St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-02
Want MORE GERMAN.
Inspector Stamm Thinks It,
Should Be Taught in
Sixth Grade,
And Not Limited, as at Pres
ent, to the Seventh and
Eighth.
More Than the Usual Number.
Of Teacher Transfers
Made.
A Great Many Birch Wielders
Put on the Eligible
List.

The committee on schools submitted
at the regular meeting of the board yes
terday the following report, which was
adopted:
Since the last regular meeting of the
board we received the following resig-
nations:
Miss Anna Critic, first grade. Lafayette
school; Miss Grace Metcalf, assistant
Kindergarten, Franklin school; Miss
Nettie Primrose. Seventh grade, Long
fellow school, all to date from Jan. 2S;
Mrs. lamar, kindergartner, Madison
| school, to date from Jan. 26.
we have granted leave of absence
without pay to Miss e. l.. Geigee, as
| sistant Kindergarten, jefferson school,
| to date FROM Jan. 2S. and to Miss Emma
| Robb. Fifth grade, Jackson school, and
Miss f. E. Polly, second grade, Grant
school, both to date from Feb. 4.
We have made the following trans
| fers:
Miss Anna Ryan, from fifth grade Rice
school to first grade Lafayette school.
Miss Ellen McShane, from fourth
| grade Grant school to third grade La
| fayette school. to open new room.
Miss Inez Bunker, from fifth grade
| Humboldt school to fifth grade Grant
school.
Mrs. Mary Fl. Smith, from sixth grade
| Hendricks school to fifth grade Hum
| boldt school.
We have promoted Miss Ekman from
fifth grade Sibley school to seventh
| grade same school at fourth year sched-
! ule salary, and Miss Margaret McFet-
ridge from fourth grade Franklin school
| to seventh grade Longfellow school at
| third year schedule salary, both to date
| from Jan. 2S.
| We have made the following appoint
mentS:
Miss Jessie Davenport. halliday as
| siStant Kindergarten, Franklin school,
| to date from Jan. %.
Miss Alice Bryant to the second grade,
Grant school. to date from Feb. 4.
Miss Ethel Garrison to the sixth grade.
LongfelloW school, to date from Jan. %.
Miss Maria Burns to the fifth grade.
Rice school, to date from Jan. % at the
third year schedule salary.
Miss Charlotte Mueller to the fourth
grade. Hendricks school, to date from
Jan. %.
Miss Fanny Hart to the second grade,
Franklin school. to date from Jan. 2S.
Miss Louise Baker to second grade
Jackson school, to date from Jan. rs.
Miss Maud Gaskell to second grade
Garfield school to open new room, to
date from Jan. 81.
All the above appointments. except as
specified, to be at minimum schedule
salary.
The following-named teachers having
served the term of probation required
by the rules of this board. and having
been duly recommended by their re-
spective principals and by the superin-
tendent, we recommend that they be
continued:
Mrs. S. A. Passage, Miss Marian Strickland
Miss Gertrude Hill, Miss Alice NcBray
Miss Agnes THOMPSON. Miss Mabel Randall,
Miss Kate Leonard, Miss A. A. Hunt
Miss Five Thompson, Miss Nora Meade,
Miss Carrie Gundlach, Miss Florence Walker,
Miss Gussie King, Miss Regina Whaley,
Mrs. S. j. milford, Miss Louise Gilbert,
l Autolnette Miss Catharine Nc
Choate, Donald,
Miss Amelia Griffith, Miss Arabel Coleman,
Miss Hattie Wing, Miss Laura N. Hough,
Miss Olive NJ. Long, Miss Bell Goodwin,
Mrs. Della Ames, Miss Ellen O'Keefe,
Miss Lillian Klmball Miss Frances Nicoi,
Miss Frances Mont Miss Augusta Nelson,
gomery, Miss Juliet Pulyer,
Miss Nj. +. Klock, Miss Alice Officer.
We recommend that the Superintend-
ent of schools be granted two weeks alb
sence to attend the national meeting of
school superintendent, to be held i'll
Boston, Feb. q.
Supt. Gilbert reported the following
enrolment for the month of January:
Whole number enrolled, 1898; day
schools, 15,402; night schools, 63l.
Average daily attendance, 13,901; day
schools, 13,495: night schools, 406. Whole
number admitted, 1894; day schools,
II, 1866; night schools. l,22S.
The committee on German sub
mltted a report recommending that
thirty minutes instead of an hour be
allowed to each class in German for
recltationS during the remainder of the
school year. The report of the commit
tee was adopted. Inspector Smith stat
ing that this plan would harmonic
with the regular schedule. Inspector
Stamm spoke to tie question of teach
ing German in the sixth grade during
the next school year. At present the
language is taught only in the seventh
and eighth grades. The introduction of
the language in the sixth grade will
necesstate additional teachers, and the
matter will be considered at a future
meeting of the committee.
A batch of bills reported by the secre-
tary as having been approved by the
committee on claims were allowed. The
sum of $50 for supplies for classes in
botany and physiology.and $50 for draw
ing boards, was ordered appropriated.
The president called the attention of
the finance committee and the secretary
to the necessity of having the estimate
for the yearly budget made up. and the
committee was requested to report at
the next regular meeting.
Inspector Stamm, chairman of the
special committee on gymnastics, re-
quested Supt. Gilbert. when East, to
look up the matter, and report to the
committee on his return.