The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-03

street. grade VII. These teachers were
elected and their salaries fixed at $ool
each.
Anna T. Cahill, Union avenue, grade
III; Mary e. Conner, Woodland street
grade |; Winnifred G. Crane, WinsloW
street, grade VI; Sarah NJ Kneeland,
Ledge street. grade vi; Josephine q.
Lynch, Dartmouth street, grade III;
Katherine +. Moreau, Canterbury
street. grade vi; Alice K. Rafferty,,
Union avenue, grade II; NJ Mabel Will
kins, Dartmouth street, grades III.
The salary of the candidates APP
pointed was fixed at $3.50 in each case.
on the recommendation of the COM
mittee on books and supplies, these
books were placed on the supplement
airy list:
Jefferies Sir Bevis by Kelley and
Macmillan's English classics, consist
ing of Macaulay's Essay on Addison,
Macaulay's essay on Milton, Tenny-
sons The Princess, Coleridge's The
Ancient Mariner, Shakspere's Mac
beth, Addison's Sir Roger de Coverly.
The committee on drawing and man.
ual training reported recommending
that with the opening of the schools in
September, 1899, the new edition of the
Prang drawing book be provided for
pupils in grades three to nine inclu-
sive, and the matter was referred to
the committee on books and supplies.
George |. Alden said that his atten-
ton had been called to the fact that it
might be advisable to allow the use of
some of the rooms now used for the
manual training work to the pupils
during the summer months under the
direction of the regular instructors in
that branch, the tuition to be paid for
by the pupils enjoying the benefit. At
the suggestion OF Charles r. Johnson,
the matter was referred to the COM
mittee on school houses, and the COM
mittee on drawings and manual train
ing conformity.
A resolution was adopted providing
for a conference of the finance com
mittee of the school board with the
mayor and common council to ascer-
tain the amount that the board might
expect as an appropriation for the cur
rent fiscal year ending November 30.
DR.. John T. Duggan, for the commit
tee on high schools, submitted plan
for commercial course in the high
school as follows: First year, algebra,
English, physiology, French, German,
history and manual training; second
year, geometry, English, stenography
and typewriting, French, German, his
tory or manual training; third year,
physics stenography ana typewriting,
bookkeeping; fourth year, English.
bookkeeping, commercial law stenog-
raphy, commercial arithmetic and COM
mercial geography, civil government,
political economy and transportation.
In the original report of the commit
tee Spanish was also included, but it
was not deemed advisable considering
the school accommodations, to report
it at this time.
The event of the evening came when
Chairman Brooks announced that the
election of a superintendent Of schools
was in order. Contrary to expectation,
there were no nominations and no one
seemed anxius to make the initiative in
the matter of putting up any one to
stand as a candidate against Superin-
tendent Carroll. Committeeman Alden
asked il it would be legal to proceed to
the election by ballot but the chair
man announced that City Solicitor
Rugg has rendered a decision to the
effect that the election should be by
viva voce vote in the manner pointed
out in the statute. Superintendent
Carroll was reelected by a vote of 16
to 8, the latter number refusing to vote
at all in the matter The members were
George w. Eames, Austin S. Carver,
Henry F. Harris, John r. McGillicud-
dy, Edward 1. Comins, Helen A. b..
Morse, George F. Brooks and Nellie
Weber Lincoln.
The question of a change in the rules
of the board to conform to the recent
law in regard to elections was referred
to the committee on rules and regula-
tons.