The Portland daily press., 1893-02-28
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The Years Work Summed Up in
the Reports.
GREAT NEED FOR NEW HIGH
SCHOOL ACCOMMODATIONS.

SCHUUL ACCUMMUUAlAVNos
Routine Business Transacted by the Com
mittee Yesterday-Mr. Mcdonald
Makes the Report for the Board-Sup-
ertendent Lords Recommendations.
The last regular meeting OF the school
committee was held yesterday after
noon, the Mayor and the eutire board
being present. Besides the routine bus
mess, the annual reports were read and
accepted.
Running for ONCE.
Mr.. Mcdonald brought up the case of
the principal of the Jackson school, who
had been nominated as member of the
school committee. Mr.. Mcdonald
thought that this was a bad precedent.
as the principal of a school should not
be candidate for position where he
would be called upon to decide upon his
own work and his own compensation.
During Mr.. MoDonald's remarks the
fact was developed that the principal of
the jackson school was a candidate on
the Republican ticket in Ward 2. This
raised laugh; but MI. Mcdonald said
he raised the point only as matter of
principle.
Mr.. MCGOWAN, committeeman from
Ward 2, said he didn't object. No ac-
H.. ,,rc, 4oI-a,,
Mrs. Clusters Lecture.
A letter was presented from Mrs.
Eunice Frye, asking that the schools
might be dismissed on the afternoon OF
March 9th, in order to attend the lecture
to be given by Mrs. General Custer. The
request was laid upon the table.
Temperance Instruction.
A short time ago, Mrs. George S. Hunt
called upon the superintendent of schools
to make complaint about the method in
which the scientific temperance in
struction is carried on in the schools.
Too much attention seemed to be given
to the physiology and hygiene of the in
struction, and too little to the temper
ance portions. Mrs. Hunt asked that
the text books be changed for books that
have received the endorsement of the
W.C.T.U.
By vote of the committee, the books
left by Mrs. Hunt were referred to the
committee on text books: Messrs.
Brownson, Bradley and Mcdonald
The Teachers.
Leaves of absence were extended to
next September, for the following:
Sophie X. Bedlow, of the High School, who
is at Cornell.
Annie K. Blanchard of the West School.
Miss Goddard. Of the Park street school
The resignation Of Miss Gould, of the
Evening School for women, was accept
ed. Miss Chapman is temporarily fill
ing the vacancy.
The selection of successor to Miss
Isabella Robinson of 4 the Mcclellan
school, was left to Mr.. Webb, the super
visor of the school.
Miss Beulah A. Warehouse, on mo-
ton of Mr.. MCGOWAN, was unanimously
elected teacher in the North School.
Writing Books.
1t was voted that Mr.. Shaylor be al
lowed to alternate CHM with the Harper
writing books in certain grades, the OBJ
ject being to give freedom and rapidity
to the penmanship of the scholars.
Crotch Island BIockaded.
A letter was read from Miss Hughey,
of the Crotch Island School, stating that
the tremendous fall of snow had cut
down the attendance of her school to
three scholars. 1t was voted that the
school be closed for the present.
Annual Report of Committee,
Teh annual report of the committee,
drawn up by Mr.. Mcdonald, was next
read and ordered printed. 1t is in sub
Stance as follows:
The Committee Report.
The report of the committee was
drawn up by Mr.. Mcdonald. After
few appropriate remarks on the impor-
lance of the schools, Mr.. Mcdonald
continued:
SIN our public school system is ample
opportunity for all, and so vital is it to
the prosperous perpetuity of our popular
government, that every dollar appropri-
ated from the public treasury for educa-
tional purposes should be applied to the
support and expansion of the common
schools, which should be guarded with
Jealous watchfulness secondary only to
that displayed for the grand old flag
which so appropriately waves over our
school buildings or grounds. We take
pleasure in reporting steady improve
ment in Portland's public schools, which
are becoming more of credit to the city.
During the past twelve months number
of steps in that direction of progress have