The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12
PAW TUCKET,
MONTHLY MEETING OF TIE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Re port Of the supe rintepde I'm Regard
to Arbor Day-"Quarterly Public
Days"-The Day Nursery.

The school COMMITTEES held its regular
monthly meeting last night. Mr. Baker
was chosen chairman for the tine.
Bills were allowed and ordered paid as
follows: Supplies. s3l 50; Jantors' wages,
s52 So; repairs ana care. s462- 81; fuel an d
gas, s726 90; ipcidentals, s339O7; even
ing drawing school. 1929 90: referenc e
books and apparatus, $3.50 AS; furniture
and iurnishiu =. S2364; advertising and
printing, Sl2l.S0; ext books and station
cry. 81, l290i
Mr.. Blodgett offered the following reso-
linton:
Resolved. That the school committee do not ap-
prove the proposition o the city council TO pur-
chase the Gage lot so-called. as site for she new
High school.
The resolution was lost by vote of
three yeas 10 four nays, as follows: Yeas
Messrs. Blod .ett, McGresor, Micklejohn.
three; mays Messrs. Barker, Butter
h. Tobie, Wilson, four; excused-M-.
TIL ran.
The monthly report of Gilman G.
Fisher, superintendent OF schools. was
refd and received. The superint nd mt
calls attention to he fact that during
the past month the course OF study in
language aud study prepared by Mrs.
Hard an. the teachers of the training
school has been printed. aud recommends
it's adoption for al! the schools. lie
thinks tie interests Of the schools would
be advanced by inviting the people to
visit them more, and recon mnends that
quarterly visiting days he appointed.
In regard 10 Arbo DAY. the superin-
tendent saws: 81 Wish Arbor Day might
he observed In such away rs 90 give an
impulse TO the permanent improve nent
and embellishments OF school house
grounds. Talks in the sc ool room are
we'll enough, but doing something is bet
ter. l wish that n practical interest
might be manifested not only In planting
trees and vines. but in setting out flower
ing plants anu OF namental shrubs, and in
leading the children TO wish to have and
care for flower beds and borders,
vases filled with flowers, rockeries and
lawns. / would bot ask You To spend
money for flowers or vases or ANYTHING
OF the kind, Tor these can be obtained by
subscription. but there Is, i believe. ur-
gent need at this time of small appro-
priatiou-say S3O0-fIr the permanent
improvement OF school house grounds.
including trees, plants, loan, labor and
grading. TO be expended under the direc-
tion OF the committee on property"
The supeli dtendcnt recvmmen that
the graduating exercises. OF the grammar
schoo.s be, as here ofore, in Music hall,
and that they be oy the pupils them
selves. IL Capital rect. first grade,
there are now seventy-sIX pupils, with
more TO come, aud the superintendent
recommends the opening of the ward
room Oh Mulbury street for relief.
The matter of the course of study was
left TO the judgment Of the superint end
ent as was also the ma ter of esta blish-
ing quar- erly public days." TIE mat
ter of preparing for Arbor Day was re-
ferred TO the committee o. property and
the superinte ndent, with power 10 ex-
pead not To exceed $500 The recon-
nIat Ion in aeH IN. q ha
exer ise' of the grammar schools as
adopted. The matter OF the overcrowded
condition OF the Capital street school
house was referred To the superintendent.
The Day Nursery.
At the annual meeting OF the Day
Nursery the report of the matron show ed
that during July, the first IN onth of tho
Nursery's existence, six children were
received; in August, 4; in September, IA;
October, IL; November, y; Decem ber Ia;
January, IA; F., riary. l6 aud in March
l2 The number al different children is
81, for the care Of which s72 S5 has been
paid.
The report OF the treasurer, Mrs Edith
c. Thornton, showed the rece pts to have
been, from all sources, inciudIng $lS2
iron, The baseball game, 81, 29l. 81, and tn.
expenses SgS7.97 having a balance in the
reasury IF s3Jl.53.
Officers were e.,cJed for the ensuing
year AS follows: Preside I, Mrs. Fran
ces Pratt yice-presideut, Mrs. T. B.
Thornton; seer t,ry, Miss Carrie Jenks;
treasurer, Mrs. George NJ. Thornton: l.
Lectors. Mrs. Il. w. HaaIilton, Mrs. Ed
w,n jerks, Mrs w. ii. ST arms, MRS
IL. n. " wilkinson. Mrs. H. A. Greene,
airs. w. A. Leete. Mrs. Ruel Darling,
Mrs. ID. +. Read, Mrs. Eiwards, Mrs
j. l.. jerks, Mrs. Lowell En- rson, Mrs.
Il n. Llttleield. Mrs. Beede, Misses
Duckworth, Duushee. Gardiner, Ma on,
Stearns, Moronpy, Dempsey. Lyon. Cow
perthwaite, Gree an Chaffee auditor,
Arthur II. NJ tca,f; advisory bJ,rd. Rev.
Frederick w. Hamilton, Hon. Henry Ii.
MetcalI. Graham Cowperthwaite. Mrs.