The record-union., 1898-03-31

and Perkins as such committee. The
| Superintendent was added to it.
Applications for teachers positions
were made by Pauline Spencer and NJ.
A. Morrow.
The board proceeded to elect an as
sistant for the kindergarten at Fourth
and Q streets. Miss Laura Cooper and
Miss Richardson We're placed in nom
ination.
SOME NEW IDEAS.
Director Panabaker said he had some
ideas that he wished to submit TO the
beard and ask it to consider them
There has been some little conflict, he
said, between the kindergarten and the
| first grade. He thought that first
| grade teachers should have kindergar-
ten experience He thought it would
also be well if substitutes be assigned
to active duty, in order that the regu-
lar teachers might have an opportunity
to visit the rooms of others.
Superintendent Erlewine said that
there was a resolution to that effect
now in force, that is carried out as
far as possible.
Director Panabaker resumed that he
| thought that q, sort of summer normal
school for a couple of weeks or so could
be proftably held during the vacation,
| a competent man being engaged by
the board to lecture and teach the
teachers He merely offered the sug-
gestion for the members to think of.
Such summer schools are held in the
East, where advanced methods are
taught and are very successful 1t
might or might not be successful here.
The idea struck the board very fa-
vorably and was discussed at some
length and will be further considered.
VARIOUS MATTERS.
The usual assignment of Directors to
look after the various schools was made
by the President as follows: Fourth
and Q, Director Stack; Twenty
seventh and and Sixteenth and J,
Director Panabaker; Thirteenth and
G, Director Perkins; Seventh and G.
and Night School, Director Atkinson;
Sutter Grammar and Tenth and @, Di-
rector Elliott; Jefferson Primary and
Orphan Asylum, Director Ransom;
High School and Twenty-sixth and V,
Director Johnson; Harkness Gram
mar, Director Sherburn; Twenty fourth
and n, Director Driver.
superintendent Erlewine read reports
from various principals, all agreeing
that the work of the truant officer is
adding much to the attendance in the
schools and compels parents to comply
with the law. One teacher said it had
added twenty-five pupils to her roll
of attendance They all favored the
retention of the truant officer
Truant officer Dole's report for
March was read, to the effect that $40
absences had been reported to him, 23
truants had been caught and II chill
dren had been forced to attend school,
The time for the regular monthly
meeting was unanimously changed to
the last Thursday in the month for
the remainder of the school year.
Director Panabaker offered a reso-
luton that it be the sense of the board
that the teachers of the respective
schools be allowed to have such plants
in their schoolrooms as they thought
proper, and not detrimental to the
health Of their pupils.
The resolution was adopted
A second resolution was to the effect
that the principals of schools may With
the consent of the Superintendent per-
nit such games on their respective
school grounds as in their judgment
are proper, due care being taken to pro-
tect from damage the property of the
department.
Director Elliott asked why it was pro-
posed tC enact such legislation in this
manner. 1t had not come to his atten-
tion that any such games had been
prohibited
Director Panabaker said that he had
aScertained that through some misun-
derstanding some of the principals had
| imbibed the idea that such games We're
prohibited. The object Of the resolu-
tion was to do away with that idea.
Director Elliott said that it looked as
if the resolution had a personal appli-
cation
Director Panabaker said it was not
) intended to be at all personal, but he
knew that certain principals were wor-
ried over the idea that the board did
not wish the children to play ball.
Director Atkinson asked if the Su-
perintendent had ever issued orders to
stop any games and the latter answer
ed that he had prohibited crack the
whip" and Shiny as being danger
Gus, by order of the board.
The resolution was adopted
The third resolution declared it to be
the sense of the board that individual
Directors should use great discretion
in making suggestions to teachers and
other employees bearing upon the man
ner of the discharge of their respective
duties, and that no Director shall is
sue any order to any employe of the
department until after action of the
board he shall have received authority
for such order.
Director Atkinson said that the reso-
luton would take away the authority
of the committees to order necessary
work done.
A discussion as to whether it would
do so or not ensued, and the resolution
was defeated. The board then ad-
journed.
Weather Reports.