The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-12-06
WILL ERECT
THE BUILDING.
The School Board Decides to Use Its
New Site.
A MEETING LAST NIGHT
Large Attendance at the Evening Schools
NeceSsitate the Election Of Additional
Observation-Disclosures Report.


was held last evening with the following
directors in attendance: Messrs. Conry,
Hanna, Dewitt, Burke, Ogden, Muldoon,
Morgan, Hooks, Manley, Baugh, Stanton,
Lynch and Trezise.
Superintendent Whitaker made his
monthly report, giving the following
statistics Term enrollment-Boys, 1247
girls, 1851; total $685. Monthly enroll
ment-Boys, 1133 girls, 1850; total, 24S3.
Average daily attendance-Boys, 971
girls, 1877, total, 2O9s. Percentage of at
tendance-Boys, 90; girls, 81 total 49,
Number present every session, $40. Visits
by citizens, 27S; by directors, 70. The
construction of the new school build
ing at the corner of Cherry and
Jardiu streets was strongly urged.
Superintendent Whitaker also submitted
a written report on the seven evening
schools in which he showed that the en-
rolment is 441 aud the average attendance
306 The schools are overcrowded and he
added "This overcrowding entails more
work on the teachers than is possible for
them to do in the short two-hour sessions,
and renders the government of the schools
very defective. Under such conditions
the schools must fail to accomplish any
good. From past experience, we must eX-
pect a falling off in the attendance, if the
schools are permitted to drift on under
these unfavorable circumstances. To my
mind it is more than likely that this fall
ing off in attendance is due to the fact
that pupils feel that they receive no bene-
fit from the schools. There is an urgent
necessity that something should be dore
to improve these schools or eis1 they will
inevitably wind up as almost total fail
ures, just as in the past. Hence, I make
the following recommendations /. That
two or three additional teachers be elected
to continue while the attendance will war.
rant, one to be dropped whenever the av
erage attendance of school falls below
twenty. g That the sessions shall be
heightened to two and half hours. 3.
That the teaches be required to report the
attendance of each pupil weekly to his
parents on blanks or cards to be procured
for the purpose"
The finance committee reported that
with payments expected from the tax
collector this week the balance in the
treasury will amount to Sc, ,7OO42.
The library committee reported having
added 1876 new volumes to the public
library. The patronage is constantly
increasing.
The recommendations on the evening
| schools were then taken up by the board
and it was decided that the sessions be ex-
tended to 215 hours and that two addi-
tional teachers be elected.
The resignation of Miss Irene Shane,
now Mrs. C. H. Lewis, from the corps OF
day school teachers was accepted and Miss
Hannah Scanlan was elected as her sue
cessor.
Ballots were then taken for night school
teachers. Miss Anna B. Bierman was
elected to succeed Miss Scanlan and Mis-, es
Ida Lewis and NJ. Jessie Glover were
elected as additional teachers. 1t was
understood that the services Of the ad
ditional teachers will be retained only sc
long as the attendance at the schools
warrant it.
The advisability of proceeding with the
erection of the new school building was
discussed. Some members were inclined
to favor postpouement until more
i money could be placed in the treasury, OF
the prospects of better receipts became
brighter. Others maintained that a post
IpOnement might throw the completion OF
the building into next fall and that the
| money that would be saved in rents now
being paid for the church Easements
would pay the interest on money the
board might be obliged to borrow to com
plete the building, A vote was takeI
and it was decided that the building ant
repairs committee proceed to advertise
for bids for the erection of the new build
ing.
A representative OF the Smead- Wills
heating and ventilating system was in
attendance and with the aid of a model
he explained the operation of the system
which is already in use in the South West
street school building. The board adopted
the system for the new building.
A request from Louis Yodkois for per
mission to use one of the school rooms
for a Polish and Lithuanian evening
school was granted on condition that the
applicant pay the ianitor seven dollars {
month and be responsible for the condi
tion of the room.
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