St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-02

coin. 6 room addition; Cleveland, 6 or s
room addition; Jackson, 4 room addi-
ton; German, 4 or 6 room addition:
Schrffer, 2 room addition (rooms could
he finished in the attic of this buildings;
MaXtield, 4 roc addition. New build
ings: A 4 room building between The
Cleveland and the Van Buren, schools;
a 4 room building Oh the corner of Avon
and Lafond streets, on property owned
by the city.
i recommend that the city council be
asked to place in the tax levy for the
coming year the half-mill allowed by
law for building purposes, and that
this sum be used to supply. as far as
possible. the needs for school buildings
here indicated.
l further recommend that the council
be asked to sell tue old Humboldt
schoo property, il possible, II assign
the proceeds to the building fund. |
further recommend that the board as
certain whether there are not some
funds in the treasury remaining over
from the funds of the old corporate
board, and available under the law for
building purposes.
Accompanying the report was a table
setting forth i'll detail the items men,
toned in the report.
OlDEk MA1IEkS.
Those present at the meeting were
the president of the board, Inspectors
Dawson. McGill and Vanish. Inspector
Stanm was present before the meeting
opened and was excused at his request.
The committee on fuel and janitOrS
reported the appointment OF Iully as
assistant janitor of the Webster school,
vice w. j.. Gleason, superseded, and
Guilty janitor of the Baker school, vice
Johnson. The report was adopted.
The committee on schools reported
the following recommendations:
That the resignation Of Miss Jessie
Boyden. Neiil school, be accepted; that
leave of absence. without pay, be grant
ed Miss Mary Owens, Hendricks school,
TO date from Oct. rs, and to Miss Agnes
Thompson, Hancock school, to date
from Oct. 2S;- that Miss Emma Wilmot
be transferred from the Franklin school
to the Neill school; that Miss Nellie
Campbell be transferred from the Lin
coin 10 the Franklin school: that Miss
Bertha Sauer be transferred from the
Hendricks to the jefferson school; that
Miss Frances Polly be appointed to the
third grade Lincoln school: that Miss
Nellie Sullivan be appointed to the
third grade Hendricks; Miss Marie
GauSmann to second grade Hendricks
school; Miss Camilla j. Kendall to kim
dergarten directress Smith school; that
Miss Lille Cope be appointed to teach
in the Madison evening school.
The report was adopted.
DIPHTHERIA PREVENTION.
The committee on health reported,
concerning Health Commissioner Hoyt's
communication upon the health of the
Madison school pupils, the recommend
alton that no child affected by diph-
theria be readmitted to any school until
at least two weeks have expired after
convalescence has been reported by the
family physician. If several cases have
arlnen III the same family, two weeks
must eiapSe after the last case is con-
ValeScent before any child of the fam
lily is admitted. If a child dies with
the disease, then no child of the family
shall be admitted until two weeks after
ward. As to diSinfection, the matter is
left to the health officer. The only eff
fectual diSinfectlon is the burning of
the clothing of the patient. The fam-
lily physician should, two weeks after
cOnvaleScence of the last case in a fam
lily, examine each member of the house
hold and render a certificate to the
health department. While any child in
a family is afflicted all other children of
the family should be kept out OF school.
Inc report was adopted.
A resolution was adopted requiring
that all pupils leave their pencils in
their desks after school, and that the
pencils be no longer cared for by the
JanitorS. This movement is to allay
fears of contagious diseases being
spread through pencils.
PHYSICAL CULTURE.
Inspector hIcGill said that it had been
long thought advisable by many citi-
Zens that a practical course of physical
training be inaugurated i'll all the
schools. TIE matter had often been
discussed. he said. but no. movement
had been made in the matter. He was
satisfied that physical training is a very
important feature in school work. He
therefore moved that the president be
instructed to appoint two inspectors to
act with himself as a committee to in
vestigate the ACCESSIBILITY of adding
physical training to the school work,
and, if found advisable, to formulate a
system Of school training, reporting to
the board. The motion PREVAILED and
the president appointed Inspectors
O'Brien and McGill to act with himself
as the committee of three.
President Willrich suggested that the
frequent meetings of the school super
visors be dispensed with, and that they
meet but once a month. He said that
the frequent meetings are a burden to
the teachers. Inspector McGill moved
that the suggestion of the president be
referred to the superintendent for in
vestigatiOn and report on the subject.
The president suggested that the rule
by which teachers who are absent
through sickness or death in their fam
lilies must lose their pay be so modified
that the pay of the teachers will go dur
ing justifiable absences. Inspector
McGill moved that the superintendent
be Instructed to report such a modifica-
ion of the rule as may be found adyis-
able.