The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-10
SEEKING A SCHOOL NAME
BOARD OF EDUCATION WRESTLES
WITH LOOAL HISTORY.

Want n Name for Lombard Street School
Candidates for the Honor-Leave of ABB
sence Granted to Several Teachers-sew-
ing Exhibit of Primary Schools to be
| Placed on Exhibition in Zunder School.
| The regular April meeting of the
board of education last evening was
short and sweet, the table being cleared
of all business before 8 o'clock.
Several members Of the board We're
absent. Chairman Asher presided.
The committee of schools recommend
ed that leaves of absence be given Jen-
ME Barber till June 1; Miss Almira H.
Day of the Ferry street school and
Miss Emma l.. Tyler, for the remainder
of the year, and Miss Sarah F. Grady
of the Lloyd street school for the month
of April. The recommendations of the
| committee were adopted.
| The committee on schools further rec
commended that Principal George B.
Hurd of the Winchester school be al
| lowed pay for one days absence on
March and John G. Lewis for six
days absence.
These recommendations were also
| adopted.
| Mr. Connor of the building commit
tee said that they would probably ad-
| vertise to-day for bids for the repairs
| to be made in the various school
| buildings. He also stated that Mr.. Rob-
| inson, the architect for the new Lom-
bard street school, had asked that the
board decided upon the name which
should be given to the school In order
| that the terra Gotta work containing
the name might be secured and placed
| in position when the building was ready
for it.
A good natured discussion followed as
to what historic parsonage of the city
should be honored by having his name
on the new building. The favorites
proposed were Eli Whitney, the great
inventor; Nathan Hale, the martyr spy;
James G. Percival, New Haven's great
est poet; Noah Porter, ex-president of
Yale; Ezekiel Cheever, a New Haven
| schoolmaster of the olden time, and the
name of Baldwin was also suggested as
deserved honor which might be paid
to one of the citys oldest and most il
lustrious families.
The discussion Of New Haven's his
toric citizens gave the members a
chance to review their knowledge Of
local history.
1t was ascertained that Ezekiel Chez
yes, one of the candidates for educa-
tional honors, was really the great
school master of New Haven, and that
it was mainly as result of his efforts
that it was decided to have numeration
and addition taught in New Haven, as
well as Greek, Latin and Hebrew,
Schoolmaster Cheevr pointing out that
these studies were quite essential to d
new community.
Percival the sole representative of
New Haven poetry, also lad his back
ars.
Superintendent Kendall when refer
red to for his opinion as to the aavis-
ability of honoring the poet. blushingly
confessed that he was not very familiar
with the poet
Mr.. Connor said that the sentiment in
the locality of the school seemed to be
In favor of calling it Dragon" a
name by which Fair Haven was at one
time known.
The general sentiment seemed to be
in favor of naming it the Noah Porter
school, but as the board desired more
time to consider the matter, it was re-
ferred to the committee on buildings,
which will report at the next meeting.
Superintendent Kendall was granted
further time in which to make a revi-
sion of the lost of teachers salaries
The report is to be made at the second
meeting in May.
Superintendent Kendall reported that
the New Haven exhibit at the New
York sewing exhibition had been re-
turned and was to be seen in the board
room.
The exhibit is a very creditable one
for the primary schools of the city. 1t
is probable that 1t will be placed on
exhibition in the Zunder school before
very long