The herald., 1893-09-26
BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING,
The Solid Two Again Knocked
Out.
The Board Will Rave to Be Satisfied
With the-Tax Levy.
Considerable Routine Business Trans
acted-More School Houses Needed.
The Visiting Commfttee-The
Substitute Teachers.

biou, Will uho Ut bWV eACcpbiOunt Coh-
sisted of routine business.
A motion was made to appropriate
$25, 1000 fora school building to be erected
in the Fifth ward. 1t opened up dis
cussion which may end in the voting Of
bonds to improve the school facilities ol
the entire city. Mrs. Hughes offered the
resolution.
RESERVATIONS ACCEPTED.
All the members were present. After
the reading and approval Of the min
utes, the designations of Miss vesta A.
Ormstead and Miss Flora Love wero
read. On motion the designations were
accepted and the usual letter OF regret
sent to each.
PETITION.
A communication was received from
taxpayers in the Fruitland school dis
trict asking privilege to aend their chill
dren to this school instead of the Santa
Fe school. Referred to the teachers
committee.
A communication from F. A. Seymour
and George w. Morgan was read. 1t
showed that the petitioners are now
sending their children to the high
school and asked that they be exempt
from the payment OF tuition. The FAM
lilies reside outside the city limits. The
matter was referred to the teachers
committee.
MUST ACCEPT THE LEVY.
The city attorney presented a COM
munication relative to the communica-
tion from the board which asked
whether the board must accept the
levy made by the council for school pur-
poses, or il it is entitled to claim the full
amount limited by the charter for school
purposes. The attorney was of the
Gil in this matter cannot be attacked.
The supreme court has also passed npon
the question.
THE COMMITTEE REPORTS.
The committee on furniture and sup
plies reported recommending that more
chairs, etc., and that carpet be pur-
chased for the Seventeenth-street school.
The report was adopted.
The teachers committee reported rec
ommending new list OF text books in
German sor use in the high school.
SUBSTITUTE TEACHERSs
The following were recommended as
substitute teachers:
Misses Linella Morgan, Hattie Con-
field, Kate 8. Baily, Lizzie B. Oliver,
May Bennett, Alpha McIlmail, Bernice
Knox; kindergarten substitute, Albert
F. Vinalke, w. T. SHILLING.
The committee recommended that
Miss Kate Brown OF the Sand-street
school and Miss Rebecca f. Griffin OF
the Macy-street school change places.
THE SOLID TWO PROTEST.
It was moved that the report be
adopted, but before the question was
put DIR. Wills moved to amend the mo-
tion by allowing the two teachers named
to remain in the schools where they are.
He said that at the teachers committee
meeting the vote was tie on the trans
fer of these teachers, and he thought it
unfair for such report to be presented
without the consent OF the entire COM
mittee. He made a strong protest
against not being consulted after the tie
vote.
Mrs. Hughes asked, "Don't we have
to live under our rules? II takes vote
of three out Of five to carry such ques-
tion."
After some discussion the report was
adopted by vote OF to 2,which showed
that the ''solid six" had turned to q
sseolid seven."
JANITRRss APPOINTED.
Upon motion of Mr.. Platt, Miss Schu-
bert WAS appointed janitrees Of the Union
avenue school, a vacancy having been
declared.
THE VISITING COMMITTEE.
Mrs. Hughes, chairman of the visiting
committee, reported that during the
past school term she had visited ~
school buildings and l05 schools. She
was very much impressed by the faith
full teachers and the healthy, intelligent
appearance of the pupils. The report
was ordered placed upon the minutes.
MORE SCHOOLS NEEDED.
Mrs. Hughes, on making motion
that $25, 900 be taken from the school
fund to purchase lot and erect school
building in the Fifth ward, said that at
the opening of the schools deplorable
condition presented itself. The school
buildings are crowded and large num-
ber Of the pupils are being deprived OF
hall their school time.
Mr.. Stein thought that every ward In
the city needed school improvements,
and was in favor Of voting $1O0, 600 bonds
to supply the rapidly increasing attend
ance In the public schools.
Mrs. Hughes made a strong plea for
the improvement, saying that there is
but one school in the Fifth ward, and
that the taxpayers, who had large In
teresta in other parts of the city, were
loud in their efforts to secure another
school, as it Is badly needed.
Mr.. Trask said 1t was impossible TO
use the money to purchase lots and
build houses, but said that as the city
is growing rapidly. more facilities are a
necessity. He was in favor of the city
superintendent making report upon
the needs of the schools, which ones
are overcrowdsd, etc.
Mr.. Ashman moved that the consid-
Grafton OF the matter be postponed four
weeks, which motion was carried.
Then Mr.. Trask moved that the
superintendent make careful examin-
alton OF the schools and be ready to
make recommendations. Carried.
POLICIES EXPIRE.
The insurance committee reported the
expiration Of 10 policies ON school build
ipgs and the continuance of them,
CENTURY or TABLES.
1t was decided that 100 tables be
placed in the high school auditorium.