Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-06-23

THE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED
TEACHERS TO BE ASSIGNED AT THE NEXT
MEETING-THE TRUSTEES AND THE CoMMIs-
MISUNDERSTANDING AND HYGIENE.
Mr.. j. J. Darlington, one of the new trustees,
presided last night at the meeting of the school
board, in the absence of MIR. Curtis. Mr.. Ross
A. Fish, the other new trustee, was present Tor
the first time at a meeting of the board. The
designations of the following-named teachers
were accepted: Misses Walcott, 9Th division;
Fannie Wise, 4th division; and Irene L. Snyder
and Clara n. Beale LIST division. Leave of alb
sence for one year without pay was granted to
S.F. A. Shields, Addie Fuller and Mary C. Nc
Gill, teachers of the LIST division, and Fannie b..
Bailey, of the 3D. division. Misses Florence ].
Smith and NJ. j. Sampson, having taught sue
cessfully for more than five years with second
class certihcates, were granted third class GER
tificates
DR., Purvis, of the sixth division, nominated
John Mcintosh, aid Mr.. Darlington, of the first
division. nominated Mrs. Ellie C. Weaver as
teachers.
THE ASSIGNMENT OF TEACHERS.
DIR. Purvis suggested in reference to the as
signments of teachers for the ensuing year, that
that matter should be postponed until Septem-
Der, as in past years. because the terms OF three
OF the trustees-Messrs. Clark, Curtis and him
present uncertainty as To the amount to be APP
prOpriated for the schools made it difficult 10
arrange the list OF teachers.
MIR. Fish thought the teachers ought to know
before September whether they were to be
teachers and in what capacity they were to
serve He was willing to postpone action until
the 18th instant he thought by that time the
appropriation would be determined and also
the other point raised by Dr. Purvis would be
settled 1t was decided that the trustees should
report the assignments in their divisions at the
meeting on the 29th instant.
SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED,
Mr.. Clark submitted the following report of
the contests for scholarships offered to high
school pupils, and the report was adopted:
Kendall scholarship in Columbia College o.
car A. Mckennine, standing in school, SO. Z;
Fent ton A. Denison, standing, 73. King schol.
arShip in Dickinson College, VIM. l.. Horton
Birney scholarship in Cornell University, Jos
Z. Rsmage, standing in special examination
$50. Mary L. koDblns. 644.; Laura Zeh, spa.
The pupil making the big hest credit in each
case is awarded the scholarship.
TEMPERANCE AND HYGIENE.
Dr. Purvis, from the committee On text books,
referred to the remark he made at the last
meeting, that one OF the ladies interested in the
temperance hygiene moveme MT had a ext book
with business. Hesaid one of the ladies had as
sunled that he meant her, and he had made a
correction OF the remark. Quite number OF
books, twelve or thirteen. had been submitted
to the committee. He did not find any OF them
quite comprehensive enough for the higher
grades. He thought there ought to be courses
OF lecture-one course by a lazy and another by
gentieman-in the higher grades In his med
icai practice he had seen SO many vices deveI-
oped, because the young men and young
women were ignorant OF their own beings. He
thought there ought to be some competent in
struciion. This matter, he thought, went be-
You'd The temperance question. Tue text books
submitted were only suitable TO the lower
grades.
THE TRUSTEES TO DO AS THEY CHOOSE,
Prof. Gregory, who was appointed one of the
committee TO confer with the Commissioners
in reference to the manner of selecting teach
ers, said the committee had waited upon the
Commissioners and brought the matter TO their
attention. The Commissioners said the matter
was largely in the hands Of the trustees. They
could do what they thought proper, but the
thing to guard was not to appoint anyone who
had not a certificate when there were persons
ready who had certificates. They said that the
appointing power had been abused heretofore
i'll that respect. Prof. Gregory suggested that q
resolution be adopted defining the mode of Sc
lecting teachers. Mr.. Webb, he said stated
that when the letter to the school board was
prepared II was supposed that the supervising
principal was not a teacher. The trustees could
DO as they thought best about bringing the SUI
pervlsing principals into the committees on
the selection OF teachers.
THE PAY OF COUNTY TEACHERS
DIR. Purvis called attention to the method OF
paying teachers In the county, where teachers
were in some instances compelled to teach
several different grades Some teachers of
seventh grades Were principals OF buildings
He thought, in view of their more arduou
service, they ought to be as well paid He SUBJ
United u communication proposing to establish
schedule for eight grade schools, making the
minimum 5000 and the maximum 81 200. The
matter was referred to the committe on teach.