The record-union., 1891-06-30
THE SCHOOL BOARD.
It Listens to Arguments Favoring
Physical Culture.
The Proposition of the Educational
Society Meets With Unani-
nous Favor.

! The City Board of Education met last
i.evening. All of the members were pres
/ ent except DR.. Gardner.
III. Weinstock appeared before the
| board as a representative of the Sacra-
mento Educational Society. He stated
! that one Of the chief aims of the society
was to have manual training introduced
| into the public schools, and also to make
the kindergarten part of the public
school system by reducing the minimum
age Of school children to four years.
| The society now thought the time ripe
for encouraging physical culture in the
! schools, and to that end proposed to make
proposition to the board. They realized
the School Department was hampered for
want OF funds, and the society decided to
! overcome this obstacle by making the
! following proposal:
! 1t learned that the Ling system, as
| adopted i'll the Boston schools, was the
/ most successful The society DroDoscd
! to furnish an instructor from the Boston
Normal School free OF charge 10 the
! board. the society bearing the expense.
The teacher will be employed for six
months, and begin by instructing the
teachers, and they in turn Will impart
! their knowledge to the pupils. II the
J
/ the instructor or the system III that time,
! the society would extend the time to the
end of the term. After that, if The board
decided that the plan was beucIicial it
cOGId thereafter assume the expense Of
the instructors salary.
Gr. q. l.. Simmons made short ad-
dress, setting forth the necessity OF phys
| ical Culture in the schools.
ii. f. Tracy said the society would
have the instructor here by the tim0 the
Few term commenced. The question as
to what portion OF the teachers time
should be taken up in receiving lessons
! from the instructor, could be decided by
the superintendent OF Schools.
II. T. Eeylin, Sparrow Smith and s T.
/ Darlington n!anc snort addresses to the
| board. favorng the project.
| Directors ErIeWinc, III, rburn, Paine
! Chapman and Harrison, and SupeIin-
| tendent Hart spoke i'll favor OF accepting
the offer of the society. They thought it
! very Kind, ald ali agreed that the schools
were in need OF a system Of physical
culture.
Director Erlewinc said he believed that
if the board found tlIat the plan was a
success it should refund the society the
amount il had expended.
On motion OF Director Sherburn the
proposition was unanimously accepted
and the society thanked. The subject
Will be more fully discussed at the next
meeting.
Bids for furnishing wood to the schools
/ were opened and refer ID to the Com
miltea on Supplies. The bidders were 4. .
dunbar, NJ. lianrahan, John SHELTON and
James McCaw. The Supply Committee
will hold "a meeting and prepare its re-
port to bc submitted at the next meeting.
Bids were received from II. $. CrOcker
* Co., Weinstock, Lubin d Co., Sacra-
mento Subscription Company and w. Z.
Purneil for furnishing stationery TO the
schools. They were referred TO the Com
mittee on Supplies.
James Seadler, the architect, submitted
/ plans for,an addition to the schoolhouse
/ at TWenty-seVenth and J streets. He e;-
/ tiinated that the cost Of making the addi-
ton would be about s., 800.
On motion of Director Tufts the plans
were accepted, and the Superintendent
was instructed TO advertise for bids if il
was necessary. They viii be opened on
July 18th.
1t was ordered that the advertisement
/ be inserted in the RECoRD-UNIoN
Director Davis stated that some mis-
creants had broken about a dozen win
/ dOws in the SchoOlhouSe at TWENTY
seventh and streets. The Principal was
/ endeavOring to fix the blame on the
guilty parties.
The following communication was read
/ by the Secretary from special committee
OF the board:
naccordance with the notice of inten-
ton given at the last regular meeting of
the board, to abolish the office of Super
/ yising Principal Of the Primary School,
we hereby move the rule be amended so
as to read as follows: There shall be q
! Principal and Fice-Principal OF the
/ High School. Principal and Nice-Prin-
/ cipal Of each Of the Grammar Schools, a
/ Principal Of each primary and ungraded
I school nf no
school"
( Action on the matter was deferred un-
| til the next regular meeting.
The board accepted an invitation to
! participate in the parade on the Fourth of
July.
Invitations to attend the entertain
ments on Friday next at the Sacramento
and Capital Grammar Schools were re-
/ ceiyed and accepted.
The request Of Miss Kittie r. Brier.
/ Principal of the Thirteenth and G-street
School, that the board purchase an organ
for the school. was agreed to, and the
/ board decided unanimously to buy an
| organ TO cost not more than S75.
Misses Lulu +. kaerth and Sadie NJ.
McDermit made application for positions
i as teachers.
Mr.. Ogg of the j. Dewing Company
/ showed the board a new desk which he
| claimed was the most suitable for use in
The members of the board agreed that
that it was one of the handiest desks they
/ had ever seen.
The following bills were allowed: l.. p.
! NlcC Carthy, $3.50 J. J. Laracy, 8l2; George
Ilolbrook, Sl2; Sacramento Publishing
Company, SIS; j. T. McNif, g: Max
lipowitz, S56; Locke & Lavenson, 81: l..
l.. Lewis X Co., S36 35; Bancroft Com
pany, SCI 10; A. :. Hopkins Il Bro, IS rs;
A. Hart, 81; Protestant Orphan Asylum,
S25; j. \. Laflerty, 81; d. Johnston q
Co, $50; Union Ice Company, 81 90; d.
| Weiman, So 30; f. Lesser, So 50; Caledo-
nian Insurance Company, Sl5; II. Coates,
Sl3 -; Friend d Terry, Sl1 81; s. II.
Davis, s. So; Capital Gas Company, SD 80;
Sacramento Improvement Company,
SO 90; III. $. Crocker Il Co, S109 80; J. s.
! Carroll, S75; payroll, Ss,3f7; California
| Insurance Company, S25; Union Insur-
ance Company, $50; North German In
surance Company, $50; ]. Trarbach, $50;
r. B. Harmon, $50.
The board then adjourned.