Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-03-02

primary children temporarily accOmmO-
dated in the Lemon street building alone,
and doubtless others living near the new
building will apply for admission at the
opening of the schools.
We, therefore, recommend the opening
of one primary and one advanced primary
school in the New street building as soon
as completed, and we respectfully ask
that the committee De authorized to open
an additional primary school, and appoint
a teacher subject to the approval of the
board at its next stated meeting, when
ever in the judgment of the committee it
becomes necessary to doso.
We also recommend that the James
street primary school be relieved by the
removal of all pupils residing south of the
middle of West Lemon street, and west of
Water street to the Chestnut street schools
and those east of the railroad to Lemon or
New street.
We further respectfully recommend Miss
8. E. Smith for promotion to the advanced
primary school in New street, and to
transfer Miss Younkers from Rockland to
New street, for the reasons that both these
teachers reside in the vicinity of the new
building.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM McCoMsEY,
JOHN B. WARFEL.
LUTHER RICHARDS.
VIM. A. MORTON,
March 1, 1883. c. R1EMENsNYDER.
BiIls Paid.
Mr.. Evans, from the finance committee,
presented the following bills, which,
having been examined and approved by
the committee, were ordered to be paid !:
Pontz & Bro, for paving brick, S135 !;
Lancaster gas light and fuel company,
two bills for gas, S34.2O Inquirer printing
and publishing company for printing, &C.,
$3.50; Marshall g. Rengier, for mdze.,
5000 New Era for printing and adver.
tising, $40; Amos Cottell, for door springs,
$13 Keystone school and church furni-
ture company, for school furniture, two
bills, $S4O.90.
Buildlngs and Grounds.
Mr.. Slaymaker, from the committee on
buildings and grounds, made a verbal re.
port, stating that the New street school
house was almost finished, and will be
ready for the reception of pupils by next
Monday week. Considerable grading is
yet to be done which the frozen condition
of the ground has thus far interfered with.
The building looks well inside and out,
and has been put up in substantial and
workmanlike manner, in accordance with
the contract made with the builder, with
whom the committee is ready to settle as
soon as the grounds are properly graded,
if the board gives them authority to do so.
In regard to the proposed new school
house in the eastern part of the city, the
committee has been looking for site but
only one has yet been offered and that
one in an alley, which the committee
declined to consider. Other property
owners had promised to meet the com
mittee but had failed to do 30.
Mr.. Warfel moved that the committee
on buildings and grounds be authorized
to accept the New street building as soon
as they are satisfied that the terms of the
contract for its erection have been com.
piled with. The motion was agreed to.
Mr.. Baker moved to postpone the con.
sideration of the erection of a school
house in the easterH part of the city
until next meeting. The motion was lost
by vote Of IL to 13.
Tho Night schools,
Mr.. Byrne, from the night school COM
boys night school showed the number of
RuRl1O w w ~ b0O kAV0VS0V OuuU0I
attendance Sc ; the average attendance A,
the schools on Tuesday night and found
Mr.. Levergood's class to contain only 10
pupils Mr.. Cables 10, and Mr.. Gates
two classes 8. In the girls night school
there were only 90 or 25 pupils in attend
ance. Mr.. Levergood said he could dis
pense with one assistant in tho boys
ooh~<,I o,I Mice 2hick coid oho n<,,1I r,o<
along without an assistant in the girls
school. Mr.. Byrne moved, therefore,
that the assistant in the girls and one OF
discharged.
Mr.. Eberman moved to amend by pro-
viding that the discharge take place at the
ment was accepted and tho motion ~
amended agreed to.
The CITY superinsendent's Report.
The following report from the city su-
perintendent was read
LANCASTER, Pa, March /, 1883.
To the Board of School Diseetors:
GENTLEMEN: Your city superintendent
submits the following report of the public
schools for the month Of February: The
whole number Of pupils enrolled was, in
the high schools. 224 in the secondary,
1851 and in the primary 1,SOS; total,
3,2O8.
The average attendance was, in the
high schools 200 in the secondary, 972.;
and in the primary, 1,600; total, 2,781.
The average percentage Of attendance was
81. The enrolment in the night schools
was o., tho average attendance was u, and
the average percentage 81.
The number Of visits made by directors
WAS 145, = follows +. ". Hsas 1; =,