Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-04-26
VILLAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Annnai Meeting at the Grammar schosl.
S"Sse..A French school at the North
End Free Text Rooks


Inc annual meeting of the voters of the
village school district was held at the Gram
mar school-house Saturday afternoon. There
was not very large attendance and the
business was transacted smoothly.
The clerk, Hon. Geo. Il. Macomhcr. read
the warrant for the meeting
> I. Whtehouse, Howard Owen and
Thomas r. Murphy were appointed a COM
mi'tee To receive, sort and count votes for
moderator. w.
On eaiionng AZ votes were east, of which
n. NJ. Hesth received 50, and he wa. 40.
clartd elected moderator. Mr.. Heath de.
Ginning to serve, ex-Mayor 5. c. whitehouse
was chosen.
MIR. Clinton Boo,hby was elected clerk DR.
thompson casting the vote of the meeting.
MT boothoy declined serving and DIR. Crook
er was instructed TO vote for Hon. Geo. Il
Mscomber and Mr. Macomber WAS declared
elected clerk
John W. Fogler, W. ID. Stinson and Fred
Chase were appointed TO receive, sort and
count votes for school director. The total
number of votes east WAS 63. of which !, q.
webster received 80, and he was declared
elected director.
motion was made to dispense with the
reading of the annual report OF the d,rectors.
upon which Mr.. 4. McMurdie took excep-
tions TO the item under '.Disbursement,s in
the directors report, viz: "McNurdi, In
vestigation, $500. He said that i, created .
false impression-this calling it Mr.. McNlur-
dies investigation. Ii was no investigstion
of his, but Of 1870 citizens. Mr. McMuriie
moved that the item be stricken out of the
report, as 1t was false. The motion WAS
doubted and on making certain, the me, ting
almost unanimously refused to strike out tho
item.
Mr.. VIM r. Smith stated that the sum Of
IS 90 was for the services of the stenograph-
er at an investigation set on foot by Mr.. Me
Murdie relative to the conduct Of the princi-
pal of the Grammar school The investigs-
tion was fomented and carried on by him
MIR. McMurde adhered to his former asser-
ton and pronounced Mr.. Smiths statement
false. There were l40 others with me in
TINS matter and why is il placed upon nv
shoulders! To draw attention from the facts
IN the case and make it appear that there was
personal fight
Voted, TO raise the sum of $4,000 to be ex.
pended the coming year.
Voted,to make the rate of discount on taxes
and time the same as given by the city.
Voted, that City Collector Turner shall col
lect the taxes the ensuing year
Article 4th in the warrant was takeh up and
the subject OF establishing a school for the
French children at the north end considered.
Mr. Thomas +. MURPHY see in the re-
port that there are 206 children of
French parentage in the district who draw
school money, some 80 per cent of whom do
not attend school Recently went through
the mills of the Edwards Mfg. Co. and
counted lO3 children under 10 wears of age.
Mr. Murphy stated the law which makes it
obligatory upon children under 10 wears OF
age to attend school, and said that the di-
rectors could not enforce the law because the
children do not understand the English Ian
guage. lie hoped the directors would estab-
lish school aud employ "A teacher for these
French children and moved that $500 be raised
for the purpose. Afterwards Mr. Murphy
amended his order by making the sum
$1,000.
DIR. Thompson asked if it would not he
practicable to finish of "A room in the Gram
mar school building for the French school.
Mr.. Murphy said that the Crosby street
school house could be hired for reasonable
sum.
DIR. Webster did not favor finishing of
rooms in the school building.
The motion to raise $1,000 was carried.
The 9th article in the warrant to provide
means for the adoption Of the system of free
text books" was considered. The directors,
in their report, advocate at considerable
length the adoption Of the system.
Herbert NJ Heath, Esq, favored the sys-
TEN. He could not see If the directors hire
the teachers, why they should not also pur-
chase the text books. Why discriminate
DIR. Crooker SAID it would be much more
economical for the district to buy the books.
The following was voted That the direc-
tors be instructed to establish the system of
''iree text books" with such regulations as
they may deem best and that $3.50 be raised
for the purpose.
Adjourned