The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-06
TREASURER FRENZEL ON TOP
The School Board Fails to Indorse the
Action of the Finance Committee.
Superintendent Jones Pleads for an Increase
in the Accommodations for Pupils-Trans-
fer of Teachers Committee Reports.

Ter Oh IeacnerS-C0mmlttee Reports.
The School Commissioners met half an hour
earlier than the regularly appointed time last
night. and what otherwise doubtless would have
been prolonged session was cut short by the
disposition of the members Of the board to rush
business and adjourn in time to attend the High
school commencement exercises.
The report of the treasurer showed balances to
the credit Of the different funds as follows:
Special, $32, 42807; tuition, So, SOTO; library.
81. S31. 81; total. $40. S7204
Superintendent Jones submitted report di-
recting the attention of the commissioners to the
urgent need for additional buildings to accommo-
date the largely-increased and rapidly growing
school population. He said within the last
few years the increase of school pop
ulation has overtasked the financial re-
sources of the board, and there
is now quite manifest overpressure in many
buildings In few buildings pupils are turned
away from lack of seats, and in many others the
rooms are too full for the best health of the
children or the best results in instruction. The
aggregate reduction in our attendance from the
fact that not every child can attend school at q
building near his home, and in every way suited
to his wishes. is very considerable. The evil
dence before me in the official reports of attend
ance at the different buildings with the num-
bers reported as waiting for seats, indicates that
we have lost during this year about three hun
dred pupils from the lack OF such accommoda-
ton. 1t is to be remembered, however.
that many of these pupils would
have been but temporary accessions
The pupil who will make little or
no effort to attend school unless the building be
located at his own door, is not usually smitten
with deep love of learning: Yet it seems wise
public policy, as far as our means will allow us
to do so, to influence such persons to begin their
attendance, hoping that their love of learning
may grow from their association with those who
already appreciate its advantages. In this city
at the present time, the needs for new buildings
are beginning to be clearly and fully outlined.
AS soon as the board has the means at hand, it
will be wise movement to build simultaneously,
nearly sc, in three different localities as fol-
lows o. An eight-room building, so
located as to give immediate relief to Nos. IL, 2
and q; and through the relief of No 2, Incl
dentally the relief of Nos / and 3; and through
the relief of No. g. incidentally the relief of No.
4. have in this statement traced the direction
in which the pupils from these various buildings
can be sent with the greatest satisfaction to all
which they now attend school, (2) A four
room building in such location as to give relief
to Nos IL, 6 and %. This might be fairly ac-
complished by four-room addition to No II,
AND the board already owns the ground upon
which to place such building. l3) A four-room
building so located as to relieve Nos 3D. 20 and %;
and Incidentally to relieve No. Is through the
relief given to No 13. If it is found impossible
to do the building here indicated during the COM
ing summer, the following plans may be carried
out for the immediate future. First, it will be
possible to give reasonable relief to the buildings
north of Washington street by sending larger
number of the upper grades to High school No.
l. using the large hall as session room, and
transforming some of the smaller session rooms
into two recitation-roons each by temporary
partition. / think this may be done without
making any partition across the large hall itself,
it being desirable to retain il in condition fit
for the monthly meetings of the teachers. Sec
ond, south of Washington street the problem is
not quite so easy of solution. There are still
two rooms available at No. 6, and an unfinished
room on the third floor Of High-school No. 2.
With careful distribution of grades it would be
possible to run one year longer without material
change; but it would certainly be the part of wis
dom to build at the earliest possible day in the
localities indicated in the body of this report"
The committee on tho appointment of teachers
submitted report, which was approved, making
recommendations as follows: The promotion of
Miss Nellie LOOMS, of No. 49, to the position
made vacant by the resignation of Miss Nellie
Stackhouse, and the appointment of Miss Maggie
Merrill to the position made vacant by the pro-
motion of Miss LOOMS Transfers-Miss Lizzie
Stearns and Miss Charity Dye, Of Annex /, each
a half days work in 9B grade, Highschool No.
1: Miss Mary Hail. assistant principal No. 2 to
Annex No i. and the promotion Of Miss Eta
Miller to the assistant principalship thus made
vacant; Mrs. Angeine D. Brown, of Highschool
No. to half days work at High-school No. g.
Miss Seleck. of High school No. 2, to Hgh-school
No. l, and of Miss Beatrice Fay and Miss e A.
Collins each to partial work in OBJ grade, High
school No q Miss Clara Williams, from CAB
grade, No. IL. to GA grade No 4; Miss Anna
Sweet, from "a Alb grade, No. 5, to FAB grade,
No. 2; Miss Ella Lowe. from 3A grade. No. 26. to
Alb ga grade, No. 10; Miss Mary E. Ware. from
7B grade. No. 10. to Annex No l; Miss Emile
Schmuck. from Dab grade, No. Is. to 2B grade,
No. 4; Miss Laura Vincent. from "a grade No.
%, to FAB grade, No. Is; Miss Alice For
s 81 aa, from RON % "a grade ! No: 20. to
ates of the Training School-Miss Mary Merrill,
2B grade No. 2; Miss Minnie Bean, 5B grade,
No. IL; Miss Bessie Hill 2B grade, No IL; Miss
Minnie Weir, 2B grade, No. 20; Miss Laura
Smith, "A grade No. Z; Miss Ottilie Schell
schmidt. 2B grade No. 26; Miss Mary Moore. BIB
grade, No. 26 Miss Carrie Gall, teacher of Ger
man at No. 2; Miss Anna Dryer, FAB grade,
No. 20; Miss Annie Broden FAB grade, No. %;
Miss Nettie Seibert, FAB grade No. 16. John
T. Smith, acting principal Of No. %, was ap-
pointed regular principal Miss Matte Griffith,
No. Is, was requested to act temporarily as
principal of that building.
In the order of unfinished business the report
Of the finance committee, stating the reasons
why treasurer frenzel was not consulted In the
negotiation of the school board loans which Gre
ated something of sensation and caused q very
spirited controversy at the last regular meeting,
came up for consideration. In advocating the
adoption of the report, Commissioner Vonnegut
said I'VE have been accused of illegal action
as a dangerous precedent for future actions that
might not be committed with the same innocent
intentions.
.Our statement in defense of our action has
been called absurd The developments to news
paper reporters have declared that these state
ments would be made the object of an aggressive
fight Now, if we keep quiet, the rumor
will go out that we prayed for
peace; for concealment of our deeds
Therefore, we must ask the board for unani
nous approval of our action, as it was command