St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-07

bis TlIe june meeting of.the school board
Glnsas held last evening, instead OF lin the
b afternoon. as Is the usual custom. The
dune meeting being one of the most I'M
} RDrtant of the year, as at that time the
detection Uf superintendent takes place,
the president delayed calling the meet
+ ing to order untilyS:45. so that full
aboard might -be in attendance. The
selection resultedinethel reappnintment
FDf Prof. G. B. Gilbert flse votes of the
pSeven cast being for him. and the res
manning two for Prof. A. u. 6 Smith.
There has been little doubt lin the
minds of Mr.. Gilbert's friends for some
prtime past us to. theaOutcome. of this
election. - ;t9 lsss asNGc =
PISS During the election Mr.. Gilbert re-
tired, and when recalled by the secre-
} tary he made few remarks in response
/ to the announcement of the president
that he was the choice of the board. Mr..
Gilbert assured the board that be would
eendeavor during the coming two years.
as he always had in the past. to fill The
, position in way that there would be
} as little disappointment in the results
.of his efforts as possible.
Besides the election of a superin-
stendent. the board did not take up very
much business of Importance. The list
of teachers applying for appointment
for the coming year not being ready,
President Willrich called special
meeting of the board for tomorrow Fri-
day. afternoon.at O'Clock. at which
time the budget will be presented.
The committee on schools, CT which
A. r. McGill is chairman. reported as
follows: For the coming year kinder
gartens having an attendance OF not
more than fifty, there be one session
only. extending from a. NJ. to IL, and
that for service in such kindergartens
the following schedule of salaries be
adopted: Directress, first year, $500;
second year, $3.50; third year, $500;
fourth year. $3.50; fifth year. 5000. As
sistants, first year, $3.50; second year,
$500; third year, $3.50. Also that kin
dergarten be established at the Haw-
thorne, Douglass and Grant schools.
The committee further recommended
that sewing be again introduced into
the public schools, SO far as it can be
without employing special teachers.
Walter Holcombe, on behalf of the
residents of the district compr sed be
tween Milton and Hamline streets one
way and. st. Clair street and Summit
avenue on the other, presented petit
tfon to the board for increased accom-
|: T1odatfon in his ward. He represented
I that the schools in the Seventh ward
|. the Irving and Webster-were inacces-
sIble for the children living in that dis
cstfict, and suggested that another build
& ing was needed OIL Lexington avenue,
+ near either Goodrich or dartmouth ay-
|: eAueS. His petition was filed pending
athe consideration of the committee.
asa Supt. Gilbert was not ready with any
report, but instead; presented the presi-
sdenI of the board with Kayetsmade by
/ the boys of the manual training school.
On motion Of Inspector Abbott a vote
/ of thanks and an expression OF the APP
pfeciatlOn of the board OF the work done
h BY. the boys-was E:ade. s.;e
BIZ communications were read by the
secretary from the city clerk and the
CORPORATION. attorney making some rec
lamentations regarding the. care of
school premises, all of which were
Pas sedg over to the secretary for action.
Inspector Yapish's committee in its
|. report recommended the appointment
in each OF the following schools of a
pale Instructor in manual training:
Humboldt. Cleveland, Van-Buren, Cor
man and Webster. The matter was re-
ferred to the superintendent to be re-
ported upon. ,s.l.,....
The consideration Of accounts was
then taken UP, and the board passed ND
the amount of, $l,694 So in bills con-
tracted during the past month.
Inspector McNaiF again brought UP
the much discussed question of the
teaching of German in the schools. Mr..
McNair offered a resolution in which
he stated that nearly $4,000, is
expended annuailyby the board
for this purpose. and that in
German classes below the high school
the average attendance is only about
nine. Mr. McNair thinks the people
generally are not in favor Of continuing
it. and that the expenditure is not war;
ranted by the advantage taken OF the
classes by the children. He moved that
the teaching of German be abolished liz
grades below the high school, but his
motion was lost by the adoption of a
Recommendation offered by Mr.. Vanish,
which referred the matter to the com.
mittee on German, of which George
Dickson is chairman. This committee
was requested to report at the meeting