The daily gazette., 1883-09-25
SCHOOL BOARD SESSION
THE WALLS OF NO. II TO BE
EXAM iNED.
VACCINATION IN THE SCHOOLS
Changes Among the Teachers-SohOOl
Repairs Preparing TO Accommodate
Applicants for Seats.

At the regular meeting Of the Board Of
Education, last evening, the following ap-
pointments and changes were recommended
bV the Committee on Teachers Annie
Raudnitzky, assistant in the boys depart
ment at No. 8; Mary B. Cla'k, third assist
ant in No. IL; Mary K. Thielman, fourth
assistant in No. ID; Eva r. Pierson, fifth
assistant to the principal of No. 16 for six
months at the rate of $500 per year,
Rebecca j. Davis was transferred
from No. 13 to fll Miss Raudnitzky's posi-
lion at No. 7. Maggie @. Bowling was trans
ferred from No. 9 to No. 10. As there are
now 20 applicants at No. 1S, and q prospect
of more, the committee recommended that
Josephine Jefferson be engaged at q salary
of $500 per year.
The report was adopted
No. committee was authorized to ex-
| pend $40 for repairs; No. 8, SIS; No. 8, 800;
No. IL, $50; No. 18, $40.
The committee of No. IL presented the
following letter written by Building Inspec-
tor Philemma Chandler to Councilman
Levi Garrett, in relation to the condition of
No IL school:
"DEAR SIR-At your request l visited
with you and Mr.. Casperson, the janitor, the
public school No. IL, corner Ninth and
| DUPONT streets, and find the brick walls at
the second floor of the joist and the front
stairway bulging out, which will require
the immediate attention of the school board
to have it secured with iron anchors, bolts
/ or swivels on rods to draw the walls In and
secure to the joists and girders; properly
| done will make 1t a secure and safe build
ing"
A lively discussion followed, Messrs.
| Beaton Smith, s. r. Smith, Wiley, ,Keables,
Shortlidge and Mckay participating. The
gist OF their remarks was that, although the
building was tolerably safe, common pru-
dence dictated that the building should be
| braced so as to allay the fears of parents
who send their children there. DR.. Keables
moved that the Committee of No. IL be au.
thorized to ask for bids to make the neces-
sary repairs to the building and also have
power TO act. Adopted. DR.. Mckay
offered an amendment that three more mem.
bers be added to the visiting committee, and
the chair appointed Kyne, Fuekel and Han
Il son.
Mr.. Wiley OF No. II said the rafters OF
that building are now being put up and the
contractors are getting ready TO put on the
roof. He thought the building would be
dHshed in November. On his motion orders
| were drawn in favor of j. r. d Seeds 81 Son
for 81, 800 for work done on the building,
and $13 for the Buileing Inspector.
The following communication was read
by the Secretary:
To the President and Members Of The
Board of Public Education Of Wilmington
| would respectfully call your attention tC
the needs of two colored schools located re-
spectively at Sixth and DUPONT streets, In
the Fifth ward, and over Eleventh street
bridge, in the Ninth ward. These schools
have been in operation for several years
| past, under the direction of the Delaware
Association for the Education of Colored
People, and together have accommodated
about ninety primary pupils There is now
| in the hands OF the treasurer of the Delaware
| Association the sum of $611.81 due your
body, being taxes collected from colored
persons for school purposes in Wilmington
hundred for the year 1881. This amount
would cover the teachers salaries for these
two schools, and | would respectfully re-
quest on behalf OF the people interested in
the schools, that your body take control and
make provision for the maintenance of these
two schools in the future.
Very respectfully,
HENRY G. CONRAD, Actuary.
State Superintendent Williams was given
permission to use the boards room on
October 6, for the purpose of holding an
examination of teachers,
Mr. Reeve stated that smallpox had made
ltS appearance near NO. ~ bcnOOl, 8nQ aILef
reading the law on vaccinating school chill
dren, passed at the late Legislature, he
moved that the Printing Committee be
authorized to have sufficient placards
printed and posted In conspicuous places in
each school. This produced very aimless
discussion, until DR.. Shortlidge amended by
appointed committee of three to report at
the next meeting The amendment was
adopted and the chair appointed Messrs.
Reeve, 8. K Smith and Dr. Shortlidge.
By request Superintendent Harlan re-
ported that 10 children attended the public
schools who were under six years of age dis
tTibuted az iollows No. 8, /; No. s, 5; No.
IA, 8; No. 10, 9; No. 20, |. He
also reported that additional rooms
had been opened in Nos. IL, IA
and 10, which were not yet filed, and that
there were 355 vacancies In primary schools,
as follows No. Z, 80; No. Is, 105; No. II,
21; No. 10, 13S; No. Il, 81. Several schools
were named where a large number of appli-
cants could not be accommodated, the
number at No. 8 being over 100. Mr..
Palmer suggested that some pupils be trans
Ierred from No. to No 10, and from No.
10 to Nc. 10, which met with general ap-
proval, and motion was adopted that the
Transfer Committee and Superintendent
Harlan form committee for laying ont dis
tricts, from which the pupils of each school
be taken. The following bills were allowed
William d, Blake, So; James Gray, $40.