The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-25
THE WINDOW SHADES.

John O'Mallev.
Inllis SrhWnss-

| RHOlIlbG investigating
also presented a report. This was the
| committee appointed to investigate the
! facts surrounding the letting of a big
| contract for window shades by the
building committee. This committee
reported that they found that a
contract for Venetian blinds for three
schools had been let by the building
committee, the total amount of the
contract being $685..
These Venetian blinds cost three
times as much as Holland shades,
| said the report, but as there was a
| ten-year guarantee they would per-
haps be cheaper in the end. The COM
mittee had received bids from several
parties for Venetian blinds and the
| lowest bid received was only $5.72 less
than the price contracted for by the
building committee. They enclosed an
| opinion from the boards attorney
stating that as the board had not au-
| thorized the contract, the district
could not he held liable for the bill
! This report was also received and
| filed.
| The following recommendations of
! the teachers committee were adopted
with out debate:
| That Miss Catherine Hastings be
| permanently appointed to No. an
mex.
That Miss Anna L. Barrett, teacher
in primary c grade, No. 16, be credited
with primary c work for one year in
primary y grade, in adjustment of
| salary.
| The other recommendations of this
| committee, however, We're discussed
for over half an hour. The first to re-
ceive attention was one requiring all
night school pupils to register with the
| secretary of the board. This was fin
ally voted down and it was decided to
| allow the pupils to register with the
| principals of the various schools for
the four days preceding the opening of
the night schools. and at the night
schools themselves two nights before
| their opening.
NIGHT SCHOOL TEACHERS.
The second recommendation was that
only those night school teachers should
be appointed who possessed the same
| qualifications as day school teachers.
This was vigorously discussed and was
finally amended to read until the sup
ply of such teachers is exhausted, when
|
| graduates shall be engaged"
The last recommendation, and the
one that was fought until it was finally
voted down, was one recommending
that all boys under twenty-one years
of age now out or strike be admitted,
| upon application, to the public school
located in the district in which they
! live.
The general sentiment was that in
stead of crOwding the day schools to
accommodate these transient pupils,
the night schools should be opened at
once and that they be allowed to at
tend them. 1t was pointed out that
letting them attend the day schools
would require the hiring of a large
number of extra teachers and the rent
| ing of additional anneXes.
The board finally decided to open the
night schools next Monday night and
to leave the engaging of teachers to
the various controllers, their action to
be afterwards approved by the board.
The following report of the building
| committees were adopted without dis
cussion:
The building committee recommend that the
| salary Of the lAnitor at No. be fixed at SEQ
for cleaning, having already been paid Si5.
| We recommend the appointment Of Frank
| Campbell as ianitor at new No, Q, at a salary
Of $50 month, 10 date from Sept. t.
That Rudolph Bugnzli ianitor at No. Ss, be
paid at the rate OF So month from Sept /.
and that he be paid iar cleaning according 70
statement referred TO the committee AT the last
meeting SOP,
That Mrs, Mary ODonnell he appointed jani.
trcss at new No, annex at salary of SIC a
month from sept I, and that she be allowed one
months pay for cleaning the building.
That the salary Of William Roberta janitor
at No. IS and No. Is annex be paid at the rate
Of 500 per month for taking care of both build.
| hgs.
The salary Of William Zang, ianitor of No. 8,
be fixed at SOS from Sept I.
Superintendent Howell sent in COM
munication announcing that with the
consent Of the interested school con-