Daily Republican., 1883-11-27
CITY SCHOOL BOARD.
DISCUSSIONS OvER VAGINA.
TION GER RTIFICATES AND
BLACK BOARDS.

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The regular stated meeting of til
Board of Public Educate was he'll
last evening, with President Baird il
the chair, AID the following member
being present : Messrs Belts, Hanson
Hofecker, Heisler, Monaghan, Kyne
Keables, s. r. Smi h, Beaton Smith,
Reeve, shortlidge, Pusey, Wiley, Feu
/ kel and Hickman.
Tne Committee on Teachers reported
that they had made examinations in
the cases Of Mis-, DennisoD, of No. ID
and Miss Lowber. of No. II, sud report
cd that decided improvement had
been noticed in the teaching of the for
mer, and recommended that the time
|, be extended until March 1st.
In the case Of the latter the commit
tee stated that while the teacher hat
not made such improvement as the for
nler, they thought she had labored un
der decided disad advantages, as her room
had been considerably upset by numer
Gus transfers, and accordingly recon.
mended that her time be extended until
March 1st, thereby giving both teacher,
fair and impartial trial. The report
was adopt d.
A motion was made that an order for
$500 be drawn on H. G. Conrad, ESQ,
actuary for the colored schools, to pay q
teacher formerly in the employ Of the
actuary, but now employed by the
Board, but Is the gentleman had OK j.
pressed his willingness to pay over the
money when requested 30 to do, the
motion was withdrawn.
The committee to whom was referred
the question of opening colored school
over Eleventh street bridge reported
that they Aere unable to secure a suit
able room for such a school, and asked
for further instructions. The matter
was lett In the hands of the com.
mittee.
The Committee on Books, to whom
was referred the propriety of purchas.
ing an atlas for each Of the high schools,
and charts for the primary schools, re-.
ported .favorably, and recommended
that two Of the former be purchased for
each Of the high schools at q cost Of $18
each, and also seventeen sets of Apple
toms reading charts. Adopted.
Mr.. Hoffecker, of the Visiting Com
mittee Of No. /, stated that the janitor
Of that school had applied to him for an
increase of salary for extra services rem
dered during the progress Of the writing
lessons now being given twice week
BY Professor Pierce, to the various
teachers aft r school hours. On mo-
ton the application was laid on the
table.
DIR. Keables, of the committee on the
site for new High School, reported
progress, and req uested the mem bers to
inform the committee If they knew oil
any suitable site in or West of West
street.
The committees of various schools
were authorized to expend the fellow.
ing amounts in repairs, ste: No. 8, IS
No. IA, S25.
Mr.. Kyne,of the Comm ttee on Night
Schools, reported one opened en- the 9TH
Of November, which was progressing
Considerable discussion was had over
the time stipulated for handing in The
certificates Of vaccination by the chill
dren of the various sch OILS, and Mr..
kyne moved that the time be extended
and that the committees have sole
Charge OF the matter.
He stated that in several schools
The children had been sent home by
The teachers, without the knowledge OF
he committees, for not having their
'apers properly signed, ard he thought
'Ome action should be taken in the mat
or. The gentleman was informed that
be matter bad been left in the hands Of
he committee, by motion adop ed at
be last meeting. Messrs. Heisler,
dOfecker, Keables and Reeve opposed
be motion from the fact that the law
tipulated the time, and that several of
he committees had given orders ac-
ordingly and that nearly all the chill.
rem in their respective schools bad
eturned their certificates properly =
[gned and those who were recently
accinsted would do so as soon as DOS. :
ible.
The resig nation of James j. Monag-
An as a member from the Second \
Yard was read and accepted. His Q
eason for resieniDg was on account of b
is removal from the ward.
A petition, signed by a member of j
be residents Of the Ninth ward, pray. b
lg for the appointment of G. e. DEM
! janitor Of new school No. II, over Il
eventh street bridge, was read and Z Z
eferred to the Visiting Committee of q
le school. Mr.. Wiley, of the Building
of No II school, asked for II
in reference to black boards y
# the new school, and stated that he = =
fought it would be we'll to experiment q
ith the various styles in different E
IONS of the school. J,
Mr.. Heisler thought the Board had 9
al enough of experimenting with =
ack boards and he thought that the v
ards manufactured by Roberts & Co. j
I'd been tried to the entire satisfaction j
every one, and he thought it a waste 7,
time and money TO experiment again. :JC
fter further discussion the matter was Ja
Ft in the hands of the committee, to Is
as they saw proper. The superinten- 81
mt stated that from his personal OBJ
rvatiOn the Roberts blackboards y
're the best ever used in the schools, u
d further stated that the main cause tst
their needing some attention occa- 20 Uo
'nally was Oh account of the back ui' wi
)und, in many cas"'the plaster being an
a poor quality. de-
During the evening the following bills
re ordered paid ,
Wood ~ Bancroft, for printing 900
,ies of Superintendents' report, $2l2.- -
Jackson Lime and Coal Company, r