The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-01-23
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
NATTER OF HIGH SCHOOL FROM.
 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE.

ly Ready--Recommendat by MT.
 Kendall for Issuance of Outline of Course
 of Study-Other Matters.
 A regular meeting of the board of education was held last evening, those present being Messrs. Asher, Moran, Hooker, Stoddard, Betts, Connor and Manson.
 The committee on special instruction made the following recommendations: That McBride's Botany be adopted as a text book for the Boardman Manual Training school; that Nelson's Herba- rum be adopted as text book for the same school; that MT. E. D. Millins be appointed teacher in Hillhouse elemen- tary evening school at salary of $1.50 per night, the appointment to date from December 21.
 The recommendations in regard to text books were laid on the table until the next meeting, according to the rules, and the other recommendation was adopted
 The committee on schools announced the resignation of Miss Annie L. Stone, teacher in Day school, which took ef- feet January 15. The resignation was accepted.
 The committee recommended the transfet of Alice M. Roche from the position of assistant teacher in room 12, Day school, to that of teacher in room il, Day school, the room vacated by Miss Stone, at the rate of $500 per year, an increase of $50, the transfer to date from January IS; that Miss Mar position of assistant teacher in room 12, Day school, at salary at the rate of $500 per year, the appointment to date from January IA; that Miss Schmall be transferred from the sub- stitute list to the position of assistant teacher in room F, Dwight school, with no change of salary, the appointment to date from November 30 last; that the following amendments be made to section 174 of the rules of the board of education relative to the absence of pupils and the record of the same: "In case of enforced absence caused by the rules of the board of education rela- tive to contagious diseases pupils shall be marked withdrawn at once and no absence recorded.
 "When pupils remove from the city or to another, sub district they shall be marked at once as withdrawn. In the latter case principals shall immediate ly notify the superintendent, stating the sub-districts to which pupils re- move Tn all cases of absence other than these stated in the foregoing the teachers shall record their successive absences in each term, after which no record shall be made.
 'tIn case of the instances of ineXcus- ed absences and tardiness, or of either, in any one term, the deliquent pupil, if a member of a grammar school, may be transferred by the superintendent to an ungraded school, etc, as provided in section 173''
 These recommendations were adopt
 Superintendent Kendall made the following report:
 q would like authority to have is- sued pamphlet, Outline for Course of Study in English Language and in Grammar for the use of the teachers in the primary and grammar schools. Such course is now substantially pre- pared and will be ready for the printer before the next meeting of the board.
 q recommend that the course in gen. eral have systematic training in the English language in detailed course during the entire eight years of the primary and grammar school course; that the study of technical grammar be for the most part left to the work of the eighth year, but that some work in this subject be done in the seventh year as well as 8 very small part of the sixth year.
 "I recommend further that this language work be correlated as much as possible with the work in science of nature study and with the work in reading, history and geography.
 "I recommend further that period not to exceed twenty minutes a. day be given to the subject of nature study and elementary science in the first four grades, and that a printed syllabus be prepared with the assistance Of Miss Carlisle, the supervisor of science work, to be placed in the hands of the teach CTS, covering this work.
 q would state that the eighty-sixth anniversary of the birthday of the Hon. Henry Barnard, former state su- perintendent of schools and later Unit ed States commissioner of education, will occur on Monday January 25. Due celebration of this event will take place at Hartford, where prominent educat- ors will make addresses. The state board of education has issued pamph- let outlining a proposed celebration of the day in the schools, and have ask ed the teachers in the grammar and high schools to make some observance of the day in their schools, which ob- servance Is not to exceed one hour in time"
 MT. Connor of the building committee reported that plans for the new school at the corner of Lombard and Fillmore streets would be ready for bids in about two weeks.
 The petition of the senior class of Hillhouse high school, asking that the class be allowed to hold a social enter tainment, probably meaning prome- made, was presented to the board and was referred to the committee on spe- cial instruction, with instructions to re- port back to the board.
 Arthur J. Condon, through his attor- ney, Louis E. Jacobs, petitioned the hoard for a refunding of over-taxeS to