Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-22
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

! Many Appointments Recommended
 standard of SchOIarship Raised
 Plans for Lighting of Seh0ols-Dr. | CarmRlt's VieWs.
 Irregular meeting of the board of educa-
 tion was held last evening. The principal
 business was the number of appointments
 recommended and the question of proper | lighting for schools.
 Designations were reported as follows by | MT. Henry F. Peck as committee on schools: Fannie c. Bissel room Resette street school J. L. Henry, room Humphrey street school Mary E. Hail, room 3a Hamilton school. Appointments recommended and laid over | according 10 rule were:
 Clara MuIyille 1b to sa Hamilton, s5so.
 Mary E. smith, Wooster tcS Rosetts, s4SS, Kate E Beers, Wooster to Wooster, $500. Christiana Galbraith, 1s assistant to Wooster,
 Kitty G. Campbell Cedar to 1s assistant, Hamil-
 Gertrude E; IsbelI. to Dwight ssso. Minnie D. Swift, Orchard to 1 Dwight, S4so Sarah p. Babcock, Cedar to Orchard, $350.
 EorS MaT1 A. dPs Ps EoWSrqS t s50 Mary E. Kinsella, Cedar 10 Humphrey, S35o: The reappointment of Clerk G. T. Hewlett at passed by the board.
 As to the admission of candidates to the High school, the committee recommended,
 
 last meeting, that all shall be admitted who attain an average rank of 50 per cent. After slight discussion the committees recom- mendation was adopted.
 The committee also recommended that those graduates of the High school shall be the examination of the senior year, an aver age rank of 60 per cent. This recommenda~ tiou was also passed by the board After the regular business had been trans- acted the board called upon Architect L. W. Robinson to exhibit his plans for the better lighting of schools. Ar. Robinson explained his plans and gave estimates as given by the committee on school buildings at the last regular meeting.
 Quite spirited discussion upon the causes of nearsightedness was aroused after the plans had been displayed. Dr. Oarmalt stated that the number of scholars suffering from weak nesses of the eyes increased regularly from the lower rooms to the higher in the public schools. He said, when questioned, that there could not possibly be too much light in the rooms and that it would not hurt anyone to study out of doors as far as light was con- cerned. The plans examined by the board will give the schools larger proportional lighting area than any building in the city. Dr. Carmalt's efforts in arranging proper and adequate lighting in the public schools are aided by long experience in matters of the eye and certainly great praise is due him for HIS uIelnteresGeu e4ertlons In the matter.
 The plans were tabled and the papers re- ferred back to the charge of the building committee.
 President Welch then stated that the elec- tion of secretary of the board was requir- ed. Secretary Horace Day was unanimously reelected at the same salary as received by him during the past year.
 The board decided to have the superin- tendent of schools prepare condensed re- port similar to those prepared monthly for him by teachers in the schools.
 Secretary Day read an estimate of ex- penses for December, the total amount being SS0, ,51915.
 After some unimportant discussion the board adjourned.