The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-21
DISC USSED FOR TWO HOURS.
Shall the Commercial Department Re-
 main in High School?

Shall the Commercial Department Re-
 main in High School?
 A special meeting of the board of edu- cation was held last evening to con-
 slider the matter of whether or not the commercial department of the high school should be transferred temporari
 ly to the Boardman Manual Training school. At the last meeting of the board. which was held in July. it was decided to let the commercial depart ment remain where it was in the high school. Superintendent Curtis was away at the time. and last evening he asked to say few words in regard to the matter. He stated that there would
 undoubtedly be 75O pupils in, the high
 school at Its opening ihis fall, and that
 this number would oyercrowd them very much. There would be no more room. There were all this time com plaints concerning the lack of room. The commercial students are using type-writers continually, and the noise made by them in room where a teacher is trying to hear a class recite forried condition under which no teacher could work with success. In the new Boardman Manual Train ing school there will be ample room IL ko ,,,ooc,fria1 tharn twill be only seventyfive pupils in the school the first year, while there will be accommodations for 450. The superin- tendent's plan was to have the commer- cial department still remain a depart ment of the high school, but have 1t un- der the discipline of Prof. Mather, while 1t was in his building. This plan, he said, would be agreeable to all parties concerned. As temporary arrange ment for a year this plan seemed to him most feasible.
 MT. Whitney opposed the plan of the superintendent. He said that he was very anxious that the new school should be started on right basis. He thought all pupils in the same building should have the same hours and that there would undoubtedly be clashing if the superintendent's plan was put into operation. He was in favor of letting things remain as they are.
 Mr. Sherwood s. Thompson said that he would not vote to make the pro- posed transfer until he knew how Mrs. Boardman felt on the subject. She had given the $7O,OOO for a manual training school, and If the board could secure a written statement from her to the effect that she was willing to let the building be used for this purpose he would be in favor of it.
 Others of the board also seemed to feel this way, while some thought that they did Mrs. Boardman an injustice in thinking that she would not be will ing to have the building used in any way which would benefit young peo- pie.
 The project of making the commer- cial department a department of the Boardman Manual Training school was and it was suggested that rooms be provided elsewhere. But there were ready objections to all these schemes. The discussion lasted about two hours, and before they finished the gentlemen of the board began to perceive the magnitude and importance of the subject under consideration, and began to attach more weight to it.
 It was at length decided to lay the matter on the table for week, and ook it up more carefully and see what | could be done both economically and expediently. The board adjourned to meet next l night. The routine work done was as fol- ows:
 The tuition of the nonresident pu- pills of the Boardman Manual Training ,chool was made the game as in the | nigh school, viz, $60 per year, $1.50 per week.
 It was voted that kindergarten be | opened in the Dwight district, and that | he building committee be instructed to | provide suitable room for the purpose md to properly equip the same. |
 Miss Hill was transferred to the in the Day district.
 Three Hammond type writers are to ,e purchased for the use of the com nercial department in the high school.