St. Paul daily globe., 1889-07-05

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WHERE DEPOSITED.
Bank of Minnesota, st. Paul. S62, ,639 Sc
Respectfully submitted.
GEORGE REFS,
Treasurer Board of Education.
Received and ordered filed.
From the Building Inspector
Copy of legislative act relating to
remission of dense smoke" with pal
ticular reference to the High school
building.
Referred to Committee on Real Estate.
From Cochran & Walsh
Circular pertaining to electric surface
motor lines, to be built and operated,
and asking for certain information.
To Committee on Real Estate.
From F. Heller, Jas: N. Allen, Erie
ISaacson, Mic Solheid, Henry VOll-
mer, Swan G. Nelson, Matt. Mullrene
and Chas. Bundle
All respectively applying for positions
as janitors of public school buildings.
Referred to Committee on Fuel and
Janitors.
From the Superintendent
ST. PAUL, Minn., July l, 1889.
To the Board of Education.
GENTLEMEN: / have the honor to
submit my report of the condition of our
public schools during the month of
June:
The number of pupils enrolled
during the month waS........... 10,415
The average attendance during the
month was. -. 9.75s
The total enrolment in our day
schools during the year 1888 and
1889 has been. .......... .13,52S
%oI y,f inhf cnhn
has been. ...................... 2,l3O
enrolled in the public schools of st,
Paul during the past year. The enroll
ment for 1887 and 1888 was IA ,460, max
inf an increase for 1SSS-S9, as compared
with 1SS7-S8, of 1,19S-a creditable show
ing. certainly.
The most important event in connec-
ton with our school system during June
was the final test of the new system of
promotion. So far as it is possible to
Judge before the opening of schools in
September and the forming of new
classes, the new system has proven en-
tirely successful. The last weeks of
school were marked by an entire alb
sence of worry and nervous strain so
painful in the past to both teachers and
pupils. The written tests which we're
given throughout the term from time to
time, without previous warning were
taken by the children as easily and
naturally as their ordinary daily work.
In making the weekly estimates. the
teachers in the main appear to have
been governed by both good Judgment
and honesty, and my present judgment
is that never have the children in our
schools, after a written examination,
been graded so wisely as now, AS the
the result of the teachers examination
held on June % and 80, twenty two
candidates reached the required stand
ard (Out of fOrty-nine eXamined). A
successful exhibit was given in June
also. at the rooms of the Chamber of
Commerce, of the work in drawing and
manual training. This exhibit was wit
messed by many citizens, and helped to
strengthen these two branches of our
curriculum in the public estimation.
AS other matters of interest will be
treated in my forthcoming annual re-
port, l will spare the board their recital
tonight.
Respectfully submitted.
G. B. GILBERT, Supt.
Received and ordered printed in pro-
ceedings.
From the Committee ON Fuel and Jani-
ST. PAUL, Mimi, July 1, 1889.
To the Board of Education:
Your Committee on Fuel and Jani-
tors respectfully reports:
FirSt-The recommendation made by
the Chief Engineer in his report, which
was referred to US, relating mainly to
| construction work, we recommend re-
reference of said report to the Commit
| tee on Real Estate.
SecOnd-Their services not being
longer required, we recommend that
| the names of the following en-
ployes be dropped from the payroll
from and after the Sd inst, viz: James
| Cochran, fireman at the High School
building: Charles Wilson, assistant en-
gineer at the Franklin School building;
| Charles Johnson, assistant janitOr at
the Van Buren School building, E.
l.. Truax, janitOr at the Ramsey School
| discharged by Inspector Kuhles), and
| Max Scheffner, janitor of the Long
| fellow School, not Recommended.
Third-The following named em-
! ployes having satisfactorily performed
their duties, and having been severally
recommended by their respective in
| spectors, are hereby reappointed sub
| ject to the rules, and under the exist
| ing schedule of salaries, viz:
Engineers-D. w. Pond, Franklin,
and (ex-officio) chief engineer: F. II.
Bowman, Lincoln; William Stephens,
| High: Nicholas III. Prane, Jefferson;
Jerry Weber, Humboldt; Joseph Egan,
| Madison.
Engineers and Janitors-Frank j.
King, Washington; Charles Haedrich,
| jackson.