Wichita eagle., 1888-11-06
BoARp oF EpucAr1oN.
Met In Regular Session With . Bare Majority
The Superfntendent's Report-Routine
Work

ter. AT Sis the clerk in the absence of the
president and vice president called the
meeting to order. On motion Mr.. Lawrence
was unanimously chosen president pre-
| tenn. MIR, Lawrence took the chair and
| called for the minutes of the last meeting
which were read and approved. The com
mittees being called in order Mr.. Campbell
reported on teachers and salaries that his
committee recommended the confirmation
| OF Misses Sangley. Sax. Allen, Nelly,
Dean, Fitch and Carr as regular teachers,
and Miss Orr as clerk or substitute as her
services should most be required The re
port was adopted on motion. Mr..
| Clapp recommended that some suit
able arrangements be made to relieve
Lincoln street school, On motion the mat
ter Of the Harry street school house was
left to the committee with power to act.
The natter of sidewalks as ordered by
the city council was referred to the proper
committee with power to act. Mr.. Fegtley
reported for a special committee that they
had rented suitable school room on the
corner of Lincoln and Lawrence at the rate
of SIS per month for the scholastic year
and that school was already running. On
motion the report was adopted and the
committee discharged.
The report of the committee on finances
was read allowing bills to the amount CT
81, 100, more or less, was adopted and the
accounts ordered paid. Several other bills
were held for the sake of discussion when
one was allowed and the other was referred
back to the maker for items. The commit
tee on furniture and apparatus offered a
telephone contract to be executed. Report
was adopted
The committee on janitors recommended
the janItors be under the supervisor of
buildings and grounds giving him power
to suspend at pleasure but that they also
be amendable to the principles of the sew
eral schools. The report also recommend
ed that the police commissioners be re-
quested to empower each janitor as a
special officer. The report was amended
SO as to throw the responsibility of sus-
prnsion and discharge on the committee
on janitors and was adopted.
On motion that an examination fee of
Sl.0O be charged to all persons applying
for teachers certificates and the money to
go to the library fund; also all tuition fees
from parties outside of the city to go to
the same fund was offered. The matter
was finally laid on the table until next
regular meeting. Mr. Lawrence offered
something on the subject of quarters for
the board meetings. He said Mr.. Bur
we'll was willing to furnish an Office for
that purpose when the council was in
session.
On motion the question of the amount
of salary of the principle Of Oak street
school was referred to the commit
tee on salaries with power to act
Prof Chidister made his report substan-
TALLY as follows At the last regular
meeting of the board of education the
first month not being completed / was
compelled TO approximate the statistics
An accurate estimate shows the following
facts:
Total number of pupils enrolled. $50. .3621
Exceeding same month last. year. 4S3
Average enrolment for the month. .3261
Exceeding same month last year.. ABS
Average daily attendance. .30l1
Exceeding same month last year .... 3S4
Average daily absence with excused. =. PAS
Cases of truancy for month. .......... 81
Number at close of first month. ..... 1884
Number of visits and business calls
made by Superintendent shown by
teachers monthly reports. ..... 1913
Number of visits from others. ....... 1914
Number of cases of corporal punish
menu. ....-.... ....-.......... 70
Number of suspensions Temporary. 81
by teacher. Observation-Disclosures. al
Number of teachers employed, not in
GLIDING Superintendent. Observation-Disclosures. "a
Sufficient time has not elapsed to pre-
pare the estimates for the second month
which closed last Friday. An approxima-
ton for the second month is as follows:
H. n
Average enrolment for the month 1903 |
Exceeding last month. Observation-Disclosures. AZ |
same month last year . 353 |
Average daily attendance .. 1898 |
Exceeding last month. Observation-Disclosures. So |
Exceeding same month last year. :. 3l5 |
Average daily absence with excuse. Dos |
Eases OF truancy. .................-.... 3 II
Number at close of second month 3475 |
Number OF cases corporal punishment, % |
Number of suspensions temporary. 8 t
Hardness by teachers. Observation-Disclosures. 81
Total number of teachers, not includ-
ing Superintendent. .. IS |
The superintendent further remarked
hat the schools had been visited quite ex-
ensively by teachers from neighboring
,lties wishing to learn the methods. etc,
which argued well for the management of
be schools. Furthermore the school sta
istics would show a gradual increase
which was plain refutation of the state
nent that the city was growing beautiful
y less in point of population. The schools
we're also in a better condition and doing
more satisfactory work than ever before
lie could not report that all the patrons
we're satisfied, as that was an ideal state
arely attained by any secular schools, but
was generally admitted that there vas
10 rom, for l.,
he general condition Of the schools was ,
lore satisfactory than he had ever known
q twenty years experience
The superintendent found the wants TO
e: First, few more books for the high
chool library. Second, a half dozen more
cts of wall maps, making set for each
uilding. II. CHIDIsTER,
Superintendent.
The report was adopted and the recon-
referred TO the proper commit
,es with power to act. Mr.. Tucker
loved that the clerks salary be fixed this
ear at s35 per month from now on. The
lotion prevailed.
The superintendent OF buildings and
rounds reported that the Levy street
.hool house was ready 20 be received the
uilders aud recommended that the board
,cept IL and assume all the liabilities :
he cost he figured would be s. 81. He {
lrther recommended that bill Of s37 for
surance be paid in cash as it was a mat :
T outside OF the cost of the building. The
.yment in the report was in five yearly
,tes bearing per cent interest TO the
re contractors
Mr. Tucker moved that If the building