The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-10

| both in the day schools and in the night schools. In order to economize in the expense for the high schools we have l borrowed from the Boardman and loan ed to the Hillhouse, and vice versa. We have also borrowed from some grammar schools to loan to others. In | the grammar and primary schools we have collected every book that could be spared and have distributed them to the schools that needed them most
 and have let the others go without, Many torn and dirty books are in use, that should be discarded. Many sets of books are worn out, and new ones will have to be purchased to replace them .5 One of the pressing needs of the grammar schools is that of supplying each pupil with a small dictionary for
 use at his desk. For many years pu- pills have been supplied with these in- dividual dictionaries so far as funds would allow, but during the past two years the demands have been so great in other directions, for geographies,
 readers, arithmetics, spoilers, etc, that we have not been able to purchase dic- tionaries to take the place of the large number of dictionaries which have been worn out, and to furnish new pu- pills who have come into the schools.
 On account of this lack of dictionaries our work in English language and grammar, in reading, in spelling, in de- fining and pronunciation has been ser- iously hindered
 In all progressive cities pupils in the grammar grades (fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth are supplied with these dictionaries. Where the free text book system is not in use pupils supply them
 themselves. In other words, the dic- tionary in the hands of the individual
 pupil is one of the essentials of school
 work to-day. We seriously need a
 larger appropriation than has been | made in the past few years for this reason if for no other. We earnestly request your honorable body to make a sufficient appropriation for this pur- pose. . The average annual cost per pupil for free text books since their introduction
 has been about 50 cents per pupil. We have more than 16000 pupils enrolled in the schools. The low cost per pupil has been
 largely due to the efforts of the prnci-
 pals and teachers to see that the books
 are carefully used and fully accounted
 for. A careful inspection is frequently
 made, and pupils are required to re-
 place books which they have damaged
 or lost.
 The report of the committee was for
 mally adopted, as was that of the com
 mittee on schools, which follows:
 The committee recommend that the salary of Miss Caroline Davis, teacher
 in the Hillhouse high school be fixed
 at $450 year instead of $400, dating from the beginning of the present school
 year. Miss Davis was employed to
 teach only part of the time and now
 she teaches full time during the after
 noon.
 The superintendent has appointed J.
 F. c. Robinson to take the place of
 Miss Bradbury at the Hillhouse high school. and the committee recommend
 that his salary be fixed at 5000 per year, to date from the beginning of
 the present school year, and that he be excused from the morning session of the school at 1920 o'clock.
 The committee recommend that they be given power to open the evening schools on October 18th in accordance with the calendar herewith presented
 The schools will be in session seventy five nights, closing March End, thirty nine nights to be taught during the present calendar year.
 The committee further recommend that they be given power to employ teachers for the opening of the school and report at the next meeing of the board.
 President Whitney read a reply from Corporation Counsel Robertson to Clerk Hewlett's letter asking for an opinion on out of town pupils attending the high schools; referring especially to the town of Hamden. The town of Hamden at legal meeting held in June voted not to pay more than S30 per child as the tuition fee for attend ing the New Haven high school. This was antagonistic to the school district board of the town, which is perfectly willing to have $60 per pupil as the tui- tion fee, and will authorize pupils to attend the New Haven high schools at such figure, can they but see their rights in the matter. As there are at present at least twenty Hamden chill dren attending Boardman, the New Haven board of education is concerned.
 His reply as read last evening was that the board of education was justi- fled if it refused to receive out-of- town pupils at $30 per pupil If the town refused to pay $60 he suggested that an understanding might be made with the parents whereby they would pay the other s30 If the board, he stated, received pupils from now on, after the action of the town of Ham, den, it could not legally collect but $30 per pupil at the end of the term.
 As the ruling did not explain how far the Hamden school district was right, if. in view of the towns action in refus- ing to pay more than $30 per pupil, it sent the children to Boardman on it's own responsibility, the corporation counsel evidently did not understand the matter, and the board, desiring to understand the matter alright, voted to