Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-08

schools, us well as to increase their Gil
ciercy and secure the best results from
their operation, Your committee respect
fully recommend, first, that Mr.. Matz' s
school DC made exclusively a secondary
school for the study of English and Gec-
man second, that hereafter no children Of
the primary grade shall be admitted to said
school; third, that the primary children now
in Mr.. MATHS school be removed to that
OF which Miss Zuercher is principal, where
there are Eow only two teachers, and,
fourth, that al additional teacher, quail
fled to teach German, be employed to
teach tho German primary department, to
be thus established in Miss Zuercher's
school.
With these changes it is believed VIC
shall have a complete system OF German
schools, properly graded and adequate to
the demaud, as we shall then have two
primaries, one i'll tho cast and one in the
west, as feeders to tho secondary school !;
whence these who qualify themselves are
transferred 10 the high schools, where tho
study Of German may be continued.
WM. MCCOMsEY,
G. REIMENsNYDEE,
LUTHER RICHARDs,
JOHN Il. WAHFEL.
WM. A. MORTON.
LANCASTER, Dec. 1882.
Ellis Pad.
Mr. Evans, from the finance committee,
presented the following bills which, hay
ing bccn approved, were ordered to be
paid
J. Z. LippcEcott, for books, chart, Sc,
S10G. SO; Dorwart, Benedict Il Co., for re
pairing b!ac!,boa,is, s1.3j Mrs. Con-
stein, Tor cleaning and scrubbing school
outhousss, Sc Henry Haverstick, for
corncots, 81 Myers & McLain, repairing
heaters for high school, s325 A. A.
Hubley. glycsrine, glue, &c, S1.95 Eli
Il. Powl, omnibus hire, s. Thomas Il.
Cochran, legal services, s27.75 Steinman
s. Hepsei, advertising and printing,
s1G.75 Jacob Rothermel, brushes, &C.,
$3.50: +. LOWS Noll, brooms, So; VIM.
Ii. Batemau, work Oh blackboards, s4.O5 !;
Pennsylvania School J0nrna:, subscription,
s43.75 Geo. II. Smith, kindling wood,
81 Finn & Wilson, mdze., S134.9G.
Treasurer's Bond.
Mr.. Eyans presented also tho official
bond OF Wm. o. Marshall, treasurer elect,
with d. p. LocLer, John B. Good and
Geo. A. Marshall as sureties in the sum Of
$3.50, 900. The bond was approved.
Mr.. Johnston, from the book committee,
reported verbally that Prof. Clever,
teacher of languages in the boys high
school, asked that tho German work, en-
titled "S.udien und P;audcreien' be
adopted as y reader for the class in Ger
man in the high school. He moved that
it be referred to the committee on text
books Tor further examination, and that
they be instructed to report to the board.
Mr.. Slaymake:, from the property com
mittee, asked permission to have new
springs placed on tie doors OF the Lemon
street school houses. Granted.
Dir. Siaymaker further reported that
tie new school building Oil New street
was progressing satisfactorily, and asked
that the committee be authorized to ad-
vertise for proposals for school furniture
for the same.
The monthly report of the city superin-
tcndcnt was read as follows:
LANCASTER, Pa, Dec :, 1899.
To Hc Bourtl of School Directors:
GENTLEMEN : Your city superintendent
presents the following report OF the pub
lie schools for the month of November.
The whole number of pupils enrolled
was In tho high schools, 234 :; in the
secondary. 1,1GS in the primary, 1867 ;
total, 5, 500.
The average attendance was In the
high schools, 222 i'll the secondary, G92
in the primary, 1,7G3; total, 2,917.
The average percentage was 80.
The attendance in the night school, was
o. in the male and II in the female, with
an average attendance Of - and 36 re-
spectively.
The teachers report II visits made by
directors as follows II. r. Breneman, 4 4;
W. A. Morton, IA !; G. Schwebel, 4; w.
McComsey. Z; II. f. SIaymaker, 16 Dr..
NJ. L. Herr, j. NJ. Johnston. 4 ; A. ].
Snyder, 6 E. J. Snyder, 6 c. Zecher, 1 :;
F. w. Haas 5, and Jos. Samson, 5.
They also report 100 visits made by the
city superintendent.
Very respectfully, your obedient ser
want, X. X. BCEHRLE.
The amendment to the by laws proposed
by Mr.. Hartman were read second time,
and laid over, under the rules.
Mr.. McCOmsey moved the adoption of
the foregoing report of the experimenting
committee.
Mr.. Warfcl at some length gave his
tory of the German English school under
the management respectively Of Profs.
Stenmuller and Matz, and explained his
reasons for opposing hasty adoption
of the proposition made two
months ago to reergauizs the school
He asserted that under Mr.. Matz's mana.
cement the school had not been sa:isfac-
tory in some respects that some Of the
changes made hastily by the board had
been expensive and had not worked well :;
and he alleged that the principal cause OF
complaint was Mr.. Matz's too frequent
absence from the school. But as that
trouble will now cease, and as there is 4
growing demand among our German
population for increased facilities for in
struction in German, and We would lose
the German influence in favor Of common
school education if this is not granted, he
would give the report of the superintend-
ing committee his support.
Mr. McComsey defended tho report of
the committee and Mr.. Aatz's manage.
mcnt of the school. He eulogized Mr..
Steinmullcr, but declared that the school