St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-03
OFFICIAL.
Proceedings Of the Board Of Education.
Adjourned Meeting.

Ter, Oppenheim, Giesen, Officer, Athey, Ham
ilton, Berlandi, Dreher and Mr.. Presi-
dent.-11.
Absent: Inspector Gilbert.-1.
AS the first business in order the presi-
dent called for the report of the Special Com
mittee on furnaces for the Adams school,
whereupon Chairman Minor of the Special
Committee presented the following minority
report, viz:
ST. PAUL, June 90, 1884.
To the Hon. Board of Education of st.
Paul.
GENTLEMEN Your Committee to whom
was referred bids for furnaces, for Adams
School, with instructions to examine
furnaces of different bidders, beg leave to
report as follows:
First-That the 'Carton'' furnace, on
sale by Wolterstorf s. Mortz. The ''Palace
King" by Geo. Adams. The "CIimax' by
Pruden Stove Co.. and the ''Salamander,"
by Prendergast Bros, were examined, and
the fire pots proposed to be furnished by
bidders, respectively, were found to be of
following diameters: Wolterstorf & Moritz,
two pots, 80 inches. Palace King, Geo.
Adams, two pots 20 inches. Pruden Stove
Co., two pots, 81 inches. Prendergast,
Bros, one pot 30 inches and one pot "a
inches Stock or thickness of iron in pots,
apparently the same in all furnaces exam
ined.
Second-That your Committee were
kindly assisted by the furnace
men, in the examination of jackets
fues, drafts, Innings, domes, radiators, ash
pits, ash valves CRATES. sifters,
ETC., etc., and in the opinion
of your committee, all are good, or
rather, of themselves, they know nothing
to the contrary.
Third-That your committee in absence of
any urtherinformation value of their own can
do no better than submit testimony of an
old furnace man, who is in no way interest
ed, and who says, l am familiar with the
furnace spoken of, that no two are alike,
that none of them are perfect, that all are
good furnaces, and all need care in their
management.
Finally, gentlemen, as the bid of Messrs.
Prendergast Bros. specifies one twenty-four
inch fire pot and one thirty inch fire POT, and
as the bid of Wolterstorf IL Moritz specifies
two thirty inch fire pots, your
committee would respectfully recommend
the award of the contract for two furnaces
for the Adams school to the firm of Wolter-
storf IL Moritz, their bid being $4,000, and
the bid of Prendergast Bros. s651.O0. Wolter
storf 81 Moritz being the lowest bidders of all.
j. NJ. MINOR.
NOTE
The furnace offered by Mr.. Bernard
Browns, of Chicago, was examined by the
chairman of your committee only, and found
to be as all others mystery, to the committee
at least.
10 rlsbi flrpo IF 1ar-
CAST Bros. was not examined, as the parts
were not assembled.
On motion of Inspector Oppenheim the
foregoing minority report was not adopted.
BY inspector Oppenheim-
Resolyed, That the bid of Prendergast
Bros. to furnish the salamander furnace for
the Adams school be accepted.
Lost by the following vote:
Yeas-Inspectors Oppenheim, Officer,
Athey, Hamilton, Berlandi and Mr.. Presi-
dent-6
inspectors Ohage, Minor, Wampler.
Giesen and Dreher-5.
AT this period Inspector Gilbert appeared
and took his seat.
On motion of Inspector Giesen, the mo-
ton by which the acceptance of the bid of
Prendergast Bros. was lost, was reconsid-
cred.
Inspector Oppenheim renewed his motion
to accept the bid of Prendergast Bros. on
a full understanding by Inspector Gilbert
and others that the majority of the Special
Committee, consisting of three (3) members,
being unequivocally in favor of the Sala-
mander furnace, the above mo-
ton of Inspector Oppenheim was
Adopted by the following vote:
Yeas-Inspectors Oppenheim, Giesen,
Officer, Athey, Gilbert, Hamilton, Berlandi,
Dreher and Mr.. President-9.
Nays-Inspectors Ohage, Minor and
Vampires.
By Inspector Hamilton
Resolved, That one thousand $1,000 copies
of the annual report of the Superintendent
of Schools be printed.
Adopted by the following vote:
Yeas-Inspectors Ohage, Minor, Wampler,
Oppenheim, Giesen, officer, Athey, Gilbert,
Hamilton, Dreher and Mr.. Presidential.
Nays-lnspector Beelandi-1.
The reports of standing committees being
called for, the Committee on German,
through its chairman, Inspector Dreher, sub
mitted the following report:
ST. PAUL, Mimi, June 2Sth, 1884.
To the Honorable the President and Members
of the Board of Education, st. Paul:
GENTLEMEN Your com mittee on German
would respectfully report that they have had
the work entrusted to them under earnest and
serious consideration.
AS a result Of their labors they would first
recommend the retention Of the study of the
German language in our public schools. In
doing this we but echo the voice and wish of
majority Of our and your constituency as
we firmly believe, having reference herein
solely to the German question per Sc, without
touching details.
Your committee however, is also deeply
sensible and would freely acknowledge, that
the plan hitherto pursued in the teaching of
this important branch of studies is open
to severe criticism, and has proved far from
satisfactory in many respects. We believe
that the results thus far achieved are not as
gratifying as they should be to either our
Anglo or German-American fellow citizens
who have always taken and still take such a
deep and kindly interest in the question,
nor have they been commensurate with
the time and means therein employed.
We believe, however, that UNNECESSARILY
better results can be obtained with but lit
tie Off any greater pecuniary outlay by first:
raising the standard of requirements of the
teachers engaged in this service, and, second:
by establishing and maintaining unity of
action among them in the plan and method
of teaching In every school where German is
taught.
To do this, your committee has authorized
its chairman to place himself in communica-
ton with the German-American Teachers
seminary, at Milwaukee, an institution thor
oughly up to the requirements of the times
and whose graduates are highly commended
and very successful wherever employed. The
institution itself is non-sectarian and thor
oughlY American in idea, principle and prac-
tee, and all of its graduates, this being chief
essential, are capable Of teaching either Eng
lish or German or both equally well, as well
of course as such other studies as are taught
in schools Of the highest common school