Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-09-19
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The Official Relations Of the District
Commissioner % the Schools.

SCHOOLS NEXT YEAR.
At an adjourned meeting OF the Board of Public
School Trustees, held yesterday afternoon, the
port OF the committee on ways and means on the
letter OF the Commissioners of June 26th last re-
lattng to accounts and supplies was taken up. This
report, which was made at the last regular meet
Ing, provided for making acquisitions on the Dis
trict Commissioners through the committee on
ways and means
Mr.. BIRNEY'S SUBSTITUTE.
Mr.. Birney offered substitute for the report, in
which, after referring to thedecision of the Com
mssioners that "the providing for all repairs and
supplies for schools is directly connied to their
CHI rge," sets forth that heretofore the respective
functions Of the school board and Dis
trct government have not been clearly Defined"
and concludes by suggesting 'thaJ the Commits
SionerS Shall employ their apDOinteeS, the two
perlntendents. IN the duties OF the business de.
partment exclusively, and shall assign to them for
thai purpose an office in the District building and
tht tne trustees shall be left free attend ed
ucatlonai IN tfterS with the aid ami through the
fnstrunentality Of the eight supervising princi-
pals who are appointed by this board and respon-
siblc to II. The suggestions OF the Commissioners
In regard TO acquisitions strike us favorably ex-
cept that the acquisitions for school supplies
should originate, we think. with the supervising
principals, and should be approved by the COM
mitt c on supplies"
Mr.. Brooks said the substitute was essentially
different from thu report and he claimed that TO
adopt 1t would be to make the board one Of no
responsibility.
MIR. Curtis said the superIntendents were entirely
appointed for specified term the superntendents
were. like Melchisedek, without beginning or
ending.
THE SUBSTITUTE LOST AND THE REPORT ADOPTED.
The substitute was lost and the report was
adoptad. Yeas-MesSrs. Baum, Brooks, Clarke,
Purvis. Smith and Warner, 6; nays-Messrs. BIrney
AMI Curtis, g
NO ADDITIONAL TEACHERS FOR Mt PLEASANT.
Mr.. Birney called up the question of appointing
an additional teacher at Mt. Pleasant, and said
hat although the schools there were not full. it
Vas because there were not teachers enough.
Mr.. Warner reported what was said at the pre-
viOuS meeting as to there being but an average of
thirty pupils to each OF the teachers there. He
Stated that the City schools We're crowded to over
flowing. and tn, additional twenty schools had
BEEN established as follows: First division, two
SCHOOLS; second five; third, four; fourth, two;
NTH f;' one, n an ssventh an ! eThtt. six;
motion to red that there shall b, five teachers at
The MI Pleasant building, and it was lost.
The proposition TO employ an additional teacher
at UniOntOwn was lost
GREEK IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.
Mr.. Birney Offered resolutions setting forth
that "a knowledge OF Greek is not necessary for
at the military or naval academy of
,ne eo United states, at either OF the great inst
university or at Cornell or Johns Hopkins" that
''the Washington High school Is neither college
short and It's teachers too few for thorough In
struct!On in branches OF learning much more USE
ful than Greek" and declaring: ~. That Greek
sh Ill not be taught in the High school, but that
one course or the three shall be adopted to qualify
graduates OF the High school to pass the exami-
nation for matriculation at any and all of the
academies, Institutes and universities above
named. TIL t no text books shall be adopted
for u'e In the High school or the lower grades of
Tue public schools without the previous consent OF
the board" The resolutions were referred to the
on teachers.
MIR. Warner offered resolution, which was laid
over, that hereafter local committees shall not
lake steps to tit up any new school room without
nr.t receiving the approval OF this board.
N, M curtis offered resolution which was adopted,
as school OF the fourth grade.
NOMINATIONS, ASSIGNMENTS, PROMOTIONS, &C.
The committee on teachers made a report as
follows: Accept resignation OF Miss NJ " Os-
burn, acting teacher. sixth grade, first division,
AMI Mrs Rachel j. Floyd, sub-assistant second
division.
>, Temporary certificates are issued as follows:
First class-Dorinda E. Rodgers Emma A. DOYLE
and Emma J.R0se. Second class-Parker n B alley
mi George ii. Cardoza. Third class-Wm. Quinby,
Jonn Freeman and Charles II. Butler. Fourth
The fol owing lists of nominations, promotions,
nssignm -nts, etc. are recommended: First divi-
ath to 5th, Mary E. Chase; 3 to Atm. Lily F.Spack.
UNI; ID to Sd, Mary j. Davis and Mary E. Mozart
Assignments OF graduates OF Normal school,
second grade, N. Grace Ravenburg: first grade,
Emma E:senbeIss and josephine F. Bells.
Nom IN, B. Patterson. acting teach
er, To 9th grade; VIM Quinby, do. 9TH grade.
Principals-Frankltn building, E. G. Kimball;
Force, W. B. Patterson; Analostan. NJ. +. White;
,artney; 18th and streets Emma L. Duvall: 2Oth
nd streets, Mrs L. B. CALVIN; 22d and streets,
irene L. Snyder. Second Observation-Disclosures
sixth, F. Ball, NJ E Bond. L Carroll, NJ. G. Cowl-
ny: fourth to nth. s. F. Brown, A. A. Chesney,
L.
Collins. c. Hodgkins; first to third, c. L. o. Fish
back and i l, sehmtt; second to third, R Kaur-
man, NJ. r. McCauSlen and S. Murray.
ASsignments.-Eighth grade, Sophia B, Kent
acting; fifth, n B. Deale; third, w. Chadwick;
second, L. A. Hughes
Roach and S. E. Saunders; first, j. z. Cox, B. T.
ION S, j. j. Summerscales, E. West and Nj. Hum
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. grade, c. H. Butter.
aeting; third, D. E. Rogers, acting: suo-assistant
Tranfer from first to second division and pro-
noted to fourth grade, c. A. Johnson.
,, Principals.-Abbot. S. j. Thomson; seaton. NJ.
4 Rowe; GILES, s Clark; Webster; C.Baker;
street. 4 L Wilson; Street, l. s. WHITMAN:
sth and streets, Fl. A Duffy.
grade, Nellie NJ. Mack, acting; nth to sixth. M.
Emma Little; fourth and NTH, Mary NJ. Dyer;
third to r!h Isabella s. Wheeler rst to fourth
Alice +. Stronberger; second to third, Mary E.
kealey; first to third Sarah B. Mantz.
Assignments Normal school graduates
Couu nluille II. BOnrPf; nrSI grade, Julia
n. Ero, Margaret johnson, Julia NJ Rawlings and
Helen A. Lake.
Nominations to seventh grade.-John T. Free
nan. acting.
Principals - Peabody building, Elizabeth A.
Hilton; Cranch, Catharine A. Dulin: AnacOstia
virginia Emory; 5th street and Virginia avenue
NJ. II. Cunn1ngham; Mccormick A. p Strom.
berger; 9TH ana G, NJ. V. Nee theran: Sth street
between ID and E. j. S. Wheeler; 1st street. be-
I'VE n and u, Cecilia Doughty; 9th, between
and c, F. j. Woodland
Fourth division promotions-Thrd to fifth
grade, Mary p Wilson; second to third, Mary L.
smith; first to third, Leida w. Gusts and Selma
b. Rynix.
Assignments Normal school graduates.-FIrst
rad, Laura Shackelford, Mariella #. Bear and
Fannie Wise.
Nomination. grade, Emma A. Doyle act
Ing, and Emma j. ROSo, acting.
MISREPRESENTATION, Isaac Fairbrother and NJ
f. Martin; AmidOn, Victoria V. Trook: Potomac
FL en- E. Halliday; Greenleaf. Bessie Burns.
Flth q Observation-Disclosures from fifth to seventh
grade, E. X. Gore; third to filth, l. C.. Strluer:
nrSt 10 third, A. l. Macarthur.
assignment Normal school graduateS-SecOnd
r. iue. LA NJ Daley; first, Sarah NJ. COomes and
niargaret NJ: Turkenton; fourth grade, John w.
DOUGLAS Industrial Home schooD.
frlnclpais-Curtls. ID. A. Smith; Sd street. H. G.
wait; High street. A. nj. Brooke; Dixon. s. "
fiemihg; Montgomery. A. T. Hougbton.
SlXth observation-disclosures O. &c
KeEdali, acting; II, Susie j. Cox; 10, Mrs Laura
.. HaWkesworth, acting; "a, A. p. Greedy, do %.
arc Z. heed, do; 81, II. w. Hewlett, do; 80 Mary
l. EDWARDS; 33, Helen A. Simmons actf1ft,