The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-06-09
NOTES ABOUT PUBLIC SCHOOLS.


County Superintendent j. G. Taylor ha!
about completed tho holding Of teachers
examinations for the year.
Miss Leah Heath has been engaged for
elocutionary work in the Dunmore higt
school preparatory to closing day exer.-
cises.
Miss Laura E. Boice, Of tho training
school, ,contempates attending the summer
session at Clark's university, Worcester,
Mass.
The annual inspection for the Fourth,
Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth
grade0 in the public schools was held yos
terday.
The many Scranton friends OF DR.. Ed
gar, Of Chambersburg Female seminary
will be panied IT, learn of his death, whi:l
occurred this week,
City Superintendent Phillips Is busil y
engaged in preparing the yearly reports fo
submission to the school departments At
Harrisburg and Washington.
The high school closing exercises will b.
held this year, ns has been the past Gus
tom, in the Academy of Music. The!
take place on the evening of Jane IA.
Tho teachers and children Mt No. 2J arc
preparing an elaborate programme for
closing day exercises. The proceeds will
60 toward the purchase OF clock and ,
school library.
Ono Of tho LADY teachers who has done
good work in tho Scranton schools for sev.
eral years past will be married soon after
the schools close. Preparations for the
wedding are now going on.
Prof. W. g. Powell, OF No II, Is now
able to attend to his school duties al
though suffering considerable inconven.
ienco from tho disatfeclion Of the eyes
from which he has been suffering for sew
eral weeks past.
Tho date of tho final examination of pu-
pills i'll the county schools who were sac.
cesSful in the central examinations aud
who wish to try for the common school
diploma, hns been changed from June II
to June Is. 1t Will be held in l. ,rty hail
by the county school SUPERINTENDENT, rs
sisted by Professors 9. y. Bovard, NJ. W
Cummings, 4. II. Green, ". A. Peck and
Hon. +. Il. Coyuc. Tho date Of tho ton h.
ers' examination at Taylor has aIso beou
changed from June III 50 June l3.
The public school year is drawing to q
close and both teachers and children will
soon enter upon We'll earned vacation.
In this city, rs II general rule, the work Of
the yenr has been progressive Hnd salts
factory Tho Scranton schools have been
brought up to high standard, but those
having them in charge realize that
perfection can never DO attained,
and there is always room for
Improvement. Cne sOurca Of satis!ac i)n
to most citizens is the fact that the old
rainshacke building that rerved SO long
for high school pGrpoSeS has Disappeared
from tho earth and that in its place is to
grow up structure Of architectural
beauty, and which will be up to date in
modern conveniences
Tho building committee Of the board Of
control and the high school committee
held meetings last evening for tho purpose
OF getting reports In readiness for submis.
sion TO the next meeting of the board
which occurs on next Monday evening.
Ghe plans Of the new hyde Park
building, prepared by Architects Dn-
vies & HOupt, were submitted to
the members OF the building COMMITTEES
and received their critical examination.
There may be some slight modillcatlons
of tho plans, but IL is believed that they
will be accG pied by the board without
material altcrca.on. Jesse l.. Thomas,
agent for the Rex Fire extiuguisher manu-
featuring company gls0 appeared before
the committee for the purpose of urging
the adoption OF the cXtiDGuisher for use
in tho pubic school buildings of the city