St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-08
ABLE REPORT SUBMITTE
BY PRESIDENT WuLRicH, or THE
SCHOOL BOARD.
INSPECTOR ABBOTT THERE.

Boilers OF the Schools Inspected.
And to Be -Wiilrich
Believes More Attention
Should Be Paid to the Essen
tiaI Studies-Next Tuesday the
Board Reorganizes.
The board of school inspectors yester-
aay afternoon held lis last regular meet
ing or the fiscal year. The next meeting
will be next Tuesday afternoon, and for
the purpose of reorganiZing the board.
A president, vice president and secre-
tary are 10 be elected.
All tile inspectors were present yes
terday except Inspector O'Brlen. The
business was OF Il routine nature, with
the exception of the report of the presl-
dent. Ibis WAS lengthy, setting forth
the work of the year, and making
number of suggestions upon the matter
Of improving the school work.
State Boiler Inspector Clark has re-
Gently inspected the boilers of the school
buildings, proceeding, as stated. that
was the result of the action of canceling
The insurance upon the school buildings.
The report of the inspector was before
the board. Ii set forth that boilers III
some of the schools are bagged. and
that some of the brick work about the
boilers is out of repair. The report rec
commended more cleanliness abOnt the
engines OF the schools, particularly
IL a.
port also stated that the engineers
should watch their boilers and ma
chinery closely, and that the brick work
should be repaired as soon as the weather
Will permit. The report was referred to
the committee on real estate.
a letter from ID. L. Wellington, of the
newsboys' home, was before the meet
ing IL requested the privilege of
placing boxes in the entrances of the
schools for penny contributions to his
work. The inspectors we're unanimous
in their disapproval OF the plan, aud the
Superintendent of schools was instruct
ed 10 SEND the communication back to
MI Wellington, with the statement that
a rule of the board prevents granting
the request.
Supt. Gilbert is i'll. and was not pres
ent: but he had before the meeting a
report recomme ending that the follow
probationary teachers be continued i'll
the service to the end OF the year:
Miss Carrie Siliiman, Hendricks
school; Miss Alice Andrews, Irving
school; Miss Hattie Garviu, jackson
school; Miss Anna Taylor. Hancock
school; Miss Nellie Goodhue, Grant
school; Miss Bessie Fitieid, Grant
school: Miss Grace Sanders. Cleveland
school; Miss Louise Baker, Longfeliow
school; Miss Maud Gaskell, Gar
field school; Miss NJ. l.. Southworth,
Hancock school; Miss Katherine
Prendergast. Adams school; Miss
Emma Robinson. Ericsson school;
Miss Charlotte Miller, humboldt school;
Miss Florence Forbes, Lafayette school;
Miss Alice Baker, Hancock school;
Miss Gertrude Cakes. Hancock school;
Miss Isabel Roth, Adams School; Miss
Sarah Gaughan. Adams school; Miss
Ethel Garrison. Jefferson school; Miss
Belle Miller, LOngfellow school; Miss
Jessie Ware, Irving school; Miss Jennie
Eyles, Hendricks school; Miss Margaret
O'Conmor, German school; Miss Dellah
Bratton, German school; Mrs. Fannie
Slack. Rice school.
The report was adopted.
The superintendent had also a COM
muncation before the board recon-
mending that seven teachers. named in
his letter. who have been teaching i'll
the grammar grades but not at grammar
grade pay. be raised in salary to the
grammar schedule. After some dis
cussion the matter was referred back to
the committee Oh schools.
Another communication from the
superintendent recommended the APP
pointment Of a special committee of
three to examine the full record of
absentees to ascertain who had been
absent for justitiable reasons and were
thus entitled to pay under the rule for
their times of abserce. Secretary White
stated that the amount of pay now due
teachers during absences for justitiable
reasons amounted TO over $1,000. The
matter was finally referred to the COM
mittee OH schools.
There was before the meeting COM
munication from Sibley Council No. 3.
Junier Order of American Mechanics,
requesting the school board to keep the
national flag flying during day times
from all the school buildings. President
Willrich stated that the collection of
flags in the schools belonged to the
scholars, and that if they were kept
flying they would soon be worn out.
DR.. Abbott. the inspector chosen to
succeed DR.. Stamm, was present. He
moved that the communication be laid
or the table. Inspector Vanish moved
that the matter be referred to the COM
mittee on schools. Inspector McGill
said that he thought Inspector Abbott's
was the proper motion. There would
soon be before the board other COM
munications upon the subject. one OF
which is to come from the Sons of the
American Revolution. When these were
III, the present communication could be
taken from the table and acted upon.
His suggestion was acted upon and the
communication was laid upon the table.
communication from the superin
tendent OF schools recommending that
the board rent the entire building that