The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-07
AN EARLY SCHOOL YEAR
THE OPENING TO BE THE FIRST
MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER.
School Board Appoints a Number of
Assistants mt High and Nam
uaI Training Schools.

The Board of School Commissioners de-
cided last night 10 open the public schools
this year the first Monday in September,
instead of the second Monday, as has been
the custom. Under the rules the district
schools will hold but halliday sessions for
the first two weeks. Superintendent Goss
explained that this year it was after the
middle of June before the schools adjourned
for the summer He thought it better to
have a week of hot weather at the begin
nlng than at the end of the school year.
The first Monday in September comes on
the 9th of the month this year.
The board dragged through a long and
embarrassing session. The new members
are unfamiliar with the rules, and much
time was taken up in explaining things to
them. President Roth seemed to forget
chat he was in the chair, and did about as
much talking as any member present, in
stead of combining himself to executive
duties.
A number of assistant teachers were APP
pointed for the High School and Manual
Training School, as follows: Manual
Training School-Mildred Horn, cooking;
Eva Walters, Bertha Smith and Nellie
Yoke, sewing; Harry Golding and George
Schley, physics; William Albertsmeyer,
forging, and Minnie Bachler, stenography.
High S~chool-Harry Wells, physics; Flora
Drake, botany, and Bertrand Downy, chem
istry. Lizzie Stearns was elected principal
of school No. 8 during the absence of Selma
Ingersoll, the regular principal. Ex-Super-
intendent Martin, late of the West Indian
apolis schools, was transferred to the In
dustrial Training School.
A number of ~ianitors were transferred.
In one or two inctanoeS Galleries ora %
duced slightly and in others they were in
creased. NJ. r. McClelland was trans
ferred from No. 8 to No. 45, at a salary of
$75 a month; w. a. Butler, janitor at the
library, was sent to No. 8, at a salary of
$40 Il month; II. Mertz was employed to
succeed Butler at the library at $45 a
month. The salary of w. r. Kingan was
increased from $50 to SAT a month, because
he has given up the house now furnished
him anG will have additional work to do.
TIL house he is occupying will be used
for school purposes. X. II. McClelland's
salary was increased $3.50 a month on ac-
count of extra work he is required TO do.
Janitors at schools Nos. 46, AZ, 4S and 40,
In West Indianapolis; NO. 90, at Mount
No. "a, on Clifford avenue, are to be re-
tanned in the positions they occupied be-
fore annexation on salaries graded accord
ing TO those PAID city Janitors. III. Terry
was appointed to succeed two women who
have done the work at Brightwood. 1t was
explained that they did not get along to-
gether very WE'LL
There was some discussion over the prop
osition to reduce the salary of August
Plank, engineer at the Industrial Training
School, from 81, 200 to 5000 a year. Mr.. Roth
said that Mr.. Plank had been originally
employed at 81, 200 a year with the under
standing that he was to do some teaching
in the school. This had been found I'M
satisfactory and he will not teach hereafter.
The discussion ended in the adoption of the
nnr1 n tfnnfC rnpDpnT 1Gn11 finn Nh p1pnE
will receive SIS a month hereafter. The
salary of Thomas Kinney, night engineer
at the library, was reduced from $50 to $50
a month.
Under a suspension of the rules, the
finance committee was authorized to accept
the bid of Conrad Bender for a twO-room
addition to school No. As, at a cost of 81 ,470,
Some doubt was expressed as to whether
there is money available. Mr.. Roth said
month for one room away from the main
school. This would not be sufficient this
year. Two rooms, he estimated, would cost
$25 a month rent, more than the interest on
enough money to build an addition would
be. 1t was suggested that if there is no
money the board has power to borrow. The
committee was also authorized to receive
bids for grading and cementing the side
walks and sodding the lawns at the same
school, without waiting for another meet
ing of the board, in order that the work
may be done before the school opens. A
contract for plumbing and gas fitting in
the laboratory of the High School was let
to Freaney Brothers at a cost of $177.
The committee on furniture recommended
the appropriation of $3.50 to be expended at
the High School, as follows: Department of
physics, $500; chemistry, 1928; botany and
Zoology, $225, and arithmetic, 500. The sub
ject was referred to the finance committee,
with recommendations for appropriations of
S65 for the Normal School and $3.50 for the
Industrial Training School. The finance
reported that it refused to make
an Of SIPS, the amount of one
months salary, to Miss Ridenour, retiring
secretary of the board. which she asked as
additional compensation because of having
served a year continuously without q va
cation. The committees action was sus-
tanned.
The Woodruff Place School Board signi-
fed it's desire to renew the contract
whereby children of the suburb receive in
structions in the city schools. On motion Of
MIR. Roth the finance was d.
rected to see whether an arrangement
could not be made whereby Woodruff Place
shall pay an amount into the Industrial
Training School and library funds equal to
that paid by city taxpayers.
The board went into executive session to
cOnSideF a report from the committee on
textbooks, submitted by Superintendent
Goss. After the doors were opened and re-
porters We're permitted to re-enter Super
intendent Goss said that he had recon-
mended that JoyneS Meissner's German
grammar be adopted. His recommendation
was approved. 1t was stated that nothing
further was done in the executive session.
The treasurer of the board submitted a re-
port showing balances and oVerdraftS for
the month ending July 81, as follows.
Special fund, July 81, balance, $l3S, 800. 50.
Mccoy fund, July 81, balance, 1850.
Gregg fund. July 81, balance, $19S. 20.
Library fund, July 81, balance, $4,176.3 80.
The Manual Training School fund, July 81,
overdraft, $702.