The herald., 1896-04-14
MANUAL TRAINING SCHOOL
FIRST STEPS IN A PROPOSED EDUCA.
TIONAL DEPARTURE
Director Pitman Offers IN Important Rsseiu-
tion-Ths Teachers commlttes Makes
More Asslgnments-A 0ns.Day Holiday
During Fiesta Week

The board of education last night
took the first steps towards the estab-
lishment at the beginning of the next
school year in September of a separate
manual training or industrial educa-
ton department.
Director Pittman offered the follow
ing:
Whereas the school year is now draw
ing to a close and we find that by II
careful, economical administration OF
the affairs of the school department the
various apprOpria tiOns for school pur-
poses are ample to do the work contem-
plated by the law, we believe the time
has come for the further development
of our schools, and we look forward to
the early introduction of an industri-
al department.
Therefore be it resolved, that at the
opening of the schools next September
we establish a separate department, to
be known as "the manual training or
industrial education department" and
that the superintendent of schools be
instructed to take such steps and ga
ther such data as will enable the de-
partment to intelligently establish this
branch, and that the committee on
industrial education inform themselves
as to the needs and get prices on the
material to be used in this department.
The above was adopted unanimously
without debate.
The teachers committee recommended
new assignments as follows: Helen c.
Reilly to Boyd street. Eva Milligan to
Ann street, Ora Flint to Sixth street,
Grace Barnar to CASTELAR, street and
Edith Haverstick to the San Pedro
street schools The designations of
Elsie Miner and Clara Lillibridge as
teachers were accepted, and that u
recommendatiop be granted to Carrie
Newborn The report was aodpted as
a whole.
The building committee committee re-
ommending that the offer of the
Brooklyn Heights Sunday school of
sll0 for the old Macy street school
building be accepted with the under
standing that it be permitted to remain
where it is. The report was adopted.
The finance committee reported bills
aggregating s23S2. S. and they were or
dered to he paid
The city clerk reported formally the
annexation of Rosedale, Pico Heights
and Vernon. the board of education to
govern itself accordingly. In the same
connection County Superintendent
Riley notified the board officially re-
linquishing control of all the school
property in the districts annexed. and
transferring to the city board jurisdic-
ton over the teachers doing duty in
the districts referred to. Director Pit
man, chairman of the special commit
tee having the matter in charge, re-
ported that the differences between the
city and county school authorities re-
garding the control of the property in
the outside districts will in few days
be adjusted. as previously published in
these columns.
The statistical report of the superin-
tendent for the month ending April 10
showed: Boys enrolled in the schools,
6307; girls enrolled, 667S; total. 1885
Average number belonging, II, ,642; aver
age daily attendance. 11,O42; per cent Of
attendance, .95. New pupils entered
Boys, 226; girls, 23S; total, 464
Superintendent FOshay reported in
answer to questions that INDECENT chill
dren are always supplied with school
books as soon as it became known that
they could not supply themselves.
The board accepted an invitation to
participate in the f1ag-raising at the
Hayes street school and the 2Sth
street school on the afternoon Of April
18th. and at the Grafton-street school
tomorrow afternoon.
The board reconsidered it's action
taken at the last meeting, and instead
of halliday schools throughout the
whole of next week there will be full
school sessions on Monday and Tues
day of next week. and no school on Fri
day. which is children's day.
The ventilating machinery in the
High school was ordered to be discon-
tinued on April 23d, and then the board
adjourned.