Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-29
PEDAG0GUE AND PUPIL.

TEACHERS warrants for the am cunt of S36,
| 297 rs will be issued tomorrow.
MISS EULALIA A. GREAvEs, of the Home
wood school has been elected to position In
! the Grant.
On Tuesday, It being Grand Army Day, the
public schools will hold but one session from
A. N. to I'm.
NOTHING will likely be done toward the
opening OF night schools in PIttsburg till after
the next meeting of the Central Board.
THE official announcement of the awarding
! OF two gold medals to the Plttshurg educa.
tinnal exhibit is expected to be received this
| week.
SECRETARY SCANDRETT of the Allegheny
Board of Control, has now regular assistant,
and the educational rooms will be open during
the whole day.
MRS. REV. BOONE, nee Annie E. Jamisou. OF
Idaho Territory, is visiting at her mothers
residence on Observatory avenue. Allegheny.
She was formerly Well known in educational
circles as the assistant principal Of the Luckey
school
LITTLE OLIVE, the youngest daughter OF
Prof. ]. NJ. Logan, of the PEBBLES school, is
lying, since Friday, quite sick with diphtheria.
MIR. Logan has hi> present headquarters at
Superintendent Luckey's residence. Hi many
friends hope that the little sufferer will soon
recover.
A GENERAL session of the Teachers lnsti-
tute will he held October II Contrary to ex-
pectations, Superintendent Luekey does not
expect to have the Superlniendents OF all
the State Normal Schools present ill later
date. A class drill and discussions by local
personages will he the programme.
THE increase in attendance at the Washing
ton schools, SeventeenIh h ward. is 81 over Sep
tember OF last year, and an additional teacher
will be asked for at the next meeting of the
Central Board. Another big increase is ex.
pected after the complet on of some 30 new
houses, now in process OF erection, around the
locality of the Main street building.
MISS l. E. MOORE. of the Bellevue Hospital.
formerly teacher in the Liberty school Is
home i'll. Miss Moore is the first and only
Pirtsburg teacher to break away from the
ranks of her former profession to become
physician. This step required both courage
and great perseverance,, aud that Miss Moore
rs endowed vi h these qualities cali he seen
from her success in tne training school AZ
Bellevue Hospital. she has been there for
year and will next year enter a medical school
in New York. After graduating from which
PIttsburgers VIII lie allie TO see the sign "Dr
L E. Moore" on one of the principal streets of
this city. Miss Moore is very mucu IN earnest
about her new profession.
THE September increase in the school enroll.
ment is quite gratifying. Thirty-one school dis.
tricts have been heard from with the Forbes
Homewood, Howard, Minersville, Morse,
O'Hara. and Sterr,t yet to rerort. The Oak.
land district heads with the biggest increase
1907, followed by the Hi md. (75), ST. Clair,
(6gj Liberty, 1917. Mt Albion, 1851, which lnst
SO many last yea bv tn onening of a parochial
school; the Grant (55). The biggest derraasA
Is at che North, l5i). Raston, (5S), and Bed
ford (zSl The RaistOn school has one teacher
less Tins year. The net mcIase in enrolment
is S46 A remarkable fact is that the decrease
Is not where the parochial schools are situated.
THE Teachers Academy held Its regular ses-
sion yesterday afternoon Some loo members
we're in attendance. Miss Katie Evans. of the
Soho school, was initiated as member. After
much enthusiasm had been expended. IL was
decided to rescind the resolution passed at the
last meeting. viz. that all members who were
delinquent in paying institute dues or non.
attendance should lie placed on the retired list.
90 the members who expected to be decapiIa ed
at yesterdays meeting still remain full.fedeed
members. The great force of the arguments
used to rescmd the action that the academv in
tended to follow was that the Institute aud
academy are two distinct bodies, and member
failing in his duties to the first body should not
dehar him from the second. A special meeting
will be called to elect Ulcers
THE Allegheny schools were never in such a
fiourishing condition. The night schools start
tomorrow evening in Is OF the wards. The
new rule of having teacher for every 25 pupils
and an addl iona one when there are over half
of this number, instead of ] for every 40 puptls
as heretofore. goes into vogue The Board OF
Control meets TN Tuesday evening when writing
and drawing teachers will I've asked for the sub
urban wards AS the rule Is at present only
the schnols having IL or Is rooms are allowed
these special teacher, and the plan for the
outside wards Is TO have Two or three schools as
one district to be snperv sed by writing and |
drawing teacher. On Monday evening the |
High SchuUl Committee will elect three teach |
ers TOR the High School. Fifteen applicants |
have been examined and Is have since made an |
appearance. Just one week ago there was not |
a single applicant; now there are 40 In the |
woods for three positions The increase in at |
school added another teacher to its force last
week