The record-union., 1894-07-06
The President Makes His Annual
Report.
Important Matters wfn be Acted
Upon at an Adjourned Meeting
on the 18th.

schools and he recommended the contln-
alton of their purchase. 1t was ordered
that it be continued.
Applications for positions as teachers
We're received from Bertha e. Dawley,
Mabel Duden and Alice Crawford.
Applications for the use of schoolrooms
during the vacation, for private schools,
were received from Miss Ash. for Six
for Sixteenth and J-street school, and
Mrs. Yorke, for Tenth and @ streets.
They were granted.
An application from NJ. E. Waldron
for position as janitor was received and
| filed.
communication was received from
Professor +. l.. Wharf, expressing his
| appreciation of The uniform courtesy and
kindness with which ne had been treated
/ by the board and the two preceding
! boards and stating that it was not his
/ wish to Withdraw from the school work
of this city, but that be could not afford
to remain here another year on the pres
ent terms when there were other fields
open to him with better opportunities for
advancement. He therefore rendered his
resignation as teacher of German in the
! high school,
Action upon his resignation was de-
| ferred.
w. II. Colclough addressed the board,
stating that there were four kindergar-
tens III the city. with eight teachers, the
total cost being $3.50 per month, including
rent.
The Superintendent stated that it was
his opinion that the only school tax levy
which the board had any power TO make
was that for the High School, and that the
tax for kindergarten schools would have
TO be included in the school levy by the
! Supervisors.
! A motion was made that an adjourned
meeting be held TO consider the matter OF
the TAX levy, the question of the kinder
garten tax being referred to the Judiciary
! Committee, to be reported on at such
meeting. Lit was so ordered.
! Bids for supplies OF various kinds were
! opened. The BIDS on wood were referred
TO the Committee on Furniture and Sup
plies, in order that they might examine
the samples OF wood offered.
! The bids on stationery supplies were re-
ferred to the same committee.
The President made the following re-
port:
After deliberate consideration 1 re-
spectfully recommend that the Commit
tee on Course OF Study consider the adj
visibility of creating higher grade
above the grammar department and be-
tween that and the High School, in
which shall be taught such studies that
are now taught in the High School,
which are particularly adapted to every
day life. The reasons / advance for this
change are these:
Most OF our pupils finish their educa-
ton with the Grammar School, and if an
additional year will be added above that
department very many will take it, and
thus receive better education, and will
! have the advantage of such studies as
may be selected from the High school
course.
Under the State law the High School
/ course shall embrace a period OF not less
than three years. Several years ago it
was manifest to the Committee on Course
of study of the board that the High
School course was too severe and an
optional year was added, so that now
pupil can pass through the school in
either three or four years, as may be de-
/ termlned by The parent or guardian, or
by the Principal. The establishment of.
a higher grammar grade to that provided
by the State law would relieve the Sc
verify Of the High School course of
study, and it then could be uniformly
three years. If the higher grade gram
mar pupils of the class contemplated
will be taught together then training will
be uniform, and such of them as will de-
sire to go through the High School will
High School will have an opportunity of
making suggestions relative to their
teaching which Will have a tendency to
aid their progress when they will be-
come High School pupils.
81 believe that the establishment OF
such a higher grammar grade will have
/ the result. as I have stated. of inducing a
| large number to take advantage of the
extra year who would otherwise stop at
/ the threshold of the High School, aud so
/ far as | have been able to ascertain. its
establishment will be approved by par
| ents. l therefore recommend its consid-
Grafton by the committee with view, il
it meets with their approval and the ap-
| proVal OF the board, that il will be put in
operation with the beginning of the next
| school year.
''The troubles said to have occurred at
| the primary schools at Seventh and q and
Tenth and @ streets have not been for
mally called to the attention OF the board,
but complaints have been made to indi-
vidual Directors of such a nature as TO
| demand that the board notice them.
| That the troubles occurred so late in the
| school year is exasperating, and that they
should occur in any school at any time is
| a reflection on the Judgment of the board
| in the selection OF some of the teachers.
1t has been stated to me that in these in-
stances the differences between teachers
! nave Doo1 dlTDu III t10 DIeSeuCG dUU near
! ing of other teachers and the pupils, and
! il that should prove to be~srue, it seems
TO me that the board, in the interest OF
discipline in the department and its gen
eral credit, should punish those who are
culpable i therefore formally call the
attention of the board to these matters,
and recommend that the Committee on
Rules and Regulations be directed to
fully investigate both the matters referred
to and report to the board who il any
one, is TO blarne."
The report was referred to the Commit
tee on Rules and Regulations.
The committee to whom the claim of
Thomas Lewis, OF $40, for cleaning cess
pools, had been referred, reported that
they had investigated the measurements
made by the Health officer. They recon-
mended that the bill be paid to the extent
of Sl35.
After some discussion the matter was
deferred till the adjourned meeting the
date for which was fixed for July 18th.
Fhe Secretary reported cash received
during the year from all purposes. s94,-
73S "A; on hand July L, S25.7S7 81; total,
$40, ,525 96. Cash paid out, s97, l29 81; on
hand, S23,395 49,. With what comes in
there will be over S., 900. with which TO
run the remainder of the year.
Miss Jones, of the colored school. had
made the request that her school be
changed to mixed school, 10 relieve the
surplus from the downtown schools, aud
that she be given an assistant The mat
ter of moving the school to the eastern
part of the city can be considered later.
Director Crouch stated that there was a
prospect that the city can secure deed to
the lot, in which case the building can be
moved into the southeast portion OF the
city to good advantage.
The President said the matter ought to
be taken up in time for the tax levy. SO
that lot might be bought in that portion
OF the city aud house moved out there.