The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-09
POINTS ON PAWTUCKET.
The Meeting ofthe School Committee
Last Evening.
INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS.
The Good Fellows Active.--Tower Posts
Open Meeting.-The Death of Jonathan
Hylands.-Points of Interest.

The regular monthly meeting of the
school committee was held last evening,
Chairman Abbott presiding and all the
members being present.
The following bills were allowed and
ordered paid: Supplies, 1891; teachers
wages, sl,6l5.6s; janitor's wages, sl52.4l;
repairs and care, s275ls; fuel and gas,
81 .36: incidentals. $50. rs; evening drawing
school, $4,000; evening schools, s43; refer
ence books and apparatus, sl53.0s; furni-
ture and furnishings. $3.50; advertising
and printing, 1926; text books and sta
tionery, sl05 10.
The monthly report of the superintend-
ent was read and ordered filed. The re-
port shows that the work of the schools
has gone on with unusual smoothness
during the past month with the exception
of continued absences in consequence OF
the grip. Since the opening of the term
the superintendent has given considerable
time TO examining the work of reading in
the lower grades, and while the grades in
many schools do not yet maintain the
high standard he expects them TO, most of
them show an advance over the work of
previous years. The ideals of the teachers
in this respect are higher and truer and
they are striving more wisely for their at
tainment. "The aim in teaching" he
says, "is TO give the pupil power 10 OBJ
tain fully and perfectly thought expressed
by printed words" The superintendent
then calls attention To mistakes in the
teaching of this branch, and concludes
The real aim reading is TO train the
pupil in the comprehension of the
thought, and so far as our teachers have
adopted this principle we have made
progress. We have already gained much
in expression. i hope before the year is
ended to be able to record equal gain in
fuency."
The report of the truant officer. George
A. Mumford, was presented and placed on
file. IL shows the number of absenteeism
Investigated to be "a; parents notified to
send their children to school, 80; manu-
featuring and other establishments visited,
9: employers notified. Q: children reported
absent from school under suspicion, so.
The committee on books was authorized,
on their recommendation, TO purchase a
set of Appleton's Encyclopedia for the
Garden Street School house, and the com
mittee on property was authorized TO pro-
cure a suitable bookcase for the library of
the same house.
Mr.. Gillian, from the committee on prop
erty, reported concerding the sale of the
Summit Street School house. The city
solicitor had given his opinion that the
committee had no authority to sell the
house, but that such authority must be
had from the City Council. A resolution
mad been prepared by the committee to
present to the council.
The report was received that the chief
janitor had suspended "A sub-janitor for in
toxication, and the matter was continued
till the next regular meeting, when the
chief janitor and sub -janitor will be asked
10 appear TO be heard. The committee
then adjourned.
The following visiting committees for
Al L..
evening: w. T.. Tolman. High School and
Cherry street; Il. +. Gillian, High street
and Pidge avenues +. Il. Tobie. Church
Hill and Washington street; III. Barker.
Garden street and South Woodlawn; j. +.
Abbott. Saurel HILL Hancock street and
Lincoln avenue; NJ. w. kelliher, Brook
street, Grove street and Prospect street;
III. A. Brown, resigned. Broadway, Taun-
ton road and Middle street, III. A. Rice,
Quincy avenue Capital street and Smith
field avenue: b. Eastwood, East street,
Division street add Cleveland street.
DIR. Kelliher Declines.
Medical Examiner Kelliher, who was
elected marshal of the st. Patrick's Day
parade at the convention Sunday evening,
has declined the position, owing, as he
says, to his inability TO devote the requi-
site amount of time to the celebration to
make il the success its projectors desire.
In his letter declining the position he
says " fully appreciate the honor con-
ferred on me by the convention in electing
me chief marshal for St Patrick's Day.
To make grand success of this parade
would take more time than / am able TO
give TO it. / am therefore compelled To
decline with thanks the position of chief
marshal Inclosed find check for s2j,
which j wish TO contribute to help make
the parade a success"
Regular Meeting of the Pythian sisters.
MAY Temple, No. 9, Order of Pythian
held an interesting meeting in their hall.
Biswick Block, last evening. Visitors
were present from Hope Temple, No. 6,
South Providence, and from Elmwood
Temple. No. 3, Providence. for the benefit
of whom the work of the Temple was ex-
emplified by mock initiation. One APP
plcation for membership WAS received.
and an investigating commtte appointed.
Installation of OnRcers.
The annual installation of officers of
Pawtucket Assembly, No. 43, ROYAL Soc-
ETY. OF Good Fellows, was held last evening
in St. Georges Hall. The installation
ceremonies were performed by District
Deputy Walter Ii. Highland. The officers
for the year are as follows: Ruler, Aaron
secretary. Walter c. Highland; financial
secretary. Fred II. Grant; treasurer, Her
bert :. Carpenter; prelate, Calvin j. Cor
nell; guard, w. Howard: director, c. +.
Read trustees, Alden W. Sibley, Earl :.
Brinford, Robert X Mackhillop The
ruler and guard were not present last
evening, and will be installed at the next
meeting.
Tower Post Holds an Open Meeting.
The first of the series of monthly open
meetings held by Tower Post, No. II, G..
A. r., was held last evening in their hall,
Littlefield block. The post turned out in
large numbers, as also the Sons Of Ncter.
ans and many members of the Womans
Relief Corps, Comrade Ansel ID. Nicker-
son read en- interesting paper on reminis-
cences of the rebellion, at the close of
which he was heartily applauded. Com
rades Charles and Herbert Tracy rendered
n number of songs I'm their usual satisfac-
tory manner, followed by short address
by His Honor Judge Pardon +. Tilling
hast.
Obituary.
Jonathan Rpvnolds of this CITY died last