Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-07-08
HOT MEETING.

The BO0fQ OF SOucoIOn F0a AA0Ls
selves and Transact Busiaess-TwO
New Teachers for she High school
Tho Members Anxious for a Vaca- i,
tion. {,
Last evening the borad Of education met |
for a regular meeting and friskly famed
themselves while performing some of the
tee had been unusually busy during the past
week and came in with long list of recon-
mendations, the consideration of which oc-
cupied the most of the evening. The one to
provoke the most interest and excitement for
warm night was the Recommendation to
appoint two new men for the high school,
one to take the classical department at
salary of 81, 800, another to act as an assist.
ant. For the former position the name of
q. s. Gulliver, principal of the Branford
high school, was mentioned, and J. William
Trumbull of this place for the 1attex
This recommendation of the committee came
upon the rest of the board with rather
staggering effect and the merits of the above
named men were conjectured and discussed
for some little time. The questions arising
were chiefly of expense and the ability of
those men for the places. The latter was
made clear especially in the case of Mr.. Guilt
yer. The committee had met him personally
during the preceding afternoon and were
highly impressed with his bearing, etc. He
also comes highly recommended, with good
record made In the Branford school and also
two years. experience In the Hartford high
school. He graduated from Yale in the class
of rs, being its valediotorisn.
It caused some surprise when the pencils
and figures showed the fact that the money
to be expended in the high school next year
for salaries, including the raises which have
been made and the money to be paid these
two new teachers, will be something like
$500 less than last year. It was voted to hire
Messrs. CULVER and Trumbul1 at the above
named salaries.
It was also voted to hire Professor F. R.
Honey to teach mechanical drawing one
mar schools in the city at a salary of $500,
and for him to have full charge of the draw
ing department in the manual training
school al consideration of 5000 extra.
The following recommendations of the
school committee met the approval of the
board: The resignation of Miss Todd from
No. 10 Weloh school and her place to be sup
piled by Miss Fannie NJ Lynch of the Hall
lock school at salary of 1915.
The following promotions In Hallock
schools: Miss Mamie A. Cook, from room
to z, salary $500; Carrie Beard to room 6,
salary $3.50: May Blackman to room salary
$500; N. G. Duggun, to room 3, salary $3.50;
Wyllistine Goodsell to room WEIGH school,
salary $500; Olive Day, as an extra at $500.
In the Cedar street school Josie Costello
was appointed to room 5, salary $500.
Miss Lswis of Cedar street school, salary
raised from 5000 to 500, to correspond with
the grade of the room. Also the salary Of
Miss Phelps of the same school was raised
from $500 to $3.50.
Miss Craig to be appointed an assistant in
the high school at salary of $500.
1t was also voted to raise the salary of Miss
Sheridan aud Miss johnson of the high
school to s., 900 each.
It was voted to allow those young ladies
| who failed to pass a satisfactory examina-
| ton from the WEIGH school to enter the next
term on trial to see if they earn the diplo.
mas, also Miss Turner and Miss Rudd, who
| graduated from the high school in the class
Of 80, were given permission to enter the
next training elass. John Purcell to be ap-
pointed to teach in the training school at q
salary of $500.
The last matter of business from the
school committee was a bill from futile
Morehouse & Taylor for 500 that was con-
trected in printing the examination papers
last April which were found to have been
tempered with. The firm left it to the board
to pay what they thought right. It wai
| voted to pay two-thirds of the full amount
The report of the building committee
showed that the amount necessary for re.
pairs during the vacation would amount ts
So, 1854.
The meeting adjourned to Thursday night
when the new rules will come up for consid
Grafton.
Fire In Simsbury.
TAR1FFvILLE, July THE house of Da
vid Wilson, located near the town farm, wa
burned to the ground Sunday night. Yer.
little of the furniture was saved. The ori
gin of the fire is unknown. The loss wa
about eight hundred dollars and the hous
was insured for a small amount in the Mid
| dlesex Mutual