The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-27
He WANTS BETTER PAY.
School Board Asked to Increase Sala.
rieS Of Superintendent.
REPORT ON EVENING SCHOOLS.
Cooking Recommended rs . Refined study
Increase I'm Salaries Of High School
Teachers and Secretary OF the Board
Asked For.

The regular monthly meeting OF the
school committee was held last evening
in the high school building.
The report Of Superintendent Tarbell
was first received. The schools for spec
ial instruction which have been given
trial at the Brigham street, Academy
avenue and Other schools were men
toned and the result of the experiment
was shown. Pupils who would ordin-
arily remain four and one-haif years be-
fore graduation had been able TO over
take the class ahead of them and pupils
who would otherwise have failed OF pro-
motion. tThe report showed that the
tr al had been thoroughly satisfact ory.
To Change Salaries.
Dr. Rugg for the committee on High
school offered an amendment to the or
dinance regarding salaries in the girls
department of the High hool. The pro.
posed amendment provides that two as
sistant teachers of the firsS grade shall
receive 81. coo each for the first year OF SER
vice, 81, 100 Tor the second year, and 81 ,2OO
for the third and each subsequent year
Two assistant teachers Of the second
grade for the first year $500, for the sec
ond 5000, Tor the third and subsequent
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the third grade To- receive 500 the first,
$500 the second, and 5000 the the third and
subsequent years. The committee on
relaLio. to council was directed by the
committee to recommend this.
Also resolution was recommended
aud al dopted asking the city council TO
increase the salary OF the principal OF
tie High school from s., 500 to 5000 per
annum.
Evening School " ork.
DR.. Blaisdell chairman of the COM
mittee on evening schools submitted the
report of the COMMITTEES on evening
schools. The report spoke of the good
that had been doue by the new methods
| of selec ting the teachers. The examina-
tions had kept out many who were not
| efficient teachers, even some who had
| taught two years.
The committee recommends the doing
| away with the entire matter of making
| personal calls on the members of the
committee by the applicants, as it is "A
! relic of at cient times. The report stated
that the superintendent .of schools, who
| had charge of the evening schools last
winter. accomplished lreat deal
toward improving the condition OF
| the schools. The fact that there
| was n smaller attendance this sea-
| son than last was accounted for by
the late opening. the six weeks OF winter
| sports and the fact that the day scholars
| were kept out with greater care than ever
before. The average attendance was
| l,4C9, about 20 per cent less than he
| year before.
The extension OF the terms of some of
| the most prosperous schools was men,
| TONED and he experiment pronounced "A
success. , he advanced schools maintain
| their former high grade Of efiic ency
The number Of schools was Is. the
same as the previous year. Several
| schools moved into better quarters, the
| Potter's avenue, Manton and Charles
| street schools being particularly fortu-
| nate in this respect. Eight of tie fiftee
| schools are locateu in dtv school build
| ings which Is a step in the right direc-
| tiol.
| Special Instruction.
| Mrs. Aldrich read the report Of the
committee on special instruction. The
main thing recommended was that In
order that a Larger number o. pupils than
| could o possibly be taught l,ight have
a chance to learn the science OF cooking
the board apply to the city
| and teacner. The committee als) con-
| sidered IL necessary that the board desig-
| nate some one grade in he schools where
the girls shall De taught cooking and il
shall be a required study, the grade to
be designated by the superintend.
| ent of public schools. Resolutions
asking the city council 10 est blish the
| additional school and directing the com.
| mittee on bylaws to consider the matter
OF making cooking required study
were adopted.
The committee on finance reported
having approved thirty-seven bills
amounting TO g., ,56a o.
Mr.. Joslin presented resolution a.
| follows:
| Resolved, That the committee on relations 10 th,
city council be hereby directed To apply To the cit,
| council for the assage OF an ordnance making th
| salary or the superintendent OF public scaool
Resolved further, That said committee be re
aHestod 10 renew the application heretofore mad
| By this committee for increase OF the salary
IN secretary OF tbs school committee To si.s0O Pc
| annum.
| Mr.. West read list of cities and tb,
salaries paid by them for the super.nten
dent OF puDlic schools, showing that
Brookline, Newton, Worcester and
Springfield, Mass, all mucn smaller
cities than Providence pay az mucn ol
more than his city, aud that the salary
of the principal oi the State Norma
school is as great as that of the superin
tendent at present, namely s., 300. H'
seconded the motion for the passage o
the resolution and IL was passed.
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