The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-15
CRANSTON.
New School Committee Meets and Organ
izeS-Bicycie Race Postponed.

The school committee met in town hall
last evening and organized. MIR. Thomas
X. Gardiner of Pawtuxet was received rs "a
member of tho committee. Mr.. Hugh b.
Balm was reelected chairman of the COM
mittee and Rev. William Briggs was re-
elected clerk. A ballot was taken for
superintendent of schools. MIR. Valentine
Almy was unanimously re elected.
Messrs. CleInence, Dutemple and Briggs
were appointed n committee OH supplies
Messrs. Pierce and Dutcmple committee
OH finance Mr.. Dutemple resigned as a
member of the Wayland Park building
committee. DR. Latham resigned as
member of the Pawtuxet building COM
mittee in favor of Mr. Gardiner, the newly
elected member from Pawtuxet. Clerk
Briggs was requested 10 advertise for bids
for supplying the schools with coal. A
special meeting TO consider these DIGS Will
10 held in one week.
A petition from Mr. Henry o. Tripp re-
questing that Laurel Hill schooihouse be
enclosed with fence was received and
considered by the committee.
It was recommended that the present
text books on geography and grammar be
changed. No definite action was taken.
A few of the committee expressed them
selves in favor of supplantiDg physics py
civil government in the high school. The
subject of botany was advised for the high
school Mr.. Amy recommended the
establishing Of kindergartcns in the popu-
ious districts
The question Of additional teaching force
i'm the different villages was decided by
granting one TO Meshanticut Park
Spragueville one, with an additional
ROOM At Edgewood and Pawtuxet two
new rooms viii be opened, at Eden Park
two rooms will be added, at LippitJ Hill
one room, at preseut there are two teachers
in one room; Laurel Hill needs one more
room.
The school committee was given charge
of tho schools in districts as follows:
Districts : and 81, Mr.. Briggs; districts
and 3 Messrs. Pierce and Clemonee; dis
tricts and ., Mossrs. Pierce and Gardiner;
districts 8 and z, Messrs. Dutemple ana
Latham.
MIR seth :. Crooker Of tho Franklin
Publishing Company showed chart to be
used in lang uage In the seond. third, and
fourth grades. The committee were
favorably impressed and will study IT,
Tho results OF the final examination
given the ninth grades OF the different
sen ools Of tho town were presented.
or the flfty-four pupils examined fifty
three passed the examination, attaining
an average OF moro than 65 per cent
Following are the names of tho pupils
who passed the examination:
Auburn-Howard u. Allen. Ethel A.
Crawford, Cora j.. Drake, Edwin II.
Dwyer, Inez Gallup, MauGo Il. Lewis
James Pickering, Susie T.. niatteson,
Clara NJ. 1allman, Maude H. Whipple.
Spragueyille-IhOna rs T.. Abearn, Frank
w. Anderson. Walter l.. Cuff, William ~.
Domard, Preston T. Kelley. Nellie "
Nixon.
Arlington-.Iessic l.. Bagloy, Emily NJ.
Bucklin, Samuel Cooke Mamie Crofton,
Edwin :. Dudley, Charlotte l.. Fischer.
Eugene Il. Hergrnvos, Alice j. Owens
Hartland NJ. Street. Laura Il. Watts,
Lester A. White.
Edaewood-Chester p. Bunker. John
III. Cation, sarah r. Henry. Ellis John
son, Howard Ladd, Arthur Latham, Will