Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-05-06
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

D~A - VT OOA AVNs
Many Changes Among the Teachers
A Room in High school Hall to be
Fttsed Out for the Accommoda tfOn
of Surplus Scholars-A Fire Escape
for High School EIall-A Committee
on the WEIGH Training school In
vestigation Appointed - Superin-
tendent Curtis Report-He CriticiEes
the High School Graduation Week
Events.
The meeting of the board of education
was called to order last evening at 8:15
O'Clock, President Graves being in the
chair. Messrs. Graves, Day, Avis, Asher,
Holcomb, Hemingway and Plunkett were
present. After the reading and correcting
of the minutes of the last meeting the fol-
lowing recommendations of the committee
on schools were adopted by the board:
The committee recommended that the
request of the teachers of the St. Francis
orphan asylum to continue their schools
during the vacation week and close one
week earlier in June be granted las has
been the custom in previous years., and
also that leave of absence for the next term
be granted to sister M. Winifred Palmer of
No. 1, St. Francis asylum, and that Sister
NJ. Catherine Whelsn be assigned as sub
stitute at the same salary of $3.50 Sister
Catherine having been out on leave of alb
sence for three months past).
WINCHESTER SCHOOL.
1t was recommended that Miss Mary j.
Barry be temporarily transferred from the
position of assistant in No. 10 to grade
as substitute for Miss Eleanor How'd, who
has been granted leave of absence on &C
count Of illness. 1t was recommended
that Miss Clara Feuchtwanger be trans
at at salary of 5000. That Miss Nellie a
Riggs be advanced from to 4B, salary
$545. That Miss Minnie A. Keefe be ad
vance from &c to at same salary, $780,
That Miss Augusta M. Kennedy be ad
vanced from extra teacher to grade &c al
the same salary, $500. That Miss N. R
Potter be assigned as extra at Winchester
at same salary, $3.50. That Miss Emily
Coxeter be- assigned to No. 3 (grads G,
Humphrey street school, instead of No. 2,
as recommended at the last meeting. The
committee recommended the appointment
of Miss Mary Corcorsn to No. Humphrey
street school in place of Miss Kinner, who
was transferred to Washington school;
no change of salary. The committee recon-
mended the assignment of Miss Jennie E.
Coombs as extra teacher at Lowell school
in place Of Miss Whittemore, resigned.
The committee recommended the assign.
ment of Miss Gertrude NJ. Kentfeld as extra
teacher at Woolsey school in place Of
Bliss Munson, advanced. No change OF
salary. Committee recommended the as.
Segment of teachers in the new Fair street
school building as follows: Miss Barber,
ungraded school, basement, No. A; Miss
Lizzie Smith, basement, No. B.; Miss Ellen
Hill, kindergarten, frat floor, room g.
Miss Cornelia Hurlburt, grade 1; Miss Hal.
lie Beers, grade 2; Miss Jennie R. Boyce,
grade 8; Miss Mary L Lockwood, grade 4
Miss Catharine Morstatter, grade -.
GRADES TO BE DETERMINED.
President Graves then reported for the
committee on instruction that 6fty-six ap-
pltcants for admission to the High school
had failed to meet the required standard OF
80 per cent. and had consequently been de-
barred from entering the school, This fact
had caused considerable trouble with some
of the parents who thought that exceptions
should be made to the rule. President
Graves said, however, that the committee
had decided to make no exceptions, but
that those who had failed at this examina
ton would be allowed to try the re-
quired examinations in September in
Guiding the studies gone over in Higt
school during the coming two months.
The building committee were then in
structed by the board to fit out and EQUIV
a room in the High school hall for the &C
commodation of the surplus scholars IL
the incoming class. 1t WAS incidentally
remarked that the building COMMITTEES
would have chance to win everlasting
| laurels in getting the room ready in tim
to be of use to the pupils. The committee
had tried to get a room temporarily in tn
Church of the Rsdeemer, but the churcl
authorities did not deem 1t advisable to le
| room in thu church building.
| A communication from Fire Marshs
Hubbard was then read, in which he rec
commended that fire escape be erected O.
the east side of the High school building
in order to afford an exit from the hall O.
the top foor of the building. The build
ing committee were instructed to attend t
the erection of the fire escape. Hugh J
MeManus was then appointed janitor Q
the Fair street school at a salary Of $3.50
Messrs. Avis, Asher and Hoicomb wer
then appointed committee to prepare
proper report of the Investigations mad
into the management of the WEIGH train
ing school Superintendent of School
Curtis then submitted his regular MONTH
report, in which he said:
Gentlemen Of the Board-I have to report a
l the chief events of the month of April the graC
| uation and promotions. There are some fea
| ures of the graduation exercises OF the Hig
| schoo! which are certainly undesirable. A re
form is demanded, and the sooner such reforI
| is begun the better it will be for the High schoo
| It will be enough to make the completion of tn
| High school course an occasion Of interest an
importance for it marks an important era in tn
| history Of young man or young woman, br
extravagant displays and elaborate societ
events are surely out Of place as a part of til
| closing exercises Of the public schools. Tt
| class day exercises are also open to criticism
| All such exercises as class histories and clas
| prophecies should be submitted to the princip,
| of the High school before being presented in sue
| a public place, and at any rate before bein
| printed verbatim in the columns of the loo,
| press
Superintendent Curtis also said tina tn
commercial course, which was starte
rather as an experiment, was an assure
success. Many of the graduates of thi
course had secured excellent positions
The board voted to refer the considers
ton of any reforms in the High schoe
graduation exercises to the committee O
special instruction.
The board then went into executive eef
sion.