The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-15
CORPS OF TEACHERS
HI SCHOOL BOARD MAKES ITS Sc
LECTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR
Gregg Fund Matter Finally Settled
The Equipment Proposed for the
New Industrial School.

The muniicent bequest which the late
Thomas ID. Gregg left to the Indianapolis
public schools is to be applied to practical
use. The matter of the future disposition
of the fund was taken up by the School
Board last night and finally settled. The
board disposed of a large accumulation of
business, prominent among which was the
selection of teachers for next year.
The Gregg endowment came up early in
the evening and occupied a good share
of the time before it was disposed of. The
fund, which now amounts to over $1,000,
came into the possession of the ~Indianapo-
lis public schools in 1880. BY the provisions
Of the will of the late Thomas d. Gregg a
large sum was set apart for the use and
benefit Of the free schools of the city, the
amount to be held in trust by the School
Commissioners. The principal sum was to
be loaned or invested in paying stocks, the
interest to be applied to the schools. The
will was contested by the heirs of the de-
ceased. but the matter was compromised
and the schools received a portion of the
estate, including $4,000 in cash and two
farms in Iowa. The fund has been in the
hands of George Merritt, the trustee named
in the will, and now, with accrued inter-
est, amounts to SO. 129.65. For some weeks
the committee on supervision. examination
and manual training has discussed the
most profitable plan of applying the fund.
and last night made its report. The COM
/ mittee recommended that the Gregg income
fund of 81, 92S.54 be consolidated with the
Gregg bequest fund and that 1000, the
entire amount, be loaned to the special
fund for the term of twenty years at the
rate of 6 per cent interest 1t
was proposed that the interest
paid from the special fund be devoted solely
to the support of scholarships. These schol-
arships entitle each holder to the privi-
lege of one years study in some school
or institution devoted to the professional
| preparation and training Of teachers. 1t is
stipulated that the cost of each scholar
ship shall not exceed 500 a year, aside
from a sum Of money sufficient to defray
the expenses of the holder while attending
| the training school,. Only those teachers
who have had three years successful ex-
perience in the public schools of I~ndianap-
| oils shall be entitled to a scholarship. The
limit of age of teachers applying for a
scholarship must be forty years. Teachers
who receive and accept the Gregg scholar
ship must, in order that the schools may
receive the benefit of the special training,
enter q contract with the board obligating
themselves to return to the city of Indian
1 2pOlS ana Iedcn at least three years lucIt-
after. The committee recommended the APP
pointment of a special committee tC con-
sist Of the president of the board. the trus-
tee Of the Gregg fund and the super1nfendo
to outline a plan for the successful cul-
mination of the project. on the recon-
mendation of Commissioner Conner the
| committees report was adopted and the
board empowered to execute it's note TO
George Merritt, trustee, for $4,000.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL NEEDS
The report of the committee on industrial
school detailed at length the entire equip
ment to be utilized by the new institution
of training. 1t was estimated that the cost
of the same would be $4,000. The committee
on manual training submitted the following
list of equipments that should be bought at
a cost of S41,921:
Wood working, 1926; forging. So, 239; wise
and foundry, s1,ss3; machine shop, $l4,oS6;
power, 1914; mechanical drawing, s1.lOo;
typewriting, $500; sewing s7O4;. cooking,
1857; physics, $500; geology and botany,
So, $780,; library, 81, 100.
finance and auditing that a temporary loan
of S160, 600 would be necessary to meet the
current expenses in anticipation of the rev.
enue for the half ending Jan. 81, 1895. The
committee also that notes
amounting to $500, payable July 10, 1885
and 1886. and cash in the sum OF SS,9VV De
issued to the contractor OF the industrial
school
The committee on buildings and grounds
asked that the question of erecting new
buildings and improving old ones be taken
up. The following improvements were pro-
posed: Eight-room BUILDING, corner of
Lexington avenue and state street;
eight-room building, corner of Cap
itol avenue and Twentieth streets: adj
dition to school No. %; four-room building,
corner of keystone avenue and Michigan
street; four-story building corner Of Lex
ington avenue and State street. The board
deemed it advisable to defer action on
the question until a special meeting could
be called next week.
The report of the special mmi
which arranged for the distribution of
teachers for next season was adopted; also,
the report of the committee on teachers
and salaries relative to the increase of pay
in the various departments. By the new
arrangement of salaries, Superintendent
Jones receives $500 per annum instead OF
5000. The salary of the assistant super
intendent was raised from $1,S00 to $1,000,
the assistant principal from $3.50 to $500,
and teachers in the second year and la
grade will receive 500. Third-year grade
teachers also get $3.50. Chiefs of other de-
partments were increased as follows: Prin-
cipal of Normal school,. $500; G. u. EN-
ton, 800; 7. w. Smith, 500; Paul H.. Cru.
man, 500; Miss Ora Edison, 800.
THE CORPS OF TEACHERS.
Following is the corps of instructors Sc.
lected for next years work:
Superintendent of Schools-L. H. Jones.
Superintendent of Primary Instruction
N. CropSey.
princinai nf Normal School-Mary T.