The record-union., 1896-01-30
ANOTHER SCHOOL BUILDING.
The Population Increases Board Of
Education Proceedings.
Patriotic Exercises in the Schools to be
Further Promoted Routine
Business.

The regular meeting of the City Board
of Education was held last evening,
present Messrs. Sherburn, Crouch,
Dolan, Whitbeck, Perkins, Brown,
Davis and Driver.
The Building and Repair Committee
was instructed to fill the yard at Twen-
ty-fourth and n streets with cinders.
The Committee on Furniture and Sup
plies was authorized to purchase piano
for the Capital Primary School at a cost
not to exceed 5000. A locker was or
dered purchased for the Sacramento
Kindergarten School.
The Committee on Rules and Regula-
tions submitted a resolution granting
the Sacramento Grammar School per-
mission to conduct but three examina-
tions per year instead of monthly. The
resolution was adopted.
Director Driver presented a petition
signed by a large number of residents
in the southeastern part of the city ask
ing the board to establish a school south
of r and east of Twenty-first streets.
Charles Gardner spoke ait length in
favor of the school, stating that it was
an absolute necessity to give proper ac-
commodation to the patrons of the
schools of that locality
On motion of Director Crouch the
Building and Repair Committee was in
structed to advertise for lot 160x160
feet in that locality upon which to build
a suitable schoolhouse.
President Davis offered the following
resolution, which was adopted:
It being desirable in the judgment of
this board that more prominence should
be given to the observance of national
holidays in the schools, that the greatest
possible interest may be aroused in
pupils and citizens alike, therefore
Resolved, That it shall be the duty of
each director to select, ait a reasonable
time in advance, citizens to address
each of the schools such director repre-
sents in this board, on the occasions of
the public exercises commemorate of the
birthday of washington and the Fourth
of July, and that the citizens SO selected
shall be given appropriate places on the
programme of exercises;
Resolved, That the selection of citi-
zens to address the several schools in
the exercises commemorative of Me-
mortal Day be left to the Committee on
Course of Study and Classification, to
act jointly with committee of one
from each of the Posts of the Grand
Army Of the Republic in this city,
Resolved, That the several Posts of
the Grand Army be respectfully re-
quested to each select a member of such
committee to aid in carrying into full
effect the design of the second reselu-
ton.
The board decided to visit the school
buildings in body as soon as possible
President Davis announced his ap-
pointment of standing committees as
follows
Finance-Crouch, Sherbun, Bu-
chanan. Building and Repairs-Whit-
beck, Dolan, Brown. Furniture and Sup
plies-Sherburn, Davis and Perkins
Rules and egulations-Brown, Dolan
and Perkins. Course of Study and
sificatien-Driver, Crouch and Bu-
chanan. Library-Perkins, Crouch and
Whitbeck. Salaries-Dolan, Whitbeck
and Sherburn. udiciary-Buchanan
Driver and Brown
Miss Ellen Chambers applied for a po-
sition as teacher. The payroll amount
ing to SS,557 80 and bills to the amount
of $7S 80 were allowed, and the board
then adjourned.