Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-07-27
FUNDS or THE SCHOOL BOARD
An Interesting Point About
the Enumeration.
COLORED PUPILS NOT COUNTED
Whereby the Board Falls to
Get Its Share.


AT the meeting of the Board of Edu.
cation, Monday night, the committee on
teachers recommended that Helen X.
Gaines be made third assistant in the
grammar department Of No. 16 school;
Sadie B. Monroe, sixth assistant and
Mary Nichols seventh assistant in the
primary department
The committee also recommended that
the salary of Johanna du Pont Nc
Laurhlin. teacher of sewing, be in
creased from $3.50 to 5000 per annum;
that Eliza A. Craig be made fifth assis-
tant in the girls high school and that
Nathan A. Pelton be appointed as
teacher of drawing in the high school,
at 5000 per year.
S. r. Smith called attention to the
| fact that an assistant teacher is wanted
in the girls high school, at a salary OF
| 1850 for term of ten months. The ex-
| animation of candidates for. this place
| will be held in school No. l, Tuesday,
| August 22d, at 0 o'clock in the morning.
| The visiting committee reported the
various schools to BIO in n good condition
generally.
On motion of Mr.. Pyle, the treasurer's
report for the year was ordered printed
in EVERY EVENING and Morning NelcS.
The bond of the secretary was &C
cepted and ordered filed.
Joseph Pyle, stated that he was a
member of the finance committee, en-
powered to communicate with the Leg
stature relating to distribution of the
public school fund. Mr.. Pyle said the
the committee had been in doubt as tc
whether the colored people should be
| tx1 In tab nj
as required by recent legislative enact
ment for the purpose of apportioninl
the school fund. Attorney-genera
Nicholson had been appealed to bu
that official referred the matter to Deput,
Attorney-Genera Branch Fl. Giles, witt
said the cOlored children ought not Il
be counted.
Mr.. Pyle said that $13, 1905 ha'
been expended last year in the interes
of the colored race, who escape tn
, burden of taxation for public schoo
purposes, and he thought 1t unjust
) illegal and far from equitable that the
should be excluded from the count
4 There was nothing in the law, Mr.. Pyl
! said. which referred to color, the LAY
| simply requiring a census for publ
: school purposes. The sum of SO pc
: capita was apportioned, and if the co
. ored race was excluded in the censu
e the apportionment fund would be II
|. duced.
o On Mr.. Pyle's motion the law con
mittee was empowered to obtain all tf
v information possible on the subject an
s report to the board.
l. Bids for furnishing school supple
|. were received from G. +. Thomas
d Company and Adams & Brother an
10 referred to the proper committee.
If Bids for furnishing a boiler for No.
in school were opened as follows; S.
10 Adams, $3.50; Speakman Supply al
Sc Pipe Company, $577; Gawthrop
IL Brother Company, $54S; Joseph Je
O. kins, $500; Harry A. Miller, $44
Benjamin F. Shaw, $453. The bi,
were referred to the proper committee
The following were the bids for ca
penter work at No. school: Geor
an w. Parvin, 1895; George A. Downin
1887; William H. Foulk & Son, $4I
bo A. Eckman, $465; William J. Brow
in $457; J. NJ. Collins, $543. The BIZ
N were referred to the new building col
N mittee, with power to act.
,ct On motion of DR.. Shortlidge, N
is Whitehead, ianitor at the high scho
ID. was allowed his salary during absen
he from his duty owing to the prevaler
N of scarlet fever in his household.
,oo On motion of S. r. Smith, deed {
ast ecuted by the board, conveying TO !
roI Street and Sewer Directors, all the Sc
,en ers previously owned by the board
me the department, was ordered placed
90 record.
val On motion of President Baird,
her bond of Mr.. Bartram, former secrets
ar of the board was ordered cancelled q
an. returned.
,ott The resignation of Bernard Donol
as a member of the board from
Second ward was received and accept
Mr.. Turner offered the name of Da
Witsil TO succeed Mr.. Donohoe. Jos
,a". Pyle asked whether or not Mr.. Wi
was an executive officer of the DO
of Health.
,ext Mr.. Turner replied in the affirmat
her Inc Doafu was ABOUT 10 50 into
nit election when Mr.. Pyle moved that
With election be postponed for two we
and which motion prevailed.
re- The board then adjourned and on
pre- pre- invitation of Superintendent Harlan
Der paired to Whites ice cream parlor'
Il refreshments.
,om- s---
rtial Bit Of Quick Recording.