St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-08
SCHOOLS OVERCROWDED,
And Measures Adopted by the Board Il
Relieve the Pressure.
SOME SCHOOL LEGISLATION.
Many Important Recommendations aud
Anew Minor Appointments
Made.

e. w. White, as secretary Of the ed
ucation board, made his first public ap-
parance last evening at the regular meet
ing Of the board. His appointment of
Otto Dreher Jr. as clerk, was confirmed,
the board also agreeing to his PROPOSE
ton that the future Office hours of the
secretary be from $50 a. m. to 5 p. M,
eight and half hours per day. Hither-
to the hours were fixed at to IL and
to Six hours per day. The creditors
of the board will also be informed that
bills requiring settlement must be fur
nished the secretary by IL o'clock the
Saturday preceding the monthly meet
ing.
The committee Oh schools made rec
concentrations as follows: That the
real estate committee procure two
rooms in the vicinity of the jackson
school, and one room in the vicinity Of
the Monroe school. to relieve the present
OvercrOwded condition of those schools;
that the additional rooms used for school
purposes in the vicinity of the Sibley,
Adams, Lafayette, Jackson and Monroe
schools be under the supervision of the
principals of said schools; that pri-
mary principal be employed in the Hen
bricks school as soon as ten rooms are
open; that sum not exceeding 5000 be
appropriated for the purchase of ma
terlal for the drawing department.; that
the contract for supplying text books
having expired. another contract be
made with the same publishers for five
years, conditional upon the prices of
the books being the same as heretofore.
tIhe report was agreed to.
L. The Arlington Hills Citizens uni on
nat Cd I'm hno rIt RI tho 0lnnly
and chime In the old city hail, and place
them in the Cleveland school building.
The citizens of the district could not
distinguish the time by the new court
house clock; and the board, according
to this request, would meet for the in
habitantS a long-felt want. besides adj
ding an ornament to the school build
ing. The real estate committee was re-
quested to consider the proposition. IS.
= City School Superintendent Gilbert
made his usual monthly report and set
forth that the schools had opened the
scholastic year very auspiciously. The
number of pupils admitted during Sep
TENDER was 1852, an increase of LOBE
over the corresponding period of last
year. Children were still coming in
large numbers, so that the enrolment
for the year promised to be far in ex-
cess of that during any year in the his
tory of the board. New buildings were
required to relieve the overcrowding at
Webster. jackson, Deane, Lafayette,
Adams, Sibley, Cleveland and German
schools.
There were appointed: G. N. Wilson,
assistant engineer Franklin school; }.
w. Kohler, assistant engineer High
school: j. Flanagan, assistant engl-
neer Humboldt; L. B. Guion, janitor
Lafayette school; Matt johnson, assist
ant janitor Cleveland school; A. Lunell,
ianitor Hawthorne school.
The real estate committee was au-
theriZed to advertise for bids for the
old Humboldt school site and building
and several lots on Rice street. The
school at the corner of Sylvan and
&eranium streets was named Robert
A. Smith," A crayOn portrait of the
late Secretary Otto Dreher is to be pur-
chased and placed in the secretary's
Office. The bonds of the secretary were
fixed at $1,000: