National Republican., 1883-02-14
THE SCHOOL BOARD.
Business Transacted at the Regular Meeting
Yesterday.
Changes Among the Tenohers-Arrnngc-
ments FOR Prizcs--schoOl Property.

The school board met at o'clock yesterday
afternoon, b. II. Warner in the chair, Clarence
i. Rheem secretary. Present: Messrs. john
son, Loveioy, Baum, Birney, Brooks, Clark,
and Curtis. Mr.. Warner read a communica-
tion from DIR. Tindall, secretary of the district
commissioners, announcing the appointment
of Con. Curtis as q successor to DR.. w. II.
Cragin. Also another from the same officer
communicating the resignation of DIR. Cragin.
Gen. Curtis thereupon took his seat.
Applications for teacherships were received
from w. b. Patterson, Carrie A. Braselman,
Eta G. Cutler, and S. Eliza Nolan, and for
ianitorships, Of o. X. Shell and Joseph NJ.
Kelly. Referred toappropriate committees.
A communication from Francis NJ. Love
was received making certain complaints
against the janitor Of the Force building, first
division.
The committee on teachers submitted the
following report Sixth division, assign Miss
Florence w. Layton graduate of the Wash-
ingtOn normal school, to u school of the third
grade, vice Miss Cline, transferred to the
second division and promoted, to take effect
Feb. II, 1888. Gen. Birnoy presented q re-
quest that the name of Miss Layton be with
drawn from the list of substitutes Of the
second division. she having been appointed
acting teacher of the sixth division, and nom
mated as additional substitutes Mary j..
Longfellow, Ann w. Hobbs, and Frances
Hoover, tho last to date from Feb. 1, 1883.
Approved.
Mr.. John II. Brooks was designated by the
president as chairman Of tho committee on
ways and means.
On motion, the board agreed to approve the
bills reported by the acting chairman of the
committee ON ways and means when they
were found to be correct.
Mr.. Clark from the committee on prizes,
made areport that the Kendall scholarship for
six years in Columbian university and tho
King scholarship in Dickinson college for
four years be adiudged to those male pupils of
the high schools whose record for attendance,
department, and scholarship during the course
shall be adiudgcd the best, The principal of
the high school shall submit the records of
the pupils to the committee on teachers, text
books, and course of study, and said commit
tee shall make q report, with recommended
tiOn, to the board of trustees, by whom the
scholarships shall be awarded. Adopted.
Gen. Birney said that under instruc-
tions he had examined tho Holmead burial
ground property and found that the title was
vested in the city. Mr.. Loveioy offered u
resolution, which was adopted, that when tho
Berret schoolhouse should be sold the proceeds,
put with the amount derived from the sale of
the Holmead property, should be used to
erect n suitable schoolhouse in that section.
The president read the section of the act of
congress directing the Holmead property to
be used solely for school purposes. On motion,
the board extended to the members of the
Natural History society of the high schoolthe
use of the school hall on the occasion of DIR.
Elliot Coues's lecture of "The Demon of Dar-
win " on next Monday night.
Mr.. Loveioy offered n resolution that there
be placed on the list of permanent scientific
appafata, for the benefit of the schools, tho
large astronomical maps and charts published
by Scribner & Co. The president asked per-
mission to retire from the committee on bills,
and to nominate Mr.. w. IL. Baum in his
place. Agreed to.
Mr.. Lovejoy here offered resolution, SINH
lar to the one already presented, that the
committee on legislation be requested to en-
deavOr to obtain authority Of congress to sell
the Berret school property with the view of
dedicating the proceeds to the purchase of
ground and erection of u more commodious
building. Adopted
Mr.. Baum moved to lay over his resolution
Teassigning trustees until the next meeting.
The monthly report of the superintcndents
for January shows that the whole number of
pupils enrolled was 2I,537, of whom 1924
were white and s,613 colored. Average num-
bor in daily attendance, white, 14,3l5; coll
orcd, 7,705. White teachers employed, 333
colored, 172; total, 505 Cases of corporal
punishment, 2S, of whom were white and
% colored. Number dismissed, 3 white and
cOlOred.