The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-28
A Busy Session Of the School
Committee.
The Salary Of Music Teacher Russell
Raised to $4,000 Last Night.
Change of Text Books Ordered-Fault
Found With Property Committee.

There was long session OF the school
committee last evening and large
amount of business incidental to the
opening Of the school year, which al
ways comes up at the Septem ber meeting
was disposed Of.
The list OF appointments for the evening
schools which so many young people have
been anxiously waiting for was presented
by Chairman Hunter c. White of the
evening school committee. The names
submitted were as follows:
Evening High school-Clifford II Griffin.
John Cox. first s a assistant: Harry Whippie,
first assistant; vacancy; Augustus Il swift,
first assistant; Louis X Roux, first assistant;
Blinkhorn. assistant; Rose Rooney, as
sistant
principal. passed. O Dudley Church, Anna l.
Gray. Robert Drawbridge, William 4 Win
Candaoe Street Advanced school-Andrew
Thompson, principal; Horace q Bissel.
oxford Street Advanced school--Robert s
Phillips, principal: Florence Il Carpenter,
Theodore Z Merrill. Clifton " Lovelana.
Academy Avenue Advanced sehool-william
PaSen George po,Ts,Psf troy, so ddS fs FSse susan
Thayer street Advanced school-Cliford s
Tower, principal; Catherine White, Borden
Common School Department-Anns b Fan.
cher, Mary Il Guile, Elizabeth A Holland,
America Street sohool-George Green.
principal; Margaret NJ Cotton. head assistant.
.. IN charge OF room & Charles Mr GarT9li, TdT MAY
Mary McKenna, William II McSoley, Ioa u
O'Reilly, Bertha II Wallace. Mary Young,
principal: Jennie I McKsnna, vacancy. Amey
Sheldon. Elizabeth j Thurston. Martha
Charles Street School = John p Boagan.
principal: William McCready, head as
sistsnt; Eliza A Boyle. Helen L Cooney.
eney y.s passod; p'1n Christina @ Ms Maivey, Irene
stesrns, Mary I whaien. Bl.nche May Ar;
Everett. Joseph J McCaffrey, Ralph X Hyde.
Federal street school-Frank p Ventrone.
Jennie l. Burlingame, Paul Castigione. Will.
Tisalio, Robert J Fuller. william Golden,
Henrietta & Huxford, Ella A McCabe, An
tonic Il Vota, Lizzie Il walcott.
Harrison Street School = Fred A Jones,
principal; Stella l. Paine, Jennie NJ Phillips,
Alice Al Robinson, Maude Stevens, Ednah
I Swan, Elizabeth V Waterman, Howard
Hospital Street school--wiiliam ] Reynolds.
principal: John B Ferguson, Matte A Cobb.
Nellie Cole, Apna g. Goodwin, Mary Hus-
sey, Margaret M Landon, Mary McGovern,
Manton school = william II Harrington,
principal Mary Blessing, William ,,'a ClS'aryi
trfy. tsniMa Mary Sids McAIanas a aary PsEenhaS.
principal; % sarah N Cameron, Cameron ia Mary Campbell, n
Hines Theresa B Hunt, Patrick j Ide, Fran
ces A Johnson, Nora Lynch, Elizabeth Tur
a Harris, Mary e Hague, John + Murray,
olneyville school--Frank Healy. principal;
Anna Bernhard, Maude Bovoridge, Mary y
blanchard, Edith d Burroughs. Emma
ard Margaret Healy, Grace w Slocum, Mar.
Earet L smith, Hannah steere Nettie E
orms Street school = Thomas II Holton.
principal; Georgiana Hazard Katherine A
kMsSMs Mssr EoSs oSn MS6
Peirce ] O'Connell, Elizabeth j Grant, Mar
garet Daugherty.
cipal; Harry o Swan, Eliza T Day Flora b
Public Street school-Frank Jones, prin.
Jennie Martin, Mary Orswell. Charles A
Walsh, Eta NJ Carpenter, Anna L Congoon..
IooiGviie Seh1oisohn rad Des,,n: prtnSeipal
A::Denny, Flora Henius, Mahala Merchant,
Nathaniel L Niles, Walter Sherman. Ellen
wanskuok School--James ! Nolan. principal:
Amelia B Abel, Catherine II Fitzgerald, Ella
O'Neiii.
Upon recommendation of the same
committee the following resolution was
passed:
Resolved, That the compensation of tho
evening school teachers be xed at the follow
ing amounts per evening: To one principal
whose duty shall be the supervision Of the
,vening schools, under the direction of the
superintendent OF public schools IS; TO the
principal of High School, S5: to first as
sistants in High School, -; 20 second assist
ants in High School, each, $3.50; TO principals
Of advanced schools who have served as prin-
.pals last year, each. SO; all others, $3.50; to
assistants in advanced schools, each, sl.5O;
to all other principals who served rs rSincipals
last year, each, $3.50; to all other principals
zach, 81: TO one assistant in charge Of room,
81; 20 all assistants acting az head assis ants
each, s1.50; to all other assistants, each, 81.
DIR. Bixby called up the resolution au-
thorizng the committee on relation
with the City Council TO ask the Council
for funds to increase the salary OF the
musical instructor, E. T.. Russell, ffom
$1700 to 5000 This was objected 10 on
the grounds that Mr.. Russell did not give
all OF his time to the city, but held a
secondary position as musical instructor
I'm the State Normal School The resolu.
tion passed, however, by vote OF Is to S.
A resolution recommended by the COM
mittee on text books, for the adopt ion of
Fry's complete geography In the place OF
Warren's common school geography was
passed by vote OF 10 to4 The oppo-
sition TO the change came from Mr.. Camp
bell of the first ward, who claimed that
the proposed book Is not so good in it's
section relative to Rhode Island as the
book now in use
Mr.. George j. West OF Ward 10 found
considerable fault with the manner in
which the Council committee on city
property had looked after soDe of the
school buildings In the Olneyville aud
North End districts aud suggested that
Il be investigated.
Mr.. Dorchester OF Ward objected to
the way I'm which the piping ia being
done Mt the Oxford street school and the
la
the Council.
A schedule OF bills amounting to s3O..