Morning journal and courier., 1888-09-08
RoARn oF RDuoATIoN.

First Meeting or the New School Year
 Last EvenimG-Bus1ness Transacted
 -Omcers in she High school Given
 Up by the Board Talk About an Ad.
 Soon 10 Dc 4s
 The board of education met last evening
 after vacation of two months. President
 welch occupied the chair and Messrs. Graves
 and PIunkett alone were absent. Minor business relating to the opening of the schools was transacted and Mir. Peck reported the following resignations, which were laid on the table:
 Miss Callahan, No. St. Francis orphan asylum. Miss M. A. FennelIy, No. 2 Hamilton scaool Miss Idalia Corbett, No. Halleck street school. Leave of absence was requested by and granted to: zs Miss Annie E. Loper. No. 10 Skinner school, for
 'nS Miss iU Harriet E. Jddson ko If Dwight school un til November 20.
 These recommendations for promotions were made and laid on the table: HAMILTON SCHOOL.
 Miss Cementia Kenny, No. 5, to No. 6, at $65o per
 Miss sylveria Flynn. No. 4 to No. 5. at S5eO
 Mss MISS Aee spO%n H9 s as $50 Miss Mary P. O'Gorman, from training school to room 2, at $350.
  St. Francis orphan asylum at $500. The board ordered $500 copies of the superintendent's reported to be printed. Principal Whitmore then appeared before ! the board to relate the condition and want many rooms, including the private office, had been given up for recitation rooms and still ! two more were needed to accommodate the \ classes. Some little discussion was aroused concerning admittance of out of town pupils. Principal Whitnore heartily favored theis coming, as the extra work for teachers was small and the amount of tuition fees large enough to pay three of the lowest paid teach CTS, He stated that the crowded condition of | the school required also two more teachers. ! But New York and several cities had met | the difficulty of overcrowding by raising the | standard of studies, but the best method to | for another college in New Haven wouldn't Il be advantageous.
 | Major Strong moved that the board give | up their rooms in the building, thus giving II more room for instruction.
 "But where can we meetW queried Mir Bennett.
 70, the board can meet anywhere; in my
 house, if you like, !" answered the major, bu
 chorus of s'No, thanks!" drowned his pro posal.
 | Mr. Zunder spoke of D vacant house neal ! by where Home rooms might be hiSed. Mir. Strong proposed meeting in the police I commissioners rooms.
 Major Strong's motion was unanimously carried and the committee on buildings in- f structed to find suitable rooms for meeting. The committee recommended James O'Brien's appointment as janitor of Rosette street school at salary of $500. The several school buildings were reported in good condition and ready for occupancy. ! As to the school indebtedness, MT. Welch said that a meeting sometime next week was | necessary to discuss the three mill tax. Mir. Dutton, superintendent of schools, said | the arrangements of teaching sub-branches in Il the High school were poorer than any he knew of on account of the crowded condi- | tion.
 I Major Strong spoke strongly in favor of an | addition to the school Glow long would it lasta" asked MT. Zunder. 'sFor twenty years" answered the major. stNo, five years ! at the most" put in Dr. Carmalt, tand then we'll be crowded again." As to the special meeting, Mir. Welch said \ the tax of three and one-half mills would last long and in short time it would reach four mills by the way things were now going. MT. Zunder moved that @ meeting be held Monday evening. No objection was offered and the board adjourned till then. That Cyclone. The cyclone that has been whirling in the gulf for day or two is, according to the
 weather bureau, due in this section about Monday