Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-13

The Supervising Principals Make an
Appeal for the Teachers-The Board
Discovers a New TOwn-The Question
Of Substitutes, dc.

| The Supervising Principals Make an
Appeal for the Teachers-The Board
Discovers New TOwn-The Question
Of Substitutes, dc.
AT the May meeting of the board Of school
| trustees last evening" the reports OF Superin-
| tendents Paul and Cook for the month Of April
| were submitted, showing that the whole num-
Der of pupils enrolled was "a. 52S, the average
| daily attendance 22,2O6, and number OF
teachers employed 555. superintendent Paul
also sent in a report In compliance with instruc-
| tons of the District Commissioners showing the
amount of substitute service rendered in the
first six divisions of public schools during
April, follows: LIST DIVISION % days; 3D. 331a:
Sd, ii; 4th, ii; 9Th, %; 9th, 10, and High
school. Z, total number of days 1872. 1t was
decided that this report should hereafter show
the grades and schools In which substitute SER
vice was rendered.
PLEA FOR THE TEACHERS.
A communication from Supervising Princi-
pals n. p. Gage, B. T. Janney, A. T. Stuart, H.
r. Montgomery, w. s. Montgomery, n. ID.
Cram and l. Fairbrother was read, as follows:
''The supervising principals beg leave to SUBJ
| nit the following statement and recommends
tons: The unusual prevalence OF sickness
among the teachers in our respective divisions
| during the past winter has brought to our at
tention with renewed force the hardship result
ing from the practical operation of rule ~. re-
lating to the pay of substitutes. For many
y
received during such time one-half of their sal
airy. the other half being paid to the SUBJ
stitute; The he present rule, however, las as
teachers pay the first month"; and for
further absence forfeits the whole OF 1t. We de-
sire to call your attention to the fact that recent
cases have come to our notice in which this rule
has proved very oppressive We are informed
tce in the executive departments ofthe govern
ment to forfeit no portion of a clerks salary
when he is sick. Instances are not uncommon
wi fpt, ion, hoG 6n1
months of absence, and Justly So 1t seems un-
fair that the poorly paid teacher, whose average
to first-class clerk should be made to suffer by
such a discrimination to the extent of surrer-
dering her whole monthly pay after twenty days
in the discharge of her duty. She grows any iOus
abOuthe progress of her school, for is in charge
of substitute. who gets fifty per cent of her
pay, and seldom does the work one-half as we'll.
This anxiety Is supplemented by the desired re-
Election that she must get well before the expir
alton of the twentieth school day, or lose all her
salary. rule so severe might find some meas
ure of justification on the grounds of economy
service in return for full pay. But such is rarely,
If ever, the case. Indeed, 1t too often happens
that not only the whole salary, but the maxi
mum rate of salary in the grade, is paid to
person without experience or professional train
ing. and whose interest in the school is at best
but temporary. Neither has the present rule
improved. to any degree, the quality of the sub
stitute service as was expected. 1t is plainly
IN to a have trained corps Of
of sick teachers owing to the uncertainty
of their probable employment. as well as the
to be employed. As substitutes can always be
had who are willing to work for half the salary
of the regular teacher, and in view of the hard
ship attending the enforcement of the present
rule, we respectfully recommend the restoration
of the former rule. which allowed a teacher
absent from sickness to draw One-half of her
salary during the period of her disability
1t was referred to the committee on rules.
pria Ann ioE
Blackiston, Mary r. Thomas, and L. ]. Brown.
THE NEEDS OF BURRvILLE.
A petition was presented by Mr.. Griswold,
from the citizens of Burrvile, asking for the es-
inquiry as to where Burrville was, and Mr.. Girls
void satisfied the curiosity of the board by
stating that it was in the northeast corner Of
the District. The papers were filed. The petit
ton was quite unique in its way. 1t said:
I'VE the undersigned do each for his and her,
self pertision your most noble board that you
Burrville'
Then followed the signatures of sixteen citi-
zens OF Burrv1lle, with the number of children
belonging to each.
To this was appended the following estate
1. the present school is two miles from our
homes
2. Some Of the children is of tender adge and
3. In the fall and winter the Roads are SO bad
the men can hardly pass on them asx
must pass seven R. r. tracks
5. The B trains pass over the tracks
aforesaid every y hour.
Z; We are all property houlders and pays our
s. and think we should have the benefit
8. in the summer the little ones cannot hould
out TO travel so far to school
~ We think you gent ought to establish a
sch0oi at once We will anxtously q waite your
decision in this very important matter We
q hna I'd not
Ing more from it SO we come and present this
pertlsion in a body
THE TEACHERS EXAMINATION.
An order was adopted fixing Saturday, the
animation of teachers.
Transfers of Real Estate.
Deeds in fee have been recorded as follows
Patrick Lynch TO VIM. Nickerson, lot 3S, sub
So. 643: $2O5. 6. w: Smithson to Rosella Her
to Clementine K. Latimer, lots 81 to as and 10,
SO: 652: 81 300. c; 4; Latimer to Lucy A. Kew
lot Il, So. 561; So, 600 ID. G. Purman to H. K
trustee, to Joseph Smith Bigeiow, e. u 8, res. b
%, So. $40; $3.50. Same to F. G. Dieterick, lot
Fl. do: $3.50. $. d. Newcomb to B. T. Mozart
R BrSw not ct S21 $4,000 Cole to
Johnson to {. II. Parker, lot &, 50. 354: 81 100
r. c. Fox Ok to IL H. L; Page. Mt; Pleasant Plains a.
\. |. Barker to John Holman, lot 40, SO. $50:
n to 25, 80 to AZ, Long Meadows; S2,75O s.
Fowler to K y Mitchell, part lots q and %,
lot %, So. 511; S635.5O. National savings
Bank to A. b. Hayward, lots SO, SO, 59iso:
S262556. 9. Bergling to A. s. Abel. lot 81, So
lot 80. So. 1873; ST. 400. Mary OConnell to L.
N; saunders, lot Is, block I, T. & BIS sub.
Mades, lot ID, SO. 442; $4,000. w. w Metcalf
to D. Ross, part Il, block -, H. & Els sub
Meridian Hill; 1865 c. NJ Matthews parts "a
q. r. Emmons to B. H. Warner lots iS to 81.
SO. 4O4; s.. X. GOldschmid to C. w. Hills, lot
man, parts and 10, So. 1885, s1O,3s2.5o. ".
r. Todd to r Uranium, part II, SO. 6I6; 500
Salvatore Petrola to ThOs. G. Simpson, 8. II r.
Miller, lot z. So. 724; $500. Henrietta NJ. Hill
ct al; 10 abraham Fisher, 50. 43S, s.. WE