St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-04
THE SCHOOL BOARD.
A Good Grist OF Business Disposed
of Last Evening.

At the meeting of the board of education
last evening in the absence of the president
Inspector Berlandi occupied the chair. The
secretary read the annual report of the
treasurer, showing balance in the treas
ury, June 80, 1885, of $50, 1896.
The committee on schools made its re-
port, and the following portions of the
same were adopted:
~First-That as the Washington school
will not be ready to occupy on
the opening of the schools, the training
school be allowed to occupy the six lower
rooms of the Franklin in the afternoon till
the Washington is completed, and during
that time the regular pupils of those rooms
be dismissed at noon.
Second-The committee reported the fol-
lowing vacancies, caused by the resignation
of teachers selected: Mrs. M. Z. Kent,
primary principal of the Garfield school,;
Miss Mary 0'Hearn, fourth grade of the Rice
school; Miss Flora i. Austin, fourth grade
of the Cleveland. The committee recon-
mend the appointment of Miss c. Lambie
to the Rice, Miss Katherine ingalls, TO the
Cleveland and Miss Susan Sewall TO the
Douglas,
Third-That Miss Belle Terry be trans
ferred from the Cleveland to the Sibley
school, and Miss Mary Dallas from the
Sibley to the Cleveland. The recommended
ton for certain articles to be furnished the
schools were referred to the committee on
buildings and supplies with power to act.
Plans and bids were offered by Inspector
Williams for the construction of the adj
ditiOn to the Madison school buildings. but
after little he Withdrew the papers. 1t
seems that there is no money in the treas
ury for the purpose, and the proposition is
to let the contract providing a contractor
could be found who would do the work and
wait for his pay till the money
was in the treasury. Mr.. Williams
offered a motion that the secretary
be directed to advertise for bids to be sub
mitted under the condition that the success
full bidder wait for his pay. This was re-
ferred to the executive session, when after
some discussion of the matter the secretary
was directed to advertise for bids.
All bids for wood and coal were rejected
and the secretary was directed TO advertise
again.
Mr.. Bucknen was selected as the janitor
of the Irving school and Mr.. Lewis of the
Neill.
The matter of selecting a superintendent
and assistant superintendent of music in
the public schools was taken up. A long
discussion followed, during which several
motions were made. One was TO
ABOLISH THE OFFICE
and another to indefinitely POSTPONE the
whole subject. The latter was lost and the
former, to abolish the Office, was carried. so
that there is now no Office of superintend-
ent of music in the public schools. Supt.
Wright was directed to take charge of the
music in all the schools.
The secretary was directed to advertise
for bids for the stationery required for the
year; also for water closets in the Neil.
Webster and Lincoln schools.
a picture of Gen. Grant was ordered
placed in each of the school buildings i'm
the city.
The Encouragement and correction of
the rules, which was begun at a former
meeting. was completed. The changes
were not important, some minor ones being
made in the boundaries of the school dis
tricts.
The board decided to attend in body
the memorial ceremonies in honor of Gen.
Grant. DR.. Schiffmann, Messrs. Berlandi
and Minor, voted against the resolution for
hiring carriages, on the ground that they
did not think the board was authorized to
expeDd the public money in that way. and
while the resolution was under discussion a
good many little humorous drives" were
made, such as questions as to whether or
not they should
GO ON FOOT,
and how it would be with the superintend-