Morning journal and courier., 1894-04-07
SCHOOLS OVRRCROWDEO.

Superintendent Curtis, Report to the
 Board of Education-Work on the
 New High School to be Commenced
 Immediately - The High School
 Commencement to Take Place June
 22-SuPerintendent of Schools to be
 Elected at the Next Meeting-Other
 Business.
 At the meeting of the board of education last evening the committee on special in- struction recommended that the high school commencement be held at the Fly perion theater Friday, June go, and that the manual training classes of the seventh grade be discontinued after May 1. Both recommendation were adopted. On recommendation of the ommittee on schools it was decided to have one or more rooms in the Webster and Woolsey dis tricts for primary echools; slse to transfe, Miss Benton's ungraded school from the FaI1 street school to the old Fair street building in order to make way for graded room.
 The charges of cruelty preferred against Principal A. o. Abbott are dismissed as unsustained.
 A communicatiou was read from David Humphrey branch, Sons of the American Revelation, offering 8 cash prizs of SIG and certificate for the beet essay on the British invasion of l776. the competitors to be scholars in room 12 of the several schools of the city. This offer was accept ed and the matter referred to the superin- tendent of schools with power to arrange detsils, etc.
 A lengthy prospectus, setting forth the aims and objects of the Boardman manual training school and the course of study, was read by MT. Whitney. It will later be issued in printed form. and distributed among the parents of the city and vicinity. The regular course of study will cover three years and will embrace five parallel lines, as follows: Flrst-A course in literature and language, in sluding the structure and use of English, compo sitton, literature history, economies and civics higher arithmetic, algebra, geometry and book NsTrPa TPird.A course in sciences including pbysiol ogy, physics, mechanics, steam engineering and Fourth~A coufss fin penmsnship. .freshand and Fif'h-A course fn tool instruction, including carving, moulding and casting, forging, chipping and filing Of iron and machine tool work. There is also special two years course p1SbcIiOe0, cOusl6G1n8 or elOp WOfk ana drawing and limited amount of English history and mathematics. This course Is especially designed for pupils who cannot spend the necessary amount of time to pursue the regular course. MT. Thompson proposed the following change in the rule relating to the election of members:
 ''Resolved, That 1t be the legal duty of the board of education to cal a meeting of the vot- CTS of the district in September to nominate can didates for members of the board to be elected at the annual meeting of the district in Decem- ber."
 The resolution was tabled until the next meeting.
 Avoluminous communication containing charges of D. F. Kelly against Principal A. o. Abbott was referred to the committee on schools.
 Superintendent Curtis' report showed that the schools are much evercrowded and recommends that hereafter the pupils who are in room 12 iu thegrsmmar schools and preparing for further promotion be taught in tho present high school building and recommending also the immediate con struction of the new high school and more school facilities in Fair Haven.
 The special committee on buildings were instructed to inmsdiately have plans and specifications prepared for new high school building in accordance with the vote of the district.
 The matter of the election of @ superin- tendent comes up at the next regular meet ino