Daily Republican., 1888-03-27
Board of Educasion.

eveping In regular sess ON, with Presi
dent Bard prostding. The session was
an uneventinl one with the exception
that the report of the Committee on
High School started . little boom OF
discussion, as many of the member
were adverse to bringing up tho old
skeleton Of trouble between the priRci
pal and frst assistant.
Tho Committee on Teachers presented
the resignation OF Mary E. Elliott No
Assistant prip sipal Of No. 7. which wss
accepted.
They also recommended that Miss
Amanda l.. Madeira, be transferred
from No. 10 TO the vacancy in No. Z,
and thas Miss FArtha MoClane BIZ
made assistant principal Of No IL. The
report was adopted.
The teaCAers' pay roll, amounting TO
81, ,582 4D, was allowed.
The COMMITTEES Of No. z were given
permission to btore number Of cd
deslfg in the cellar OF No. l.
Toe committee of No. were given
auth Drity to have this fence around tbs
school repaired IT Q cost not exceeding
$50.
A b.ll fs6 :or repairs at Nc. II was
allowed.
Ga motion of Mr.. Collins MISS Rob
inson OF No. "a Was allowed pay for
Tuesday, the 18Th, as she was prevent-
ed reAcatng the school by the blizzard,
Although sho endsnvofed to do &C.
The Committse' on High School sub.
nitted the following report;
"Your COMMITTEES would report that
the Girls High Gehool Is progressing,
aRd from the repo,ts Of the .>st exam.
ipation tlsere appears to be . gradual
increase "a the average Of the pnpils
from the lowest olnsa. The average Of
thu ffth grade is ST.; that of the
| liuzior AeR second term senior is ~. /,
showing gain OF . per cent.
''The Committee on Boys High
School beg leave 20 report that the
school 10 In o prosperous condition.
Instructions are regularly given to all
OF the Glasses. The sxamipations were
finished on February The geners
average of the boys examined was
about 80 per cent. on the n pupils IN
the 6fth and,sixth grades, so were pro
motsd, over ons half oE the " being OK.
empt from examination, owing to ihein
having term average OF over 80 per
cent. Four OF the Junior class and
three Of the MIDDLE Class failed of pro.
motion. From observations made by
the committee since being assigned to
the High School, they are OF tne optn
ion that tho whole recent diff Guilty
arose from the unwillingness OF the
first assistant to recognise the principal
As buoh In matters pertaining to the
management of the school,"
DIR. Shorth 1ge wanted to know IL the
rules in reference to seading, writing
and spelling we're carried out.
Mr.. Has es replied th0t 1t had since
this session.
DIR. shortlidge-Wils 1t be carried
out7
Mr. Hnyes-The committee will at
tend to that.
DIR. 5hortlidga desired to know OF the
committee what was the matter witt
the first assistant.
i Mr. Hay syes--she blocks the principals
duty.
Mr.. Smith moved tha& the concluding
sentence be stricken out.
Mr.. Ruth said he would second thI
motion. His name was signed Il thu
report, bus before signing 1t he had no
read the pnpe-.
On motion of Mr.. Blake. the repor
was referred back TO the COMMITTEES.
The Committee on Revision of SAla
ries reported in favor OF raising th.
salary Of the secretary $50, also thi
treasurer $50 1nd the jAnitor S20.
The report Of the committee &C
far as the secretary and treasurer
were concerned was adopted o5
an aye and nay vote of Is to The
increasing OF the jauitor's salary wAI
defeated by q vote OF to 10
The Committee of No. IL reported
that they had awarded the contract fol
laying board walk to Patrick Fahey
for $50. report adopted.
The Committee of No. was granted
Authority to expend an additional S1t
for carpet and $6 for curtains.
The Committee of No. 10 Wal
authorized TO have q hve'fcot pave
ment laid In front of the school at |
cost OF $50. Adjourned.
The great quaint ity Of waste matte
to be hourly and daily removed from
the avatam renders IL of surname i'm