The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-11

| Tor the Children-Numerous Transfers
 of fTeachers-Resignation Accepted and
 Appointments Made-Changes in Salary
 List-List of Janitors.
 At the meeting of the board of edu-
 cation last evening the principal busi-
 ness transacted was the consideration | of the question of special tax for the | city schools. The finance committee re- port recommended that the board of education ask for four mill tax In
 accordance with section 107 of the new
 charter, to be levied on the general list
 of 1897.
 The section of the charter referred to
 provides that mo meeting of the New
 Haven city school district shall be held
 Tor any purpose whatever, except that
 there shall be a special meeting of the
 school district on the third Tuesday of
 september, 1897, for the purpose of lay
 ing tax upon the polls and ratable es-
 tates within the limits of said district
 for the purpose of paying the expense
 Of the school district from July IA, 1897,
 to December 31, 1S97."
 The finance committee has not yet
 decided upon the place of holding the
 school district meeting, but it was un-
 officially stated last evening that it
 would in all probability be in the rooms
 of the board. The matter of four
 mill tax was hinted to the city board of finance last Thursday by several mem-
 hers nF the hoard of aI, nI
 informal approval has been given by
 the former body.
 The other business brought before
 the board was mostly of routine nature. The report of the superintend- ent of schools and of the president of the board were accepted, and 1t was recommended that the usual number, 4,5O0 copies, be printed of each.
 It was reported that the furniture for the Davenport school and the Hallock street school will be in place by next Monday morning and all will be in readiness for the children to take their places in those schools.
 A number of recommendations were made by the committee on special in- struction. The committee recommend ed the appointment of Miss Clara Bar mum as teacher in the Boardman Man ual Training high school at a salary of $700 In place of Miss Carolyn Parrish, resigned Dr. Arthur Cheney was ap- pointed instructor in hygiene in Hill- house high school at a salary of $125. Dr. Frank Strong was made instructor In history at Hillhouse at a salary of S900 and J. D. Houston was made a teacher in the commercial department or Hillhouse at a salary of $1300. It was also recommended that $500 be ap- proprlated for work in elementary sci ence in the primary and grammar grades. Some of this money will be used in the purchase of charts and models for work in physiology; some for charts illustrative of plant and ami nal life; one-third for a collection of woods of this section; and some for simple appartus for experiments in physics for these grades. It was also recommended that $40O be appropriated for work in drawing This money will be used chiefly for the purchase of water color material for the higher grades. It is designed to introduce water color work into all the grades as soon as means will permit
 Further recommendations by the same committee were, that the over How pupils from the Hillhouse high school be taken care Of at the Board- man school, to be under the discipline of Principal Mather, but in their in- struction under the charge of Principal Scudder; that ssO be appropriated for the purchase of tools for the use of the | grammar schools boys at the Board | nan school; that an additional appro- orlation of $25 be made for the Strong school; that Schwartz's "Office Routine md Bookkeeping" be added to the list | 'f high school text books; that Miss Alberta L. Corbin be appointed teacher If German in Hillhouse high school at salary of $775 per annum The com- nittee's recommendations were voted.
 The committee on schools had a tring of transfers to recommend and ome other routine matters. The rec were all voted, and were hat Miss Sarah Grady of Perry street chool be granted a leave of absence lntil January 1898; that Miss Annie d. Maltby of the Roger Sherman school 'e granted leave of absence until anuary, 1898; and that Miss Nellie H. 'tory of the Strong school be granted a cave for the fall term. The following appointments as clerks, with an an- ual salary of $200, were recommended: Hiss Margaret P. Scott, Miss Elinor Norman and Miss Christine Daley.
 A number of text books were added 0 the list. The boundary was changed etween the Strong and Lowell sub- istricts so that all of Lombard street ast of Ferry street is now included l the Lowell sub-district, and all of 'erry street south of Pine is now in he Strong sub-district l Miss Mabel Tozier was appointed on he substitute list at the rate of s65O CT annum, to date from September 13, s97 The salary of Miss Jennie Tarfy. prin- pal of Edwards street school, was in- 'eased from $670 to $7O0. There was an { 'ror in the first announcement relative ) her salary. Miss Clara Bracket, teacher in the helton avenue school, received an in ! rease In her salary from s35O to s4OO z ar year. I Miss Ruth Hume was appointed c 'acher In room Wooster street school year salary of $40O. I designations were accepted from the S Miss Edna A. Mix of Fair a rect school, Miss Grace E. Kelsey of ,ashlngton street school; Miss Sophie s ] h nf tTCN