The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-12-07
SCHOOL,
BOARD !
A Regular Monthly Session Held Last
Night
THE SUPERINTEEDEETS REPORT
Vigorous Prosecution Urged For the Pun.
ishment of the Parties Arrested For
the Coal Street School Affair.
Board Empowers son-
oitor Burke to Act

regular meeting of the School Board was
| held last night with the following Directors
/ in attendance Messrs KEEPER, Hanna,
Baugh Martin Holvey, Maick, Lee. Suli-
van, Coughlin, Counors, Britt, Dove aud
Kerugan Superintendent Cooper, Solicitor
| Burke aud Truant officer Connors were also
present
| The report submitted by superintendent
Cooper was as follows On the 27th of No
yember, the third month of the present
school year, closed with these res Its
! Monthly enrollment-boys, ,25l girls. ,420;
total, 2,6j4 Average daily attendance
! boys, 1,l20; girls, 1885; total, 1884; per-
centage of attendauce-boys, o. girls, 92;
total, SO There We're ,O02 pupils who were
not absent ing the mouth There were
81 visits by citizens 4 by directors and III
| by the undersigned, The pupils 10 the
High school made an attendance of "a per
cent The highest percentage of atten.
dance was made by the first grammar
school in the old building on White street.
This school made a percentage of 90 The
schools Of Miss O'Connell and Miss Flynn
made 81 per cent while those Of MISS Pal.
mer, Miss Bierman and Mr.. Dewitt made 90
per cent In some of the schools sickness
/
pupils were absent fve or more days On
October 3Oth the evening schools opened
| The first month closed November 24th with
these results - Monthly eurolment-boys,
AL; girls 81; total 402. Average evening
attendance-boys, 24O girls, 20; total, 266'
Percentage of attendance-bOys, ~; girls, 81;
total, 73 OF the 492 pupils to these schools
SO have been dropped from the rolls for non
at the beginning Of second month
4O6 Twenty pupils were in school every
session. Twenty-six visits were made by cit
izens, 10 by directors and % by the under
| signed. During the first month Of our even
ing schools many things worked to their dis.
advantage. The fine weather, the picture
display and the theatrical entertainments all
tended to draw the evening pupils from
scho !. The School Savings Bank is in a
prosperous condition. All of the schools, ex.
cept three deposited money in the bank dur
ing the month Of November. The largest de-
posit was made by Miss KEEPER S, second, by
Miss Rasser's, third, by Miss McNealis' and
fourth by Mr.. Whi.akers school Dur
/ ing the quarter ending November 80,
| 1899 there was a total deposit of S625 So
Last year the total deposit for the quarter
!
largest deposit made during one month since
the beginning of the bank was made during
October of the present term, when II
amounted to S265 81. 1t becomes the duty OF
the Office to call your attention to the fact
that some Of the boys and young men of this
town have very little regard for schools, OF
school property. 1t was necessary to have
the attendance officer keep a careful watch
! &. Il
on White and Union streets. So far, he has
detected one miscreant and brought him tC
justice Last Monday morning information
was filed at the office that the Coal street
building had been entered and robbed. Al
once the attendance officer was sent to that
section to gather whatever information he
could pertaining to the crime. His efforts
were quite successful He has obtained suf
ticient information to land three of the Of
Tenders in Jail, and we hope to be able tC
catch the other culprits. The officer would
urge upon the Board that you push thesl
cases to trial and teach these destrOyers ol
property a much needed lesson.
Health officer NJ. ]. Connorssubmitted the
following report detected seven cases oi
truancy during the month of November and
| have all the pupils back in school. l have
| served PAS notices to parents of pupils thai
were absent from school more than FIVE days
during this month. The reasons given to me
were satisfactory, as most of the children
were sick. few of them were out of town
During the first part of the month it was
necessary to prosecute one young man fol
annoying the teachers of the Union street
building. The last two days l have beer
giving some time in finding out who com
mitted the robbery at the Coal street build
ing.
The Finance Committee submitted report
setting forth the numbers, amounts and
holders of the s. OOv worth of bonds to bt
redeemed January 1st, 1900, of the issue o.
1857. The report also showed the amount o
bills to be paid as S4, 1874. There Is Sg2 81
in the treasury, leaving 81, lO5O5 to be pro
yded for. IT was stated that Tax Collector
Burke expected to meet this deficiency within
a few days, of which amount 81, 500 would
positively be furnished. The committe,
recommended that orders be granted and tn,
secretary be instructed to hold them unit
there is money with which to pay them.
Solicitor Burke made formal report or
the West Coal street school building case anC
stated that two of the accused, Gudelawic
and Egan, were in jail awaiting trial, McI4au,
gave bail aud Peter Smith was discharged b.
Justice Shoemaker last night, there being u,
evidence on which to hold him. Two o
three more youths are wanted.
The Board directed Solicitor Burke to tax
charge Of the case, giving him power to act
/ ia connection with the building and repair
, committee, and the action of the Superin
tendent and Truant Officer in the case wa
approved.
Secretary Hanna stated that he requeste
] Solicitor Bunk to prepare bond in the sur
i of s., 900 to be furnished by Director Cough
D lin, as treasurer of the Public Schools Saving
t Fund. The bond was prepared, but MI