St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-01
SCHOOL MATTERS.
The Attendance Affected by La
Grippe.

Grippe.
At the meeting of the board of educa-
ton yesterday afternoon the report of
the superintendent of schools for the
month showed that lis pupils have
come in during the month, making the
total enrolment 2O.925, an increase of
1928 over march Of last year. Much
sickness has prevailed, and. in addition
to the influenza, which is so serious an
epidemic. measles and humps have
been prevalent and severe i'll many To-
calities, consequently the attendance
has been considerably affected. the per
cent OF attendance for the month being
"a, as against 95.2 for March last year.
The evening schools closed Feb. 81. The
whole number OF pupils enrolled during
the winter was 1878. OF whom .4O6
were males and 572 females. The aver
age attendance was 742; per cent of
attendance, 81. Alice L. StoWell
and Eta Thrusheil have resigned
as teachers. The sUperinten dent. III
little address tackled onto the report.
says he hopes parents will send their
little ones TO school as soon as they are
of the proper age. The work III the
First grade is now So easy and attract
i've that the cOnSld erations which for
merry led parents IN many cases TO
postpone sending their children to
school till they were seven or eight
years old now have no force. Very lit
tie restraint is imposed, and in MANY
respects the conditions of health ana
bodily development are more favorable
than II the children were out Of school.
A communication from the superin-
tendent OF the fire department, recon-
mending that FIRE alarms be placed in
ina
the necessity of putting in lightwells in
the Franklin and Sumner schools in
order that the halls may be better
lighted.
Attention was called to the over
crOwdlng of kenWoOd school, and Door
ventilation.
The following assignments of teach
ers were made: Doris A. Keefer.
Franklin. vice Mary Hanley, resigned:
Alice AcMearn, assistant at Franklin.
vice Annie McGillis. transferred: Myrtle
Z. Newell. vice Miss Sur. resigned:
Emma &. Phippen. vice Miss Stavell:
Clara E. EyleS. vice Eta P. Thrushell.
resigned; Laura Morton. Lyndale. vice
Olive Leavitt, resigned; Frances Farmer.
new room at Clinton; Clara Teal, Clay
school.
The superintendent of buildings re-
ported the school houses in good con-
ditiOn, anu all have been cleaned dur
ing the past week Of vacation. In MANY
OF them minor Improvements have been
made.
P. MeNulty was appointed janitor at
the Everett school TO succeed Patrick
Gibbons, Fred r. Joy to succeed NeIs
NewgOord at the Washington school.
Rudolph Jasper was appointed janitor
at the Motley school.
The report hat some of the teachers
have been selling stationery and books
was taken up. 1t did not appear that
any of the teachers had done anything
more than accommodate the pupils in
trivial Instances, but the board decided
TO establish a rule that teachers shall
not be allowed to sell supplies of any
sort. and the superintendent was in
structed to give notification to that
effect.
a concert of school children was au-
thOriZed. no time TO be taken from study
hours. or unusual dressing to be allowed
among the children that take par l..
Bills amounting to S3S, 600 were ordered
paid. The board decided to recOnsid er
its action in deciding that graduating
exercises should be held in the high
school halls in the case of the Central
high school. and the building committee
was authorized to engage the Swedish
tabernacle.