Evening star., 1898-10-12
SCHOOLS
Meeting Of the Board of Trustees
Yesterday Afternoon.
DISCUSSION OF LAFAYETTE DAY
Appointments and Promotions of
Teachers in Several Grades.
K IN GARTEN METHODS

KIN ERG ARTEN METHODS
A regular meeting of the board of trus-
tees of public schools was held at the
Franklin building last evening There
! were present Messrs. Barnard, Hazen. Will
| son. Speare, Brown and Richardson. Mrs
| Tulloch and Mrs. Terrell of the board
! Superintendents Powell and Cook and Sec
retary Falck. In the absence of Presi-
| dent Whelpley Mr.. Barnard occupied the
chair.
! The secretary read several communica-
! tions in favor of having the school children
| OF the District participate in the movement
Tor the erection of n monument to Iafay-
cite in Paris. Mr.. Speare moved to lay the
matter on the table He said he was oD-
| posed, on principle, to any proposition
| calling on the school children for subscrip-
| tions for any purpose, matter how
patriotic, and as such action was contrary
| to the general rule of the board he saw
no reason for making exception in this
case. There were other patriots, he said
| to whom the people of America owed a
| debt of gratitude besides Lafayette. and
| If a precedent was established now it would
be difficult to draw the line and no one
could tell where it would end.
Remarks were made by Mr.. Wilson.
! Superintendent Powell and Mr.. Barnard
showing that the school children all over
| the country were aiding in the movement
| to raise fund for building the monument,
and that there was no purpose or intention
of making the contributions compulsory.
Superintendent Powell explained that it
was national affair entirely, and that Oc-
tober 10 next would be observed a 'Iafay-
cite day in all the public schools of the
country The occasion was to be observed
with appropriate exercises and the chill
tn do ha Nlaa
contribute anywhere from cent to a
dime toward the monument fund.
Mr.. Speare subsequently withdrew his
| motion to table and moved instead that
the matter be referred to the committee on
rules.
Mr.. Wilson moved as a substitute that
the SuDerntendents and the supervising
principals be authorized to arrange for the
proper observance of Lafayette day"
leaving it to the children themselves to
contribute to the fund not, as they see
fit.
Mr.. Wilson's motion was adopted, the
only dissenting vote being that of Mr..
Speare.
Kindergarten schools.
Mr.. Barnard. Mrs. Tulloch and Mrs. Ter
reil, as special committee appointed TO
consider the advisab:lity of organizing kill
dergarten schools as part Of the public
| school system, reported their conclusions
and recommendations, follows:
First. The establishment for this year
OF nine kindergarten schools in the first
eight divisions. and six in the ninth, tenth
and eleventh divisions, one school TO be
located in Zach of the following school
buildings: Dennison. Saaton. Peabody, Ami
| don, Addison. Monroe, Bruce. buchanan.
Magruder. Phillips. Patterson, Douglass.
Lircoln and Payne, and one in the sixth
division in such room as be procured
which may be found most available.
Second. That the pupils to be admitted
to each of thaSp initial SchpalS limit al
to thirty where there is no assistant teach
er and forty-tive where there is ar asst
ant teacher; and that for The present pref
erenca shall be given to children who have
reached the age of five years.
Third That these schools snail b under
the immediate supervision and direct ton %
the superintendants and the supervising
principals and shall be well furnished care
fully systematized and conducted with uni
formity as far as possible.
Fourth. Many kindergarten teachers
having offered to donate their services
! assistants We recommend that assistants
be appointed by the board in all the schools,
provided suitable persons accept such posi-
tions without other compensation than the
practice and experience to be thus ac-
CURED
IT, report was adopted.
Changes Authorized.
Appointments, promotions and other
changes in the schools Were announced by
the trustees from the various divisions,
and they We're approved by the board as
follows:
Changes in white schools:
Music-Promote-E L. Stetson, teacher,
from $50 to $3.50.
Drawing-Promote-Ma Sipe teacher,
from $50 to $3.50.
Cooking g-PromoteM. ]. MeriIlat teach
er, from 5000 to s6au: appoint, Frances R.
Espey. teacher. at $500.
Physical cGlture-Appont-Ed H. Baier,
| teacher, at s4o0.
High schocls-Central-Ap X.
wilkins Temporary teacher, at 81 000 vice
L. B. Mullen. Eastern-Appoint-E A.
Lamson, temporary teacher, at LOO vice
B. NJ. Roszel. on leave. Western-Appoiat
Sarah S. James, teacher. at $500, vice
Julia L. Pearson on leave.
First Division.
Promote-Rosa Stutz, from $3.50 TO $3.50,
vice c. H. Hall, on leave; Mary Macauley,
A. G. Getty and F. NJ. Thomson from si75
to $500: E. c. Swami, from $3.50 to s475; b.
E. Morrison, from s425 to $3.50; F. C. Slater,
F. A. Reeve and NJ. e. Darlington, from
500 to S425
Second Division.
Promote S c. Collins from sS25 to $50;
appoint Inez P. Carusi, normal graduate,
to the first grade; grant three months
leave of absence to NJ. A. Kelton; assign
Ida T. Preist and Ella NJ. Clapp, normal
graduates. to first grade; transfer Lillian J.
Cooper from the third to the first grade,
and promote Anna B. Murphy from sec
ond to third grade, to fill the vacancy; ac-
cept resignation of Emily Robinson, sixth
grade, and promote the following: Grace
NJ. Parker, from fifth to sixth; Anne Lam
borne, from fourth to fifth; Emily SERVE
ner, from third to fourth, and Mary A.
Carmody, from first to third; transfer Flor
erce V. Montrop, third grade, to the
eighth division, and promote Sarah Lam
borne from second to third grade to fill
vacancy; Irene E. Kehr, second grade, third
division, to same grade, second division.
Third Division.
Appoint Alice R. Clarke, Lillian Carpenter,
S. E. Yoecke1 and Edna NJ. Bell at S400,
promote NJ. H. Swingle, from $3.50 to 500;
R. G. Carraher, from $3.50 to 500; Antoi-
nette Clenents. from $3.50 to $3.50; r. r.
Riordan from S425 to $500; Theresa Herrie,
from, Si0D to S4D5. /, Underwood M