Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-07-01
THE CITY SCHOOLS.
Business Transacted by the Board
Education Last NIGHT

Business Transacted by the Board of
Education Last Night.
The City Board of Education met last
evening. all the members present except
Director Erlewine.
J h. NJ. Landes informed the Board that
he and others had formed class in philos-
ophy, geometry, arithmetic and other stud
les, and they wished the Board to give
them the use of room in the High School
| of evenings, and also that the Board assist
them to the extent OF $40 or $l2 per month,
| to partly defray the expense of the teachers
salary. The members of the class pro-
posed to bear the rest of the expense them
| selves, and would admit as members any
who were willing to pay their share. They
also desired the use of the apparatus in the
tended to employ T. W. Humphreys as
| teacher.
| Director Sherburn moved that the re-
quest be denied, and Director Senate moved
to amend by postponing action until the
| next monthly meeting.
| Director Tufts entertained some doubt as
to whether the Board legally had the right
| to donate the school funds to such a pur.
pose.
Mr.. Landes then asked the Board to
simply grant them the use of the school.
room and the apparatus.
! The Board agreed to this but it was de.
| cided that Mr.. Landes should first confer
with Professor Pond, of the High School,
Y. b. Strong, of the Foresters, wanted to
know if the Board would trade the Perry
Seminary building for the Society's lot,
sOxl20 feet, on I street, just west of the
Free Library, provided the Foresters paid
also cash consideration.
| The Board could do nothing in the mat
ter, and suggested that Mr.. Strong confer
| with the Board of Trustees
| Director Tufts reported that he had or
dered clocks repaired in three of the schools
| and purchased a new, one for the Sixteenth
and N street school.
Superintendent Hart recommended that
four volumes of McCarthy's "Statistician''
be purchased for the libraries of the schools.
The matter was referred to the Literary
| Committee
Director Davis. of the Building and Re-
| pair Committee. reported that he had a
| new walk built in the Twenty. and
street schoolyard, and platform in the
school at Twenty. first and streets
The following persons made application
for positions as teachers: Maude Denison
Tebbetts, w. H. Lyon, G. C. Pendergast,
Sarah L. Bosworth, ]. H. Howard, W. L.
Willis, Lucy Turner and B. M. Bainbridge.
Madame J. Bousquet made application
Tor position as teacher of French in the
High School.
Superintendent Hart said he had re.
| moved Miss Miller's class from the school
at Fourth and Q streets, which had been
burned. to room in the Ninth and @
street school. The other class he dis.
missed until Wednesday. There was
So 500 insurance on the building.
Director Davis suggested that the Salary
and Finance Committees confer together
aud regulate the salaries of the teachers so
that there would be no irregularities in
them. 1t was so ordered
The following bills were allowed: ]. j.
Lacey, 49, Folger & Osborn, 81 so; Locke
q Lsvenson, 81 %; II. S. Crocker e. Co.,
SAG 55; Joseph w. Johnson, So so; G. s.
Houghton, $l44 49, A. Hart, So; J. A. Laf-
ferty, Sc; Wocdson Bros, Sc %; Capitol
Gas Co., $l3 co. A. j. Johnston e. Co.,
$3.50 So c. j. Noak & Co., SIS; NJ s. Ham
mer, So %; Cash Grocery Store, 80 cents S.
81. Davis, ST 20; D. Weiman, 81; H.
Coates, $45 80; Friend & Terry Lumber
Co, $2S 40; E. Lesser, So 10; A. G. Tufts,
so cents; Hartford Fire Insurance Co., $54;
Queen Insurance Co., $50; Phoenix & Home
Insurance Co., $45; California Insurance
Co., $45; Sun Insurance Co.. $54; Lion In
surance Co., $18; Prussian National Insur-
ance Co, SIS; salaries, SS.O1s so; total,
SIS, 734 80.
The Board Adjourned.