Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-11-10
THE SCHOOL BOARD.



1T COMPLETES ITS ORGANIZATION.
MIR. Msrshall draws tho Lucky Lot That
Makes him Treasurer-HOW the Dcau-
lock Was lsr0ken.
Tho Lancaster scaOOl board having
failed at stated meeting last Thursday
evening to complete its organization
owing to tie vote and dead lock in the %.
lection Of q treasurer, al adjourned meet
ing was held in common council chamber
last evening. All the members of the
board were present-1S Democrats and IL
Republicans.
DR.. John Levergcod, who was elected
president at last stated meeting and Geo.
w. Zecher who was elected secretary,
took their seats and briefly returned
thanks for the honor conferred.
President LevergOOd stated tho object of
the meeting-the completion Of the Or
ganizatiOn-and said the first business in
order would be the election of treasurer.
The roll was called and resulted in IS
votes being cast for VIM. o. Marshall,
Republican and 1S for Henry f Stay
maker. Democrat, as follows
For Mr.. Marshall-8Iessrs. Baker,
Breneman, Brosius, Brown. Byrne, Coch-
ran, Eberman, Evans, Cast. Hartman,
Herr, Richards, Samson, Schwebel, Slay-
maker, Smeych, Spurrier and Warfel.
For Mr.. Slymaker-Messrs. Carpenter,
Darmstetter, Haas, Johnston, Marshall,
McCOmsey, McCOnomy, Morton, Oblsn.
der. Raub, Reimensnyder, a. J. Snyder,
E. &. Snyder, G. Zecher, G. W. Zecher
and LeversOOd, president.
A second and third ballot werc taken
with the same result.
Rev. Reimcnsnyder said it was evident
an election could not be effected by con-
tinuing the ballOting. He moved, there
fore, that three members from each side of
tho house be appointed 4 committee Of
conference to devise = compromise.
Mr.. Cochran moved to amend by allow
ing the contesting candidates TO se!ec:
their own members Of the committee.
The amendment was accepted and Mr.
Marshall chose Messrs. Hartman, Evans
and Brown. Mr.. Slaymaker chose hiessrs.
Carpenter, Morton and Raub.
The committee retired and after brief
absence returned and, through their chair
man, Mr.. Hartman, said that they had
agreed if it met with the approval Of the
board to decide the matter by lot.
The board by q unanimous vote accept
ed the proposition.
The committee again retired and on
their return announced that tho lot had
fallen to Mr.. Marshall.
Mr.. Marshall was thereupOn unanimous
ly reelected treasurer for the ensuing
year, and in brief speech returned thanks
for the honor.
On motion of Mr.. Haas, John Laucks was
unanimously re elected janitor for the en-
suing year.
On motion of MIR. Eberman the salaries
of the secretary, treasurer and messenger
were fixed the same as last year.
Chas. H. Barr, books and stationery,
$685. New Era printing and advertis-
ing, $21.65 Chas. Eschbach, lot of
ground, New and Christian streets, $1,.
800 ; Francis Aukamp, 1,675 loads of dirt,
$S3. rs John p. Schaum, mdze. and labor,
$50. IS Examiner, printing and advertis-
ing, $12 9j John s. Givler & Co., mdze.
$3277; Fred'k. Brimmer, coach hire,
$14.50 A. G. Kepler furnaces and mdze.
S31O.15 :; Geo. Pontz, painting, s35 !;
Samson Itesh, 12 loads ashes, So !;
Xavier Rcitsche, for hauling ground,
$4.G5; Levi Powl, fencing and labor,
$3.50 Joseph Samson, $10.25; David
Pontz, ground for Manor street school,
S14.49; Daniel G.. Baker, esq.,, profession
al services, $222.75 Samuel Snyder, white
washing Manor street school, $40; Slough
& Son, stepiadder, $3.50; to new bench
and repairing other benches, SO; Stein
man s. IIensel. advertising and printing,
1926 John Farnum & Co., fOrtv-eight
loads Of ashes, SLIGO; Guthrie s. Son,
glazing at Lemon street school, $2.25.
Mr.. Hartman from the property commit
tee reported verbally that the day follow
irg the last stated meeting of tho board
tho committee had purchased Il piece of
ground on New street on which to erect \
school house and had contracted with Mr..
Burger for its erection at 4 cost of Sc, ,504,
and that the foundation walls were already
up and the building would DO pushed
rapidly to completion.
Nr. Samson from the night school COM
mittce reported that Messrs. Gable and
Gates had been appointed assistant teach
ers in the boys night school, and Miss
Harkins in the girls night school.
Mr.. Warfel, from the experimenting
committee, to which had been referred tho
matter of raising the grade of Prof Ma:z's
German and English school, reported that
the committee had not been called together,
it being understood that the functions of
the committee lapscd after the October
meeting.
Rev. Reimensnyder said the matter had
been referred to tho committee with in
structions to report at this meeting.
DIR. Herr said that unless the committee
reported ut once he would insist on his
motion made at last meeting that MIR.
MATHS school be raised to the grade of a
full secondary, and that tho primary pupils
he transferred to Miss Zuercher's school.
Tne chair ruled that the motion was not
now in order, but could be considered
when in order. ..t.
The monthly report Of the city superill-
tendent was read as follows
LANCASTER, Pa. Nov. 2, 1882.
To the Board of School Directors:
GENTLEMEN.-Your city superintend-
ent presents the following report of the
public schools for the month Of October :
The whole number Of pupils enrolled
was. in the high school 235. secondary
1. .123, primary 1876 total 8, 335.
Tho average attendance was 21S, 1000.
1, ,7O5 aud 923 respectively. The average
percentage was So. ','
In addition to the above, :here wero
enrolled in tho night school on South
Duke street 125, aud in that on West
Chestnut street 81, with an average at.
tendance of So and As respectively.
The teachers report 121 visits by the
city superintendent, and 20 by directors as
follows: J. b. Warfel 1G, J. w. Byrno Is,
F. w. Haas II. l.. Richards g.. DIR. J.
Levergood, j. w. Jackson, and Joseph
Samson each 4, DR.. NJ. L. Herr 3, A.
Offender 2, II. r Broneman, II. E Slay-
maker, Rev. G. Riemensnydsr, each l..
Very respectfully your Obedient servant,
II. X. BUEHRLE.
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