Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-04
MORE SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

- The School District to be asked for an ApprOPrfation-The Graduation or the Commercial lClasses-SchoOl Meet ing February 14th.
 The principal business transacted last evening by the board of education was with reference to new school buildings A meet ing of the district is to be called Tuesday, the 14th of this month.
 J. D. Plunkett reported that his committee had found difficulty in recommending plan for the graduation day of pupils who had taken only the. two years course in the com mercial department of study. President Fl. M. Welch said that it had been understood that the commercial class should have some kind of diploma. MT. Plunkett said the difficulty before his | committee was as to how and when and in what manner the commercial class should bs I graduated.
 MT. Bennett moved a reference to commit | tee on schools.
 1 Mr. Plunkett remarked that all that had 1 bsen said in his committee was that if the I commercial class had done we'll there should | be some public recognition of the fact, as in | the case of those who studied the whole fouI years. He suggested that stage should be l fitted up with the convenienees of moderr | counting room or banking house. The ac' count books should be opened and all the l work of banking and other branches of busi' l ness requiring bookkeeping should be per formed, an invitation to be extended to mer l chants and accountants to inspect the work
 MT. Plunkett explained that in the law medical and other departments of Yale th' classes graduated at different times in th year, but they all received their diploma oip u1x yo{ 1ar1t academic graduates.
 MT. Bennett thought that the commercial l class should have part in the several gradu 1 ating exercises.
 MT. Plunkett-ssThere is where we dis agree" -h a-.s
 MT. Strong-'I should favor having al graduates to be graduated by department and all receive their diplomas at the sam time"
 Mr. Plunkett-'sWe don't expect to presen ! the two year class polished and full grad uates. You have eighty to ninety scholsr to graduate. We have only ten speakers ant the valedietorian."
 l After debate it was voted that the matte should be referred to the superintendent teachers and principal of the commercia class, to bring plan before the committs on schools.
 | The board granted the senior class the use o the High school hall. A partitition is to be ta
 
 The following report was read:
 The committee appointed to enquire and repor on the present requirements for school buildings hereby make the following recommendations: ! First.That a two-story. twelve room building erected in Webster district in place of the presen building and that no school rooms be constructed i
 Second-That brick school house be erected o Rosette street according to the plans hitherto aI
 TBird-That suitable lot be secured in skinne E a tWO-StOrY, elRht-rOOm ! building be erected thereon.
 The report led to full discussion, was ac cepted and confirming vote was passed
 MT. Robinson, the architect, said that whe there were six rooms on floor 50 per cent
 more area was obtained over four rooms
 The Webster school would be 119 fee | long and 67 feet wide, with the projections
 After calculating the cost and fgurin ! over the estimates, it was voted ,on motion (
 Mr. Plunkett, to ask the district to apprc
 priate $95. 900, divided as follows: For th ! Webster building $50, ,000 for the one 0
 Rosett street 3,000 and for the building the Skinner district $32, ,000 J. D. Plunke l was selected to present the wants of tt board at the district meeting. } MT. Strong said that James Keegan, jan
 itor of the Oak street, school had resigned an
 given up his keys. He. supposed the resign tien must be accepted without regard to u ) \ rule and he moved that Matthew Mallo should fill the vacancy.
 MT. Bennett objecting that this was n'
 under the rules the matter went over, a though Mir. Mallon is at present the janito The board under the rule adopted the T , port made two weeks ago, and already pull lished, promoting number of teachers. I'll ], following report will be acted upon in futur Resignation, Emma E. Burwell, Woostt ; school; recommended, Mary 0. Blakesl. for No. 4 Cedar street, at $350; assigned, ; the Cedar street training school, Mary l O'Brien, at $500; for No. g Welch schoo Jeanette McCool, at salary of $700.