St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-08
BOYS IN MISCHIEF.
The School Board Has Novel
Experience at Its Regular
Ses sion.
Parents of Mischievous Boys En-
deayor TO Make Preparation
The Routine.


An episode rather unusual happened
at yesterdays session of the school
board. Principal Slack, of the Rice
school, reported that that school had
been entered by boys, and they had
stolen quantity of pencils, pens and
magnifying glasses The facts came
out in peculiar way, he related. The
parent of one sof the boys discovered
some of the property secreted on his
premises. The father at once took steps
to make PREPARATION. tie reported the
matter to the principal and he also re-
turned the stolen articles. The parents
of two other boys connected with the
burglary took a like course, but the
parents Of the other boy of the party
indign antly denied that their boy had
anything whatever to do with the crime,
and they refuse to make reparatiOn.
Mr.. Slack reported that the little boy
is vicious and bad influence in the
schools, and he. thought the youth
should be sent to the reform school. 1t
was with this in view that he appeared.
He had come to report the matter to the
that 1t should not have been presented
to the board at all, as the three boys
whose parents had made reparatlon had
been sufficiently humbled and pun
lshed, in his judgment. He did not
consider these boys naturally bad.
Mr.. O'Brien thanked the principal for
making the report and the Inspector
took the position that the matter was
proper subject for a serious >cOnsidera-
ton by the board. He urged that pun
iShment should be melted out as an ex-
ample to other school children that may
have hayward proclivities.
But how to punish? That was the
problem. After a protracted discussion
the matter was referred to the Superln-
tendent and the principal to report at
the next meeting.
g DR.. Stamm would not vote for this
reference, however, for he desired to
make personal lnquiSitiOn. He wants
to visit the parents, and he suggested
that possibly the boy is IA kleptomaniac,
but the name of the family was not
made public. 81 a.
The rules were suspended so as to
permit the children in the schools to
make donations to Mrs. l.. p. Hunts
worlds fair fund, no pupil to give more
than 10 cents. The fund is to be used
In the purchase of a Minnehaha statue
to be exhibited at the worlds fair and
afterwards to be returned to st. Paul as
aschool piece.
The committee on schools reported:
Since the last meeting of the board we
have granted leave of absence, without
pay. 10 Miss Esther Wales, eighth
grade, Longfellow school, from Nov. 20
for the remainder of the current school
year. s9
We have granted leave of absence to
Miss Emma Witt, eighth grade, Jeffer-
sOnSchoOl, from Nov. to Jan. l.
We have granted leave of absence to
Miss Elizabeth Mccormick, second
grade, Grant school, from Nov. &c.
We have received the resignation of
Mrs. n. c. Enstam, principal of the
Cleveland night school, to date from
Nov. 10.
We have promoted A. W. Gutridge
from the position of teacher to that of
principal of the Cleveland evening
school, to date from Nov. 10.
We have appointed Miss Ethel Gar
rison substitute during the absence of
Miss Emma Witt, Jefferson school, at
minimum schedule salary for the eighth
grade.
We have appointed Miss M. E. Polly
teacher of the second grade. Grant
school. to date from Nov. 7, at maximum
schedule salary.
We have appointed Mrs. Emily Brad
ley to the sixth grade, Mcclellan school.
to date from Nov. 81, at maximum
schedule salary.
We have transferred Miss Kate Ken
KEEL from the second grade of Smith
school to the second grade of Lincoln
school, to date from Nov 30.
We have transferred Miss S. Crum-
bacher from the position of model
teacher, teachers training school, to
that of teacher of the eighth grade
Longfellow school, at maximum sched-
ule salary for this grade, to date from
Nov 49,
We have appointed Miss Grace Will
Jams, model teacher in the teachers
training school, in place of Miss Crum-
bachnr, transferred, at maximum sched-
ule salary, to date from Dec. 5.
We have appointed Miss Kate Ryan
to the second grade of Rice school, to
date from Dec, 6.
We have transferred Harry Moody
from the Franklin evening school to the
Madison evening school, and T. K.
Long from the Madison evening school
to the FrankIing evening school. to date
from Nov. 80.
Supt. Gilbert submitted the following
report for the month of November.
which was accepted and placed on file:
Whole number of pupils enrolled, day
schools, 1880; night schools. 935; total,
Is, S25. Average attendance, day schools,
1880; night schools. SIS: total, 1885.
Whole number of pupils admitted. day
schools, 1916; night schools, 1,064;
total. 17,517.
The committee on high and manual
training school submitted the following,
and it was adopted: We have accepted
the resignation of Miss Lenore Austin,
to date from Dec. IA, and have appoint
ed Miss Mary |. Pierce in her place I'M
tiliFeb. l, at the rate of $3.50 per annum.
We recommend that the use of the high |
school building be tended to the state |
teachers association for such meetings |
as they desire to hold in it during the |
sessions of the association, Dec. 27-29. |
We have appointed Miss May Golfer !
teacher in high school, from Nov. 8, at !
$50 a month.
The committee on fuel and janitors
these appointments: Alfred |
fireman at Lincoln school; |
j. j. Barrett, fireman, Franklin school; |
Henry G. Tucker. fireman. Jefferson
school; James McGarern, fireman, Mad
ison school. all at $40 per month, to date
from Nov. 1. The committee also re-
ported the transfer of Janitor Mulrean
from the Hendricks to the Maxfeld
school. vice Janitor Readily, transferred
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