The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-07-18
MR.. SCOTS COMMITTEES
IMPORTANT CHANGES IN RULES
MADE BY THE SCHOOL BOARD.
Physical Examination of Teachers
Required-ManuaI Training i'm Grad
ed SchOOIs-A Kindergarten Tax.

Commissioners last night a partial report
Of the committee appointed TO revise the
rules adopted. Several important
changes are made Under the new rules
the Normal Training School is placed in
the hands of . committee with power to
act. and the committee. while it is still
under the jurisdiction of the board, both
directly and through the committee on ap-
pointment of teachers, does not have to
make stated reports to the board. The SUI
perintendent of schools, the assistant SUI
perintendent and the principal of the Nor
NAL Training School constitute the COM
mittee. Another new rule requires a
physical examination of teachers. Another
important change in the rules is one which
makes provision Tor The introduction of
manual training work in the graded
schools. 1t is contemplated that kinder
gartens shall be established at some of the
school buildings at and others from
time to time as the finances will permit.
The committee on finance and auditing
reported that the bond of the treas
urer, George w. Sloan. had been filed in
the office of the board. 1t was for the
CURED amount, 100000, with the Marion
Trust Company as surety. The bond of
the assistant secretary for $500. with
Charles w. Smith as surety, was also re-
ported on file. The board approved the
bonds. Bills TO the amount Of s266l.02, re-
ported by the committee, were approved
by the board.
The contract for three six-inch driven
wells. one at the High School, one at the
Manual Training School and one at the
library building, was awarded to Charles
krauss at $l.75 a foot.
The committee on furniture and supplies
recommended the award of contract for
desks TO Donahue & Henneberg. but 1t
went over until the next meeting without
action. The recommendations of the COM
mittee for the award of contracts for
school supplies were approved. but went
over under the rules. The following were
the successful bidders: The Bowen Merrill
Company, on printing and sundries; Sulli-
van * Mahen. primary boxes: indianapolis
Book and Stationery Company crayon.
busters, pens and pencils; +. M. Heron.
clocks: William =. Burford, slate pencils
and pens: W. CT. Hendricks. teachers reg
isters; Indiana Paper Company, tablets;
Baker & Thornton. ink vaults. blackboard
erasers and door mats; Journal Job Print
ing Company school blanks.
The committee on teachers and salaries
recommended that the salary, Of Anna
Of Of the High schoo, be fixed at
500. There was a motion by oo6 Mr, Hen
asmuch as Mr.. Schultz had signified his
willingness 10 accept the smaller amount.
the increase was voted down. motion
by Mr.. Roth to reconsider the action of
the last meeting in fixing the salary CT
Martha Doan. of the Manual Training
School, at $500 was lost, Mr.. Roth voting
against his own motion.
Mr.. Hendrickson called attention to the
fact that the question OK additional school
room would be an important one for the
board TO consider, the schools would be
greatly crowded at the opening of the
school year unless some provision should
her do 10 o10x hn hn Nnr mil too IN
buildings and grounds be instructed to re-
port at the next meeting what can be done
60 provide new buildings. The motion was
carried.
At the conclusion of the regular business
President Scott made short address. He
said there was much for the board to con-
tend with in undertaking the work of the
coming year. the principal difficulty being
the limited financial resources. There was
much, however. that could be accomplished
in the way of improving the public schools
He hoped one of the things to receive the
attention OF the board would be the sub
adopted-the idea of establishing the man.
ual training principle in the lower grades.
He thought that the thousands of pupils
Manual Training School should be given
some instruction in that line. He favored
the establishment of kindergartens in the
school buildings. to be under the super
vision of the board the same as the other
departments. He thought the people
would be willing to be taxed for this pur-
pose and that a Scent special levy would
afford ample revenue. This, he said, would
do much I'm the aid of the public schools.
He hoped the commissioners would con-
slider the matter carefully.
THE NEW COMMITTEES.
At the conclusion of his remarks Mr..
Scott announced the following standing
committees for the ensuing year:
Finance and Auditing-Messrs. Black
ledge. Rhine and Hendrickson.
Building and Grounds-Messrs. Sloan,
Roth and Blackledge.
Furniture and Supplies-Messrs. Nc
Neeley Russo and Vonnegut.
Manual and Physical Training-Messrs.
Roth. Burns and Adam.
High and Industrial Training Schools
Messrs. Vonnegut McNeeley, Russo, Hem
erickson and Roth.
Appointment of Teachers and Salaries
Messrs. Adam, Vonnegut and Sloan.
Rhine, Vonnegut and Burns.
Heating Hygiene. Engineers and jan
itors-Messrs. Russo, Hendrickson and Nc
Neeley
Judiciary. Districts and Boundaries
Messrs. Burns. Blackiedge and Rhine.
Public Iibrary-MessrS. HendrickSon,
Sloan, Blackledge. Adam and Russo.
The new Citizens Library advisory COM
mittee consists of John 3. Conner. Gavin
l.. Payne, Mrs. John Newman Carey and
Miss Nebraska c. Cropsey.