Evening journal., 1890-09-09

BY amount for new bulldogs ~. 23l5s.g a.
s53,767 &
On motion of Mr.. Hartman the regular
order of business was suspended and a
committee of three, comprising Josepb
Pyle, 5 FL. Baynard and Daniel Ross. was
appointed to examine the credentials Of
Arthur J. Briley, the new member of
the board from the Twelfth ward,
On motion of Mr. Baynard the rules
were suspended and Mr.. Briley was
sworn in by President Baird
On motion of Mr. Baynard Mr.. Brilev
was appointed to every vacancy caused
by the resignation of Thomas @. Harris
The Committee on Teachers submitted
q report, which recommended that Miss
Maggie A. Money be made assistant
principal of No 10 school,, and that every
teacher below her be promoted one place
and that Elizabeth Carlisle be appointed
to the lowest place in No. 10 school: that
Miss Maria . Loney be transferred from
No % school to the position of assistant
principal of No. ID; that Miss Martha A.
Harris OF school No 10, be appointed to
the position Of first assistant in No. 10
and all teachars below her in No. 10 be
promoted one place; and that Miss Ella
Z. Duffy, be appointed to the position
o. fourth assistant principal in No. 10
The report was adopted
The Committee on Repairs submitted
q report which contained the bills of the
contractors who did the work of the
schools during vacation. On motion of
Or. Morgan the report was adopted and
the bills allowed
Mr.. Trump called the attention of the
board to the fact that pipe will have
to be run through the outer wall to &C
commodate the FORCES at the High
School and on his motion the secretary
was ordered to notify the insurance
agents of the fact.
On motion of Mr.. Coyle the bill of
$l4S IL of the Delaware Printing Com
pany for printing manuals was allowed.
On motion of Mr. Hartman the Com
mittee on No. 12 was authorized to pur.
chase twenty four window shades at a
cost not to exceed "a So
On motion of Mr. Trump an order was
ordered drawn for $25 in favor Of Brown
Eckman for repairs to No. - and also
IN favor of Dr. + G. Shortlidge for S12
for whitewashlng. On motion Of Mr.
Pyle the Committee on No was author
lied to spend S. for repairs.
The Committee on Printing reported
having awarded the contract for printing
manuals to the Delaware Printing Com.
panY.
On molten of Mr.. Smith an order on
the board from Hubert Cassidy, con-
tractor, for No. 25 school. to John Null
vena, was ordered disallowed until Mr.
Cassidy has finished the school accord
ing to contract
The Committee on Books report
recommended the purchase of the follow.
ing books, apparatus and materials for
the grammar and primary schools.
Models Of geometrical figures. 312 large
ones and 720 smaller ones, modelling clay
stands for the models to cost about 81 rs
each. The models include spheres, cubes
ami the similar geometric figures. They
also need about eighteen tablets, which
will be used by the scholars in these
schools.
On motion of Mr.. Baynard, Mr. Harlan |
explained the use of Il 6 materials These
are wanted on the recommendation of
MISS Royce, the supervisor of drawing
The models. which number 800. will cost
SO; stands for models 81 60 each 72O |
models about 1920, clay, So is tablets |
about 50 90, making in all $446. DR.
Morgan moved that the matter be re-
ferred to the manual training committee.
This motion was lost on the ground that |
the facilities ofthe manual training sch 81 |
were too limited to do the work. On |
motion the matter was postponed for
two weeks.
petition was received from property
owners in the vicinity of school No. ii /
asking that their children be allowed "a
attend No IL school instead of No 25 |
On motion of Mr.. Smith the matter was
laid on the table.
A communication from Charles L.
simmons, member of the board from the
Second ward, was received, in which he
stated that he had removed from that
ward, which was equivalent to his resig-
nation. On motion of Mr. Ross the
was accepted and the cleo.
ton Of his successor was laid over until
the next meeting.
On motion Of DR.. Morgan the ques.
tion of the materials for the schools
was resonsidered. He asked that
the matter be referred to the
manual training department. Mr.
Turner thought that If the boys did
this work they would be competing with
skilled mechanics Mr.. Smith said that
# he wished to build a chicken house in
MS yard and had not enough money to
get some one TO build it for him, aud
quilt it himself, he would not comp etc
With skilled mechanics.
Mr.. Turner-"If the gentleman has a ,
'eacher at s. a day teaching him he is
vi right. If be wants TO build chicken
iouse to the High School, that is some
hing else.
DR.. Morgan thought the matter should
70 to the Manual Training School Mr..
3aynard agreed with Mr. Turner and
bought that If a brick laying and plas- :
ering department was added that a
chool house will be built by the scholars
resident Baird thought that the Manual
Training School should be closed If this Q
vas going to be brought up against it. c
,r Morgan cited instan ces Of the work
which has already been done by the boys. r
nd by boys in other manual training |
chools
Mr.. Ross--'I do not think that the A
'oys will have any time to make these il
rticles If they do all their other work \
Mr. O'Donnell-'I do not know of any
oys OF the Manual Training School who +
ave applied for positions in industrial I
DR. Morgan showed A
I'm an instance of this, aud President g
ARD said that man had said that be \
anted boys from the school as they S
ere very apt q
The original motion, that the matter j
purchasing or making the outfit be =
'ferred To the COMMITTEES on Manual p
raining with power to act, was adopted. s.