The record-union., 1896-11-26
CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Employment Of a Truant Of1cer Dis
CuSSed.
Director Driver Speaks of the Benefit
Derived From Teachers
Institutes.

The City Board of Education met in
regular monthly session last night, Di-
rectors Davis, Crouch, Sherburn, Whit
beck, Brown, Driver and Perkins being
present
Director Driver said he had attended
the Teachers Institute this week and
had spent, he thought, three of the
most enjoyable days of his life and
gained much information that would be
of great use to him in his duties as a
member of the board. He had hereto
fore had an idea that the institute was
dry place, to which the teachers were
compelled to go against their will. He
had been much surprised to find it di-
rectly the opposite.
He had taken pleasure in listening to
three fine lectures by DR.. Winship that
he wished the parents in this city could
have heard them, for they would have
been worth $40 apiece to them He
thought it would have paid each Of the
other members to have gone had they
been able, and would give them better
insight into their duties and bring them
into direct contact with the teachers.
He was sorry that 1t had not been held
for a longer term, and had heard several
teachers make the same remark.
He had been considering the course Of
study and the necessity of making
some changes in it. He wished to con-
suit with the teachers before making
any report on 1t.
Superintendent Erlewine said the
present course Of study was the result
Of many years Of patient work and
careful investigation, and it would be
hard to make even slight changes for
the better in it.
Other members of the board agreed
with Mr.. Driver that the institute had
been a decided success and was a de-
sirable thing.
Salaries were allowed and bills as
follows: Protestant Orphan Asylum,
$50; I.O.O.F. Temple Association, S23;
A. Lothhammer, So; Carrie Estes, $4;
]. A. Harvey, 81; Neale & Eilers, S4
John Lafferty, S5; Fair Oaks Wood
Company, S92 40; Kruzberger & Har-
vie, S22; Dave Ellis, 81; Day & JOY,
$40 30; Whitaker, Ray & Co., $21 60;
Simon Sturmer, $5 80; C. Suter, 50 80;
p NJ. Raymond. $40 so: F. NJ Jones,
50 80; Andrew Some, Sc 75; Capital
Telephone Company, S32 so; E. s..
Warner, So 80; H. c. Chapman, $12 so;
Philip Cohen, So 80; Will & Clark, As
cents; D. Johnston & Co., S12 so; A.
w. Livermore, SIS; c. F. Weber & Co.,
S267 So; S. Morris. SIT 81; E. K. AL
sip & Co., S25; James T. McNiel,
Sit so; Robinette & Harrison, SIS;
Friend & Terry Lumber Company,
500 81; NJ. C. Hewitt, SIS; w. A. An
derson, $15; C. H Krebs & Co., S4;
Bassett & NIinford, 81; Schaw, Ingram,
hatcher & Co., Sc IS; C. B. Conn,
$40 o.; H. A. Lewis, $40 80; Capital
Gas Company, $50 so; R. L. Heninger,
So so; H. S. Crocker & Co., $171 u; W.
f. Purnell S31 20; A. S. Hopkins Com
pany, S64 80; Peter Bohl, $50; Hol-
brook, Merrill & Stetson, $50 so; s. J..
Jackson, SO 20; o. w. Erlewine, ST.
w. F. Peterson, S25; c. A. Neale, SIT;
Trustees of Foresters' Hall, So
The railroad maps of California for
the use of the schools were ordered
mounted.
A telephone was ordered put into the
new schoolhouse at Twenty-sixth and
V streets.
The matter of a truant officer was
discussed, and Superintendent Erie
wine said it did not prove practical
when it was tried before, and he did
not think it would now. It would take
| truant officer all day to visit the thir-
teen schools and another day to visit
the homes OF the pupils. BY the time he
had made his rounds the truants would
have returned to school. There were
only twenty-five truants reported al
together last month, and the average
attendance last month was 94 per cent.
He did not believe truant officer
would do any good, but a man to go
| around to the houses and see to the
children that do not go to school at all
and can be brought to school under the
compulsory education law would do
something. Taking out the children be-
| tween 8 and 6 years old, and those that
| have graduated from the grammar
schools under II years old, there would
be only about 1UU left who do not go
to school. AS a money proposition it
would not pay, but 1t would bring
some pupils into the schools.
President Davis said there were other
factors in the matter to be considered.
There was interference from outside
| boys sometimes
The matter was dropped and the
board adjourned.