The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-06
d a MES AILIoUN,
l.. K. COLE,
GEO. VANWERDEN,

| IL. h. COLE, fCOTu.
| Gro. VANWERDEN,
On motion the report was adopted.
On motion bill of 7. 4. Baylay for {
survey of Park school was referred to the
judiciary committee, and one of George
Fritch for labor at Cleveland school to the
committee on buildings and grounds.
Mr.. Ward, chairman of the judiciary
committee, reported that during the ses-
sion of the county institute held in the
high school, damage mad been done to the
building to the amount of SIG and that ht
was making an attempt to collect it from
the parties who had the building il
charge.
| The chairman of the committee on teach
ers and salaries called up the section OF
| the committees report submitted but Rol
| adopted at the last meeting. Section is as
| follows: Your committee submit the fol-
| lowing; for the substitute list would rec
ommend the following: Mrs. Laura
Phills, Misses Ella Taft, Mary Kelly, Eva
MCGEE, Anna Wilson, Gertie Jackson,
Kate Naftzgar. Emma Allison, Lulu
Andrews, Mary Barwise, Jennie Shuts,
Lolita Burrows, Ruby Ellis, Cora Kimbel,
Minnie Lane. Jennie Triplet, Ollie Triplet.
Rebecca Dunkin, Lucy Y. Drain and Mrs.
Ferris. On motion the matter of the fur
naces in the West side school buildings
was referred to the committee on heating
and ventilation and the members from the
Fifth Ward. Mr.. Fazel stated that the
secretary had catalogue of the library
books ready for publication and the same
should be printed at once. On motion of
War6an ha
to the library committee with full power
to act.
Messrs Campbell. Hyde and Rutan in
behalf of the College Hill school patrons,
presented a petition asking for a third
teacher at the College Hill school. The
president informed the gentlemen that
the matter properly belonged to the COM
mittee on teachers and salaries and the
city superintendent and that it would
receive the proper attention at their hands.
Mr. Ward suggested that the teachers
meetings heretofore held in the High
school building might be held in
the council chamber if a committee were
to see the members of the city council
about the matter.
The report of the committee on text
called up. The report is as follows:
GENTLEMEN: We, your committee on
text books and course of instruction, after
having carefully examined and looked into
the subject of drawing in the city schools,
beg leave to recommend that the revised
system of Whites Drawing Zone book
series be adopted instead of the old one, as
the books are very much improved, and
the cost viii be only one half to the pupils.
We further recommend that the teachers
OF drawing be Instructed to follow out this
system in its fullest sense.
GEO. Z. CAMPBELL, Chairman.
Major Powell moved, Mr.. Van Werden
seconded, that the report be adopted The
president asked if there were any remarks
before the motion was put. The agents OF
the White and the Prsng system OF
drawing were present. Each asked for a
hearing before the board but remarks
were instructed to the members
of the board only. Mr. Ward
said that the subject of draw
ing in the schools was one in
ly interested Mr.. Ward said:
ai-. Chairman and gentlemen Of tho Board
As you have failed to entertain the
evening TO make the subject of drawing a
special order of that meeting. | am OPP
posed TO the motion Eow before this Board
TO adopt for five years the one book course
of the White system.
The motion now before Us is one involv-
ing an expenditure in FIVE years of about
four thousand dollars to the children OF
this city aud not ouly this put in fastening
upon our schools system that under
no Circumstance can be changed
until the full expiration OF five years from
this date. 10 matter how many changes
and improvements that may DC made IN
this comparatively new branch OF study in
our schools. II this motion carries the
statute of our state conlpeis US and our
successors to use this one booE system for
the next five years.
Gentlemen when you and we're boys at
tending school, industrial drawing was not
taught as il was introduced into our
schools within the last twenty years. SO
that our knowledge Of this
subject Is necessarily very limited
and in order 20 vote upon this subject in
OF our special teacher 10 whom we pay q
salary TO teach this branch OF study. This,
/ understand. the committee has not done.
An agent of another system, the ''Przag
system" Is here. has come all the way
from Chicago in order 70 present tbs
merits Of that system, and only fifteen
attention OF the Chairman of this
COMMITTEES has he been able 10 obtain.
This committee has not accepted nor
asked for any proposition from .ais
company, who Ess entered into a
fair competition with the White system
Until this board has received propositions
from boib OF these competing companies.
aud until each member has Individually
the merits OF each system