The morning call., 1892-06-23
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
A Commercial High School to Be
blished.
The Classification Committee Recommends
Some Changes in Teachers and Methods
Which Are Adopted.

The principal object for discussion at last
nights meeting of the Board OF Education
was a resolution embodied in the report of
the Committee on Classification, 10 establish
a commercial high school.
The resolution read as follows:
First-1hat the commercial school Of the de-
partment shall hereafter be known as the Com
mercia High School. The course OF study there
IN shall embrace; A commercial course, fitting
pupils for mercantile life and an Industrial
course. fitting pupils for mechanical pursuits.
The studies in The commercial course shall re-
main as at present.
The industrial course shall include algebra
zoology. United States history, free hand archi-
iectural and mechanical drawing and wood
work, tOge her with such other studies DOW
taught IN the commercial school as wi be ap-
prOpriate TO The industrial course. Such course
shall be for two years, and there shall be post
graduate course 10 be hereafter determined.
SeeOnd-That the principal OF said school shall
be paid the same salary as principals OF other
high schools in tile department..
Directors Wood ward and Decker argued
against the adoption Of the resolution,
claiming that some $1,000 expense would I'M
necessarily be incurred by establishing
commercial high school, which is not
needed.
Superintendent SWEET spoke in favor of
the resolution, and in the interest of pupils
whose parents cannot afford TO send their
children to university or a private school
demanded that commercial school be
established.
President Hyde also declared the adop-
tiOn of the resolution a necessity.
DE-. Decker said the introduction of the
resolution for the establishment of a COM
mercial high school is not for the public
good, ana that be thought there might be a
job. The COgswell school, lie said. is fill
ing the present want in that direction COM
pletely. The discussion grew quite anil
mated at this time.
Director Dunn said he was in favor of the
resolution, but that he had no personal or
Interior motives. lie defed Director Decker
TO accuse him openly.
Decker answered only that any body who
thought that tie cap fitted him could wear il.
superintendent SWEET amended the resO-
luton to read that there shall he one, two and
three years courses in the proposed CONNER
cial High School The resolution was
adopted as amended by Superintendent
SWEET. DR.. Decker gave notice of a re-
consideration for the next meeting The
Classification Committee also made recon-.
mendatOEs Of minor changes and transfer
OF teachers, which were adopted.
II was also decided to adopt the following
recommendation:
That bookkeeping and music be stricken
FROM the study of the high schools.
That 12-class school building be erected
on the Bartlett school lot according to the
plans Oh file, and that the committee on
buildings be directed to advertise for pro-
pOSalS Ter moving the present Bartlett
school building to some vacant lot.
An S-class school building. to be erected
on the school lot on Jackson street, between
Scott and DeYisadeTo, was also recon-
mended, but action in this matter was de-
ferred until subsequent meeting.
Communications were Te0d from SuperIn-
tendent SWEET on progress of the work on
the Girls High School; from James Spiers,
secretary of the Board Of Trustees Of the
C0gswell Polytechnical College, giving
notice that the lease on the premises now
occupied on Tweuty-slxth and Folsom
streets expires this month aud cannot be
renewed; from Jacob Pfeiffer and John
futile, giving notice that Contractor Nc
COTmick owes them S3447 so and Sl65 50 re-
spectively for material furnished for the
Girls High School building and asking
that no money be paid him on his contract
until their claims be satisfied from Charles
a. Hare. explaining that Contractor Jacks
USED different window attachments on the
school building on McAllister street from
those specified in The contract.
On motion OF Director SeWell the building
committee was instructed to see that Con-
tractor Jacks completes his work according
10 agreement.