Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-11
DEFERRED MEETING
Of the Board Of Education Monday
Evening,

on account of the election last week
interfering with the regular time OF
meeting.
Mr.. r. l.. Curtis, the new member
elect, was present to SEQ something OF
the way business was conducted so he
will not be entirely new to the man
ner of 1t when he takes his seat at the
next regular meeting, which will be
next week.
All the members of the Board were
present and took part in the winding
up of the business of the Board.
The minutes a the last regular
meet.ng were read and also the min
utes of a special meeting that was held
one night last week to consider the ad-
visibility of purchasing Crowells ply
steal demonstrating apparatus. At the
special meeting 1T was decided to pur-
chase the apparatus at the price asked,
which was $3.50. The apparatus is
now in use at the high school and is "a
fine one in every respect, being very
complete and very useful one in every
detail. The minutes of the meetings
were approved.
The Superintendent read his report
for the month ending March "a, which
date was also the end of the winter
term. Some of the things shown in
this report that are of general interest
are the total enrolment and attend
ance as follows:
Enrolment for the year-Boys, 1853;
girls, 1l42.
Admitted for spring term-Begin-
ners, 27; by examination, 20.
Total enrolment for the year. 2342
AT the same time a year ago there
was total enrolment of 1864
Percent of attendance, 92. Percent
of attendance in '99, 932.
There have been PA admissions to
the schools of the city since the open
ing of the year by examinations This
does not include beginners.
Neither absent nor tardy-Boys,4 ,425;
girls, 433.
Number cases tardiness, 115.
Visits to school-Members of board
IL; patrons of school, 272; by Super
intendent, 62.
Total number of attendants at teach
ers' meetings, 49,
The Superintendent also read the re-
port of the Cadets as to the proceeds
of their entertainment given for the
benefit of the public schools library
showing the net proceeds of the enter
tainments to be used for the library
fund to amount to $27.42 The report
was received and filed. The thanks oi
the Board of Education was rendered
to the Cadets for their services in theil
effort to benefit the library fund.
On motion of DR.. Willis the Super.
intendent was instructed to purchase
with this such books for the library as
he deems necessary.
The Superintendent reported the
number in all branches of the schools
studying German as 1856 The greatest
number in any one grade being in the
fifth grade, where there are SO.
He also asked the sense of the
Board regarding action in contagious
diseases, stating that he last week re.
ceived notice from the Board of Health
through the regular channels not tc
admit any one from a certain house, ,as
there was a case of measles in the
house, until he should receive instruc.
tions from the Board of Health or the
proper officer. The next day after he
received this notice the man presented
his daughter for admission, but ht
complied. with the Instructions of the
Board Of Health. He afterward re.
ceived permission from the Board OF
Health to admit the girl, which he did
On Monday evening he was informed
that there are two cases of measles in
fanny where there are two young
ladies' attending school in the seventh
grade. The information did not come
through the regular channels and he
did not have any order from the Boart
to govern him in the case. Both the
young ladies have had the measles ant
DR.. Willis said he did not think there
was any danger of their carrying con.
tagion of measles into the schools Il
was the sense of the Board that the
young ladies be excluded until the
Board of Health could take action or
the matter This for the reason that
it would place them on the safe side.
The judges of the election have ap
preached some OF the members of the
Board of Education and asked them Il
they could not allow them a little extrs
pay for the extra time the count of thu
school bond vote required. 1t was the
sense of the meeting that the amoun
was fixed by law and that they coult
not change it. They were unanimou!
in saying that the election board earn
ed more than they received, but sorry
that it could not be changed.
Before the adjournment the Clerl
read the notes of the minutes of this
meeting so they could be approved by
the present Board.
The following bills were allowed:
Greenwood School Supply Co.'s So
Henry G. Williams. 49,. ....... $500
Crowell Apparatus Co.. ....... 350.Ot
Seyler Coal Co........... .... 28.6t
Marietta Electric Co a n