New-York tribune., 1896-06-03
SCHOOL AFFAIRS RUSHED.
NO TIME LOST BY THE BOARD OF EDUCA-
TON YESTERDAY.
TEACHERS To BE RETIRED on HALF PAf-AN IN
TEREsTING DISCUSSION on A "CI'RRICuLrM.
WHICH Is DECLARED NOT TO BE AN
INSTRUMENT FOR GROOM
ING HORSES.

ING HORSES
Less than one-haM the members OF the Board OF
Education we're in their places yesterday when
President Swanstrom called the monthly meeting 10
order The reading OF the minutes by Assistant
Secretary Tully the feature OF ihe early part OF
the meeting. The minutes contain about iW i"s'S'
and the actual time occupied in reading was less
than FIVE minutes The usual work OF rusniHS ouS.-
ness along was ntcrfcred with only on rare occa-
so,s The routine matters were hurried through
with 2 celerty worthy of the Stock Exchange y
petition. signed by Mrs Lyman Abbott Gnd o'her@'
asking for certain repairs on School NO s. was SEM
10 the Board by Mayor Wurster. who asheu uia'
immediate action be taken. II was referred 10 tl'e
Committee on Schoohouses. petition from the
Roard of Trade OF the Twenty fifth Ward. asKins
that the new high school be placed in that s''uo"'
was referred to the Committee on sites. me "'''
advertisement occurred when the committee o'
Teachers reported that the following teachcrs De
retired On haf-pay. they having comphed wa" '"1
legal requirements: Mary C. Coffin. Public School
xo : salary $50: Julia A. Nichols. Public School
No. H. salary 81 200: Josephine lie Blanc Puonc
school No s. salary $50; Caledonia V Dr. Pnpnc
School No 46. salary s,SoO; Ellen sparks i"pic
School No. 5O salary $3.50; Johanna Butler Fuplc
School No 9. salary S7J0 Harriet b. Sahspui'' "'
lie School Nc. A. salary ST.
No sooner was the report offered than me"oe'
moved that It be printed and so over until the next
meeting in order that the members OF the board
might inform themselves upon the SUBJECT Wv. m
being the first retirements under the new ld" i'''
brought out the fact that these teachers hao a"s'
the necessary time-thirty years-had compied WIN
ALI the requirements of the statute. and that the'
retirement was merely compliance win 'he law
The chairman Of the committee also saiu INA. M"''
of Ignorance often swept over the Boaru anu " '''
subject were TO wait until all such seismic disturb
ances had subsided there would he no a''ioh 'ahe,
on It. After the usual number OF speeches hau
,bo adopted
vo,ed TO build machine shops for the manual tram
ing high school 49,.
The awards for coal and other fuel show that
the price has advanced over last years pld from
to per cent the average price for the best Goa,
being about 81 IS a ton. and for wood. furn'sheH
by the Long Island Wood Company. $l2 a cora.
Professor Hooper chairman OF the Committee on
Stud;es reported curriculum for the Boys h'ch
School. which was adopted by the committee on
May 25 The only noteworthy changes In the new
more prominent pace; that Latin or German or
economies o. commercial law have been mace
optional and that geology. astronomy, trS. .n'ih'T!
and advanced algebra have been added In every
course throughout the four years one p,Ihhou pho, a
in the third and fourth years two additional perioIs
week given for laboIaoTy WORK an1 n 'e IN
composition and defamation Is given foreei,
lanruages ancient or modern. must be pursued
FOR two consecutive years. Judge Teale criticised
the curriculum. saying that he Observed 'no ne, hS +;
the first year while American history VAS re,-
"a ted to the second year. He proposed 10 teacn
which it was developed that curriculum was
no. an article used TO groom horses WIN, fro-
fessor Hoopor's report was unanimously adopted
The annual meeting will be held on th' .r, nTs'
Tuesday OF July. Just before the close or IN" meet
ing 1t was voted 10 establish a high school IN
Erasmus Hail. in the Twcnty-ninin Whrd. Inc
salaries OF the following High School teachers ~cre
raised 500 EACH ". II. Edwards. II. T. Hard.
/ G. S Hartwe. y. ". b. Burke and Henry Q: Bern
hardt. The increase in salary dates from sep'em-
Der next. .,...
The printed report OF the Finance Commitiee
shows that the aggregate amount of warrants
drawn for the month Of May was 1865 y The
principal items in this accOun. are as follows,
Teachers salaries s22l. $40 6f: account Of books.
$500 10; jantors' wages S3ls Il; officers salaries.
| s4Ss5 II: repai-s and furnishing $3.50 20; music
| salaries s224S
Only 500 80 was charged to the account Of sites;
the sum OF $l9 30 appears to have been invested In
new buildings.