The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-30
lations to apply TO the council for the
passage Of the following ordinance was
adopied

tho izsd 70 elect annually not exceeding ten per-
From ps sop
80 ar a. sls prse VcnnIs be d ch primary 'ch0o'
"s'ct. 9 Sub substitutes hail be paid % per
tseher. N shs sranmsr ana primary sraIes !" :
coros ~ WI nevcsr %.mscr o. he permanent
as ubs.tutes Ter teachers 10 schools they shall do
S sSs cnoD wo as sha % p. asigaed to them by
paid therefor one dollar per school day."
High school Appointments.
The committee OH high schools reported
the following appointments and they
were onfirmed:
Manual Training High school, Francis
c. Hatch, first teacher Of wood working,
vice Mr.. Wescott, resigned.
Elmer Case. teacher of tho FIRST year
class. vice Mr. Stanley. resigned.
William U. Hamblin. first teacher of
drawing, vice Mr.. Frank. resigned.
Providence high school. Blanche ID.
Presbrey. assistant in the girls depart
ment.
The committes recommended the I'D p-
tion OF the following bnoks In the high
hool Z "Fisk's Civics' In place of SNOW
ry's Civil Government :" and tscle's "El-
ements OF Psychology" In place OF "Mac
Lellan's Applied Psychology" and the
changes IN the text books were ordered.
The executive committee submitted its
rep TT IL stated that there have been
1900 pupils below the grade OF high
school during the last yetr, divide into
grades. The work occup 90 thirty mine
weeks and work Is assigned for each year.
Tea, hers must see that all this work is
performed. Pr ghier pupils may ndvanc,
farther. but regular and constant
atteH dance Is necessary to do good
work. Continued. tie port says;
Some pupils cause the teachers consid-
cradle trouble. They consume more Of
the teacher's attention than II fair to the
other scholars These students d no, do
good work. The only course is to sus-
pend them and thus they ase turned
loose In the street Il rty or fifty pupils
should not be kept from study by the un-
ruly actions OF one or two. These
unruly ones are not it to advance
and consume one-fifth of the teach RS
time. There In a necessity for some
school where these two sets Of scholars
c'n be placed where they may work aud
not he M injury TO others. The suspen-
-ions have been 20 numerous as - neu-
traliz, the Attendance law. Il COM
niItse recommen led tiat the sup srin
dent, with the assistance Of the executive
committee, take one or two rooms I'm
each school and place in them those not
fitted TO pursue the present graded
c urs s, and that pay equal to the second
x ade OF grammar schools be givea to the
teachers OF these rooms.
A Prolonged Discussion.
A motion to this effect was then made
and q somewhat long discussion fol-
lowed Mr.. West salt he thought the
was good and should be adopted.
Mr.. Cosgrove asked II the teachers were
to he Judges whether the boys should be
moved 20 the room or not.
Mr.. Barney infor ned him that 10 WIS
TO be done by the superintendent OF
schools ordered by the executive COM
mittee.
The discussion was continued by Dr.
Horton Mr.. Barney. Rev. Dr. Rugg, Nv.
JOSH Mr. nth, Mr.. West aud Others.
The question was then lied for a a
the mot on passed by q standing vote Of
twenty-five 10 one.