The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-29
The BOARD OF EDUCATION
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR ELECTED
List NIGHT.

Ell whitney Again Chosen President
Reports of the Different Committees =
Jacob b. Ullman, the New Member,
Present.
At the regular monthly meeting OF
the board of education last night the
officers and committees for the ensuing
year were elected Mr.. jackson was
appointed temporary chairman, and on
a motion by Mr.. Belts. Mr. Whitney
was reelected president of the board
for the year 190)-1001. MI. Belts then
moved that the standing committees of
the board all be reelected with the sub
stitution of Jacob B. Ullman as third
member of the committee on schools in
place of H. W. Asher, whose term has
expired,
The committees for the year are the
follc wing: Finance, Thomas Hooker
and Eli Whitney; schools, James t.
Moran, JON D. Jackson and Jacob B.
Ulman; school buildings, A. j. Har-
mount and Frederick A. Belts.
TIE miru tes of the last meeting were
then read and approved, after which
the report of the committee on schools
was heard which was as follows:
The committee announce the resigna-
tion of Miss Clara r. Walker teacher
in the Hillhouse High school, to take
effect October -, and recommend it's
acceptance.
The COMM tee recommend that the
salary of Miss Mary c. Gorham, room
IL, grade s, Lowell school, be fixed at
$3.50. instead of s725.
1t was exrec ted that she would have
a class Of seventh grade and a class
of eighth grade pupils, which would
give her salary of s725. She has, how
ever, room Of eighth grade pupilh
only, for which grade $3.50 is the maxi
mum salary
Miss Mary Pilling has been tempo
rarily assigned to room 5, grade q,
Dviqht scNool, to take the place of
Mis- Louise Schrahl, who was trans
ferred to room s, grade 6, of the same
school, and the committee recommend
that she be paid at the rate of 5000 per
annum.
Miss Alice Clark has been temporau-
ly assigned to the Dwight Kindergar-
Wilson, who has been granted a leave
of abvence for one month, and the COM
mittee recommend that her salary be
fixed at the rate of 5000 per annum.
The committee recommend that Miss
Anra S, Wilson, teacher in the Dwight
Kindergarten be granted a leave of alb
sence for one month from the Begin
nirg OF the school year.
tion of Schiller's Maria Stuart, Rhoades,
as text book in the high school.
The report Of the superintendent was
then given Superintendent Beede re-
ported as follows:
I report the transfer of Miss Kathar-
inc T. HARRY from room 8, grade s,
Woolsey school, to the principalship of
the Orchard street school, room 4,
grade a. made vacant by the resigna-
ton of Miss Annie E. McNulty.
I report the temporary transfer of
Miss Grace E. Lowe, extra teacher in
the Strong district, to room 9, grade S,
Woolsey school, In place of Miss Kath-
arine T. Harty, who has been trans
ferred to the Orchard street school.
1 report the transfer of Miss Louise
schnahl from room g. grade 4, to room
o.
Miss Helen Thomas, resigned.
The monthly statement of the com
mittee on finance was submitted and
the summary of the report was as fol-
lows:
Total receipts January /, to Septem-
Der Is, 1900:
Current expenses, $237 600.
Special expenses, $21 900
Free text books, $7,310.06.
Total, 26621006.
Total expenditures January to Sep
tember Is, 1900.
Current expenses, $240 224.61.
Special expenses, $21,768.7S.
Free text books. $2,96O.46.
Expenditures, S264,953.S5.
Balance, s1,256,21.
Total, 266, 210.06.
Clerk Hewlett reported at the meet
ing that $500 were needed to buy text
books and as the appropriation granted
by the board Of finance was exhausted
the board was in a quandary as to
what they should do in the matter.
After a long discussion on the matter
it was finally voted to rotify the board
of finance that the supply for the books
had been used up and have them take
the matter before the proper authori-
ties so that the schools could be fur
nished with the books as soon as pos
sible 1t was voted to hold a special
meeting on Thursday, october 9, to
consider estimates on the new high !
school building.