Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-10-17

AT the meeting of the Board of Edu-
cation Monday night it was decided, on
motions made by Messrs. Morrow and
Baynard, to open an additional room
in No. (WollastonJ School, and to
refer to the committee on teachers
the extension Of the boundaries of the
district in which the school is To-
Gated. Mr.. Morrow brought the matter
up by making a motion that room be
opened in No. ii School to accommo
date number of children residing in
the western end of the Fifth ward who
are now without school facilities. He
afterwards decided to amend the mo-
tion by requesting the board to extend
the boundaries OF the district in which,
No. School is located, giving as his
4 reason that the parents of the children
to whom he had reference would will
ingly send them to No. School if per-
mitted to do SO. Mr.. Baynard was not
agreeable to such an arrangement. He
said that it would necessitate the open
ing of room in the latter school, and
he thought it would be better to open
one in No. Ii. Mr.. Morrow contended
for his amendment, whereupon Mr..
Turner stated that there are at the
present time IL applicants for seats at
No. who cannot be accommodated,
and that il another room were to be
opened at No. 8 the board would have to
employ two more teachers. Dr. Short
lidge said il would make no difference.
IL it is necessary to open another room
the board had better do it il they have
to employ dozen additional teachers.
Mr.. Baynard then desired to further
amend by referring the whole matter
to the committee on teachers. Mr..
4 i Ets,.
bit. He said that would keep the
children out of school for at least two
weeks longer, and he hoped that the
matter would be. settled at once by the
board. The amended motion was lost
after which Mr. Morrow moved that
the committee on teachers be en-
powered to open an additional room in
No. 3 School, and at the same time
suggested that the boundary of the
district be extended to the westerly
side of Broome street. The motion was
2. carried, as was also Mr.. Baynard's 8 mo-
tion to refer the matter of extending
the boundaries of the district. The
present limits are Market, Harrison,
Fifth and Tenth streets and Delaware
avenue. and some of the members CON
tended that the district is not properly
laid out. Mr.. Morrow made a game
1ibut lOT nlH WIN W III hoW
be taken care of, as the committee has
power to act
A communication signed by many
colored citizens in the extreme western
side of the city was read. 1t made the
request that grammar grade be estab-
lished at No. q School. The matter
was referred to the committee on teach
ers, who will at once look into the adj
visibility of granting the request. The
children in the grammar grades living
in the district to which the commune
cation referred are now compelled to 60
all the way to the Howard School, at
Twelfth and Orange streets
Another discussion was entered into
by several members, when ii was re-
ported that all of the clocks save one
at No. 10 School are out of order and
permission was asked to have them re-
paired. DIR. Crumbaugh made mo-
tion that the proper committee have
y the old clocks removed and order new
desk clocks at cost not exceeding 81
each. DIR. Shortidge made objection.
He wanted to know how the scholars
We're going to tell the time If nobody
but the teachers could see the clocks.
He said that nobody would like to sit
in room without clock. Mr. Bay
nard was not in favor of the desk
clocks. He said that pendulum clocks
placed in proper positions on the walls
were the right thing, and that they
would last longer than the little ones.
On motion Of DIR. Crumbaugh the
whole matter was postponed to the
next meeting and the secretary was re-
quested to furnish statement az to the
cost OF repairing clocks in the past
The committee on No. 13 School
made report of their investigation
into the cause of the sudden disappear
ance of two clocks at that school during
vacation. The report stated that it was
the belief of the committee that the
building had been entered by unknown
parties, through transom on the Sun
day following the closing of the schools,
and that they had stolen the clocks.
The report was adopted. Mr.. McCaus-
land, member of the committee on
the school, explained why the matter
was not brought to the notice of the
board sooner 1t was reported to him
soon after the clocks were missed, and
he made personal investigation, re-
porting as soon as he learned what to
report
The committee on heat, fuel and
ventilation reported that as one of the
boilers at the High School was in a
llilapidated condition and could not be
repaired at reasonable cost they had
ordered Hilles & Jones boiler, similar
to those in use at No. 5 School, the
cost not to exceed $780, The report,
which was signed by Messrs. Belts,
Turner, Pye and Baldwin, asked the
board to sanction the action. Mr.. Nc
Causland, who is member of the com
mittee, stated that he did not sign the
report, as he thought the action of the
committee was not right. The mem
bers who signed the report gave their
reasons. They said that it would be
necessary to act quickly or the school
would have to be closed if cold weather
phould arrive before relief was given.
Dr. Crumbaugh, member of the High
School committee, said that matters
we're in bad shape, and immediate re.
lief was necessary, after which the
kction of the committee was sanctioned.
Mr.. Ross reported that the sanitary
condition of No. School was the wors
he had yet seen in any of the schools
md on his motion an expenditure o.
Bl5 was allowed to improve matters.
On motion of Mr.. Turner. the secre
\ harry was instructed to ask the Board o
Police Commissioners to havo the tes
ji-rm struck at 3. 10 O'Clock instead o