Bridgeton pioneer., 1888-09-20
NO. NI3
BOARD OF EDUCATION,
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
A SHORT SESSION.
Not Enough Members Present 60
Take Action on New
APifhmeficS

The regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Education was held Monday
evening, Sept. 18th, at s O'clock.
I Members present-Messrs Lambert.
Miner, Silvers, Corey, Peck, Ayres.
Nichols, Kienze, Whitaker.
Minutes of the last meeting were
read and adopted.
Superintendent Sharp, through the
Secretary, reported as follows-Bal-
ance on hand at last report, $500. OOs
paid out during the month, $1766S.
Balance on hand at date, Sl13.32. An
order for $4,000 had been ordered
| placed to the credit of the Board. by
City Council.
last meeting he had visited Bank
Street and Pearl Street schools, and
found everything pleasurable.
Mr.. Silvers reported that the Com
mittee on Buildings and Repairs, had
made qlite number of repairs, in
cluding new tin roof on portion of
the Bank Street school building. Since
then considerable amount of plaster
had fallen off 10 the hall.
Mr.. Corey stated that the north
fence at the Second Ward school was
10 good condition, but so low that the
| boys clirnb upon it, especially when
the cars are going by. He thought
| the fence might be raised one board
| higher, and some means provided to
| keep the boys off oft.
| On motion, it was ordered that the
| matter be left with the Committee On
Buildings and Repairs, with power 10
act.
Mr.. Kienzle reported that at the
beginning of the term, at the Third
Ward school, it was impossible to fms
the keys. He went to Mr. Lamhert's
to get keys, but could not secure
tenough. He afterwards learned that
they were in the hands OF Mr.. ]. s.
Mitchell
On motion It was ordered that the
Secretary request Mr. Mitchell to turn
over to the Board the keys of the
Third ward school, and if he refused,
to get Mr. Lambert to fit keys to the
locks.
Mr.. Nichols stated that Miss Elmer
and Miss Dubois wanted slateblack-
boards in their rooms at Bank St..
School. On motion it was ordered
that the matter be left with the Com
mittee on Buildings and Repairs.
DR.. Peck, from the Committee ON
Books and Furniture, reported that
the committee had consulted with the
Principals of the schools and that
they were of the unanimous opinion
that Appelton's arithmetics were SUI
perior to any they had examined. The
Committee would therefore submit
,, the following report:
To the Bridgeton Board of Education.
GENTLEMEN: = Having given the
subject of arithmetics our attention
and possessing the utmost confidence
: in the judgement OF our principals, we
concur in their recommendation, name
ly that Appleton's Standard Arithmetic
! be substituted in place of Greenleaf's.
} Jos. S. MINER.
, o. E. PECK.
Mr.. Nichols, from the same commit.
a tee, submitted minority report in
, favor of Brooks Arithmetic.
There not being full Board present
! action was deferred until specia
meeting, to be called by the President
+ DR., Peck reported that the schools
. had supply of copy books at present
! but the committee were considering
; the advisability of introducing new
book, issued by Porter & Coates, OF
a Philadelphia. Later in the evening a
representative of Porter & Coates ex
hibited samples of the books to the
Board.
The following bills were ordered
paid:-Burroughs s. Mixner, $646 81
: coal, as per contract Josiah Hustler
$1T29, for repairs at Bank street
school, Martin Anderson, $780, fol
; new tin roof on Bank street school, &C.
= Samuel Reeves, $15.60, for repairs at
! Third ward school; Geo. w. MCGOWAN,
, S10.s0, for publishing annual state
i ment; John D. Mires, $685., for extra
/ work at Third ward school; E. II
Shaw, 5000, extra work at Bank street
school; Geo. W. Nichols, $3.50, for char
coal; John G. Pierce, $3.50. for trim
ming trees at Second ward school,
A communication was received from
t Miss Emma NJ. Westeott, accepting the
/ position of teacher, to which she was
5 recently elected