had thus graduated did not l work we'll and hence the necessity of going
 out of the district to employ competent ! teachers
 Superintendent Dutton said that he would
 recommend that the training schools have competent head or male teacher at libera
 salary, who shall have general supervision
 over these schools and the result would be
 to the advantage of the district in the line o1
 economy. He thought the training of the | young ladies as teachers should be put ! against their services.
 The matter of new school building wal I referred to the School committee to procure pencil plans and submit the same to the next meeting.
 MT. Parmelee brought up the breach ot the rule in regard to shows and entertain
 ments as in violation of rule long age adopted that provides that no exhibitions shall be advertised or schools dismissed or account of any show or exhibition.
 Superintendent Dutton said that he thought some of the principals had broken the rule in this particular, but he thought they had done it under misapprehension. He thought,
 however, that this sending of show bills and [ the distribution of the same was great hui. sance.
 It was agreed that the superintendent! should call the attention of the principals to the rules and request them to observe the same, so far as shows and public exhibitions ] are concerned.
 ! Adjourned.