The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-09-09


 Hughes to room 2, grade l. Roger Sher- man school and the committee recom- mended that her salary be fixed at $500. The committee announces the resigna- l tion of Miss Louise Kinsman of room 2 grand 2 Humphrey street school and recommend it's acceptance. Miss kins- | man resigns to take position in Hart | ford. The committee announces the res | ignation of Miss Clara Wilcox of room 2, grade i, Wooster school, and recom- mends it's acceptance The superinten- l dent has transferred Miss Henrietta FeuchtWanger from room 15 to room ! 16 Winchester school, and the commit | tee recommends that her salary be fix l ed at $750. The superintendent has ap- pointed Miss Julia Mailer teacher in room Winchester school and the com mittee recommends that her salary be fixed at $700. The committee recom- mends that the usual annual appropria- tion of $350 be made for supplies in drawing
 1 The committee on schools also made l the following report and recommends l tions in regard to the crowded condition of Hilhouse High school: The commit tee on school buildings have recom- mended that some consideration be giv- en to the matter of relieving the con gested condition of the Hillhouse High school on account of the safety of the pupils.
 Your committee is of the opinion wit the committee on school buildings tha the large number of pupils in the Hill house High school is menace to the ,f+ of Fla 1c 1I teachers, and that some relief should be sought There will be at least 500 and probably more pupils in the school dur ing the term about to open and for the greater part of the school year. The l building was originally designed for 450 pupils On account of the increasing number of pupils who have wished for High school privileges since the build I ing was erected, the railways, fourth | floor and badly lighted and ventilated annex have been brought into use-ac- l commodations which were never design ed for school purposes and which are not conducive to either the health or | eyesight of the pupils or teachers. The congested condition of the school inter- feres seriously with the school work, great deal of time is lost between reel tations owing to the large number Of pupils moving in such contracted quar- ters and moreover the efficiency of the instruction is no doubt impaired by the | congested condition of the class rooms. | Your committee feels that several of 1 these class rooms and the annex should be abandoned altogether, if any poss- ble way can be found to carry on the work of the school without their use.
 Little or no relief can be given to the IIillhouse school by means of the Board- man school The Boardman school is carrying on double line of work; therefore the school requires more room for a given number of pupils than an ordinary school. There will be upwards of four hundred pupils in the Boardman school this coming year. On account of the additional expense for salaries and the room which is needed for the manual work which the course calls for and which is desirable in a school of that kind to send more pupils to the Boardman school would vitiate the work of the school and would not be advisable.
 Your committee therefore recom- mends, in accordance with the recom- r. buildings, that the school be divided and that a part of the pupils be gwen their instruction in the afternoon. In the three upper classes of the school It is assumed that there will be upwards of five hundred pupils, and the commit tee recommends that these pupils be given instruction in the forenoon from 8.25 until 1 o'clock Tn the entering I,a Jr nf -aa hundred pupils, and your committee recommends that these pupils be given their instruction in the afternoon be- tween the hours of 1:30 and 5 o'clock. The schedule of the school can be so ar ranged that little additional expense, if any. will be entailed by such plan. Pupils of the entering class will be ob- liged to do most of their studying at home in the forenoon
 Your committee regrets the necessity of this arrangement and realizes that it is not an ideal one from an educational point of view, but for the present it seems to be the best solution, aside from a new high school building, of the grow ing problem of high school accommo- dations. Such an arrangement Will certainly relieve this board from charges of neglect in caring TOT the neaitn dHd lives of the young people of the city,
 The recommendations contained In this report were adopted.
 Superintendent Kendall reported the following transfers:
 Miss Marion Murphy, from unasslgn- ed list to room 6, grade 3, Eaton.
 Miss Sarah J Flanagan, from unas- signed list to room 5, grade 3, Wooster.
 Miss Fllinor M. Justison, from unas- signed list to room ?, grade l, Wooster.
 Miss Christine l. Dwyer, from unas- signed list to room 3, grade and 4, Winchester.
 Miss Charlotte A. Hubbard, from un- assigned list to assistant in Shelton ave- nue school.
 Miss Edith Dettra. from zunder kin dergarten to room 1 Carlisle.
 Miss Louise Reimann, from unassign- ed list to room Edwards street, to take the place of Miss Mary A. Judd, who is absent temporarily
 Miss Grace Roraback, from the unas- signed list to assistant teacher in Win chester school
 Miss Elizabeth P. Norman, from the unassigned list to extra teacher in the Welch district.