The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-12
FOR KINDERGARTEN.
School Board Asked to Grant
Use of Old South School.
RESULT or SCHOOL CENSUS.
Decrease Compared With Last Year.
Expenditures IN June-ssnitation
of Schools.

The board of education failed to mate
rialize last evening for want OF quorum,
]. d. MacDougall and George Ill. King
alone putting in an appearance with Sec
rotary Fl. +. Whitney. The two members
waited until past O'Clock for at least one
member more and, no one showing up.
the little party broke up to meet again at
the call of the secretary, after an informal
discussion of the best provision TO be
made for quarters for the free Kinder
garten, which it is proposed to establish.
The subject was brought up by the read
ing of letter from Mrs. H. +. Holmes,
president of the Free kindergarten Asso-
citation, to Superintendent Barnard, in
which she says:
Il do so earnestly desire your help and
advice about the building for our proposed
free kindergarten. What steps should we
take about the old South school buildingf
We are informed that il could easily be put
into proper sanitary condition., but u
would be quite an expense, and, OF course
We could not afford to 60 to any expense IN
the matter unless we could be assured that
we would not be disturbed in our occu-
pancy for a reasonable length OF time. In
the first place We must know II We can
have the building and for how long a
time. How can We find out, and when,
and where7 If We can have the
labor of cleaning it and putting il in shape
for our school. will be donated: also much
of the material needed, such as paint,
lumber, glass and so forth, would be DO
mated. / have received number of prom
Uses OF help. and one gentleman has offered
his services as superintendent OF the work.
| feel that we ought to do something about
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soon as possible, for Mrs. Dewhurst. our
secretary, will be In San Francisco next
week and will see and probably engage
as our teacher Miss Nellie Creelinan, who
has been most highly recommended 10 us,
and with whom We have had quite cor
respondencc.
Mrs. Holmes was in attendance and ex-
pected to present her needs to the board
in person. The matter WINS informally
talked over between her and Messrs. Mac
Dougall and King. Mrs. Holmes is anx-
ious to get the building referred to. which
is now occupied as the city stables. her
idea being to have the city move its horses
to some other locality and give her the
entire control of the building for her free
kindergarten. Mrs. Holmes stated that
she had so far succeeded in securing
pledges that would give monthly reve-
nue. of $50 for the work, though that was
about $40 short OF what would be needed
to cover actual expenses.
Secretary Whitney has prepared the
census of the city schools for the year
1894, taken during June. the last month of
the fiscal year. The record shows grand
total of Is, 45l children in the city. be-
ing 4,l52 children under and 9,299 be-
tween and u years of age. The census
shows loss OF 53s over the previous year.
being mostly in the Second and Fifth
wards. Under the head of defective the
report mentions four mutes and two feeble
minded children. which were reported 10
the state officials.
The following is the report prepared by
Secretary Whitney. covering the expendi-
lures OF the board for June: