The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-18
EVENING SCHOOLS.
MI. Edwards Presents Part Of Plan
for Cutting Expenses.
Mr.. WhIltemors's Recommendations s-TM
Appointment Of Teachers

Mr.. Stephen o. Edwards OF the school
committee made suggestions at the
meeting OF the committee on evening
schools, held yesterday afternoon. look
ing 10 a more economical adminuistra-
tion Of the evening high school, and
these suggestions were mainly in the
line Of cutting out certain studies which
have been deemed unimportant, and he
also was opposed to the Teaching OF
typewriting and stenography In the
evening high school.
The subjects that the evening school
committee voted To drop are Latin,
trigonometry, elccution, commecial
law and civics. The subject of general
history came in for its share of discus
sion and IL was finally voted that gen.
eral history should be taught either by
the principal or the teacher Of mathe-
mates, IL the enrolment in the class
this fall warranted its being retained
in curriculum. The suggestions made
by Mr.. Edwards indicate a probable
reduction in the expenses of the even
ing high schools OF about $500 over last
year. He has made no suggestion as
to the reduction of salaries, and said
that IL had not received his attention,
for he did not think IL was tustifia BILE.
The committee voted TO TO retain
typewriting, and then voted TO drop the
assistant in English, the assistant I'm
chemistry and physics and the elocu-
tion and voice culture.
Supervisor Gilbert T.. Whittemore
made the following recommendations:
Il recorSmend that uhe season OF 1899
1900 begin on the second Monday Of
October, continue. ten weeks, TO the
week before Christmas. and after the
Christmas recess, commence again on
the days after Christmas, and continue
TO March 2d, 1900. That the schools be
closed on Thanksgiving Day and the
day following, and on Washington's
birthday, without pay to the teachers
on those days, thus making the actual
number of evenings that the schools
will be in session SO. In addition TO this
L consider IL absolutely necessary thSt
the high school be open, with some of
the teachers, with pay. in attendance
for the purpose of registration during
three evenings of the week preceding
the second Monday OF October, that the
classes may be arranged without fric-
ton before actual study begins"
Principal Jones recommended the fol-
lowing appointments: Frederick A.
Jones, principal. commercial law, S495;
Cecilia A. Blinkhorn. clerk. third grade
$lsS; Harold G.. Spencer, bookkeeping,
penmanship. first grade, s2S7; Joseph
II. clark, bookkeeping, penmanship.
fourth grade, sl4S.50: - shorthand
first grade, s2SS: Pauline II. Steere'
shorthand. fourth grade. $l44: Char
lotte G.. Burlingame, shorthand. fourth
grade, Sl44; Eva NJ. Niles. typewriting.
third grade, 1892; Ella f. Cory. Ger,
man. French, second grade. $24O: elf
ford Whipple. English. first grade. s297.
George w. Gardner, algebra. geometrv
general history. second grade. S2I7 30:
Henry II. Stone, physics. chemistry
second grade. $40; Alfred f. Shur.
rocks architectural drawing, second
grade, $40; -, mechanical drawing.
first grade. s2SS; Jennie B. lie Garde.
pen and ink drawing. freehand draw.
ing, first grade, $685. Frank l.. Hail
commercial arithmetic. second grade
$lii; total, s3,S9l.