Morning journal and courier., 1889-11-16
DISCUSSING BIDS NDRULEs

| Many Important Happenings AZ Last
| Nights Meeting 1.-THE Board Of Edu.
| cation which Shows the Individual
| Opinions of Membors Upon Promi-
! Rens Points In the Administration OF
! the school District.
| The regular meeting of the board of edu-
cation last night was attended by all of the
| members except Mr.. Avis. Bids were opened
| for elating Lawrence street school, and dis
cushions upon the revised rules were the
only features of the meeting of any impor-
lance.
The resignation Of Miss Frost was accepted.
The secretary reported the following ex-
penses: Total, $as, 5ss, of which s., s2o was
for extras, teachers $22, 745, janitors 81, III,
on Atwater's stationery bill $2,40S. The
daily expense for heating was little over
1000.
Architect Robinson reported the bids
which he had received for the stating of Law
renee street school. The bids were for one
square foot Of board ready to mark on. The
whole amount of slate required is 5000
square feet. Fair Haven, Vermont, Marble
and Marblized Slate company, 80 eents; D.
G. Pratt OF New York, 20 cents; w. A.
Choate & Co. of Albany, "Old Bangor"
slate, 30 cents; Munson, Maine, Slate COM
pany, same as in Webster school, % cents;
J. L. Hummett, Boston, 2411s cents; O. d.
Lum, Bangor, Pennsylvania, Slate Roofing
company, 261a cents. A long discussion en-
sued over the bids, and they were finally re-
ferred to the building committee with power
to award the contract.
Bids for placing heating arrangements in
Winchester school, Gregory street, were re.
ceivsd as follows: Charles B. Kinney, $75;
Bates & Townsend, $40. The bids are build
ing of a hue in which to set a furnace. These
were also referred to the building committee
with power to act.
Architect Robinson said that the new Law
renee street building could be finished by the
frst of January, but that the walls were not
thoroughly dry and he would not advise the
work to be pushed any more rapidly than to
have the school finished by the first of April.
The reading Of the last of the proofs Of the
When the section, fixing the price of tuition
of non resident pupils was read, Mr.. Adler
suggested that if free books were furnished
by the district, the tuition of non-residents
should be increased.
We've got to wait for the town meeting to
decide the matter of free books, said DR..
Carmalt, with smile.
Mr.. Leigh looked across at Mr.. Howarth
and whispered: sWell make non residents
AnAhAoA oAC4A OWh bOoAos AloW eA1oty
Jim!"
"Csrt,." calculated that gentleman, and
the reading continued.
The section giving power in some cases to
change scholars living in one school district
to another was seriously objected to because
of the opportunities fer favoritism. Dr.Car-
malt and Captain O'Brien, although in favor
of the principle, thought there were cases
where any ironcIad rule in this matter would
not work well. They thought that small
children, especially living on the outskirts of
district, ought not to be separated frsm
their playmates who perchance might be
forced to attend another school. The
section WIS changed to read: No
child shall attend any school outside
of its own district except by vote of the
committee on schools.
The matter of transferring truants and
other children to an ungraded or truant
school was discussed. Superintendent Dut-
ton said it was done by an officer. Mr..
Leigh thought that having an officer take a
child to school savered of by-gone days. He
thought IL disgrace enough to any man to
have a naughty son, without having peliee-
man 60 to school with the boy. 1t was de-
cided that 20 child should be transferred
until its parents had been duly notified of
the change.
The board adjourned till next Friday eve
ming,