Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-04

The monthly meeting of the board of
education was held last evening, present
inspectors Benz, Wilgus, Schiffman, Gil
bert, Berlandi, Athey, Murphy, Oppenheim,
president; Donnelly, secretary.
superintendent of InstructionWrioht ad
dressed the board, stating that the last
term of the school year had just opened
with an increased attendance of pupils,and
that six of the public schools.
VIZ: the Franklin, Lincoln, Madison,
Jefferson, Humboldt, and River school
houses are overcrowded with pupils. and
at the Monroe school thirty pupils eould
not be accommodated, or enioy school
privileges until the completion of the new
building now in progress of erection in
Clark's addition. Mr.. Wright also read q
communication from J. B. Peaslee. of the
! Ohio Forestry association, recommending
that the 4th of April be observed, by the
planting of trees, especially upon school
grounds. He also reported the gift to the
High school of valuable set of chemical
! apparatus by Capt. Edward Mcclure, be-
ing that gentleman's private laboratory.
He also read letters from Mr.. Joseph Wal
ter notifying the board that the portraits of
George and Martha Washington, donated
by j. j. Hill, were framed and in readiness
| to be placed in the several schools.
Upon motion, the chair appointed In
| spectors Benz, Schifman, Gilbert and
Kerr an especial committee upon tree
planting with power to appoint suitable
Arbor day, and arrange the ceremonies
| thereof.
Inspector Kerr spoke of the great value
of the gift of Capt. Mcguire, and proposed
a resolution of thanks and high apprecia-
| ton of the same. Unanimously adopted.
| Inspector Schlfman offered the follow
ing resolutions and Inspector Gilbert
moved their adoption, which was unani-
mously concurred in:
Rescued, That the board of education
desires to express its grateful appreciation
and acceptance of Mr.. James j. Hills
| graceful and appropriate gift to each of
| the public schools, of set of the auto
type reproductions of the Sharpless Wash
ington portraits, which have been pro-
nounced by the most eminent authorities
the most life-like and traest of all por-
traits of Washington, and destined to be
universally accepted as such.
RESOLVED, That the superintendent is re-
quested to have set of these portraits
hung IN some appropriate place in each of
the public schools, according to the wishes
of the donor, and realizing,sso far as St.
Paul is concerned, through the judicious
hberality and thoughtfulness of one of its
citizens, Longfellow's earnestly expressed
nope that these portraits should be hung
on the walls of every public school in the
land. a hope in which this board heartily
| concurs, in order that IS the increasing
| generations of children become familiar
with the face of Washington they may be
| impressed with the lesson of his patriotic
example.
TREAsURER's REPORT.
The report of Treasurer Refs was sub
mitted, showing the total receipts from all
sources from July 1, 1882, to April 1, 1888,
| Including $34,709.2O Oh hand July L,
1882, to be $184.635.93. Total disburse-
ments, $165, 118.6O. Balance on hand
April 3, $19,517.33. Ordered filed.
| REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON SCHOOLS.
The committee on schools has appointed
Miss E. Pierpont to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Miss Margaret Good
en-, teacher of the fourth grade Miss
| Hannah G. Ryan and Miss Clara Wilson
of the Garfield school, having been recon-
mended by the principal of the school and
the superintendent of instruction, are
recommended to the board for confrma-
| ton.
| 1t is also recommended that permission
| be given the teachers to present to their
schools the object of the Longfellow Me-
mortal association, which is to provide a
suitable memorial of our best loved poet,
the expense to be largely betrayed by the
school children of the country, no child
being allowed TO subscribe more than two
cents, which constitutes him member of
the Memorial association.
THE COMMITTEE ON PROPERTY
reported that seven bids had been received
for new school desks, and that as the bid
of A. H. Andrews & Co., OF Chicago, was
the lowest, and was favorable, its accept
ance was recommended. Adopted.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Inspector Kerr called attention to the
method of payment to the contractors en-
gagged in building the high school house,
by which those parties were at times
obliged to pay interest upon the warrants
issued to them when there was no money
in the building fund. The matter was,
after discussion, referred to the finance
committee, with power to relieve the CON-
tractors of the expense thus incurred by
them, SO far as may be proper.
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING.
A report was read from the architect
recommending the lowering of the boilers
for heating purposes so that use may be
made of the condensed steam with pump
ing. The committee on property were au-
thorized to expend $50 for the purpose,
Inspector Donnelly voting nay.
The architect also directed attention to
the fact that the specifications did not pro-
vide in the steam heaters contract for cas-
ing the coils of pipe, which should be done.
After discussion, in which all the mem
bers participated, the matter was referred
to the committee on property, with power
to actupon the recommendation, one vote
only being cast in the negative.
At 9:20 the board adjourned.
A Victim Goes for the Gamblers
In yesterdays GLOBE was the announce
ment of the sentence of one @. G. Will