Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-08-03
THE SCHOOL BOARD.
ThE AUGUST STATED MEETING.

| A0n AO0OSB o8A1AD Mk6I100.
Tho Aoothly report OF tho City
Superinssndent Read.
A stated meeting of tho school board
was held Thursday evening.
The following named members were
present:
Messrs. Breneman, Brosius, Brown,
Byrne, Carpenter, Cochran, Eberman,
Evans, Cast, Hartman, Johnston. Mar.
shall, McComeey, MoCoromy, Morton,
Offender, Raub, Reimensuyder, Rhoads
Ringwalt, Schwebel, Slsymaker, Smeych
Spurrier, Warfel, Wilson, Christian
Zeoher, George W. Zecber and Lever
good. ... .-
The minutes of last meeting were adopt.
ed.
Mr.. Evans, from the finance committee,
presented the following bills, which hav.
| ing been approved by the committee were
ordered to be paid Comperwaite & Co.,
arithmetical charts, s5.42 Joseph BRENT
nall. carpenter work, S16 81 Christian
Nauman, work, s1.S7 John s. Givler &
Co., mdzs., $2.95; T. M. King, cleaning
Chestnut street school, $50 John Hensler,
labor, $3.50 Myers s. McClain, bricklay-
ing &C., $34.43; Zeller s. Woodward,
moving organ &C., 1855 Jacob Rothar
mel, brushes, $4.6O; Christian Nauman,
cleaning school, SIT; Examiner, printing
and advertising, $44.36 j. Adam Burger,
fourth and fifth instalments on Ann street
school house, q, 800.
Mr. Offender said he saw that the iani-
tors sent in bills for their salaries during
| vacation the same as when tho schools are
in session and at the same time they charge
for cleaning the school houses. He
thought this was not right. If they were
paid their full salary that is all they are
entitled to.
Mr.. Slaymaker, from the school property
| committee, made statement of the money
paid by the committee in account for the
new school buildings. He reported the
South Mulberry and Duke street schools
in very bad condition. Two of them will
require new roofs. The best of the pro.
perty in the Sherman street schools has
been removed to the Duke street schools.
The fence around the West Chestnut street
schools is in bad condition and must be
repaired. Daniel Trewitz has offered to
cut away the bank of the Arch alley front
and pay $25 towards putting up a new
fence, provided the fence is set back two
| feet.
The report of the city superintendent
was read, as follows:
LANCASTER, Pa, Aug. 9, 1888.
| To the Board of School Directors:
GENTLEMEN-In obedience to the rule
of the board, the city superintendent SUBJ
mits his annual report
The whole number of teachers employed
was u. The number of pupils enrolled was
1928 the average attendance was 2, no,
| and the average percentage was SO. This
shows an increase of 2 in the num-
Der of teachers, of 1877 in the enroll
ment, and of 1856 in the average at
tendance. Two hundred pupils were en-
rolled in the night schools. The condi-
tion of the schools is good, the pupils have
made fair progress, and the teachers have
done as well as could reasonably be
expected of them, indeed many of them
have exhibited considerable enthusiasm
both in adding to their literary and scien
tific attainments with view to more SIC
cessful teaching, and in their devotion to
the work of the school room.
| The new buildings erected in the 9th and
9Th wards, have made it possible to secure
more regular attendance and better
schools; they have also reached pupils who
have not attended the public schools here
tofore, and have thus enlarged the field of
their usefulness.
| The new and higher studies introduced
in the high schools were pursued with dill
igence, and seemed to be- acceptable TO the
pupils they will raise the schools in the
estimation of the people, and cause them
to rank with similar schools in other
cities.
TO cultivate the memory of the pupils
in the primary and secondary schools store
their minds with choice language, and
make them acquainted with the best
authors, as we'll as to supply material
suitable for moral instruction by tho teach
er, the superintendent prepared monthly
leaflets containing scripture text, a
motto and poem. TO tram the pupils
of the secondary schools to use books in
the acquisition Of general information, q
"Diary Of Events " was also prepared by
him, and there is reason to believe that
much good has resulted from its use.
The number of orders for books for the
poor was SO, reduction of two from the
previous year, given by the directors as
follows: A. j. Snyder, 10; DR.. NJ. l..
Herr, and C. Schwebel, each is; E. G..
Snyder, II G. F. Eberman, 8; DR.. ].
Levergood, 5; w. A. Morton, 4; J. w.
Byrne, 3; G. Zecher, H. E. Slaymaker, F
w. Haas, Rev. G. Reimensyder, J. Sam.
son, each 2, and j. l. Hartmann. NJ. John.
stop, ]. NJ. Westhaeffer, A. Offender, II.
r. Breneman, T. B. Cochran, D. Smeycn,
w. o. Marshall and W. McComsey, each
one. Of all the books thus purchased II
are reported uufit for use and have not
been returned.
Most respectfully your obedient servant,
r. K BUERHLE.
The proposed amendment to the rule
G6, offered by Mr.. Warfel at last meeting,
was read a second time, and deferred for
final action to next meeting.
Mr.. Spurrier moved that the matter of
setting back the fence of the Chestnut
street school lot be referred to the prop
erty committee, with power to act.
Mr.. Evans moved, as an amendment that
the committee be instructed to erect
new fence on the property line. The
amendment was adopted, and the motion
rs amended agreed to.
Following are the visiting committees
for the ensuing three months:
Northeast divis;on-C. F. Eberman, A.
Il. Ringwalt, Marriott Brosius.
Southeast division-J. NJ. Johnston, G..
Schwebel, J. Hay Brown.
Southwest division-Dr. NJ. L. Herr, II.
Cast, S. w. Raub.
Northwest divisional. Offender, A. X.
Spurrier, D. &. Baker.
PLENTY of flcnics at Litilz.
This has been one of the gayest seasons
Lititz has ever seen and large number
of picnics have been held there. On