The times., 1898-10-12
Nine kindergarten Schools to
Be Established.
A LONG LIST OF CHANGES
Liberal increases of Salary RECON-
mended and Agreed To-OnIy Busi-
ness of Routine Character Consid-
cred - Lafayette Day Exercises
Authorized by the Board.


by the board.
In the absence of President Whelpley
the chair was filled by Mr. Barnard. The
report of the special committee on kim
dergartens, consisting of Mr.. Barnard
and Mesdames Tulloch and Terrell, was
read and approved.
The report stated that after consulta-
tion with the various superintendents the
following recommendations were agreed
upon:
First. the establishment for this year
of nine kindergarten schools in the first
eight divisions and six in the Ninth,
Tenth a,id Eleventh divisions, one school
to be located in each Of the following
school buildings: Dennison, Seaton. Pea
body. Amidon, Addison. Monroe, Bruce,
Buchanan, Magruder, Phillips Patterson,
Douglass, Lincoln and Payne, and one
in the Sixth Division in such room as
can be procured which may be found
most available.
Second. that the pupils TO be ad-
mitted TO each of those initial schools be
limited to thirty, where there is no as
sistant eacher and forty-fiye where there
Is an assistant teacher and that for the
present preference shall be given to chill
dren who have reached the age of five
years.
Third, that these schools shall be un-
der the immediate supervision and direc-
ton of the superintendents and the Su-
pervising principals and shall be well
furnished. carefully systematized and
conducted with uniformity as far as
possible.
Fourth, many kindergarten teachers
having offered to donate their services
Us assistants we recommend that assist
ants be appointed by the board in all the
IaI 10 mi
such positions without other compensa-
tion than the practice and experience TO
be thus acquired
Upon motion of Mr.. Wilson ii was de-
cided by the board 10 permit the various
public schools of the District to hold ex-
ercises on the 18th of the present month
In memory OF the Marquis de Lafayette,
on which day similar exercises will be
held in all the public schools of the
country. The movement is a national
one. and was undertaken for the purpose
of raising money from the American pub
lie school children with which 10 erect
monument TO the memory of Lafayette
at the Paris Exposition in 1900.
The following appointments. promotions
and transfers were agreed upon by the
board;
Central High School-Appoint Lydia X.
wilkins, temporary teacher at $1,000 per
annum, to take effect September !, 1898.
vice l.. B. Mullen.
Eastern High School-Appoint E. A.
Iamson temporary teacher at $k2oO per
annum. to take effect September !, 1898,
vice B.. NJ. Roszel. on leave
Western High School-Appoint Sarah 5.
James teacher at $500 per annum, TO take
effect September l. 1898, vice Julia l. Pear
son, on leave
Colored High school-Appoint Eugene
NJ Gregory teacher at a salary of 500:
James c Wright at salary of si25: Ar
thur Brooks at a salary of s409. Promote
Emily a Harper from $Io0 to $500 Trans
fer Sarah W. Brown to the Normal School
at a salary of 500.
Music-Appoint Lola Johnson at sal
airy of $3.50; promote f. l.. Stetson from
$50 to $3.50.
Cooking Promote Laura A Parker
from S425 to 500.
Sewing-Promote Jeanette E. Anderson
from S425 to S475.
Drawing-Promote Marie Sipe. teacher.
from $50 to $3.50 per annum, to take effect
September /, 1898.
Cookfng-Promote NJ ]. Merrilat, teach
! er from $500 TO $3.50 per annum; appoint
! Frances B. Espey temporary teacher at
! $500 per annum. and appoint as permanent
teacher October 1, 1885, at $500 per annum-
/ Physical Culture-Appoint Edna H.
! Raier teacher Of physical culture at SiOO
! per annum TO take effect September l.,
/ 1898.
First Division-Promote Rosa Stutz
from third TO fourth grade and from $3.50
to $3.50 per annum, vice c. II. Hall, on
! leave Promote the following teachers:
Mary Macauley. A. G. Petty and F. NJ
Thomson from s475 to $500 per annum; +.
G. Swami from $50 to si75 per annum; B.
E. Morrison from s425 to $3.50 per annum: ::
| F c Slater F. A. Reeve and NJ. e.
Darlington from $500 TO s425 per annum.
Second Division-Promote S. C. Collins
| from SS25 TO sST5; appoint IneZ p. Carusi,
normal graduate, 10 the first grade; grant
| three months leave of absence to NJ. A
| Kelton; assign Ida T. Frefst and Ella NJ.
| Clapp, normal graduates. to first grade
| September !; transfer Lillian ]. Cooper
from the third to the first grade and pro-
| mote Anna B. Murphy from second to
| third grade to fill the vacancy: accept
resignation OF Emily Robinson. sixth
| grade. and promote the following: Grace
! NJ Parker, from fifth to sixth; Anne
| Lamborne from fourth to fifth, Emily
| Scrivener from third TO FOURTH and Mary
! A Carmody from first to third: transfer
Florence W Montrop, third grade, to the
eighth division. and promote Sarah Lam
borne from second to third grade to fill
vacancy October l: Irene f. Kehr. sec
ond grade third division to same grade
second division.
Third Division-Appoint Lillian Carpen-
ter s. +. Yoeckel and Edna NJ. Bell at
500: promote NJ. II. Swingle from $3.50 to
s7O0; r G. Carraher from $3.50 TO S700; An
toinette Clements from $3.50 to $3.50: R. R.
Riordan from si25 TO $500; Theresa Herrle
from $500 to $425; NJ. L. Underwood c. NJ
Fuller and Hope Hopkins from $500 to
s425: Lily Buehler and s. c. Goodman
from $3.50 to s475; Maud Burbank, H. n.
Diver. NJ. NJ. Hall, Louise Randall, and
L. ]. Busey from 1925 to $3.50.
Fourth Division-Appoint B. NJ Price
at S400 and Minnie Sherwood at S425: pro-
mote A. B. Neumeyer from s775 TO sS25,
S. E. Haley from 500 to s775. A. E.
| Crump from $3.50 TO S700 B. NJ HipkIns
from $500 to $3.50, Belle Allen to $3.50. Rose
Hessler from s425 to $3.50. NJ. NJ. Carraher
from s475 to $780, Elsie Vansant and Maud
White from $500 to s425.
Fifth Division-Appoint NJ. +. Eckels,
+. Lyddane. G. Johnston, c. Holzberg,
and A. Mccoy at 500; n. b. Hunting
ton. temporary. at $475; prom0te b. II.
Bell from $3.50 to $3.50. NJ Tauvenner from
second to third grade and from S475 to
$3.50: H. B. Stetson from $3.50 to S475, E z.
Patterson from $3.50 to sI75, F. II. King
from S425 to $3.50, S. A. Nourse from si0C
to si25, A J. Lynch from s425 to $3.50, c. F.
Mckee from $3.50 to s475, L. E. Lanman
from s425 to $3.50, NJ. NJ. Donovan from
$500 TO si25, 3. 3. McCaslin from S400 to
s425
Sixth Division-Appoint NJ. Bangs. H
A Richmond. NJ Z. Glenn, and ]. G.
Fernald, at 500; promote E. A. Caspare
to 500; L. A. Ritter from si15 to $3.50; l.
j. Jordan from s425 to $3.50; NJ E. Luttrell
l.. j. Given. and W. M. Costigan. from
$3.50 TO $40: l. NJ. Bennett, NJ. c. Bresna.
han. and NJ. C. Mohr. from s475 to $500
s. j. Bosland, Nj. s. Howell. 4. Burden
/. S. Gerry, and E T. Prince. from S42;