The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-24
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Business Transacted at Last Nights
 Meeting.

name of A, J. Harmount, the newly ap- pointed member, on the committee in place of that of John T. Manson, the member who has just retired from the board. It was decided to open the night Bchools on October 17.
 The matter of building a new high school came in for a considerable amount of discussion, and Superinten- hent Kendall stated that if a new high school was built and the present Hill house high school was used as a gram mar school much of the crowdng in Webster, Winchester and Dwight Schools would be relieved.
 The superintendent reported that he had received letters from the United States commissioner to the Paris expo sition stating that a special commits sion had been formed under the direc- tion of the commissioner general for the United States, to the Paris eXpoSi ton for the purpose of securing, by popular contributions through the agency ofethe schools of America, funds fo erect a suitable monument to Gen. eral Lafayette in Paris, which it was desired be built in time to unveil on July 4, 1900. Superintendent Kendall of
  of the special advisory board of the commission. The matter was tabled for future consideration.
 The committee on schools reported the resignation of Miss Edith Porter, who was appointed assistant teacher In the Skinner and Roger Sherman kin Hergartens, which took effect at the be- ginning of the present school year, and recommend it's acceptance; that the su- perintendent had appointed Miss Ella Bassett as assistant in Lovel school, and the committee recommended that her salary be fixed at the rate of $500 a year, to date from September IA, 1898; that the superintendent had appointed Temporarily Miss Nina G. Ho1ton as Teacher in the Hillhouse high school, to take the place of Miss Evans, who has been granted a leave of absence, and the committee recommended that her salary be fixed at the rate of $500 year to date from September 16 1898; that the superintendent had temporarily as- signed Miss Helen Austin as teacher in room 17 Strong school, and the com 1nittee recommended that her salary be fixed at the rate of $550 a year. to date from September 16, 1898; that the su- perintendent had assigned Miss Lucre- tia H. Dayton to take charge of part of the work of Miss Eliza Thompson, teacher of dressmaking in the Board- man school, who has been granted a ---heave of absence, to date from Septem- ber 28, and Miss Mercy Brown to take charge of the remainder of her work, and the committee recommended that Miss Brown be paid at the rate of SEQ "a month for her services and that Miss Dayton's salary be increased at the rate of $55 month during Miss Thompson's S absence, this amount of increase equal ling Miss Thompsons salary, so that Ahere is no aggregate increase Of sal- Rry.
 Relative to the bequest of William Kinney for prizes in the high school. the committee have considered the mat Her and recommend that the bequest be accepted under the conditions named in the will, and that competition for ..1the prizes be thrown open to the pu- pils in the Hillhouse and Boardman Manual Training high schools under such conditions as the principals and teachers of the two high schools shall determine The committee further rec
  board be instructed to write to the ex- ecutors of the estate accepting the gift, at the samettime expressing apprecia- tion of 1t.
 The committee report was accepted and adopted
 The committee on school buildings recommended the' appointment Of the same janitors of}schools who served last year, with increase of salaries, as rol- anws: Frank T. Clark, high school, S100; Edwin T. Jones, Ezekiel Cheever school, s1o0; Charles Weidig, Cedar street school, t$200.
 The committee recommended that petition asking for abatement of street sprinkling assessments be presented by the board of education to the court of commnn council.
 The committee reported that the flags lin several schoolhouses are worn out. They have been in use about ten years mnd the committee recommends that they be authorized to purchase a new supply; that it has been found neces- Eary to erect a partition in one Of the session rooms in the Hillhouse hlgh school in order to make additional re- citation rooms. This with the heating aof the room will cost about Slo0; and That fta has finished off another room in the old house in the rear of the HILL house high school, to be used as a reci- Nation room.
 The report was accepted and the com rntttee was given power to procure new tIags and to make the necessary chang ,es in the session rooms in Hillhouse.
 Superintendent Kendall reported the 4emporary assignment of Miss Conboy :as assistant teacher to Miss Pinney, room 1, Hallock street school; of Miss tfIelen M. Tozier to room 19, Strong school, to take the place of Miss Nellie H. Story, who is out on leave ot ap- Ssence. of MargarettG. Duggan to room h. pixweIl avenue school, to take the tplace of Miss Benham, who is tempo rarily absent; of Miss Evelyn Maynard to room 2, Strong school, to take the place of Miss Jessie W. W. Smith. and the transfer of Miss Isabel B. Bird and Miss Rebecca Fleetwood from afternoon nvorS at the Ezekiel Cheever kindergar- len to afternoon work at the Lowell kin Ddergarten on State street, where an af- ternon class has been organized, and I+he assignment of Miss Katharine M. n r,angtry and Miss V. F. Hardy from ssfternoon work at the Strong school to "a afternoon. work at the Ezekiel Cheever