Daily Republican., 1889-04-23
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
THE LAST MEETING OF THE
BOARD FOR THE YEAR.


The Board Of Education held long
and busy session last evening, that being
tho last for the fiscal year. Eighteen
answered roll-call.
Mr.. Foulk, from special committee to
arrange with the Street and Sewer Com
mission for the payment Of 81 $50 for the
Delaware avenue sewer to Seventeenth
and Union school house, reported in favor
OF paying that amount to the commits
sion, and the latter had obligated them
selves to pay the amount back when they
got their appropriations. An order was
drawn for tte amount aud the committee
discharged. An order was also drawn in
favor OF the same commission for {55 for
connecting with sewer.
Miss Emma A. Coyle presented her
resignation as principal of No. 7, which
was accepted.
The Committee on Teachers then pre-
sented the following report, which was
adopted:
The Committee on Teachers recon-
mended the following changes In posi-
tions OF teachers; Miss Sydney A. Wells,
principal oil No. IL, to be principal oil
No. z; Miss Amanda L. Medora of No. z
and Miss Martha l.. McClane of No. 12,
exchange places; Miss Lizzie q. Van
Trump OF No. TO be principal OF No. 10;
each teacher below Miss VanTrump to be
promoted one place in that school, and
Miss Grace ii. Sayers OF No. l TO be ap-
pointed to the lowest place In No. 4; Miss
Anna Z. Beeson to lowest place in No. l;
Miss Lizzie Mirch to the place of as
slstapt principal of No. s, the four teach
ers below Miss Mirch In No. 90 be each
promoted one Place, and Miss Emma
Fceney OF No. 0 be made fifth assistant In
No. 20, and Miss Nellie G. Hession to the
lowest place In No. 8.
Mr.. Foulk from Committee on Repairs,
reported that blackboards had been
placed in No. 4 aJ u cost of Sl2592, and
In No. 10 at cost of t20.18. Orders were
drawn for the amounts.
Mr.. Hanson, No. 8, was permitted
to expend SIS for painting, and MIR.
Bailey 50 for mending furnace door of
No. 90.
Mr.. Foulk presented report from the
committee to take into consideration the
proprlety OF lnstituting manual training
school, of which the following 10 a
synopsis:
The committee visited Philadelphia and
thoroughly investigated the working Of
the manual training school In that city,
meeting there with Lieutenant Craw ford
who was detailed 10 organize such schools.
The Lieutenant said that the basement of
the High School was the very place for
such school. The committee recon-
mended the appropriation Of 81 coo TO
carry out the pro. .ect, and that II be done
soon before Lieutenant Crawford will
be called away to go on special service.
Mr.. Trump, speaking for 8. X. Smith,
ESQ, regretted that pressing business
prevented him from being present as he
was very much In favor of and interested
in such school. Mr.. Trump moved the
adoption OF the report.
Mr.. Palmer did not think he was ready
for the adoption of the report yet. He did
not wish to be considered as opposed to
the measure, but he thought the boys
had more books now to study In the
schools than they found lime to study oil
could ever master. The children only
got mere smatterlng OF the branchs s
taught. II manual school was instituted,
some of the other branches would have to
belopped of. If there were less books now
in the schools he believed the children
would be better taught Still he did not
want to appear as opposing this measure,
Mr.. Bailey did not think that 1t would
do to organize the Manual School In the
basement of the High School, as the
shavings and combustible materials used
would interfere with the insurance. The
putting In of furnaces for a blacksmith
shop would certainly make difference.
Mr.. Foulk said the committee did not
propose to put In blacksmith furnaces at
the present time and as for shaylngs they
were cleaned up every night by the boys.
The committee recognized the fact OF
which Mr.. Palmer spoke that there were
too many books used and the introduce
ton of manual training was to teach the
boys to work with their hands as well as
with their brains. BE had been firmly
convinced since this question was agita-
ted that the manual plan was the correct
one. Mr.. Foulk then gave an interest
ing account of visit he paid Us dele
gate from the Builders EXCHANGE to New
York, where be visited the Trades School
and saw the boys there at work at brick
laying.
The boys would build up wall of a
building and then they would move to
another place aud build another while
work. men tore down the first wall. He
saw whole blocks of buildings that had
been built by these apprentice boys. The
| boys here were taught carpentering black
smitbing, tinsmithing, plumbing and gas
fitting aud all other trades pertaining TO
building. All these branches could not
be taught In the manual training school,
but the first steps could be taken in some
of the most important branches OF Indus
try.
Mr.. Trump did not see why Whining
ton boys should not have the same priyi-
leges as those of Philadelphia, and he wBs
In favor of giving them those privileges.
Mr.. Morgan had thought the rna ter
over very carefully and had hunt d up
everything that cou'd he found laliDg
to 1t and he had Visited the tchool in
question and other schools of the same
character in search OF information. In
| 1874 he noticed that tue thirds of the
boy graduates of the High School be
came pharmacists and druggists. II the
population of Philad lphia only turned
out 800 for manual training school, the
proportion of Wilmington would only be
about l6. He thought that the most
practical training for boys would he in
architectural and mechanical drawing.
Besides, he did not think that the High
&c. ool building was suitable for such u
purpose.
MIR. Trump argued that manual train
ing made better mental training for the
scholars,
Mr.. Foulk was not anxious tina. vote
should be taken upon the report at that
time, The idea was to gain al the inioT-
nation possible and to have a practical
Illustration of the subject. Doctors were
turned out fast enough; more good me-
nhanics were wanted What A hov