Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-01-05
EDUCATION.


Committees EepoSts-Lotn AutEur..s;:-.,;
Street Schoo. to lie Furnished IhrouSl,
Quietly superintendent Report
Amendments to Liutea, Nr.
4 stated meeting OF the board rf ,3l;rcg
ors of the Lancaster city school ,:lSv:!c-
was held il common couhcil chamhcv la,r
evening.
The following named members were
present
Messrs. Baker, Breuemsn, Brown. Dyri,r
Cochran, Darmstetter, Eberman. Exams,
Hartman. Herr. Johnston, Marshall, Oh
lender, Rlub, Eelnensnyder, Rhc.tds,
Richards, Riuswalt, Samson, SchweHcl,
Siaymaker, Smeyeh, \. J. Snyder. f G
Snyder, SpurIier, Waricl. Christian
Zecher. George ". fischer and Le:ersond
president.
Mr.. Evans, from the finance comn.tte-,
presented the following bills, which having
been examined and approved. were ordered
to be paid :Stoner, Shreine: & CO. nl,lze..
$500 w D, Sprecher II Son. ndZ,., So :;
Finn & Wilson, nile, $500: Cha~. H.
Barr, books and stattn;,ry So .tj Ian
caster gasiisht and fuel company, for
gas, $3.50; X. N. Morrow, carpenter work,
$500; Phares w. Fry, maps en- rollers,
&C., Sl6.15 Baum gardner, Eberman .tS
Co., lumber, fire brick, sc, $lS.4J Sam :
son Eesb, hauling, - cents; David P,ntz
paving brick, 81 10; S. Boyd Martin, doar
checks, collars, Sc, s23; Henry Young s,
Son, smithng aud lock mai:iug, S1i % :;
Jacob Ro,harme!, brooms, So; IL. II.
Huber. repairing at high school. So
Mr. Evans also presented bill from
Finn " Wilson for $6S 25-inc!uding
500 for q Messhon heater for the Lemon
| street school building. Mr.. Evans said
that when the contractors put in the
heaters at the Lemon street building tn,
| property committee objected that they
were too small to heat it, but the contrac
tors declared they were largo enough and
gave guarantee that they would heat
the building, promising, if they We're not
| satisfactory, to put i'll others without ad-
dltlonai expense to the board. When
cold weather came en- last winter. it WIS
found that sufficient heat could not be
furnished, and the col ljractors put in at
their own expense two additional portable
| heaters. These have SINCE been removed
and :; lew Messhon heater has beon put
| in and Il bill of $50 has been presented for
it. He declined to approve the bill until
made an explanation.
hC OholAA VI tIlG COittUllItct ItJ
being present, action was at tho suggestion
| of Mr.. Hartman postponed.
Ar. Evans offered the following preuu,-
bio and resolution
RcsOlced, That for the purpose of paying
the Indebtedness contracted By order OF
| this board, tor the erection of the school
house, on corner Of New ana Christian
streets, registered bonds Uf tho board to
tho MT nF : -I, I,.,;
! nomination of $500. The said bonds shall
bear interest at the rate OF per cent. per
annum, from February /, 1888, payable
quarterly and redeenablo ut the pleasure
| of the board at any time after February /,
1888, and shall be payable on February /,
1898. Each bond shall be signed by the
president, the secretary and the treasurer,
| and the corporate seal of tie board shall
Dc attached thereto.
| Sec. .. An annual tax of one sixteenth
| of one per cent. on all subjects OF taxation
| for school purposes, is hereby levied to
| pay the principal and interest Of the above
loan. col!ectablo end payable as Other
school taxes.
The resolution wa; unanimously
adopted.
Mr. Rhoat.s from the corumittc On furni.
tare and apparatus presented the follow
ing report:
LANCASTER, Jan. 4, 1888.
In compliance with the order of the
board your committee on furniture and
apparatus advertised for proposals to
furnish two rooms, primary department
Of the New street school building. Two
| bids were received One from the Key
stone school and church furniture com
pany and Que from tho Buffalo hardware
| company.
! The contract was given to the keystone
company. at $290.7O this sum including
enc additional recitation bench for Miss
I tittcr's school and two black board point
! :,rS.
We examined the charts referred to us
by your order and have decided to pur.
| chase two of Appleton's tor the primary
schools i'll Manor street, and four Swim
| ton S for the secondary schools OF Lemon.
James and ROckland street, ard Miss
Brubakers, on Duke street.
In this connection your committee ask
instruction as to where these charts and
similar specialties shall be purchased ;
whether from Mr.. &. II. Barr, under his
contract. or from the special agents repre-
sentinS the publishers.
II. 4. RHOADs,
A. OFFENDER,
CT. EBERMAN.
On motion it VAS ordered that the charts
! recommended! by tho committee be pur-
| chased wherever they can be obtained the
cheapest.
Mr.. Johnston, from The committee on
text books and course Of obstruction, male
a report favorng the introduction into the
boys high school of Steru's Studtem md
I3audereseu, az :. reader for use by the
; class in German. The report was accept
cd aud the book adopted BY a unanimous
vote.
Mr.. Rhoads, from the committee on
| night schools, reported that the average
attendance during the past month was
Is at the boys and 42 at the girls night
school.
The city superintendcnt's report was
read as follows:
Te the Board Of School Directors:
GENTLEMEN Your city superintendent
presents the following report Of the pub
lie schools for the month of December
The whole number Of pupils enrolled
was In the high schools, 232 ; in the
secondary, 1,043; in the primary, 800
total, 3,241. The average attendance was
215, 91S and 1855, respectivoly-total,
2.76S. The average percentage was 81