The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-07-13
HIGH SCHOOL GETS
ANOTHER TEACHER.
rIiss Lillian Berlin Instructor In Chemis.
try and Physics.
ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT
Board of.Education Ap points Miss Mary c
Williams to the Position - Other
Transfers and Appointments.

pointed Miss Lillian s. Berlin, o daughter
of Professor A II. Berlin, teacher of
chemistry and physics at tho High School
at salary Of 500 year, This is q now
position, the work having heretofore been
done by the school principal. For long
time teacher has been needed and wbeI
the matter was brought before the com
mittee on Teachers they also agreed to the
appointment and accordingly recommend.
| ed tho creation ofthe Office.
Tho office of assistant superintendent OF
the public schools was also created, and
Miss Mary G, l. Williams, principal of the
| WollastOn school, was appointed to the
| position, and Miss Clara hIendnhall was
| chosen to iii the position made vacant by
! Miss Williams promotion. Further
| recommendations .mado by the committee
| were:
That the salary of Alico G. Baldwin OF
| No. 16 school be raised 800 per year; that
| Arabella johnson of No. 81 bo appointed
| for three months Oh probation; that Helen
| Wornloy be appointed teacher of cooking
and sewing in No. 49, at salary of $i00
per year; that tlls salary Of tho princi.
pal of school No. 16 be 5000 per year;
that the salary of school No % DO $500
per year, that all tho other teachers
la tho employ of the board June 2S 1S97,
except Miss Harriet N. Sutton, resigned
and Miss Margaretta Palmer deceased, bo
reappointhd TO the positions they then held
and at the salaries they were then receiv-
ing; that Miss Kate Corbit be reappointol
clerk in the superintendent's oilice at the
salary she has been receiving.
The board chose Mordccar Barnes rs
menbor from tho Eighth ward to succeed
Colonel G. NJ. Leitch, The other candi.
dates were j. Frank Baldwin ami w. j.
Perkins The vote was Barnes II Baldwin
3, Perkins 4,
Tho committee on repairs recommended
the following repairs: No. D, Fence rebuilt,
repair blackboards, No. 6,paint room No.
/, repair fence and boiler, whitcwash
fence. supply 297 feet Of blackboard. No.
z paint outside; paint two closets,
supply 1853 feet of blackboard, No,
s. Curtains all over No. 10. Repair
paper in ono room, paint vestibulo and
fencing, repair clubhouse and fonce. No.
IL, Repair paper In two rooms. No. II,
Repair paper No. l3, Repair pavement.
No. IA, Paint outside front fence, No 4
room, repair pavement in girls yard and
repair curtains all over, supply ii7 feet of
black board. No 10, AS feet Of blackboard,
six curtains, paint iron fence around posts.
No. II, Repair water closet and fence. No.
Is, Repair fence and reset stops. No. 49,
Paint halls and principals room, repair
drain in cellar, and plaster; supply 100
feet Of blackboard. No. 20, l55feet Of
blackboard. No. 81, Paint iron fence No.
23, Repair steps. No %, Paint iron fence.
No. ~. Repair steps. High School Paint
outside halls, assembly room aud prinCi.
pals room; repair plastering and put up
picture mouldings.
Proposals for making tho recommended
repairs wore opened and read rs follows:
For blnokboards, J. & j, N. Harman, e,
l. Specr. Isaac Pyle.
Woodwork-Alired Downward, Will
liam II, Foulk, A. S. Reed and Brother
Company.
Plastering-Ge W. McCaulley.
Painting-Whit & Gray, Ben jamin
Martin, r. Kelley g. Son, r. Cardwell l.
Son, Robert keenan, g. Son, W. f. Linton,
w. II. Valentine & Son, James NJ. Bryan
s. Son, c. W. Perkins, Parker & Company,
Lyman & Harry, Robert L. Whaley, HI.
ram & Esley.
The bids were referred to the Com mittoe
on Repairs, who will report TO tho board
ut the next meeting.
Treasurer BartrAm submitted the fol
lowing US his report Of the finances Of the
board.
Dr.-June; 10 balance on hand new
building fund, 1886 iG; to appropriation
from City Council, gil, lGQ So; 10 amount
received from Wilmington High School, |
S.. $50; 10 amount from school No. 10, $3i7 !
to amount from school No. Z, s., 31i IL over |
draft, current expense fund $y,l.l.Gs; to.
tai. Sl3,tjSi 81
Cr.-By amount for salaries, sll 81, !
by amount for books and stationery, |
Si37 63. by amount for fuel. sa5V %: by |
amount for roDairs, Sl7t s.. 0by amount for
manual traip INK department, Sl5.l; b;
amount for free library, ,SiS2 81; by nmouni
for miscellaneous, Sili.44; June 81, Balance |
to credit of new building fund, S3.G4j, |
total, Sl3, ,6Si 6G,
Total oyer!raCt current EXPENSES fund. |
"a 32O6l
Tho annual statement of tho finances Of |
the board wa, read. Tho expenditures for I
tLe ycar were; For buildlnr, -? i9S ~;
EeaIipg apparatus, SI2o 70, mnnual traln.
iny supplies, sLll5 IS; furniture, $3.50. 20,
salaries, $IlS,Nl, T.; books and STATIONERY, |
u. lG6 ~: fuel SJG3 81; repairs. EG,372 81 |
miscellaneous SS'7!3. OF; totiu, Sl7O'0j5. u, |
The balance on hand was SBSH,46 and thoy5
was an overdrait Of i,"631G. The receipts
for the wear wcro sl5 gS5. l3 which iucli,I |
ed all appropriations and proceeds from
other sources
When soma ono mentioned that the re.
mort be printed in at least two Of The cltv
popprs Mr, B1ynDrd tlourht IL should ~.
nnlr in vary panrr. in rr,ler tbat TIM MINI,
sn5Uid Lo thoror thlv ACQUAINTED wItnJhS
,lurner of tho Boards exnpnditlrn Of INA
money Thore was snmo nrfnv0rnbIn di..
c,,sslGu on the motion INT IL was finally
nIoDtel.
IJlon the recon,nrrdot,o, or tbc com
niLtpe on accounts sIOyi7 IS ns teachers
sniar,cs. 2gg3 Gl as snlhr,r, of nIlisers mi
teachers, and SJ72 0l for Lii,s contractcI
were ordered pa.l.
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