The Portland daily press., 1896-05-26
THE TRAINING SCHOOL
Was Prominent at the School Com
mittee Meeting.

A meeting of the school board occurred
yesterday. szsza
Mr.. Brownson brought up the matter
of teachers certificates for the graduating
classes from the training school. He
thought all thoss who have attained
rank of rs per cent should be given GER
tificates without examination and made
motion to that effect. They had been
under the close inspection of the COM
mlttee for a year.
Mr.. McGowan objected to tho motion
as breach of the statutes.
Mr.. Talbot looked up the law and read
the statute in regard to the examination.
He thought that it didn't require spec
ial examination if the committee were
satisfied that the work in the training
school course had been sufficient.
DR.. Vose thought the board had pow
er to examine or not as they saw fit.
He thought that the girls at the train
ing school had been examined during
the year sufficiently.
Mr.. Bradley tho ught that it was going
little too far. They don't get any ex-
animation when they got into the train
ing school, because they are rusty on the
subjects; they don't get any examination
when they ccme out, because they are
rusty on the subject. They ought to have
it at one end or the other.
Mr.. Brownson said that there was no
doubt in Mr.. Bradley's mind or any body
else's that those girls were competent to
teach In Portland. What was the use of
going through the formalities of an ex.
animation.
Superintendent Lord said that he
hadn't any doubt Of the wisdom of omit
ting the examination. If they weren't
up to the standard they wouldn't get
the necessary rank of rs. He had full
confidence in the ranking of the High
school If they had attained So for four
years in the High school, it indicated
good rank in the Grammar school and
could judge Of their abilities better by
such rank than by one examination.
Mayor Baxter put the question and it
was carried. Mr.. MCGOWAN voting no.
Mr. MCGOWAN introduced the following
order:
Ordered That each member of the
school board be furnished annually on
the fourth Monday of June, with COM
plete report of the standing of every
pupil in the Portland High School, and
that in the case of young ladies gradual
ing, their rank in each study for the full
course Of four years be supplied in @
like manner.
He explained that the citizens and the
mem bers of the board wished to know
more fully what was going on in the
High School.
Mr.. Allen moved that the considera-
ton of it be postponed for one month. 1t
was new matter and he wanted time to
look into it. He spoke of the great labor
and expense to make such reports of
each pupil.
Mr.. Brownson said that on Principal
| Chases books the standing of each pupil
could be found. 1t was voted to lay it
on the table.
| Mr.. MCGOWAN asked il it was necessary
for young lady to attend the High School
| for four years in order to get into the
training school without examination, if
they attained rank of So.
Mr.. Allen said that the rule required
four years. attendance.
Mr.. MCGOWAN said that there was some
wire-pulling about this entering the
training school. To speak plainly there
was some dissatisfaction as to the meth
DDS pursued. 1t WAS believed that there
was cat in the meal and that prefer
enoe was given to some over this 9th
ers. He would like to know why Mr..
Brownson had requested the young la
dies to come and see him.
Mr.. Brownson said: IT did SO because
I considered that it was my right to do
so. Have you any criticism to maker"
Mr.. Brownson is chairman of the COM
mittee on training school.
Mr.. Talbot didn't care to have to de-
eide about these young lad les. He would
sugges. that tho matter be decided by
special committee. He didn't care to
decide as result of mem oranda of visits
of young ladies to him.
Mr.. Bradley and DR. Voss and Mr., Hall
expressed tho opin ion that they wished
to see all the young ladies tefore voting
for them.
Mr.. Bradley said that this was why he
favored some examination of the candi-
date.
Mr.. Brownson thought that any mem
Der who declined to see these young la
dies was Sinking responsibility.
Mr.. Bradley said that he shouldn't
decline to see them. but he didn't see
any reason why 16 girls should pile into
his office.
= DR.. Vose declared that he shouldn't vote
| for any candidate that he hadn't seen.
If her rank was all right there might be
a physical defect that he couldn't ap-
prove.
On motion of Mr.. Hall it was voted
that the Long Island school be provided
with Webster's dictionary, also books
for supplementary reading to be provided
at the discretion of the superintendent.
Mr.. Hall announced that a school on
Long island and one on Cliff island had
been given $50 each from the Walker
| estate,