Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-05

Suualy, westerly winds, slightly cooler
Saturday morning.
CITY SCHOOL BoARD.-At the month.
IL meeting of the City School Board
5ela last night there were present
Messrs. Aitcheson, Bryant, Carne,
Chapman, Mankin, Marbury, Strauss,
sweeney, Thompson, Vincent and the
superintendent. The chairman being
absent Mayor Strauss was called to the
chair.
The committee on school houses and
furniture reported that it had been ne
cassary to purchase dozen and hall
chairs for Hallowell building; and that
hv repairing some of the old furniture
enough had been provided for the new
school recently opened in Peabody
building.
a number of bills were ordered to be
paid
authority of the board he had opened
another division of Lee School white
girls and had appointed Miss Oreon
Bruce as teacher Of the division. He
read q statement showing how many
pupils were in the schools and how
many were awaiting admission. Those
awiting admission were chiefly very
small colored girls. He left it to the
board to decide if it could open another
school.
The Superintendent was authorized
TO divide the lowest grade in the col
ored schools into three divisions-the
Oldest pupils to attend school every
morning and the youngest to attend on
alternate evenings.
The Superintendent stated that Miss
Beadle, formerly of this city, wished
TO make arrangements for introducing
physical culture in the schools, and the
matter was referred to the committee
on studies and discipline.
The Superintendent stated that there
were no substitute teachers for Lee or
Washington schools and asked permits
sion of the board to employ such teach
ers who had heretofore taught in the
schools, but who had failed to pass at
the last examination. if substitutes
were needed. Such permission was
granted.
Miss Oreon Bruce was elected a
teacher of Lee school.
On the recommendation of the Super
intendent the teachers were authorized
to use Henning's Geography of Nir-
GINA in the schools.
The Superintendent stated that he
had prepared his annual report which
would be published in the city auditors
annual statement.
The committee on school houses and
furniture were authorized to provide
the necessary stove, fixtures, &C., for
the school just opened.
Capt. Bryant offered the following
which he favored and said he thought
that 81 200 which the board was paying
Col. Ficklin was small salary for him:
Resolved, That in recognition of the
faithful and successful performance OF
duty by the principal of Washington
School during his twenty-four years
service, two hundred dollars be, and
the same is hereby, added to his salary;
and that the salary as thus increased
shall be the maximum of the principal
of that school.
Mr.. Carue said he was not opposed
to the increase of Col. Ficklin's salary
but such increase would necessitate the
raising of the pay of the other teachers,
and at present he did not think that
could be done. He moved that the
matter be referred to the finance CON-
mittee for a report.
Mr.. Sweeney said he would like to
vote for the increase if the board could
afford it but thought the matter should
90 to committee. The board had just
decided that it could not afford to open
new school, and on the back of this
could hardly vote this increase tonight
without looking further into the mat
ter. He agreed with Mr.. Carne that
this increase might have to be followed
by others.
Mr.. Vincent favored the increase
and made q motion to that effect. He
spoke of Col. Fickiin's efficiency ant
said he did not know what the schools
would do if Col. F. should leave.
Mr.. Mankin thought that if Col. Flick
Inns salary was raised from 81 200 tt
400 the salaries of all the Other
teachers should be raised.
The Superintendent said that that
did not follow, as some of the teacher;
passed much better examinations thar
others.
Mr.. Sweeney asked the Superintend
ent if all the teachers were not required
to pass the examinations before they
could be teachers and was informed
that such is the case.
Finally, after further debate, Mr.
Vincent withdrew his motion and TIT
matter was referred to the finance com
mittee.