St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-04
SECUTED BY Smith.
Manual Training to Be Intro
duced Into the Sixth
Grades.
DR.. Smith Has Serious Objee-
lions to the Proposed
Reform.
Many School Children Suffer-
ing From Defective Eye
sight.
Inspectors Enliven the Meet
> ing With Bits Of Spicy
Discussion.

voted to the transaction OF routine OuSl-
ness, but numerous polite but decidedly
spicy discussions between members re
lieyed the tediun of the occasion.
When President Schetfer called the
meeting to order there answered to roll
call Inspectors Auerbach. Pyle Keane,
Bridgeman and Smith, Secretary
White, Supt. Gilbert and Prof. Car
men were also present. The superin-
.tendent's report for January, which
was the first document to receive the
consideration of the body, was merely
statistical.
Whole number enrolled, day schools II.
406; night schools. l, SD; total, 15.93S. Aver
age daily attendance. day schools, H,1'0;
night schools, 7337; total, 1907 Whole num-
Der admitted. day schools, 1921; night
schools 2,07l total, 1850.
The report was adopted without dis
cussiOn. The report of the committee
OH fuel and ianiturS recommended the
transfer of Janitor Ludwlgson from the
position of assistant janitor at the He'll
erickson school 10 the janitorship of the
Monroe school. Peter Harris. colored,
is given Ludwigson'S position at the
committee on schools was next read, and
III substance was as follows:
The resignation of Miss L. NJ. Nettleton,
of Monroe school, and Mrs. f. Roden: nee
McManus. of Madison school, were accepted.
Leave of absence was granted Miss Staeia
O'HGlloran, of Madison school, and Miss
Laura Dobner. of Hancock school. A seventh
grade is 10 be established in the Irving
school Miss Helen Mackey has been trans
ferred from Jackson school to Irving school
and will be succeeded by Miss Lou Barrett.
Miss E. B. Taylor mas been promoted to The
seventh school
the vacancy created by Mrs. Roden.
Miss E. E. Ball has been trans
ferred from the Mcclellan 20 the Hancock
school, and is succeeded by Miss Lizzie Egar.
Miss NJ. b. Pollock has been transferred from
the humboldt to the Webster school. Miss
a. c. Donovan will open Il new class. in The
Adams school, being transferred from the
Smith school ana is succeeded by Miss
Nellie Campbell, who in turn is succeeded by
Miss Kate Mcdonald. Other transfers made
were: Miss Lou Williams from Hancock to
Webster school, to be succeeded by Miss
Jessie Whitman, who is succeeded by Miss
May Gleason; Miss Louise Meileke from
German to Cleveland school, succeeded by
Miss Olive Long: Miss Alice Ray from Van
Buren 10 Webster school, succeeded by Miss
Winifred Eagan. Miss Margaret Norton has
been promoted 10 The sixth grade of
Humboldt school, and Miss Kate Putnam 10
the sixth grade of jefferson school. Miss
Gertrude Hill has been appointed to open
new room in Irving school The Mcclellan
closed:
sto the question of the introduction of
manual training into the sixth grade, accord
ing 10 the recommendation or the superin-
tendent of schools referred to this commit.
tee, we would report as follows: We find
that that the cost of such Introduction. i'll
Guiding permanent equipment and the ex-
pense of material for the remainder of this
school year will be, approximately, $500. If
the work of instruction be, limited to one
lesson
teachers now in the employ of the
board We, therefore. recommend
that manual training be introduced
into the sixth grade of all schools furnish
ing classes of twenty five or more pupils,and
that instruction be given upon one day OF
each week We further recommend that the
superintendent OF schools be instructed to
prepare plans for giving instruction in man.
-ual training to the boys of the seventh and
eighth grades at their respective school
buildings beginning with the next school
year, and we urge that The board consider
The ACCESSIBILITY of introducing this branch
of work into grades lower than the sixth.
For Manual Training.
DR.. S. g. Smith was not at all pleased
with that portion of the report relating
to the manual training i'll the sixth
grades, and moved the acceptance of
the report with that part stricken out.
He did not expect a second and he was
not disappointed when nobody upheld
him. Mr.. Pyle moved the acceptance
of the report, and when DIR. Bridgeman
had seconded it, DR.. Smith expressed
his opinions on the subject. He be-
lleved the expenditure of the pro-
posed 5000 waste of public
money. and totally inadequate to
the task proposed. If manual
training could be introduced with the
present corps of teachers, he SAID, it
argued either that the force at the man.
ual training school at present is en-
tirely too large, or that the task of
introducing manual training is very
light one. He declared himself as
fundamentally opposed to giving the
sixth grade i'll one school anything I'M
less it could be given to the sixth grade
in every other school. He wanted man.
ual training in all sixth grades or in
none.
DIR. Keane said that the committee
had discussed the question with the
superintendent Of manual training, who
thought the sum sufficient.
Inspector Auerbach said that at the
beginning of the present school year
there was $4,000 TO spare, as the board
had not spent all appropriated for its
use.
DIR. Smith contradicted this statement
and Secretary White showed that. owing
to the change i'll the tax list and the
action taken by the council. the surplus
unspent was only So, 600.
Supt. Gilbert explained that under the
provisions of the report only thirteen
sixth grades would be entitled to man.
ual training. In some of the school
buildings there are empty rooms to be
used for this purpose, and in others a
in. will la
the tops of the school desks.
Inspector Pyle said that the action
advised in the report was the best thing
to be done at present, and that, mas
much as the board is really experiment.
ing along this line, even if unlimited
funds were at the disposal of the board,
he would not favor a large expenditure,
and thought the provisions of the report
ample.
The report was read again, and DR..
Smith remarking that the amount to be
spent was unlimited. Mr.. Auerbach
moved to substitute an amendment to
the report, limiting the expenditure to
$1,000 in introducing manual training in
the sixth grades. Mr.. Smiths was the
only dissenting voice to the adopting of
the report.
The committee ON high and manual
training school in its report recon-
mended that George Weftbrecht. as
sistant principal of the high and manual
training schools, De assigned to the
charge of the manual school building,
with his salary increased $3.50 per an
nun. The status of Mrs. Howard l..
Smith, teacher of drawing in the night
high school, was changed to general
teacher of drawing in the high school
building at 5000 per year. Trevor Ar
nett was appointed teacher of geometry
in the night high school at $50 month,
i'll place of III. M. Temple, resigned.
Mr.. J. D. Sewall was appointed as sub
stitute for Miss II. B. Newson, teacher
of English and mathematics, who is alb
sent on accounted ill health.
Dr. Keane Objects
DR.. keane objected to the increase of
salary in the case of Prof. Weitbrecht,
as showing unjust discrimination
against women teachers, some of whom
are entitled to increases
The report, however was adopted. 7 he