The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-06-05
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS !
Business of the Old School
Board Closed.
TEE NEW ORGANIZATION
All the Old omoers Reelected without
opposition-Patrick Conry President,
Frank Hanna Secretary, p. j. Ferguson
Treasurer, and J. II. CoyIe Solicitor.

The old School Board went out of
| existence last night and the new one took
on the robe of responsibility, but the
same members who otIicered the organiza-
tion last year will do the same this year.
The old members present at the meeting
were Messrs. Conry, Hanna, Burke,
Dewitt, Gallagher, Muldoon, Davenport,
! O'Hearn, Manley, Lynch and Brennan.
Messrs. Hooks, Stanton, Lee and Baugh,
new members, were present. The absen-
tees were Messrs. Trezise, Ogden and
| Morgan.
Superintendent Whitaker presented his
| annual report, which read 81 beg leave
to offer the following report for the year
ending to-day Condition of the district
buildings and grounds. The close Of
the year finds your buildings and grounds
| in excellent condition and they will re-
| quire but little repairs in vacation outside
of cleaning up and putting in good sani-
tary condition for next year. This is very
gratifying and is due mainly to the
prompt and thorough manner in which
you complied with recent laws relating
| to the care and attention given by your
| committee to their duties in this respect.
| Finances-From the Auditors report
you will see that the financial condition
| Of the district is very satisfactory. If it
were not for the stringency of the times,
owing to which your Tax Receiver was
unable to settle up his duplicate in full,
the receipts for the year would have met
all the expenditures and have left a small
balance in the treasury.
| Library-Since the library has been
moved into this building and the addi-
tions have been made to 1t, we can safely
| claim that we have the handsomest lar9.
est and most useful public school library
in the state, outside of the large cities
1t has been of great value to the schools
| and the largely increased patronage from
the general public shows that the efforts
to improve the library are well appre-
ciated. In this connection it is but just
TO state that the present excellent condi-
tion of the library is due chiefly to the
intelligent and unselfish labors. of the
chairman of your library committee, Mr.
Ogden, and he deserves all our thanks
for the good work
The SchOols-As the schools will be in
session for several weeks yet | am not
able to report fully on this head. | will
say, however, that the teachers have
worked hard and faithfully, and the
results so far are very satisfactory. II is
a very wise and beneficial policy for school
boards to retain their teachers as long as
they give satisfaction and deserve to be
retained. | can heartily recommend all
of the present corps and rust all Of
them that apply will be rvI lined for next
term. The year has been one of activity
and the results are very satisfactory.
With grounds and buildings much i'm
proved, satisfactory finances, and your
schools progressing successfully you can
congratulate yourselves on having dis
charged your duties to the district in a
manner calculated to elavate your schools,
and which must meet with the approval
of your constituents.
Recommendation is one thing
which ! wish to recommend for your CON
: sideration, and that is the question OF
getting more school rooms [ feel that
this district has arrived at the point
where we are able to arrange matters so
that the minimum number of pupils to
each teacher will be nearly reached and
where we can have all our pupils in con
venient and healthful school buildings
| There are a few schools overcrowded and
? there are two schools in a church base
ment which is not properly constructed
for school purposes. In order to vacate
this basement and to relieve the crowded
: condition of the schools referred to. it will
be necessary for the board to erect an
? other building and to add one room to
the Union street building.
Respectfully submitted,
NJ. p. WHITAKER, Supt.
Mr., Whitaker added verbally that in
, order to reduce the enrolment of some of
z the schools nearer the minimum and
, afford better accommodations it will be
necessary to erect another school room tC
the Union street building. Mr.. Whitaker
also thanked the board for its courtesy
2 and assistance during the year
: The committee ON text books and
supplies presented a report showing that
the amount actually expended to comply
with the free text book law during thI
! year was 81, 1880.
The finance committee reported that the
receipts for the year were SOS, ,45S 90, ex
penditures S64, ,SS79s. The bonded and
other outstanding Indebtedness amounts
3 to S49, 500
The report of the library COMMITTEES
I showed that l, ll5 new books were added
I TO the library during the past year an(
the total number of volumes now on hanC
is 2,S44.
During the past year the district re
, celyed s534.4o from nonresident pupil
and S2495 is still due.
Under the head of new business Mr.
l OHearn suggested that the board coulC
rent one Of the halls in the Robbins build
7 ing, corner of Main and Oak streets, fo
{ reasonable rental.
Borough Auditor John h. DOYLE pre-
sented the auditors report for the yea
ending June 4, 1894. The report was reaC
| and accepted, after which the old boart
! adjourned sine die.
Messrs. Gallagher and O'Hearn, two O
Ine IellIlng MEMBERS maze rev rare
well remarks and withdrew, and the OF
! ganization of the new board was pro
. ceeded with. H. j. Muldoon was mad
temporary chairman and Frank Hannl
temporary secretary.
The following permanent officers wer
then reelected without opposition Pres
n ident, Patrick Conry; Secretary, Franl
! Hanna; Treasurer, p. j, Ferguson Sc
licitor, j. r. COyle.
The salaries Of the officers viii remai
p the same as last year, the rules of tn
old board will remain in force this year
and the bond of the treasurer is fixed a
$50, 00O