St. Paul daily globe., 1892-09-28
SCHOOL BUSINESS.
Jordan's First Report = Changes
in the Rules.


in the Rules.
The board of education Yesterday
cleared up the monthly grist of busl-
ness. The usual number of requests
for transfers was received and denied.
Patrons of the Holland school don't like
to have their children walk so far over
such bad roads and across railroad
tracks. The board declines to make
railroads the boundaries of school dis
tricts. The people south of Forty-sec-
ond street, east of Harriet and west of
Third avenue south. want building,
but, though their own action, they are
outside the boards jurisdiction, and
under the Richfield board. A humor-
Gus protest against the use of river
water in the schools frightened
the session. A. r. Potter offers
to sell the board seven lots in Kenwood
for school site and take in part pay
ment two of the boards lots on North
Second street the valuation of both
tracts to be fixed by the valuation com
mlttee of the Minneapolis real estate
board. The board will consider the
proposition. but it will not trade, and is
also averse TO having its business man
aged by the Minneapolis real estate
board. On Aid. Gray's request the un-
occupied portion of the school building
at Fourth avenue and Thirty-eighth
street Will be used for registration and
election districts.
Supt. Jordan's first monthly report
was interesting. The total enrolment
is 2O.S40. an increase of 1886 over
September, 1891. The high schools
have an enrolment of 1864. The
Central high school shows an increase of
107 over last September. The board is
renting fourteen rooms in addition to
the regular buildings. Besides, the
school facilities have been increased by
the reopening of the Winthrop school,
Eight rooms there are full. and pupils
have To be seated in the basement and
recitation rooms. The work in manual
t1alnins is progressing with excellent
results. The cooking classes are popu-
lar No more pupils will be admitted
to the high schools in the middle of the
year. All pupils now have an outdoor
recess forenoon and afternoon. The
schools of the city should Immediately
be graded i'll primary, Intermediate and
grammar departments. The superin-
tendent believes in eliminating the
higher branches from the schools where
possible. The work would thereby be
Slmpllhed and money saved by drop
ping from the pay roll large number
OF assistants. The superintendent rec
commended that the Harriet school on the
West side of Lake Harriet, where the
average attendance has been but ten,
be abandoned. Action was deferred for
a month";. The committee on rules was
ordered to assist the superintendent in
grading the schools.
The worlds fair management has cut
down the space allotted for the general
educational exhibit too low to permit
creditable exhibit to 5e made. Super
lntendents OF schools and heads of edu-
catonal institutions have been called to
meet in Chicago, Oct. 4, to consider this
problem. Supt G. Nj. Jordan will rep
resent Minneapolis.
The board declined to change the
name of the Holmes school to East Side
high school.
Superintendents of Music McFaddon.
OF Minneapolis, and Congdon, of St.
Paul, are preparing book of popular
songs for use in the schools. The print
ing will cost 5000. The Minneapolis
board will take 5000 copies and nav
500. p"'
The teachers will be asked to assist
the board next Ftiday, Park day, in
nahdllng the children in the parks.
Eacn teacher will be expected to take
Va az AOOiti 40 VII diiy OllteT udN,
The board voted 5000 OH the account
OF Iollefson. building contractor of the
South Side high school.
The opening of the night schools will
be postponed a week. until Nov. IA, to
escape election day.
Supt. Jordan recommended some i'm
portant changes in the rules, which
were adopted. Pupils shall be promoted
and aI,i classified on the teachers daily
estimates of their work. Above the
Second grade teachers shall report TO
the principal each month an estimate of
each pupils work without the daily
markings, and without the use of regu-
lar examinations. Teachers shall be
Tree TO subject pupils from time to time
10 examinations. written or oral. The
principal shall examine, and, if neces-
sary, revise the monthly estimates. Pro
motions in the First and Second grades
shaii De on these estimates. The
changes 90 away with burden of
regular examinations.