Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-19
Gossip From tho Schools.

| MISS ANNIE KANE IS q newly elected teach
| er in the O'Hara schools.
THE teachers will be paid next Saturday
| at the Central Board rooms.
Miss HELEN COOPER, of the Second ward
| schools, Allegheny, will take the long trip
| West to Colorado for her summer vacation.
NEXT Thursday will be opening day at the
| st. Clair building No. 2. while on Friday the
same programme will be observed at the
No. building.
THE new school building at the corner of
Eighth street and Duquesne way to replace
the North School building which was sold.
is promised to be finished for January, 1853.
BOTH the North and Luckey School corps
have been elected during the week. Miss
Emma Williams fills the vacancy in the
Luckey staff caused by Miss Wentz's mar
riage.
Miss KATE NEEPER, Of the Teachers
Library. is already established with her
mother at Valley Camp. which seems almost
| found there, but this is to be her: last sum-
mer there as the grounds are to be sold.
Tomorrow nearly 800 pupils from the
ward schools will go up to High School for
the final examination for admission to High
School. Grammar and composition will be
studies for Monday: arithmetic. Tuesday,
and history and spelling on Wednesday.
Miss BALLou. of the Grant Cooking school,
will speed on the Wednesday evening train
for her home in Boston. Next year it is the
present intention to have $50 pupils take the
cooking course in September and continue
till January. when another $50 will begin.
PROF. H. w. FISHER paid flying visit to
Harrisburg to see Governor Pattison, for 1t
was reported that the Governor could not
be present to lecture at the State Teachers
Association at Beaver Falls. But the Gov
ernor told Mr.. Fisher he would be there at
the appointed time.
MRs. NEELIs, who for the past % years
taught the young idea at, the St. Clair,
Twenty-seventh ward schools, was married
last Tuesday to Mr.. P. Welsh, of the South
side. The honeymoon is to be passed on the
Hudson river. Miss Mary Thompson sue
ceeds Mrs. Neelis in the st. Clair schools.
In the examination of scholars for admis-
sion to the Allegheny County Central High
School in Braddocl township the result
shows ten who were successful out OF class
Of 20 in making higher per cent than IS.
James. Mary McCarroll, Leonora Stewart,
Lily Fleckinger. Pearl JONES' Minnie Jones'
Mark Campbell, John Kolb, Edward Hin
derer. The Others who failed in but one
subject, will be re-examined.
THE Braddock Borough School Board met
on Monday evening last ana reorganized for
the coming year with w. L. Shallenberger,
one OF the new members, President, and Mr..
C. c. Fawcett, Secretary. The latter has
been Secretary for the last IA years. The
other new member Of the board was Mr.. A.
NJ. Bryan. Teachers were also elected for
the various schools, and big increase In
salaries was made In all the advanced de-
partrnents. Those in the primary grades
remained at SIS, having been ad-
vunced last year when others were not.
The following teachers were elected: Prof.
Elmer w. Moore, Superintendent Of the
Borough Schools; Prof n. j. Eakin, Princi.
nal of "a irot ard
McWflliams, May Reynolds, Ada Covert,
Della Grimm, with three moro to elect in the
First ward. Miss Lulu Glass, Miss Alice
Ward and Miss s. Martin having resigned.
Prof. j. 8. Keefer was elected principal Of
the High School. and Miss Jessie Frederick,
assfsfnre.