St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-02
TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS.
Bills and Salaries Considered
Changes in the Corps-Printing

Bills and Salaries Considered
Changes in the COrps-Printing
Disagreement.
A meeting of the board of education
was held in the high school building
last evening. full membership pres
ent. Upon the reading of large lot of
bills and claims, the old question of
printing contracts and tenders and the
board. rules concerning them. was dis
cussed i'm vigorous manner, the con-
tention, seem ingly, being that an irreg
ularity had been practiced by
the committee on printing in Or
dering certain printed matter without
advertising for bids The discussion
radiated upon the account OF William
Berlandi, amounting to some $500. In
this bill was an item of SO for printing
ordered directly by the committee, as,
being needed just prior to the high
school examination. Those opposing
the form of giving out work, held that
all work should be advertised for pro-
posals. All accounts before the meet
Ing were finally allowed. .z..a rs. ..s
The adoption'in the high school of
McClearyls ifCivil Government as one
of the text books instead of Mays
sOur Government" has been rec0mL
mended by a committee investigating
the subject. ,.,.e.--..:
Their services not being longer re-
uuired. the following names were rec
Commended dropped from the pay roll
of the board on and after July 3: James
Cochran, fireman at high school build
ing; Charles Wilson, assistant engineer
at Franklin school; Charles johnson,
Van Buren,; E. L. TruaX, Ramsey
school.
c. B. Gilbert, superintendent OF
schools, reports as follows: The num-
Der of pupils enrolled during the month
of June was 10,415, the average attend
ance 9, 755. The total enrolment in the
day schools during the year 1859 has
been 1888; total enrolment in night
schools. 2.13O. making grand total OF
1858 enrolled in the public schools of
st. Paul during the past year. The en-
rollment for 1878 was 14.460, making
an increase for 1850, as compared with
1878, of 1,19S pupils, etc. AS the re-;
suit of the teachers examination held
on June % and 20 twenty-five eandi--
dates reached the required standard.
out of forty-nine examined.
TEACHERS, OLD AND NEW.
The committee on schools reports
recommending that the superintendent.
be authorized to secure teacher OF
domestic economy. at salary not eX-
ceeding $500 per annum. The resigna-
tion received from Miss Bessie Butler,
teacher of Third grade in the Schetfer
school, was recommended to be ac-
cepted. The following appointments
were mane:. j. d. Bond. Snperintepd-
ent of penmanship; Miss Ella O'Briep,
second grade German school, Marie
O'Toole: teacher Geranium street
school, Lizzie Withrow; fourth grade
Adams school, Maggie Churchill;
Quincy school,. Miss Anna Yost; district
No. 10, Gertrude E. Koran, Tilden
school.
The following schedule of salaries for
superintendents of departments was
recommended adopted. First year.,
$1,000; second year, 81 200; third year,
81. 400: fourth year, $1,000; fifth year,
$500; sixth year, $4,000.
The salary of the superintendent Of
schools is fixed 1850 per month.
The following transfers were made:
Miss Alicia Patten, Sehetfer to Webster
school; Miss Clara EyleS, Webster to
Franklin: Miss Julia Fisher. Harrison
to Scheffer: Miss Mary Dolan, German
to Harrison: Miss DoolittIe, Mcclellan
to Adams; Miss Ball, Geranium Street
to Mcclellan: Miss Miller, higher grade
: Mcclellan; Miss Gibson, first grade Nc
Clellan.
Tie committee on real estate ask that
the offices of superintendent and secre-
tary be changed from their present To-
cation, in the basement of the high.
school, to the first floor, and that such
changes and alterations be made as will
accommodate such officers.