The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-05-06
SCHOOL, BOARD
In DEADLOCK.
Directors Again Unable to elect a New
Teacher
COMMENCEMENT DATE CHANGED
No Grammar School Exercises All Schools
VIII Close on 7hursday, June II, and
the High school commencement
Fixed Fer the Next Day,

A regular meeting of the School Board was
held last night ana another attempt to fill
the vacancy in the corps Of school teachers
failed Director Edwards holding the key to
the situation and refusing to go over to either
side The Directors in attendance at the
meeting were Messrs. Price, Hanna, Baugh,
Edwards, Morgan, Williams, James, Ogden
Lee, Higgins, Dewitt, O'Brien, Campbell and
Sullivan.
superintendent Cooper read his report for
the ninth school month ending April 22nd
showing an increase of 4 in the monthly en-
rollment IS in the daily attendance and 2
per cent. in the percentage of attendance for
the month. The following report on attend
auce was made Monthly enrollment-Bo
1346; girls, 14O5; total, 2751. Average daily
attendsnce-Boys 1888; girls, 1857; total
2300. Percentage of attendance-Boys 90;
girls, sS; total, 50. Present every session
6O2; visits by citizens, 80; by directors, 9.
The superintendent supplemented the
above with the statement that, as Decoration
Day will be observed on Saturday, the
schools will close for the term on Thursday
June 1Tth instead Of the 18th, rs previously
reported.
The report was accepted and It was de-
cided that the High school commencement be
held on June 18th instead of the 18th.
The teachers Of the second grade grammar
school sent in communication requesting
the Board to reconsider the matter Of hold.
ing grammar school commencement for the
reasons first, that it puts the parents Of
pupils to needless expense; second. it dis
turbs the A class for nearly the last month of
school, third, it draws the minds of the
pupils away from their lessons aud makes
study an object of show, rather than Of
mental development; fourth, the time used
by the teachers in preparing pupils for COM
mencement can be better used in teaching;
fifth, the course of education is not COM
pleted until the studies in the High school
have been mastered and pupils should not be
graduated until they have completed the
entire course.
Appended to the communication was q
written endorsement Of the suggestion by
Superintendent Cooper and also a recon-
mendation by the High school committee
that the suggestions be complied with. The
committee also recommended that the Board
request the boys of the High, grammar and
4tl grade primary schools to parade on Decor
alton Day, and all the recommendations were
adopted by the Board.
The building and repairs committee Ie-
ported that the Peck-Wi Wiliamson Company
has material at the new White street school
building to remodel the heating apparatus.
The committee also reported that the music
teachers room in the same building had been
flooded by rain on account of a defect in the
tour of the building The Board instructed
the committee to attend to the repairs
needed.
The following report ON the generations
for 1896 wss presented and adopted
Your committee on exouemtions held six
different meetings and examined the lists
prepared by Mr. Scaulan for eNoneration
We found considerable difficulty in trying ia
/ locate the persons who have not paid theil
! taxes. The Tax Receiver claims that they
are not living in the same places or wards as
/ they were when assessed, consequently they
could not be found The committee decided
to recommend the following named persons
/ for exoneutiUn from personal tax Henry
/ Miller, Stephen Tregembo Andrew Doyle
and W. p Seward and George Taylor, Mary
Rennie, Catherine Herman and William
Leach from property tax. With regard Ia
the entire list of exonerations the committee
respectfully states that its work has been
thorough, and an honest effort made to re-
duce the amount, but it has been impossible
for them to do so on accOut of the circum-
stances as previously stated and for the same
reasons we refer it to you in its entirety and
ask that you act in the matter ard make
/ final disposition of it, which is as follows