Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-11-11

ANO O1O1 NIL.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Committees Appointed to Establish and
Manage Night Schools.
ACTION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES LAST
NIGHT-AN APPROPRIATION FOR INDUS
TRIAL EDUCATION AsKED-PRoPosED PRO
LECTION OF TEACHERS FROM INSULT, ETC.
The school board last evening again consid-
cred the subject Of establishing night schools,
ana took oennite action looking to the opening
OF sucn schools. Before the board met Mrs.
Darwin r. James, Mrs Chief Justice Waite,
Mrs. DR.. I. B. Hood, Mrs. Russell selfridge, DIR.
ana Mrs. j. M. Gregory, DR.. and Mrs. T. NJ. Tai
bolt and Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. r. Topper repre-
senting the ladies and gentlemen who have
taken an interest in the night school project,
visited the Franklin building and talked over
plans for the schools with President Lovejoy
and superintendent Powell. When the board
assembled the secretary read the report Of
the committee on night schools, which
mending that the board set apart two
rooms In the Franklin and two in the sumner
huiiding ior the use OF the night schools, and
that the commissioners be requested to ask an
appropriation of 81, ZOO to pay the salaries of
teachers OF such schools.
ent Powell, had had ' cenfer sn pWith the
ladies who had urged the establishment of
these schools. The conclusion reached at this
conference was that there should be two COM
mittees, one consisting, in one case, of Superin-
tendent foweli, two supervising principals and
one trustee. and the other of Superintendent
principals and trustee, to have entire charge
of the location, organization and government
the arrangement Of course of studies, list If
text books, DC. As 10 age, it was deemed best
to the at the
exceptions In special cases.
1t was thought that the arrangement
hands of experts. The rules now In force in the
where adults were associated with children Of
should be only three sessions a week. Mr.
Lovejoy presented the conclusions reached at
this conference as substitute for the report of
DR.. Purvis said the report of the committee
was necessarily crude, as the ladies interested
a aa a b Nd to HE
that experienced teachers be employed at a fair
compensation, selected after a suitable exami-
head; that the schools should be properly
graded, and that there should be not more than
five sessions, OF two hours each week.
1t was finally decided that Mr.. LOvejoys sug-
gestion should be substituted for the first part
Of the committees report, providing for the set
ting aside Of four rooms, and the report as thus
of locating the schools to the committees.
Mr.. Lovejoy said that it had been generally
ers, and that such teachers should be paid not
less than So a week. The board had no funds
to contribute to this enterprise. The ladies had
given assurance that they would raise sufficient
funds to pay these teachers at the start.
DIR. Purvis stated that Mr.. Butler, one of the
teachers in the county, near Benning's, had,
Mr.. Lovejoy appointed as the committee to
Powell and Supervising Principals Gage and
Stewart and Trustee Clark, of the white schools,
and Superin tendent Cook, the Messrs. Montgom-
cry, OF the colored schools, and Trustee Purvis,
of the county.
A communication was read from the District
commissioners notifying the board that the
bull streets, county, had been named the Mott
building, in honor of the late Lucretia Mott.
CHANGES IN rEAcHERsHIPs.
Mrs. N. H. Browning was nominated and con-
firmed as substitute teacher.
DIR. Purvls stated that at the last meeting the
committee on teachers reported favorably upon
the nomination of NJ. White as a teacher in the
county. A mistake had been made, although
the right person was meant: The name should
said DR.. Purvis, "but another name" The mis-
take was corrected.
Mr.. Clark reported the assignment of Miss
Alice N. Clayton as a first grade teacher in the
VIM. Henry Lee was nominated and con-
hrmed as janitor in the second division.
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION.
DR.. Purvis offered resolution requesting an
appropriation of $4,000 to promote indus
trial education in the District.
Mr. Clark suggested that the amount be re-
duced to $4,000. 1t took only 1000, he said,
to start the industrial school in Baltimore.
DR.. Purvis accepted this amendment. He
Howard university by Prof. Mitchell, and the
results that had come under his personal obser-
walton were quite wonderful.
Mr.. Lovejoy remarked that the industrial
feature had been introduced into the night
schools of Boston.
The resolution was adopted.
PROTECTION OF TEACHERS.
Mr.. Birney offered resolution shat the
board respectfully requests the District Com
missioners to recommend in their next annual
report the enactment by Congress OF the fol-
lowing: ANY parent, guardian, or other person
who shall upbraid insult or abuse any teacher
where said teacher is employed, shall be guilty
OF misdemeanor and be liable to u fine of not
less than ten nor more than one hundred dol
lars, or imprisonment not more than thirty
days. Such laws, he said, eXisted'in some of
the states and were necessary for the protection
OF teachers. He had known q number OF cases
here where such a law would have been very
useful. He had known OF letters OF the most i'm
sulting description sent to teachers, and had
upbraid teachers in presence OF their schools, q
practice destructive OF the influence of the
teachers and the good morals of the schools.
The resolution was referred to the committee
Mr. Birney offered a resolution that in the re-
vision OF the schedule of salaries, no discrimi-
nation shall be made between teachers because
of sex. The resolution was referred to the COM
mittee on salaries.
CHANGING THE BOUNDARIES.
Mr.. Birney offered resolution. which was
ad opted, proposing change in the boundaries
OF the second division as follows: "That from
and after the first day of December next, the
second division shall be bounded as follows On
the north, by Boundary street, on the south by
the middle line OF the mail, and by the Capitol
grounds. On the east by the Capitol grounds
and North Capitol street, and on the west by
10th street west" The effect of this he said was
to give the Blair building with its ten schools
TO the third division. President Lovejoy said he
had hesitated about appointing the regular
committees Of the board for the year owing
to the uncertainty prevailing as to three MEM
bers of the board, including himself, whose
terms had expired and who we're holding over.
He left the matter to the board to determine.
Upon motion Of Mr.. Birney, the president was
requested to announce the committees at once.
MI. Lovejoy stated he would make up the COM
mittees to-day.
The Night Lodging House Robbery.
THE DIRECTORS TAKE MEASURES TO CARRY