Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-30
NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS.
Names of Some of the Honor Pupils and
Other Interesting Matters.

Names of Some Of the Honor Pupils and
Other Interesting Matters.
THE marriage of Miss Minnie Erwin. Of the
Forbes School, takes place April at the Luth-
eran Church, on Grant street.
SOME 60 members enrolled their names as
members of the Teachers Library, yesterday.
The membership fee for the year just com.
mencing is 81
The Permanent Certificate Committee met
yesterday, but the names and results Of the
successful applicants who were on permanent
examination, will not be ready for two weeks.
1T is rumored that Prof ]. B. Sullivan, of the
Duquesne School, First ward, is to resign. Mr..
Sullivan can write DR.. as well as Prof before
his name. and will likely devote himself en-
tlrely to the practice of medicine.
MISS boutwell, has been elected to sue
ceed Miss Borland, who was married during
the week, in the Highland School. The School
Board of this district meets next Tuesday. and
will elect two additional teachers, who will
teach in the building just finished.
MISS LIZZIE 8. JILLsoN, assistant teacher of
drawing at the High School, and daughter of
DR.. b. G. Jllson. will be married April 10 at the
Calvary Episcopal Church to Mr.. Richard K.
Fleming. This vacancy in the High School
corps will be filled at the next meeting of the
High School Committee.
The line of work the public schools will pre-
likely be mapped out the coming week, as Su-
perintendent Luckey expects to call meeting
of the committee appointed by the Central
Board for this work, to have a consultation
with Superintendent johnson to arrange all
preliminaries.
GOVERNOR BEAVER has issued proclams-
ton appointing April II and Maya as Arbor
Days. He gives as his reason for having two
Arbor Days this year, the diversity of climate
which makes 1t impractible to observe the same
day In all localities. Where the climatic con-
ditions are favorable April IL is the date to be
observed, and in the more northerly attitudes
May2.
THE public schools have closed for q weeks
vacation. Miss Ballou, of the Public Cooking
School, takes no vacation, but will continue to
instruct the young cooks during the present
week. The third class for this year will gradu-
ate April 19 The cooking school takes no holi
day this week, SO that the coming class can
start early enough to finish the course at the
specified time.
THE reports for the school attendance for
this month show very good results for March.
The Homewood school looms up with q big
showing, but the new schoolhouse at Brushton
will take some 40 pupils from this district next
month. The Minersville school district has
nearly 100 less in attendance for the month of
March than for February which is attributable
to the broken up condition of the streets of the
ward.
THE fact that the Pittsburg teachers were
paid yesterday is largely due to DR.. McKelvy
President of the Central Board. He has been
in Arkansas and expected to arrive in Pittsburg
Friday, but the delays in getting over the
storm-beaten district prevented him from
reaching the city till yesterday morning, he
the Union depot he went direct to the Central
Board rooms and signed the school warrants
and 900 teachers were made happy.
THESE pupils stand first in their classes for
the month of March at the Forbes school:
Room No. !, Hugh Muldoon; No. 2, David
Lentz; No. 8, Bennie Levi; No. 4, John Stokley;
No. s, Clarence Rosenfeld; No 6. John Guntz;
No. 7, George F. Martin; No. 8. Alex. Silver
man; No. 9, Sadie Pedley; No. 10, Lottie Over
end; No. IL, Josie Sloan; No. IL, Ellie Gueth;
No. IS, Grace Garrett; No Il b AM Annie s,, ,Gardom;
II, Clara Maeder; No. lS Sadie Darrah: No. l9,
Annie Fuhr; No. 70. Alice Tyler; No. 81. Joseph
Shipp; No. q. Fred Toerge; No. Is, Herbert
May.
room on each floor to which the head pupils
are invited.
THE following are the names Of the pupils
who stand first in the highest grammar rooms
of the ward schools: Humboldt, Carrie Vaux;
Liberty, Ida Axtell; st. Clair, Lotte Hopkins;
Morse, Eliza Valoon; O'Hara, Minnie Shelly:
Allen, Emma Weber; PEBBLES, Gertrude Kahn;
Ralston, Stella Scott; Homewood. Anna B. Nc.
Kee; Luckey, Fannie Trimble and ]. Brown;
Minnie MiJtler; Birmingham, Eddie Knoel;
South, Jennie Pr1etori Thad Stevens. Nellie
Farrel; Lincoln, w. III. Holmes; lawrence,
Fred Ochenshirt; Highland. Alma Fitzgerald;
Bedford, Sam Klages; Springfield, Mathew
Considine; Riverside, Nellie Dugan; Mononga-
hela. jerome Kernan; Knox, May Mckee;
Wickersham, Llnnie Isler; Hancock, Blanche
Kelly: Franklin. Geo. Wandless; Duquesne,
Will J. Hill,