St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-07
IT SQUARED ITSELF.
The Board of Education Makes Reply to
the Alleged Taxpayers.
SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
! A Long Session of the School Directors
! q Last Night---TwO designations
lus r. Accepted.


J, i The board of education held its regu-
larmonthly meeting last evening in the
High School building. City Treasurer
Reis presented his monthly report,
showing the receipts of the past month
to- have been $4,000, certificate of in
dehtedneSs, plus S.. 1854, the balance
On!hand Dec. 81, 1887, making a total of
$a5.l23.94 of receipts. The resignation
of Inspectors A. j. Wampler and III. c..
! Sc4urmeer were received and accepted,
and appropriate resolutions were passed.
. -, RAMSEY SCHOOL.
Supt. Taylor read his monthly report,
showing that II, 154 pupils are now en-
rolled in the day school and Ito in the
night schools, an increase of 761 over
that at the same time last year. There
are now 1854 enrolled in the German
classes, an increase of 172 over last year
at the same time. The examinations of
the grammar school showed 125 promo
tons to the High school. The new
Alex Ramsey school now has an en-
rollment of 2S.
CHANGES OF TEACHERS.
The committee on schools made APP
pointmentS as follows: Miss u. S.
Brigham to the first grade, LOngfellow
school, and Miss Margaret Kelly to the
fourth grade, Lincoln. Transfers were !:
Miss Jennie Wales. from the seventh to
the eighth grade of the Lincoln; Miss
Z. L. Buell., from the fourth to the fifth
grade of the same building, and Miss e..
Williams, from the fourth to the fifth
grade of the same school. The commit
tee also recommended the confirmation
of the following teachers, who have
taught their term of probation and have
certificates of success signed by the
superintendent:
Lafayette School-Miss M. C. Haw-
thOrne, Miss l.. G. Morrow and Miss L..
A Smith.
Douglass-Miss Theresa Bettrick.
Garfieid-MiSs Rebecca Allen.
MOnrOe-Miss Bessie Butler and Miss
Kate Olney.
= Cleveland-Miss A. H. Carter, Miss
j. NJ. Bliss, Miss A. NJ. Campbell, Miss
E. L. Geiger and Miss II. l.. Bevans.
Van Buren-MiSS Carrie Kreiger, Miss
Bertha De Haas and Miss Emma Free
man.
Madison-Miss A. M. Zenzius and
Miss Edith Taylor.
Adams-Nliss E. Sliney, Miss Sophia
Tener and Miss G.. +. Garland.
Training School-MIiss FL. M. l.. Eg.
glestOn.
Humboldt Fl. c. McCioud, Miss
S. DOugherty and Miss Nj. Lennon.
HancOck-Miss Lou Williams. Chair
man Wright, from the committee on
manual training, submitted a report
recommending that the department be
continued as now until the end of the
year, and that the committee be author
= lied to prepare course of study ex-
tending over three years. This was
adopted.
To THE TAXPAYERS UNION.
Chairman Schitfman, of the finance
committee, presented report of the
committee in answer to a communica-
tioh sent to the board by the executive
committee of the st. Paul Tax
payers association. The report
states that nearly all the questions
pfOp0unded in the communication had
BEEN answered in the itemized exhibit
sent to the city council Aug. 1, 1887.
:. ..9'aThe injustice and unfairneSs of the
. writer OF the communication" says the
report, ''were pointed out in his state
ment that the schools educate but $50
pupils, whereas during the year 12,516
pupils were admitted to the schools, the
average number being 1882. In answer
to the question, Does not the common
council burden the taxpayer pretty
heavy when they grant levy of AZ
. miils? thereport quotes therate of tax
alton for school purposes of several
cities, all of which have larger tax rates
than st. Paul, beginning with Philadei-
phia, where the tax rate is 90 mills.
The report then says that the number
of schoel-sittings is 12,77O, with an aver
age of 1882, not 1900, as stated in the
communication, and also that 1.-THE old
fashioned long division of the writer of
the communication would be improved
if he paid more attention to his divisor
when he figures out the number of pu-
pills to each teacher" A comparison of
the cost of the schools of St. Paul per
pupil with that of the schools of other
cities with like conditions in
them appended. The cost of
schools for tuition, supervision supplies
and incidentals in st. Paul per pupil en-
rolled is, according to the report, S13.42
and S1S.58 per pupil. average attend
ance, somewhat lower than for the other
cities quoted.
The report concludes: ITO point out
all the errors of statements in the COM
municatiOn seems scarcely worth while
The statements being incorrect. the de-
auctions based upon them cannot stand
With this statement of the condition of
affairs your committee rests the case"