The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-10-07
The following is a list of the night school
eachers elected by the School Board last

Mary M. Giblon, Annie Kane.
Mary E, Lechleitner. Nora NJ. Stanton
Jennie Fitzgerald. James Stack.
Katie Brogan. Aunie Flaherty
Mary Mulhearn. John Conry.
A regular meeting of the School Board was
held last evening with the following mem
bers in attendance Messrs. Hanna, Sullivan,
COughlin, Baugh, Price, KEEPER. Edwards.
Dove Conners Higgins Britt, Breslin and
President Dewitt.
A communication was read from n number
Of property owners, requesting the Board to
contribute toward the expense Of sewer
that is being constructed from Peach alley to
limerick street. between Centre and Oak
| streets. The request was made on the ground
that three school buildings are connected
with the sewer, which is the one upon which
the Flynn suits hinged. On motion of Mr.
Higgins an order of 500 was granted in re-
spOnse to the request.
communication from Turkey Run. ask
ing that a first grade grammar school be-
established at that place, to save children the
travel to town during the winter time The
petition closed with the request that the
present teacher, J. NJ. Mullahy, be given the
original (S65) salary previously paid to the
highest grade at that place, which grade has
but an enrolment of "a pupils. Petition re-
ferred to the superintendent and teachers and
salaries committee.
Mr.. Moore, Of Fnckville, appeared before
the Board with luna telurian globe and
made an address to urge a sale. The Board
decided to purchase ten of them
Superintendent Cooper made his report for
the month ending September 18th as follows:
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149S total, 2s47 Average daily attendance:
Girls, 1852 boys, 1887 total, 2439 Percen-
tage of attendance Girls, % boys, %
total, 90. Pupils present every session, s25
Visits by citizens 175 by directors, TO-
While the attendance has been quite large
with few exceptions it has been quite salts
factory. Parents whose children are rregu-
lar in attendance will be informed that
pupils absent four or more days in school
month without a satisfactory excuse are not
complying with the letter or spirit of the
compulsory educational Act. 1t is the intcn-
tion of the school officers to enforce both the
educational and vaccination laws as they un-
derstand them, unless otherwise directed by
the Board.
The superintendent added that the lists Of
children coming within the school law limits.
as furnished by the assessors to the County
Commissioners, were defective and that he
was engaged with the Truant officer in max
ing up correct list. In due time it will be
filed with the Committee on Compulsory
Education. Time will also be fixed when
children now absent must attend school
A letter was read from the West Mahanoy
township School Board, requesting that the
local Board withhold its bills for tuition
furnished children of soldiers pending "a
decision of the Supreme Court as to the
constitutionality of the law under which
the claims are made. There are five cases of
the kind in this district. The superintendent
asked whether he should continue to admit
such pupils to the school. Solicitor Burke
said the superintendent could not refuse TO
admit the children without direction of the
Board and if the Board should so direct the
parents of the children could then take the
matter into court to compel the Board to
admit the children The Acts Of 1898 and
1895, he said, have been declared unconstitu-
tonal by the courts of Lackawanna and
Allegheny counties, but the question has not
been passed upon by the Supreme Court. The
Board decided to lay the question over until
the next meeting, the children coming under
the Acts to be admitted To the schools in the
meantime.
On a question as to whether night school
pupils shall comply with the vaccination law
it was decided that all applicants be admitted
to the night schools until further instructions
are given to the Superintendent in the
matter
Truant officer Smith submitted a written
report in which he stated that he had been
searching into the causes of truaucy and alb
senteeism from schools During the first
month Of the term 2s pupils played truant,
some Of these several times, but most Of them
have settled down to schoolwork. There are
four or five with which it may be necessary
to use stringent measures, as they come under
the class known as habitual truants.
After hearing the report Of the committee
on night schools the Board decided to estab-
lish twelve schools for term of five months
beginning ON Monday, October 18th, 1897
that the salaries Of teachers remain the same
as last year-S35 per month for the boys
High school S35 for the Turkey Run school,
S25 for each of the other ten schools and the
pay of ianitors to remain the same. The
schools are to be opened ia the following
buildings Two in Main street two I'm Lloyd
street two in West street two in the old
White street building two in Union street
one in Coal street and one at Turkey Run
A recommendation by the finance com
mittee that interpreters be employed to assist
the ward assessors at a cost not exceeding
500 was adopted, The committee reported
that Tax Collector Burke had paid i'm 200
The election Of night school teachers was
taken up with "a applications in hand and IL
were elected on the first ballot The teachers
who received votes were Annie McNcaus
l3; James Stack, 10; Agnes Cantiu, 81
Mary Nj, Giblon, s.; Annie Kane, So Mary r.
Lechleitner 8; Nora NJ, Stanton, S. Jennie
Fitzgerald s; Katie Brogan, s; Annie Fhh.
erty, s. Mary Mulhearn, 8; John Conry, s.
Maud KEEPER, o. Agnes Stein, o. Harry
D Gable, o. Gerte Levine @; Cora Stemer, 5
! John McGowan, A. Mary Gridiths, 4; M
+ Jessie Glover, A; Agnes Dodson, A; Lille
Llewollyn, 3; Celia Young, % Emma p
Eisenhower, 2 Lizzie f. North . and
Fannie d. Gruhler, 2. The twelve teachers
elected received the votes Of all the Demo
cratic members. The assignment of th,
teachers was referred to the night schoo
D committee.
Director Coughlin had tilt with Secretary