Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-03
ALEXANDRIA,,
CITY SCHOOL BOARD.

The city school board held its regular meet
ing last night. Mayor Strauss was called to the
chair in the absence of the president Trustee
Vincent reported that the new desks we're all
III place i'll the white schools and that five of
the colored schools have been supplied with
modern desks taken from the white schools,
repaired and made useful. The material OF the
schools had, he said, never been so good as
now. number of bills from Denielt 4 Co.,
Thos. HOY and others were ordered to be paid
Miss Marie Taylor resignation OF her position
as a substitute teacher of the white schools was
accepted. The superintendent said that there
were two applicants for the place of teacher in
the colored public schools made vacant by the
death of Sarah A. Gray, and letters were read
from Mary Q. White and Hattie E. Thornton,
and, on vote, Hattie L. Thornton was
chosen teacher. The resignation of Rosetta
l.. Williams, colored, as teacher of the
colored school accepted to take
effect on the 2Sth os February. On the
report of the committee Oh studies the date of
the adoption of Principia Latina. Conks Vir-
ginia and other high school books being in use
but never formally adopted. was fixed to be the
I'd of February. 1898. The need of some prep
aration for the gradual liquidation of the
debt of the board having been discussed the
following resolution was adopted
Resolved, That the committee on finance be
requested to make application to the city coun-
Gil for an annual appropriation, in addition to
that for the current support of the schools in
order to pay the debts incurred by the city
school board in erecting and furnishing the
school buildings. and that 500 be asked for
1888. and double that sum for 1894, with con-
tinued increase, two-fold in each year, until
all the school houses and their furniture shall
have been paid for.
The superintendent reported that the num-
Der of pupils now studying German in the pub
lie schools was eight, all girls and the board
adjourned.
THE NEW TRIAL OF JEFF PHILLIPS
The STARS Richmond dispatch announcing
that the Virginia court Of appeals had granted
a new trial to Jefferson Phillips, convicted OF
the murder Of George S. Smith in this city,
was read with great interest here yesterday.
The new trial will take place in the corporation
court under the mandate Of the court Of appeals
without delay. The only change required in
Judge Norton's rulings will be that he will ex-
clude some unimportant evidence which was
admitted i'll the last trial. The friends Of the
accused hope to get verdict of manslaughter
on the second trial
THE SCHOOL CELEBRATION OF THE 22D OF
FEBRUARY.
The city school board last night on the mo-
ton of Trustee Carne requested Superintend-
ent Kemper to direct that Washington's birth
day be observed in the public schools by an
hours patriotic exercises in each school and
the closing of the schools for the remainder of
the day. The superintendent said that the last
number Of the Richmond School Journal con-
tains special programs for such Washington day
exercises and he would take pleasure in secur-
ing the celebration in each OF the schools.