Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-16
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
A Large Quantity Of Business
ss Transacted.
MONTHLY REpORTsaS TREASURER
Teacher oREnglish to be Em-
ployed at High School.


The High School will have teacher
OF English. Expressions in favor of
having such teacher were made at
the meeting OF the Board Of Public
Education Monday night and the com
mittee on teachers WIS instructed to
report at the next meeting on the ad.
yisabiity OF employing some one. After
last nights meeting of the board the
committee convened, decided to create
the position of teacher of English and
appointed to the position Miss Mary j.
Lacklen. now second assistant in the
boys department at the schUo
The matter had been brought before
the hoard by DIR. 4. G. Shortlidge of
the High School committee, who said
that the appointment of teacher of
English and composition had been
recommended by the principal. The
doctor held, from observation, that the
High School is tending too much
towards the manual training depart.
ment. Some scholars have time with
nothing 10 occupy il, and this could
be used by an English teacher. He
thought it might be we'll to have two
courses in the school, the manual
training course and the scientific
course. After speaking of the useful
ness of an English course the doctor
declare that he would sooner sse the
training department abolished than not
get teacher of English.
DIR. Crumbaugh of committee or No,
IL sent a communication asking that
the advisability of employing an ad,
ditional teacher at that school be
looked into. The matter was referred
to the committee on teachers.
The teachers committee reported in
favor OF the opening of an additional
room in School No. 16, and the appoint
ment of Ella Miller, as teacher for
three months. Tho report was adopted.
Col. McCausland brought up the
question of rliphtheria. NJ iss Brown,
principal of No 10, at Oak and Har-
rison streets, had been to see him as
to whether the school should be clossd
lie had learned that between August
18th and September 10th, 80 cases had
been reported in the city. Some of
them diphtheria and some not. aud that
two deaths had occurred. lie thought
there was no cause for alarm and that
it was well to keep the echoul open.
There had been 1lS absentees from tho
school on account of the scare.
school is for the board to decide.
Mr.. Rommel announced that at No.
IL one scholar had huen sunt home on
account of a fear that it had dinh
liberia. anil two other children OF the
same family had also been sent home.
President Baird thought the Board
of Health was making its best efforts
to keep down the disease and he
favored the aending home of possibly
affected children, as matters stand
| now, rather than the complete CLOSING
of a school. For closing a school may
send the children out TO danger. From
what he had learned there is not much
danger here.
Dir. Shortlidge said the matter was
| in good hands, those of tine Board OF
Health. Some of the cases reported
are not diphtheria.
\ communication was read inviting
the board to attend the national con.
| ference of mayors and councilmen al
| Columbus, o.. September 26th tc
| October lst On motion of Mr.. Nor
row. Messrs. McCausland and Rommel
we're appointed a committee to arrange
| TRANSPORTATION. Mr.. MCCausland wanted
to know if there was any appropriation
for such purpose. The board had som,
fun out of the invitation. MIR. Ros!
of the First ward expects to attend tbs
Union Veteran Legion encamnment il
| Columbus next week. and should AM
| other members of the board 60 to thl
| conference he might stay out there fol
| it. 1t doeH not appear, however, wha
the members OF the hoard would hav,
to do at the conference beyond look
ing on.
report Of ths treasurer for the month
ending August 3lst, which showed th,
following items:
| DR..
Balance on hand new building
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