Evening journal., 1889-03-12

Cash from night school No. ID. 400
s5i SOC. 81
| OR.
BY salaries paid teachers. s 6,Ss576
ohieers and janitors.. ........+.t.s... sli0l
/ Paid for repairs. acknowledgements. ls0.12
Paid for books and stationary .. 2A.ea
For miscellaneous bills ls..t........... 7942
expenses. '..,.....''..'.....|. = - ~ ss,li1ss
Balance February 2s, new buildings 5,9ee9O
So, l,so0s2
School No. l., was allowed $i5 for
new shades, No. 3, so for molding board $,
etc. No. 8, SO for mats
| ). K. Smith stated that Mr.. Hanson
and himself had investigated the charges
made by the newspapers of the inhuman-
ity OF the teachers of school No. 5, ia
turning the scholars out of doors in bad
weather, and found no foundation for
them. The committee exonorated the
the teachers from the charges.
School No. IL was allowed $50 for re.
pairs to chimney blown down on inau-
guration day. No. 8. $5 for a molding
board The building committee of school
No 13 reported that it had been found
necessary to open new room and ap
pointed substitute teacher for it. The
matter was referred to the Committee on
Teachers, with power to act in the ap.
pointment of permanent teacher. Or
ders were drawn for $65 for Mr. McCay
endy for curtains for No. 13, and for
$500 for Miller & jenkins
for plumbing for the same
NO. 10 was allowed $40 for black
boards in the back of two rooms. and 500
for new fence. The action Of the build |
ing committee Of No. 10 in purchasing
clocks, Thermometers, etc, was sane |
TONED. No, Is was allowed $s5 for re- |
pairs to blackboards No. 90, So for an
ash barrell. The High School committee
was given authority to continue the iron
DIVISION fence back to the rear of the lot
Inc committee to whom was referred |
the petition OF Thomas Webb, janitor of |
school No. l, asking for pay for extra
work, recommended an extra salary OF 1
"a m onth, exceptsduring vacation. The |
report was adopted
The committee on books recommended /
that Prang's Drawing Books. Steele's
Chemistry and Averys Philosophy be |
placed on the list of books.
Mr.. Cloud, the successor to Mr.. Grier
was placed on all committees made by |
the latter's retirement
Messrs. Shortlidge, Dandy. Mason |
Cloud and d. r. Smith were appointed a |
committee to examine candidates for n |
janitor for No. Ia.
Dr. Shortlidge and Mr. Foulk were
appointed a visiting committee for school
No l3.
On motion of S. R. Smith, Messrs.
r. Smith, Shortlidge Foulk and Presi- I
dent Baird were appointed committee
to consider the propriety of adding an
adjunct to the high School, to be used
for manual training
Mr.. Pyle stated that the plans for the
new school in the twelfth ward were
ready. recess of ten minutes was
taken to examine them while L. r. Cars
well the architect explained them. The
lot on which the school is to be built is
situated at Woodland avenue and PYLE
street, silverbrook, and is 115xs0 feet. |
The plans are for building 80 feet front |
and 90 feet deep, to cost $15, 600 to SIG.
OOO. The building is to be two stories. |
three rooms on each floor, large cloak
rooms, roomy corridors and a principals
room opening from the corridors.
At the expiration Of ten minutes Mr.
Pyle moved that the committee on the
new school In the Twelfth ward. be au-
thorized to receive estimates for build
ing the school house according
TO the plans. There was con-
siderable opposition to this Messrs.
Morgan, Palmer and Bailey Thought
that such action would be hasty.
Ihey wanted to see plans of other archi-
tects: Mr.. Pyle thought action should
be taken at once as the ward was build
ing up rapidly. A hundred houses would
be built in the ward during the coming
season. S. r. Smith spoke Of the neces,
slty of having school accommodations in
that section Of the city.
Mr.. Morgan inquired whether the
school was necessity. Many primary
had vacancies already. Then he
made an appeal for more schools for
colored children. The matter was then
postponed for two weeks.
The superintendent was instructed to
present statistics to the board regarding
the number of white and black children
needing school accom- mmodations in the
Twelfth ward and other sections of the
city.
Mr.. Morgan. after preliminary speech
moved that the new course of music be
dropped from the High School course.
Dr. Shortlidge seconded the motion.
Then followed long and warm discus
sion in which several members of the
ceNAA AtNh part
The motion to drop the new system Of
music from the High School course was
then put and carried
A warm discussion on the charge that
scholars had to pay for outside instruc-
lion in music followed, in which DR..
shortlidge, Mr.. Foulk and President
Baird engaged
Mr.. Morgan said that so far as the
High School was concerned the pupils Of
the girls department voluntarily en-
gagged Professor Rhoads or others to :
each them music for entertainments.
Mr. Foulk did not object to that par
-ieular thing, bnt wanted to pay for
Il.
Mr.. Morgan asked If he could bring in
! bill for the High School tuition ia
music, he was told he could and will be
heard from at the next meeting.
The committee on printing was au-
lhorized to expend $50 for certificates.
The matter of employing a teacher to
each natural sciences in the High School
was referred to the committee ON :
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