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


MEETING UF TRE SCHOOI. BOARD.
Reports CT Committees-Ctty SuperIntend-
ent's KepOrt-Non-Kes Pupils
New ScnooI building Tor Eastern
fart of tho Clry-The V:s-
iting Committees.
4 stated meeting of the board OF d;rec-
tors of Lancaster school district was held
in common council chamber last evening.
The following named members were
present
Messrs. Baker, Brosius, Brown, Byrne,
Darmstetter, Ebermap, Evans, Haas, Hart
man, Herr, Johnston, Marshall, Met cComsey,
Morton, Reimensyder, Rhoads, Richards,
Ringwalt, Samson, Schwebel, Slaymaker,
Snyder, A. j., Spurrier, Warfel, Zecher,
Christian, Zecher, George W., Levergood,
president.
Mr.. McComsey, from the experimenting
com mittee, stated that as the New street
school building was not yet finished, the
committee was not yet ready to report as
to what may be needed to put it in run
ming order, but would report at the March
meeting of the board.
Mr.. Evans, from the finance com mmittee,
presented the following bills, which were
ordered to be paid
CiouSh ~ SOi, idUOT, ctC-, u. L.
Stormfeltz, labor, ETC.. S57 90 Levi Powell
repairing, s22 so H. Z. Rhoads, repairing
clocks, etc, $685.; w. II. Levergood,
night school tuition, sss, so George II.
Smith, kindling wood, 81 George Acker
night school tuition, sSe so; Geo 3.
Schaum, repairing, 60 cents Chas. H.
Barr, books, ETC., s1O7.SS; Buffalo Hard
ware company, furniture, $45S. 4S Jacob
Rothermel, brushes, 1856.
Mr.. Evans also reported that the $40, 900
loan recently authorized by the board had
been all taken-$5OO by DR.. Pixton and
s9,5 500 by D. P. Lochsr & Son.
Mr.. Slaymaker, from the pro perty COM
mittee, reported that the insurance C com-
pany had paid $46.5O the cost of repairing
the damage done by fire to one OF the West
Chestnut street school houses. Also,
that the committee had placed weather
| strips on the windows of several schools
and patent door springs on the James
street building. Also, that an offer had
been received to lease the unoccupied Mul
berry street school buildings, but that the
committee had declined to lease them,
having no authority to do so. Also, that
two of the rooms in the New street
school building will be ready for school
purposes by the end of the present
month.
On motion the action of the committee
was approved by the board.
MIR. Eberman, from the committee on
furniture and apparatus, reported that
they had purchased and were putting in
place the necessary furniture in the New
street building.
It,f,, h .e& -
tendent was presented and read as fol
lows:
LANCASTER Pa, Feb. |, 1882
10 the Board q School Directors:
GENTLEMEN.-YOur city superintendent
submits the following report of the public
| schools for the month of January
The whole number of pupils enrolled
was-in the high schooi, 22G; in the sec
ondary, 11OS in the primary, 1890; total,
3,264.
The average attendance was-in the
| high school, 212 in the secondary, 900; in
the primary, 1879; total, 2,7S1.
The average percentage of attendance
was Sc.
The attendance in the night schools Was
| 112, with IN average attendance OF SO.
| The number of visits made by directors,
as reported by the teachers, was ia, as
| follows
II. r. Breneman 8, j. W. Byrne II. H.
E. Slaymakcr &c, G. Zecher 1S, j. B.
| Waricl "a, L. Richards %, Rev. G. Riem
ensnyder 10, w. McComsoy 10, w. A.
Morton II, E. G. Snyder 7, j. l. Hartman
| 1, G. F. Ebermau 7, \. Z. Ringwa!t :, II.
Brosius 7, DR.. J. Levergood 2, +. ".
Haas 4, A. Offender l..
The number of visits made by the city
| superintendent was 112.
| In order to obViate the delay and con
| sequent difficulties in carrying ont the
! rule requiring candidates for promotion to
| certain grades to pass a competitive eX-
| animation, it has been suggested that such
| AL examination be held in the latter part
Cf February, SO that the results ma be
| before the board whenever q vacancy
occurs.
The name Of one pupil who is not 4 res
| ident of this city has been reported to mo-
There are undoubtedly others. but it is
often impossible for teachers to ascertain
| the fast, and when pupils present 4 note
| OF admission from director, tho teacher
| is justified in admitting the pupil without
! any further inquiry into his right to attend
tho public schools of this city. 1t seems
to me, therefore, that this is proper
| subject for the visiting committees To in
vestigate, as they arc more likely to be
acquainted with the people of their rn
| spectlyc sections than anyone else. 1t
| would also seem that soms rulo ought to
| be adopted establishing the rate of tuition
| in the different grades for such as wish to
attend the public schools.
With the shifting Of the population, the
necessity to change the lines for the df
ferent schools becomes imperative. The
schools at the corner OF South Mulberry
and Vine streets are small, while those on
West James are very large with no pros
pect OF relief for the probability of send
| ing some over to Now street is very small
The building now occupied by the German
| and English school on the corner of South
Duke and German streets, must have
new roof and other repairs if it is to he
occupied much longer. This expense car
be avoided by properly distributing the
pupils between South Duke and Mulberry
streets, and by the erection of the contem.
plated new building on East Orange street.
1t may not be uninteresting to compare
the statistics Of January So with those of
the same month two years ago. Then the
enrolment was Z, ,S77, the average attend
ance ais, and the average percentage
"A now it is 1864, a,7s1 and sc respec
lively, showing an increase in the en-
rolllnent of 3S7, in the average attendance
of 663, and in the average percentage
(Which Is tie best evidence of regular at
tendancel of IL. Then the high schools
reported an enrolment of 200 and an
average attendance Of 101 ; now they &c
port 226 and zig then the secondary
schools reported an enrolment of e67 and