Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-08
Total .5,5O7 1886 97S

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SCHOOLS.
Ths Committee on Schools respectfully
recommend that schools be opened during
the summer vacation in the Franklin, JEFF
ferson and Humboldt buildings, to teach
from the fourth grade to the eighth, both
inclusive. This being an experiment, all
teachers to be employed during the pleas
ure of the Board, and any school to be
closed should the number of pupils not
warrant its being continued.
They also recommend that the plan pro-
posed by the Superintendent for a training
school for those wishing to Become teach
ers, and who are graduates of the High
school, be opened in the High school
building September next, and that the Su-
perintendent is hereby requested to pre-
pare and submit for approval rules gov
erning the same.
They nominate for confirmation as fol-
lows:
Miss Florence Read as primary principal
in the Franklin school IN place Of Miss
Hunt, resigned.
Miss Ida Stowell as teacher of the fourth
grade in Madison school,
GEO. A. HAMILTON, Chairman.
That part of the report relating to the
opening of summer schools was laid over
to the next regular meeting. The balance
of the report was adopted by the following
vote:
Yeas-Inspectors Murphy, Wilgus, Benz,
Athey, Gilbert, Hamilton, Schifmann, Der
landi, Donneliy, Mr.. President.
The committee on property made the
following report:
Your Committee on Property would re-
port, that J. NJ. Cooley was the lowest bid
der for the building of the addition to the
Lincoln school, price S1O,5O0; that Good
rich q Son was the lowest bidder for the
addition to the Van Buren,, SS,42O; and
that Messrs. Frick & Co. were the lowest
for Fourth Ward school, price $10,995,
and would recommend that the contracts
be awarded to the lowest bidders and the
Committee on Property be authorized
to have the proper contracts drawn
and with these parties, provided
they furnish proper bonds, and that the
committee have power to make any changes
necessary if made before the contracts are
completed.
The superintendent of construction of
the High school reports that there is not
proper ventilation for the soil and waste
pipes in the specifications and asks that
he be allowed to make the necessary
changes, which your committee recommend
be allowed.
They also recommend that Mr.. Bassford
be allowed $50 for the plans and ~ per
cent. for superintendent for the Van
Buren, school, and that Mr.. CANCER be al
lowed per cent. for plans and superin
tendsnce of the Fourth ward school.
A. B. W1LaUs.
Chairman Com. Prom
The report was adopted by the following
vote:
Ysas-Inspectors Wilgus, Athsy, Gilbert,
Hamilton, Schifmann, Berlandi, Donnel-
ly, Mr.. President.
The Com nittee on Finance made the
following report:
The Committee on Finance respectfully
report as follows: They have examined
the correspondence between the chairman
Of the Committee on Property and Mr..
G. P. Randall, in regard to the plans and
specifications for the High school building,
and are of the opinion that he is entitled
to seveA-tenths of per cent. on 1920,
being the amount Of contract, let under his
plans. They further report that they have
advertised for the sale of the $4,000 ad-
ditional bonds for the High school. They
have had no offers, but are still in corres-
pondsnce with parties to that end. They
recommend that the resolution of the
Board accepting the $4,000 bonds and
the disposition of same be rsconsid-
cred, as the action of the Board was taken
before the approval of the bill by the Gov
ernor. They also request that the Board
fix the date of the bonds and the time OF
payment of interest. They also ask for
instructions about paying commissions for
negotiating the bonds.
L. A. GILBERT, Chairman.
A motion to adopt the first part of the
report relating to the claim of G. P. Ran
dali for drawing the plans of the High
school was lost by the following vote:
Yeas-InspectorsM Murphy, Gilbert, Ham
ilton-3.
Nays-Inspectors Wilgus, Benz, Athey,
Schifmann, Berlandi, IDonnelly, Mr.. Presi-