The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-28
ONLY TWOvOTED IN OPPOSITION
Report on the Class That Entered the High
School In September Last
MADE BY SUPERINTENDENT TARBELL,
flit-Fhe Per Cent Of Pupils Are Children Of
Parents Who Pay No Taxes Special
Departments 10 Sc Continued.

The regular meeting of the school
committee was held in the regular room
in the Classical High school building,
at S o'clock last evening, President
Barney in the chair and a quorum pres
ent.
The regular routine business was
transacted and the records of the last
meeting, as printed, were approved.
President Barney announced that he
had received the resignation of Mr..
John q. Massie OF the Ninth ward, TO
take effect Immediately.
The report of superintendent Tarbell
was next in order, and IL In substance
called attention TO the investigation re-
Gently made concerning the class that
entered the III gh schools last Septem-
ber. The class contains 7O5 members,
not including those in the Killingly
street school I'm the annexed district.
The investigation covered scholarship,
nativity. department and amount Oh
city tax paid by parents. Upon the TAX
question the following fgures are
given:
out OF town, 40; not taxpayers, 500;
not more than $50, 1906. not more than
500 SO: not more than 5000, AZ; not
more than $500, %; not more than SlOOo,
9: total 705. Deducting from this the
pupils whose parents are non-resldents
there remain 665 as the basis on Whlch
percentages are reckoned. The table
| shows that So per cent. OF the pupils are
the children of parents who pay no
| taxes; that the parents 81 per cent.
pay less than so. leaving but 80 per
| cent. who pay taxes TO the amount of
! SO or more
The, enrolment of pupils in the public
| schools for the quarter ending Janu-
| ary q, is as follows: High schools.
| 2009. grammar 5276; primary, lo,Soo.
| special 30i; kindergarten Si'; total
| 30 SO4 The report was ordered printed,
Mr. Gardiner, from the committee on
| accounts, reported that 80 miscellane-
| Gus bills. amounting to $l1, 10000, has
been examined and approved. The bllls
were ordered paid.
President Barney, from the executive
| committee, presented report In rela-
| ton 10 the employment of teachers, ana
offered the following resolution, when
| was adopted:
Resolved That the departments OF
| school work resumed under the resolu-
| ton adopted at the November meet
ing be continued for the further period
OF three months, and that the commit
laees on grammar and primary schools
music, drawing, penmanshlp, physical
culture and domestic science be anu
they hereby are authorized to continue
until April 30, 1899. the temporary em-
ployment of teachers dismissed October
2S 1898.
The executive committee presented
the following resolution: Resolved
That Section 16 of Article of the by
laws, he and the same hereby Is
amended, 50 as to read as follows'
Sec 16. Teachers shall not sell station
cry or any article whatsoever To pupils
under their charge, provided, however
that text books may be sold at cos1
prices by the school department
through the teachers. under such rules
and regulations as the superintendent
shall prescribe' The resolution wa:
referred TO the committee on bylaws
Mr.. Metcalf. from the committee OF
grammar and primary schools, made
the usual report, in which he called at
tention to the fact that more room was
needed i'm several sections OF the city
for primary pupils, and the repor
stated IL was proposed To open after
! noon classes for some OF the primary
pupils i'm order to save money Tor ex
ira teachers and to avoid taking rooms
now occupied by kindergarten schools
| The tpnllnllltt dlSV o'
teachers i'm the grammar and primar!
schools. Misses t'urlong, Dwyer. Cush
ing. Tingley. Mahoney, Mahy. Turbitt
Carpenter Baker. Pidge and Robinson
The schools which IL is proposed e
open afternoons for primary classes ar
| Montague. Charles, California, Amy
Ring. Putnam. Smith and Mt. Pleas
ant. The report was received and tn
teachers nominated were elected, an'
the recommendations of the committe
were approved.
Mr. Edwards. from the committee ol
bylaws, reported on the text book re
solution, recommending it's adoption.
Mr.. Gardiner wished 10 know Whcthe
the teachers would have the right q
sell the property of the city to tn
! scholars
MIR. Gilrain moved that The resolution
br laid ON the table pending tho con
sidcratiun of the general subject q
schools by the committee appointed u.
the mayor. The motion was lost.
The resolution, as recommended wa
then adopted II 10 =. Mr.. Gardiner be
ing excused from voting.
Mr.. Joslin presented an amendmen
| 10 Section 2. Article . of the by-laws
providing that the president shall hav
power TO appoint members OF the schoC
| committee to conduct examinations 4
the schools, and asked that IL be re
ferred TO the committee on bylaws
voted
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