Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-09-10
ANIMPORTANT MEETING

is Said About the Need of a New High |
school Building The Reports to
Come Before the A pproachings school
Meeting.
The board of education met last night to
coneider the reports of principal of the
high school and the superintendent of
schools on the agitated new high school
matter. These reports are given in the
main below. On the basis of these re-
ports the board has made another report,
which will be found below. All of these |
will be submitted to the district at its |
meeting on the 10th of this month. The |
other business of importance done was to |
decide that the tax rate for the ensuing |
year sholld be 81 mills.
The committee on schools recommended:
The appointment of Miss Annie L. Thomp-
son at No. CD Eaton school, as substi-
tnte, with salary of $500; the transfer of
Miss Ida L. Story from No. 4 Hallock to
No. Ferry, at the same salary; promo
ton of Miss Mary L. Blaokman from 81 to
4 Hallock and of Miss Margaret Duggan
| from 8 to 3a; the assignment
| of Miss Coxeter of the training
| class to Hallook, No 2; the advancement
| of Miss McKiernan from 3b to 40, Webster
| school, at the same salary; Miss Atwater
| from 20 to 3b at same salary; Miss Chaplin
from extra to 20 at same salary, and Miss
| Munson as assistant at Webster; the ad-
| vancement of Miss Catherine Simmons,
salary from 1915 to $500, on account of
taking higher work mo 3b Dwight; the
advancement of Edith L. Robinson's sal
ary, of No 4, Ferry street, from $3.50 to
! IF
transfer of Sister Catherine Whelan from
St. Francis No. to 3b Hamilton; the
transfer of Sister Clara Mulville from
Il he a tsansfer Of sister st o. 1ta ols4i
from 3b Hamilton to &c Hamilton;
the advancement of Sister Jerome
Lyman from &c st. Francis to 2h St. Fran
cis; the assignment of Miss Mary R. An
drews of 1873 Henry street as extra at Shell
ton school; the transfer of Miss Bronson
from CD to Ga Eaton.
Leave of absence was given to Miss Ford
of Shelton avenue for a month, to Miss
Bryant of Lowell No. 6, and to Professor
Jepson was granted leave to attend the G.
A. R. reunion at Washington.
| It was voted on the recommendation of
the committee on special instruction that
twenty-five new benches be bought to sup
plant the worn out ones at the manual
training school. These shall be such that
they may be used in the new manual train
ing school. They were authorized to &C.
cure whatever tools seemed necessary.
Miss Anna Baldwin was appointed as
sistant in kindergarten at WEIGH training
school at salary of $500, and Miss
Kate Langtry as assistant in kindergarten
at Hamilton school at salary of $500:
The board gave permission to the Misses
Simpson, Judson, Warner and Lottie Far
rell to take the examinations for entrance
to the training school. Miss May G. Tor
bett was reappointed as stenographer at q
salary of 5000.
The following changes were made in the
personnel and salaries of the janitors OF
the several schools throughout the city
airy increased from $3.50 to 81 900; A Hay
wood of Eaton school from 5000 to $3.50
r Dennis OKeefe of Winchester school from
$500 to 5000, 81. W. Blakeslee of the cook
8 ing school from 500 to $3.50, Francis Ray
of Ferry street school from $3.50 to $500
g Patrick Donnelly was appointed janitor Of
j. Davenport school and Richard Newbert O.
the ungraded school in place of JOSEPH
n Bertsche, resigned. The clerk of the board
l. Mr.. Hewlett, was given weeks vacation
The following resolutions, proposed by
<, the finance committee, will be incorporated
y in the call for the meeting of the distric
Ir and be submitted to the district for action
Voted, The bonds of the treasurer and the col
q lector should be $4,000 EACH subject to the ap
l. Voted, That tax of SO mills be laid on tn
70 polls and rateable estate Of the district payable
Voted, That the district be requested to ask tn.
ID purchase Of free books and supplies for the sew
e. Voted, That the board of education is hereb.
authorized to issue bonds Of the district to a.
4 chase of lot and the erection Of and furnishing
:. | of high school building.
y REPORT OF THE BOARD CONCERNING NEW H1e1
SCHOOL BUILDING, WHICH is TO BE SUBMITTED II
THE COMING SCHOOL MEETING.
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=. June 81, 1892, the following vote was passed:
Voted, That the board of education be and i
annual meeting of the district in September,
"a report as to the necessity Of q new high school
10 and to embrace in the call for that meeting tn
question Of making an appropriation for tina
- In accordance with the instruction Of thi
% vote and to give the district the fullest informs
.s tion the subject, the board submits herewith
a report from the principal of the high schoc
schools upon the subject.
10 Upon the authority Of these reports Their
70 70 high school building The present high schoe
20 l building was built in 1873. The population 0
then is
~, | $4,000. There then in attendance at tn
le high school 1858; there are now crowded With
ne The erection of a new hig school building is
~ subject to which the attention OF the board ha
or gan to be felt as long as eight years ago. TIL
n board at that time and again subsequently, care
ent building but fou p among other OBJECTION Ies
I'd that the smalness of the lot and its close pro1
Unity to the railroad made the project 1nfeas
r. in lie baidnE xfterEsrds i partisio1ed .
~ two rooms, which could be lily spared, from tn
~ hall used: for the assembling togetherl and II
10 | rooms from the hall, making it virtually useef
~. for the important purpose for which it was col
te structed and for which it is constantly needed.
Of The board has felt reluctant to ask the distri
to incur the expense Of new high school an
has deferred the question from year to year, a
though the complaints have annually come to
of Inconvenience embarrassment and detrimel
-, ton of the school. 1t would seem from the fac
s presented in the accompanying reports that a.
" ton on this question ought no longer to be d.
> ferred.
D. Additional school buildings are constantly r
IN quired in a growing city like New Haven, and
~ / case a new building is decided on for the hig
school the present building will be available f
as a new grammar school, or-what will be morSs
10 sirable, building for the higher grades of Ii
1t A few years since the district, foreseeing ths
10 the time was near when new high school built
ing would be required, made provision for the
suance of bonds for that and other purposes, &
that if the district sees fit to authorize the ere
ton Of building and make appropriation Their
IA amount of $170,000 are already provided for.
IN In accordance with the instructions given i
| the board submits these facts for the carefl
Of consideration of the district and asks thereon ii
10 policy in this matter which it desires to er
]. | force against the wishes of the district
In case however the district decides upon tn
=, | erection of high school building, it should
~ built upon a lot spacious enough, so that it ca
be enlarged the further growth Of the city de
mands. We should have in view not only OF
"a city of to-day, but our city as it shall be gene
| alton hence. Whatever action shall be taken
ts | this matter, it should be worthy of CROWN
r | city, and worthy of that admirable system
In public education which our city has SO wisel
" | and SO generously established.
: | SUPERINTENDENT CURTIS RECoMNENDI
TONS FOR THE ERECTION OF NEW H1a
SCHOOL BUILDING.
Superintendent Curtis in his report o
1t the above subject refers to his previous #
port on the crowded condition of the hig
D. school building. He then adds:
as The deserved popularity of the school 6
y indicated by the constantly increasing a
nj tendance, the rapid growth of the city
40 population and It's marked advance
u material prosperity, consideration of pull
lie spirit and of future progress, all CO,
spire to make more imperative than eve
i before the demand for more room an