The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-05
SHE LOST.
Is
Defeated
A SECOND TIME.
Her Enemies Said Little
But Voted Strong.

ested in the public schools.
The crowded condition Of the schools
all over the city was considered and
several recommendation which will al
leviate the condition in part We're
made. These recommendations came
from the committee on school houses
and hygiene, and were adopted One
was that the school committee renew
their request of Dec. Z, 1897 when the
city council was asked to purchase a
lot of land containing about 10000 feet
on which to build a u or 1S-room grade
school building, to take the place Of the
Oxford street building and for addi-
uonal accommodations.
Another commentator was that
the city council be asked to purchase
the lot at the corner of Ledge and
Water street, now occupied as a stone
yard, containing about 5000 feet, if the
same can be obtained at it's market
value. The committee on drawing and
manual training recommended the
equipment of rooms at Woodland, Mill
bury and Belmont street houses for
manual training and cooking The
estimated expense would be $1922 and
SUCH an arrangement would be of
much benefit and saving in time and
car fare to pupils. The recommends
ton was adopted
Considerable attention was given the
evening schools and their teachers and
the committee adopted a recommended
tlon from the committee on teachers,
grading the teachers in the evening
schools. The recommendation was that
a II taophnrc in
cept principals, high school teachers
and special teachers, shall receive,
when elected. the minimum salary of
vi per evening. After three years of sat
isfactory service, the salary shall be
advanced % cents per evening, and
after two years of further satisfactory
service, an additional % cents per even
ing shall be paid. The maximum salary
shah be $1.50 per evening. the advance
In all cases first having the approval
OF the committee on teachers.
That the salaries of all assistants
now employed iii the evening schools
shall be advanced in accordance with
the conditions stated above.
That the changes in salaries recon-
mended above shall take effect October
1, 1858
In the matter of salaries for the
teaching force of the evening schools
the committee on teachers reported q
list which gives Supervisor Riordan an
Increase of 81 an evening and allows
him 81 a week for transportation. This
recommendation was as follows: Sup
ervisor and principal of high school, sc
per evening and 81 per week for trans
portation; clerk to principal, high
school, 81 per evening; D. F. O'Regan,
high school, $3.50 per evening; E. C. A.
Becker, high school, $3.50 per evening
assistants in stenography and type
writing, 81 per evening; all other teach
ers IN high school. 50 per evening; prin-
cipals of Belmont street. Providence
street and Lamartine street schools,
$3.50 per evening; all other principals,
~ per evening; all assistants in ele-
mentary schools, 81 per evening.
The recommendation of the commit
tee, so far as it related to the increase
of salary for the supervisor, was not
well received by some of the members
but the majority voted in favor, and it
was adopted. The committee on tea
cheers further recommended q salary
list for teachers of drawing in the
evening schools The list showed a
reduction of 81 per evening in the sal
aries of Albert A. Barker and Frank J.
Darrah, and it was adopted as present
ed The list follows:
Albert A. Barker, So per evening; Lu-
cius w. Briggs. 81 per evening; c. For
rest Wesson, SO per evening; Thomas
f. Mcdonnell, 81. so per evening; Frank
]. Darrah, S. per evening; Mabel p.
Dickinson, $3.50 per evening; Arthur e.
Howard, IS per evening.
Upon recommendation of the same
committee extra car fare will be al
lowed high school teachers, who teach
in more than one building, as follows:
Mary Z. Sayward, 10 cents a day; Sa-
rah M. Averill, Is cents a day; Jacob
Loesburg, 20 cents a day; Delima FIRE.
Ghetto, 10 cents a day.
The board considered the question Of
reduced care fare for school teachers as
was secured last year for pupils in the
high school An individual effort has
been made for the object but nothing
has come of it, and the board voted to
confer with the officials of the CONSOLE
dated Railway Company. The COM
mittee which attended to the matter
last year. with the substitution of
Messrs. Phelan and Johnson for Thay-
err and Hickey, will attend to the mat
ter.
When the matter for which the mem
bers of the committee had primed
themselves was preached there was
considerable warm discussion. The
matter in question was upon the adj
visibility Of filing the vacancy caused
by the action of the committee at the
meeting June 80 Two reports were
presented, one from the minority and
another from the majority of the CON-
mittee on school teachers In the lat
ter the members conculred with the
minority of the committee ON manuel
training and drawing, whose report
was as follows
To the Committee on Teachers of the
Worcester School Committee:
The undersigned, members of the
committee on drawing and manual
training, nonconcurring i'll the matter
referred to our committee, viz, as to
1.-THE advisability of filing the vacancy
caused by the action of the commit
tee at the last meeting" lJuno 800, beg
leave respectfully to submit the fol-
lowing report;
/. In our opinion, no vacancy exists
in the force: of drawing teachers. The
work of the year is progressing in
satisfactory manner and has been ar
ranged to meet all reasonable Demands
on the department.
g. 1t is maintained by the supervisor
of drawing that the work of the de-
part can be carried on, without detrI-
ment to the interests of the city with
the present force of drawing teachers.
3. The disproportionately large cost
to the city OF Special VedcleTS III urdW-
ing for the past two years should not
be continued. Until a proper organiza-
ton of the department could be effect
ed by the supervisor of craving, we
recognize that such expense may have
been advisable. With the present Or
ganization of the drawing department,
it has become wholly unnecessary.
We therefore respectfully report that
we consider it inadvisable to appoint a
teacher of drawing at present.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) c. f. Hodge,
Charles r. Johnson.
The minority of the committee on