The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-29

grounds that the time was short before the
close of the school year, and considered
that "this cautious wisdom" came very
late. The matter under consideration mad
been under discussion for more than two
months, and all tho members of the com
mittee had been given an opportunity to
examine into 1t.
Mr.. Littlefeld was of the opinion that
the reference of the matter to committee
would not avail much. III further delay
was necessary, ii would be better for the
whole board to delay consideration. The
speaker referred to the session on the first
evening OF his admission to the board to
show the probable outcome of a reference
of the matter to committee.
Mr.. Slattery agreed with the last speaker
and objected to further postponement. He
had given the matter careful attention.
and was prepared to vote intelligently on
the question. There was no time like the
present. The plan submitted should he
accepted or rejected.
Mrs. Jolly said, ''She had attended the
meeting at great Inconvenience, and hoped
the matter would be settled"
The vote on the question was then taken
on the question to refer, and was lost by a
Pierce and Miss Kenyon voting in the
affirmative.
Threatens to Resign.
Mr.. Pierce said that his business re-
quired his attention every hour in the
day, and that he was tired out and could
not stay. IL II was necessary to spend
every meeting night of the committee to
as late an hour as at present he would be
obliged to decline to serve on the commit
tee, and he should place his resignation In
the hands OF His Honor the Mayor. He
then asked to be excused, and before leav-
ing by general consent introduced the fol-
lowing rule governing the COMMITTEES ON
the High School:
The Committee on High school shall, will,
the advice and consent of the Superintend-
ant, arrange the courses of study in the
High School, and shall have charge OF all
matters which relate particularly to said
school not otherwise specifically prescribed
and defined in the rules now In force.
After the adoption Of the rule Mr.
Pierce retired.
The question of the adoption Of the first
section OF Mr.. Cronin's plan was. again
placed before the meeting, and Miss Ken
yon moved to amend to Zone year in the
Training School" instead Of zone year In
practice schools"
Mrs. jolly said the present quarters Of
the Training School were not large enough
apparently, and called the attention Of the
members of the committee to several peril
nent facts In connection with the past
management OF that institution, the most
prominent of which that five graduates of
the High School had been refused admit
tance on the ground that there was no
room for them.
AS the five referred to were The children
OF taxpayers, and there were but 80 pupils
in the school at the time, although the ac
commodation provided were for 420, Mrs.
jolly failed to understand the action re-
ferred to. At the time there were four
non resident pupils in the Training
School, and at present there were at least
two, one from Rehoboth and the other
from Wrentham.
Finally Section of Mr., Cronin's Plan
was adopted by a vote OF five to two, Mr..
Emerson and Miss Kenyon voting in the
negative.
Section was unanimously adopted after
discussion by Miss Kenyon with the
amendment that it read as fellows:
The superintendent of Schools, with the
| concurrence of the Committee on III aiming
Schools, shall designate one or more of the
public schools of the city of Pawtucket ~
training schools, i'm each of which two rooms,
and no more, shall be specially set apart for
training purposes. Such rooms not To be OF
consecutive grades. These two rooms shall
be under the supervision OF critic teacher
and each room of each training school shalt
be under the immediate charge of n pupl,
teacher subject to the direction OF the super
yising critic teacher.
The members of the committee were
pretty well tired out by this time, and at
10:45 the committee adjourned until Mon
day next at o'clock.