St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-04
MADE M'GEE'S SUCCESSOR
MSS HAND BECOMES PRINCIPAL or
The VAN BUREN,
ATHLETICS TO BE TAUGHT.

Prof Hermann Employed at $50
a Month to Develop the Schol-
ars' Observation-Disclosures School
VIII Be Kept Open-No Free
Text Books for the Youth of ST.
Paul.
The board of school inspectors yester-
day afternoon made Miss Laura Hand
the successor Of the late Chan les MCGEE
as principal of the Van Buren, school.
1t Was the regular monthly meeting.
The inspectors present were Willrich,
Dawson. Dickson, McGill, 0'Brien and
Vanish. Inspector Stamm came .onlyto
say that he had an engagement and
could not remain. >;'''s' 80
The report OF the committee on
schools made the following recommeIid-
ations:
That Miss Laura Hand, principal of the
Sibley school, be prOm0tea To princi-
pal or the Van Buren, school. AZ maxi
mum schedule salary; That Miss Mar
garet Lennon, principal of the Schetfer
school, be promoted to principal OF the
Sibley school, at fourth year schedule
salary; that Miss Mary E. barrow, prin-
cipal OF the Douglas school, be pro-
mo;ed to principal Of the Schttfer
school, at third year schedule salary !;
that the resignation of Miss Jennie
Hannum be accepted; that leave of alb
sence without pay be granted Miss Nell
lie Sullivan: that Mrs. ID. p. Child be
assigned to the third grade Van Buren,
school, and Miss Kate Delaney
be assigned to the second
grade Jefferson school, both at
maximum salary; that Miss Ethel
Garrison be transferred from the Fifth
grade Longfellow to the fifth grade
Jeffersonr that Miss Florence Perry be
transferred from the second grade JEFF
ferson school TO the sixth grade Long
fellow. The report further recon-
mended that the Mattocks school he
kept open for the present.; that begin
ming with the next semester grammar
grade teacher be placed in charge of
the Fisher Ames school. . 80
'In the matter of the petition from
the SociallStlc union requesting that free
text books be furnished for the schools,
we find that the board has not the
means to comply with the request, and
we recommend that the communication
be filed for future reference. We rec
ummend that the night schools
be continued during January !;
that the teaching force for same
shall be reduced One-half from tile num-
Der OH the rolls for December, and that
when class in attendance at night
school shall fail below twenty the room
shall be closed and the teacher at once
dismissed. We recommend that Mrs.
Hannah Niece. Miss F. l.. Williams
and Mrs. S. Corrigan be placed upon
the list of substitute teachers available
tor assignment.
The report was adopted.
President Wlllrich, aS chairman of a
special committee on athletics, reported
i'll favor of employing Prof. Hermann
to teach athletics in the schools the bal
ance of the term as an experiment, his
salary to be 500 month. The report
was adopted, and Prof. Hermann will
begin his work at the opening of the
schools Oh Jan. s.
The committee on fuel and janitors
reported the following designations,
transfers and appointments:
Resignations-W. G. Feeny, fireman
at high school; Bryan Devine, fireman
at Jefferson school; f. Beaton, janItor
at Neill school; Thomas B. Shove, fire
man at Franklin school.
Transfers-W. j. Tully, to the Jeffer-
son school; Adolph Obst, to the Neill
school.
Appointments Henry Carlson, fire.
man at the hign school; James Stewart.
Assistant l. n m lNs,lfl
school; James R.:Colter. assistant JAM
itor at the Webster; Robert Hague, as
SlSiant Janitor at the Franklin school.
The report was adopted.
Inspector OBrien introduced reso-
luton changing the hour of opening the
high school from $3.50 to O'clock in the
morning during the winter months. 1t
was referred to the committee on high
school with power to act.
Inspector Vanish introduced a res
olutlon directing Supt. Gilbert to make
the teaching OF manual training more
effective; also to require all the teach
erS TO ut themselves to teach manual
training. Referred to the high and
manual training schools committee.
Supt. Gilbert submitted statistical
report for Dec ember. which was not
read. The report showed that the
whole number of scholars admitted TO
the schools is 1884; total enrolment,
1867; average daily attendance. IA. 329.
The total number admitted, including
night schools, Is 49, 1O3.
A communication from Mr.. Scott to
Principal Smith, of the high school,
recommending certain changes in bot
any study, ana concerning supplies, was
partly read. The part relating 10
studies was referred to the committee
OH schools, and the part relating TO sup
piles was referred to tile committee on
supplies.
Inspector McGill offered the follow.
ing resolutions, which were adopted:
Whereas. Charles McGee, for many
years principal of the Van Buren,
school, has, since the last meeting of
this board. been taken from us by
death; therefore, be it
Resolved, That by the death of Prot.
MCGEE the city of st. Paul has lost an
upright, honorable citizen, his family
an affectionate father and husband, and
the public schools a most disintereSted
and earnest teacher.
Resolved, That as members of the
board, we recall with pleasure his intel
ilgent interest in his work.. his knowl-
eGge of all its details. his kindly rela-
lions with his fellow workers. his sym
patny Win hlSspuptlS, ana MS devotion
TO the cause of education
Resolved, That his name will hold a
deServedly high pl zee in the history of
the schools of this city, and that his
example will long stimulate other work.
erS to renewed efforts.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolu-
tons De spread upon the records of this
board, copy be given to the daily
papers. and copy be forwarded to the
family of the deceased.