The record-union., 1897-04-29
SHORTER SUMMER SESSIONS.
Request Made by the Pupils Of the
High School.
Hot and Overcrowded Rooms Are the
Reasons Given-No Picnic
Vacation.

A regular meeting of the City Board
of Education was held last night, all
the members being present
A committee Of High School students
presented petition requesting that
from and after the first Monday after
the spring vacation there be but one
session held daily, from O'Clock a. m.
until 1890 o'clock D. m.
/ 1t was explained that owing to the
extreme heat and the crowded condi
ton of the schoolrooms, it was i'm
possible for the pupils to do good work
! 1t was proposed by the petitioners 10
/ do much of the work at home. 1t was
impossible, the petition related, for
pupils to be marked high in deport-
ment during the heated season.
Attention was called to the fact that
the single session had been adopted for
the summer term of 1896, and that the
system had proved success
superintendent Erlewine suggested
that, during the summer term the dali
ly sessions commence at O'Clock a.
| M, and close at l o'clock p. M, with
fifteen minute recess He said he
was willing that the same conditions
apply to sessions of the High School
during the coming summer term that
maintained last year.
On motion of Mr.. Crouch the petition
! of the pupils was granted, provided
the proposition met with the approval
of Superintendent Erlewine and Prin-
cipal Pond
Chairman Davis called attention to a
ton received from Eliza beth
L. Mills calling attention to two books
which had been presented for the con-
sideration of the board-"Topical Out
lines of History, Physiology and Civil
Government" and Easy Problems in
Principles of Arithmetic" and recon-
mending their adoption by the board.
! The books in question were referred
| to the Committee on Course of Study
with instructions to report at the next
| regular meeting.
| A committee appeared before the
board with a request that vacation
be declared for May 18th. in order that
the pupils might attend the Red Mems
picnic on that date
| A motion that the vacation be or
dered as requested met with opposition
led by Director Sherburn who sub
mitted that to declare a holiday for any
particular picnic would be of a special
nature and ought not to be allowed
The motion was lost by vote of 5 to 3
| BIDS for the construction renovation
and repair of closets at the Sacramento
Grammar School, Sixteenth and J
streets, We're received from Siller
Bros, Silas Carrie, G. A Wendt, C. w
DAILY and B. F. Pike. The bid of Mr.
Pike was 81 1882, over 500 lower thar
the nearest competitor, and to him was
awarded the contract.
Bids were also put in by the same
parties for constructing and repairing
| closets at the Fremont Primary School
Twenty fourth and n streets. but ow-
ing to the fact that the repair fund was
exhausted, on motion of Sherburn al
were rejected.
| on motion of Director Brown the vote
whereby the bids had been rejected
was reconsidered and the Superinten-
/ dent was instructed to look into the
| matter of finances and report at the
next meeting
| Attention was called to the fact that
the saloon near the school at Fourth
and q streets had changed hands since
the adoption of the ordinance provid-
ing that no license shall be issued tC
anyone to conduct saloon within one
block of any of the city schools, and
that the license was still taken out in
the names of the former owners. Nc
action was taken.
The bills for salaries of teachers and
for supplies for the past month were
allowed.
Principal Potter of the Newton Booth
SchooI at Twentysixth and V streets
reported that an attempt had been
made TO enter the house by burglars,
and that the casing of the door had
been split off with a chisel.
AT lo:Io o'clock, an adjournment was
taken until Wednesday evening, May
9th.