The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-13
TWO NEW TEACHERS CHOSEN.
PROPS. HOOD AND SIMS ADDED TO
THE HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY.

I
ges In Teachers.
The board Of education. at its August
meeting last night. elected two assistant
teachers for the high school. Prof. George
3. Wood Of Palmetto was chosen to M
the vacancy in the position formerly held
| by Mr.. J. J. Gillespie.
On account Of the greatly increased at
tendance upon the high school. it was
decided to add another assistant teacher
to the faculty, and Prof. J. S. Sims o.
/ Williston was elected TO the position.
/ Both gentlemen come highly recommend
/ ed. and the fact that they were selected
| from among thirty applicants, the ma
| jority Of whom presented the most fa.-
| tering Endorsements and recommendation
| is sufficient evidence of their standing
| as educators.
Or. }. b. Read, vice president. presided
/ in the absence of Col. Mercer. The other
members Of the board present were: j.
r. Saussy, 3. A. Denmark, ]. II. Estin,
NJ. a. O'Byrne. Herman Myers. ]. r. f.
Tattnall, Randolph Arson, Henry Blum
and T. ]. Charlton
Superintendent Baker submitted the fo;-
| lowing report:
The superintendent will not be able to
submit his annual report until he obtains
all the statistical and financial reports.
The attention of the board is respectfully
called to the general condition of the build
ings. Many repairs are needed and with an
exception or two they should be painted.
The closets should be whitewashed
and In some cases they should be en-
larged.
In letter to the superintendent Mr..
| Train, the principal of the high school
| calls attention TO the fact that there will
| probably be an unusually large number of
| applicants for the high school at the next
| session. Should this prove to be so, there
will be need for an additional room, per-
| haps for two rooms. 1t is practicable TO
| get one additional room by further diVis-
! ion of Hunter hall. II quarters could be
| secured for the Janitress outside of the
| academy building, the room now occupied
by her could be used for class room.
| THE upper hall In the workingmen's
| building should be divided into four rooms
which would afford accommodations for
| one hundred additional pupils. Many other
matters of Importance should be consider
| ed by the committee on school buildings.
The special committee on school sites
/ presented a letter from the executors of
| the estate of DR.. Warning Offering to sell
| the block of lots on the northeast corner
of Habersham and Anderson streets for
5000.
| on motion of Mr.. Denmark the offer was
accepted and the details of the purchase
and payments were referred to the proper
| officers.
Miss Kennedy having declined the po-
| sition of assistant in the Henry street
school, Miss NJ. a. Jaudon was elected
/ to the vacancy.
| The election of teachers for the night
school resulted in the choice of Messrs
1 O'Brien, Wilson and O'Hara.
The work of the evening began when
the question of filling the vacancy in the
| position of assistant teacher in the high
school was taken up. 1t took some time
| to go through the applications and papers
of the thirty aspirants, but when the board
| proceeded to vote one ballot decided the
matter in favor of Mr.. Wood of Palmetto.
The list of applicants numbered thirty,
| and they hail from oil parts of the Uni
ted States and include graduates of
/ nearly every leading educational insti-
tuition in the country, showing that Sa-
| vannah must stand high in the estima-
ton of educators. The applicants were
| as follows: j. Frank Little, Warrenton,
Ga; ]. S. Sims. Williston,
Ga; B. b. tombstone. Newberry. S. CT;
| st. George Tucker Guinnon, Madison
| T. f. George, West Point, Neb.; John
Reiss. Boston. Mass; James Osborn
| Carr, Magnolia, n. c.; J. c. Brown,
Harrisburg, Va; Col. ]. Cotton Lynes
| Atlanta; w. p. March, Elkhorn, Wis. !;
c. l.. Wolcott, Social Circle, Ga; r. G..
Mccormick, Savannah r. R. Smith,
| Fortuna, Cal; Georges e. Wood, Pal
metto, Ga; J. F.. Winslow, Waynesboro,
Va; G. p. Housh, ST. Matthews, KY;
j. II. Clark, Darien, Ga; r. b. Bach
man. Northampton, Va. Mott II. Ar
mold. Malta, o.; Daniel d. Donelan,
Brooklyn. N. Y; C. S. Ellis. Portland.
Me-; W. A. Gillon, Concord, N. c.; f..
w. Manhood, Green Island, N. c.; r. NJ.
Chapman, Crawfordville. Ga. J. f. May
hugh, Braddock Pa; j. Henry Young, Pc
tersville Pa; r. E. Rutherford, st. Aug
Justine, Fla; w D. Morton, Staunton,
Va; F. H. Starkey. Mansfield, Pa.
There We're several lady applicants.
but as the board of education had de-
cided that the position should only be
filled by a male teacher, their applica-
tions were not considered.
Supernte ndent Baker read the letter
from Principal Train of the High School,
referred to in his report, calling attention
to the necessity for more class rooms and
another teacher in that school, and asked
the board to give the matter immediate
consideration.
1t was moved by Col Estill that the
| committee on SchOOlS De directed 10 nave
Hunter hall, in the Chatham Academy.
divided into class rooms and further, that
another assistant teacher be added to the
faculty of the High School at a salary OF
$1,000 year The motion was unanimously
agreed to.
On motion of Capt. Blum, Mr.. Sims was
elected to the new leadership.
Dr. Charlton moved that the matter of
text books, referred to in Mr.. Trains let
ter. be referred to the committee on text
books. The resolution was adopted.
! Mr.. Train says of the Latin text books
now in use in the high school that the
type is so imperfect that in many instances
letters and parts of words are omitted
; making the construction of sentences
, very difficult. In the matter of mathe-
NAUTICAL text books, he expressed the opin-
ion that it is extremely advisable that
the books used in the High School should
be Of the same series as that used In
the University. The course in the High
School being only three years. he thinks II
would be well for the pupils to understand
the methods of the mathematical currie-
ulum of the colleges.
In speaking Of the probable increase
in attendance upon the High School al