The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-10-13
THE EAST HAVEN SCHOOLS
SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
 BOARD OF SCHOOL VISITORS

Just Issued and Gives Complete Report of All School Affairs of tho Town-Opln- ion of the Board on Free Text Books and Other Matters Cost of the New Union School Building S10,6T6 40.
 A detailed second annual report of what has been done In the public schools of the town of East Haven dur ing the school year ending July IA, 1896, has just been issud by the board of school visitors of East Haven. In re- schools the report says that in all of the public schools of East Haven there are too many poor readers, and further expresses the opinion that reading, us- ing correct language, writing sentences correctly, penmanship and arithmetic are the most essential studies. The re- port says:
 It is believed that all of the original Governor Saltonstall farm belongs to the Union school district. It should be positively known where the school children from this locality rightfully belong.
 It does not seem possible that the Thompson Legacy" could have shrunk to $2.6OO The original inventory was: One mortgage note, secured on
 real estate in East Haven. .S1 1865. % One mortgage note, secured on real estate In New Haven.... $1,s50. % One building lot in New Ha-
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  Total valuation. n.........,......$3,46s $3, ,46s. % A special committee should be ap- pointed to investigate this matter At a future meeting of the voters in the Union school district a motion will be made to enter the following on the records oe the district:
 Voted, That the thanks of the dis trict are hereby rendered to s. w. F.. Andrews, Theodore B. Payne and Grove J. Futile, the late district com mittee, also the committee on site; and to Henry T. Thompson, Albert Forbes and Ebenezer Gilbert, building commit tee, for valuable and efficient services rendered in securing, by the operation of law, a new site; and in the erection of the new school edifice. It Is also d. rected by this vote that the names of s. w F. Andrews, T. B. Payne and G. J. Futile be added to other names and engraved on one of the tablets in the new school building.
 The quick assets of the Union school district, Monday morning, September 21, 1896, were:
 In district treasury. y............ I, .99 Due from the sale of sites and
 buildings. ................ 5z0.UU In town treasury $439 32-100; say
 one-third, less $2.00 belongs to
 district No. 2-remainder..,. 291.85 1Cthl.. pSi-f't'ot
 After speaking of the new school building and the dedication exercises, the report says:
 The most adverse and provoking fea- ture connected with the splendid building, which is 8 great credit to the buiuding committee and which Is the valuable property of the Union school district, Is the outbuilding and its1lo- cation By actual measurement this unsightly structure, and which disflg- ures everything connected with it, Is only thirty-five feet from the main building. It can be noticed by a per- son in the main corridor of the school house that when certain conditions ex- ist, as they often do. the situation is not in accordance with the strict rules of propriety. The rear sash doors si- lently, but surely emphasize this fact. There should be one outbuilding in the further northwest corner of the rear yard, in an enclosed plot of ground, say fifteen feet square, and the same in the southwest corner. This, with the dtvis- ional high board fence in the center of the yard, would make a complete sep aration, and not be indecent or offen- sive in any way It Is surprising that architects should have made this eg- regrious mistake, and that an intelli- gent commission should have failed to notice It. The law provided remedy which was not used. The board of school visitors, with the exception of the secretary. approved of all of the plans and designs.
 In regard to free text books, the re- port has the following:
 
 of the policy of free text books, comes from the fact that no class distinc- tion is made as to the financial ability of parents or guardians. Every girl and boy is made equal in this particu- lar, and no hardship or distress will come to any person on account of the purchase of school books. There is another gain that will be very impor- tant to the schools. Free books bring about uniformity, and the classes are not handicapped by delinquents in fail ing to purchase books.
 We recommend that the town of East Haven adopt the policy of free text books at the annual town meeting, to be held in the month of October, 1896.
 The number of pupils in attendance at the Union district school on Sep tember "A last was 101. The teachers are as follows:
 Miss Rita E. Lord of Clinton is prin- cipal of the Union district school. She has special charge of room No. 3, high est grade Some tfirty-five scholars in attendance. She Is paid $10 per week.
 Miss Eelanor M. Woodruff of Madi- son Is the teacher in room No. 2. In- termediate grade. Average attendance, thirty-nine. Amount paid, $9 per week. Misses Lord and Woodruff are gradu- ates of the Morgan school
 Miss Phoebe T. Ives is a native of