The evening times., 1898-12-14
NJ EETING OF THE
SCHOOL TRUSTEES
PETITION TO THE COMMISSIONERS
To EquaIize Teachers Pay-Insufii-
cient Appropriations for New
Manual Trimming school.

All a meeting of the board of trustees
of the public schools held yesterday after
noon at the Franklin School Building the
following members were present: ]. d.
Whelpley, president; Job Barnard, DR.. d.
H Hazen, J. II. Wilson, Mrs. NJ. b. Tu!-
Ioch, Gen. Ellis Spear, Rev. S. NJ. Brown.
T. H. Wright. Mrs. NJ. c. Terrell and DR.,
G. H. Richardson, and the secretary, j.
X Falck.
Gen. Spear submitted the statement of
the committee on reports. He tod of the
sixteen kindergartens in the city and the
work which they were doing, and said
that the SIS, coo appropriated for the man.
ual training schools for high school stu
dents to be erected at the corner of Sew
enth Street and Rhode Island Avenue,
would be insufficient. and an increase was
TO be asked of Congress.
1t was decided that the schools should
close for the Christmas holidays on
Thursday, December %. instead of Friday
December 23. as previously arranged.
DIR. Hazen reported. for the committee
on textbooks, the adoption of a work on
arithmetic for the Business High School.
Miss Jessica a. Tabler was temporarily
appointed by the music committee 10 fill
the place of Mr.. e S. Tracy
A petition from the manual training
teachers requesting an equalization of
salaries, was referred TO the Commission
ers with a recommendation for favorable
action. y communication from James l..
| Ewin was also read, urging the co-opera-
ton of the board in the work of the Anti
| Saloon League.
| The following changes in the teaching
| force were approved by the board:
Central High School-Appoint ]. D.
Minnick teacher at $3.50 per annum. vice
| l.. X. Wilkins, temporary; promote E. r.
| Walton. teacher, from $500 to $3.50 per an
mum, vice j. p. Gerry. promoted.
Eastern High School-Promote ]. P
| Gerry, teacher. from $3.50 to s1,C9O per an
mum. The above changes to take effect
| December l, lS9S
Second Division-Accept roSignations o.
| F. E. Towner. teacher of fifth grade. ans
| G.. l.. Stone, teacher of second grad, tC
| take effect November 80 1898; pom te
| NJ f. Draney from fourth to fifth grad,
and from 500 to 500 per annum. wee +
E. Towner; promote X. NJ. Jaquette
| teacher. from third to fourth grade aDt
from $50 to $3.50 per annum, vice NJ L
Draney; promote +. L. Muir, teacher
from first to third grade and from S4I
to $500 per annum, vice X NJ. Jacquette
transfer Esthes R. Woodward from sew
| eHth to second division, vice +. E. Muir
appoint Grace E. Senior teacher Of fi.s
! grade at s400 per annum, vice G. l.. Sto he
Fifth Division-Appoint r. C. LaytoI
ianitor Toner School at $500 per annum
in effect December J. 1898.
Seventh D.vision-Transfer L. c. Black
teacher. at $700 to eleventh division: aS
sign Lavinia e. Waring, principal of ",
City School, at 500 per annum, vice L
G. Black
! Eighth Division-Accept resignation c
| hrir 10 -,
December A. 1898; appoint C. w T ow
teacher. at $iOO per annum, and assign t
first grade, vice B. A. Stockbridge; ap
point William A. Joiner. teacher of II g
School, $3.50 per annum, to take effec
November II, 1898.