The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-26
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
INTERPRETING REPORT MADE BY
 SUPERINTENDENT KENDALL.

Concerning High Schools in New Eng-
 land Cities-Percontnge of Attendance
 in New Haven Comparatively SmarI-
 Only $270,O00 for D New High School
 Building-Branch of Public Library
 Suggested-Other Matters.
 The board of education held a regular meeting last night. The most impor- tant matter considered was a report made by Superintendent Kendall in re- gard to the cost of high school build- ings in other New England cities and the attendance at the same, this in- formation having been asked for by the board with a view to considering facts thus obtained in the discussion of the necessity of building high school in New Haven. The superintendent re- port is published in substance below It was voted to send copy to each member of the board of finance for their consideration when the matter of issu- ing bonds for a new high school comes before that board.
 The committee on schools reported that the superintendent had appointed Miss Ella P. Warner teacher in room z Skinner school and the committee rec- commended that her salary be fixed at the rate of $45O year, to date from November 15, to take the place of Miss Julia Murphy, who is out of town on a leave of absence; that the superintend- ent had appointed Xenophon F. Huddy and Mary F. Tucker teachers in the Hillhouse evening school, and the com mittee recommended that they be paid $l.5O a night, to date from October 26, these teachers to take the place of other teachers retired from the service; and that the committee and the superinten- dent, to whom was referred the matter of the adoption of Anthony Carroll's book for a text book in the city schools, reported adversely upon it's adoption. The report was accepted and the recom- mendations adopted.
 Chairman Connor of the buildine committee reported that the president of the board of health and the health officer had told the committee that they had gone to Webster school and found the outbuildings there is a sanitary condition. The board had been peti- tioned to have these outbuildings req moved. No action was recommended by the committee and no vote on the matter was taken by the board
 During the discusson of the new high school question incident upon Superin- tendent Kendall's report, President Whitney speaking of the cost of high school buildings in other cities as shown by that report, said that not more than $270,000 could be spent for new high school building in New Haven if one Is to be erected. Superintendent Kendall thought that building amply large enough could be built for that sum and said that he thought provision should be made to accommodate children now in the lower grades of the high school in the grammar schools, as is done in other cities. The superintendent also brought up the matter of a proposed es- tablishment of a branch of the public library in the Strong school in Fair Ha- ven, and said that there was now at that school an unused room in the bases ment which could be used as a library room. He said that such a branch of the library would enable Fair Haven school children to get books which they. cannot now get from the public library without paying ten cents car fare.
 MT. Kendall reported that there was a total increase of 3S5 in the number of pupils registered for the month end- ing November 1 last over the number ictn at t1,D l {..~ last year. There has, however, been a decrease of twenty-five in the attend- ance at the high school. A decrease of forty-nine in the night school attends ance was also reported.
 In his report Superintendent Ken. dall stated that the average number of pupils registered in Hillhouse in 1873 was 359, and the salary account for that school was $13,750, while at present the number of pupils is 752 and the salary account is $29,304 In 1873 there were twelve teachers there, now there are twenty eight. The cost per pupil at the high school in 1873 was $35.42. Now it is $3S96; less than the average cost of any city of similar size in New Eng land, except Lowell, Mass, where teachers are hired at lower salaries. Eighty-nine graduates of Hillhouse are now in Yale university, 28 in women's colleges and 62 at the New Haven Nor- nal school. In the day schools of the city there are 437 teachers, of whom 64 per cent. are graduates of Hillhouse. The percentage of High school enroll- ment to the population in cities of sim liar size in New England is as follows: Hartford, .O109; Springfield, .0O9; Wor- cester, .014; Providence, .o09; Cam bridge, .28; Lowell, .O07; Fall River, .C07; New Haven. .0O9.
 The average age of pupils at entrance to the high schools is: New Haven, 15 1-2; Springfield, 16-1; Lowell, 15-1; Cambridge, 15; Fall River, 14S. The | cost of new High schools in the above mentioned cities ranges from $220,000 to $5O0,00O. Continuing, the report is as follows:
 ! The Hillhouse High school has 800 pupils. Question-What is suitable number of pupils for the building from two points of view, first, the health 1 and safety of the pupils and teach CTS, and secondly, the efficiency of the l instruction?
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