Morning journal and courier., 1893-04-08
BoARD OF EDUCATION.

Several Teachers h esign-miss LII
Han Blackman Appointed Stem
Ographer The Scientific Course
Extended to -Four Years to Take
Effect in 1S95-Will be an Overflow
of One Hundred and Fifteen at tn Q
High school.
At the meeting of the board of educa-
ton, held last evening, the designations of
the following teachers were accepted:
Florence Northrop of the Rosette street
school, to take effect April 2S; Jennie E.
Rockwell, from the position of assistant in
the Skinner school kindergarten; Anna D.
Rogers, from room s in the Hallook street
school, who was called home by the death
of her sister; Cornelia L. Bulford, from
the position of assistant in the kinder
garten in the Edwards street school.
Secretary Day and Mr.. Plunkett were
then appointed a committee to 60 to
Hartford at the expense Of the board and
oppose the extension of the time for the
collection of theatsxes of the school dis
| triet from July to September l., when
| that matter comes again before the legisla-
| ture.
Mr.. Avis was instructed to appear before
| the committee on streets of the city govern
| ment and advocate the petition for . new
| sidewalk on Shelton avenue from Dixwell
| avenue to Division street. There is now q
| walk only on one side of the avenue and
many of the children who attend the Shell
ton avenue school are forced to walk
through slush and mud In stormy weather.
Miss Lillian Blackman was appointed
stenographer to the board at salary of
$3.50.
Superintendent Curtis In his regular
monthly report said that there had been
good deal Of absence on account of measles
and other epidemic diseases. The regis
| tered attendance for the past month was
1877; the average daily attendance was
9,8O7 The total amount of absences for
the month was $500.
Principal Thomas then appeared before
the board and presented the matter of the
extension of the scientific course from
three years to four years. He said: "On
account of the press of work which the
new requirements for admission to the
Sheffield scientific school have put upon ia
| we cannot do the work in three years.
time. In mathematics we have to COM
plete Wells higher algebra, plane and cold
geometry and plane trigonometry. We
could not possibly do this in less than
three years. time at the rate of five recita-
lions per week. In Latin we could do it
probably be too hard. In English, which
is a regular study throughout the three
years, we will not be able to do what the
scientific school now requires.
The new rule will take effect in 1895.
These three branches make fifteen hours
per week. This is about all we can do,
although We are now doing sixteen hours
In one class and seventeen in the fourth
class. The scientific school has added
English history, botany and French or
German to the list of its requirements
We calculate that a student can NEE
these new requirements with one year of
additional study.
We plead for this extension not on ac-
count of any theories which we desire to
carry out, but simply because we can't do
the work. We hope that there will event
ually be only be two courses in the high
school, which will save at least one teach
or. This extended course will also make
an especially desirable one for girls"
President Graves then asked Mr. Thomas
to say few words about the incoming class
and what accommodations there were for
it, He said that the incoming class will
number about $50 and thst 500 pupils will
be left in the high school after the present
senior class of 113 has graduated. With
no seats which can be utilised there will
be an overflow of 115 which cannot be ae-
commodated.
Mr.. Plunkett then made the motion to
extend the scientific course to four years,
to take effect in 1895. The motion was
passed by the board by an unanimous vote.
The board then voted to adopt Pitman's
system of stenography for use in the
schools. The board then went into execu-
tive session,