The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-10
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
Generous Offer From the Houston Art
League.
BID FOR TEXT BOOKS WAS ADOPTED
Houston Architects Are Asked to Sub
NIT Plans and Specifications for New
Buildings Contemplated.


rhe school board held special meeting
last night with a full attendance Of the
members
The first work 10 cngross the attention
oil the board after assembling was the open
irg Of bids for supplying free text books
M 10 the fourth grade. Two bids were
reat, The bid Of MessrS Purdy Bros.
amountco to $3.50 aud that Of MIR. Pilot
To S26I0. The latter was accepted. The
hooks &c be furnished are 1000 model music
primers, 1000 first readers 1000 second
readers, 1000 language lessons, 1000 arlth.
meties. goo Biographies, GOO Hawthorne
| wcrder books, Riverside lesson series
communication from the Houston Art
/ lcaROe was read and on motion OF Mr.. Dow,
z SUM not exceeding $40 WAS appropriated
~ tnting the walls of the Dow school.
Inc communication was as spllows:
the Honorable School Board OF the Pub
~ SCHOOLS of the city of Houston.
Houston, Texas, September 9.-Gcntle.
| men, The directors of the Public School
Art league Of this city have requested me
10 lay the following facts before you for
NCir consideration:
The Art league has purchased for the
hShett of The public schools of this city
st"tuary and pictures costing the league
III the neighborhood of $3.50. These pictures
bNA the NNhludlN are nClnE imported from
hu"pc and should arrive here aud be realty
10 be placed upon the walls OF the schools
very shortly, as the order for them was
placed some time ago.
To the end that these pictures may he
uiSpayed to the best advantage. the league
deems lt necessary that the walls of the
schools IN which the pictures are to be
hang should be tinted. This tintmg OF
the walls being done ia such colors as will
tnim rest to the eve and AT the same
timo cultivate and develop the aesthetic
% ~ ntats
placed.
rhe pictures purchased by the league
ore Intended to he distributed among sew
eral OF the primary grades in the different
schools of this city, For that reason the
| board of directors of the league, would
! respectfully request your body To appro.
pirate n sufficient sum of money TO dcray
the expense of tinting the various primary
grade rooms. However, II your body con
Sldcrs this too great an expense to be IN
dertaken at this time, then they suggest
for your future consideration, the tinting
of all of these primary grade rooms
AT the present time the pictures pur-
chased by the league VIII probably not be
I sufficient to he distributed throughout all
possible II is the Intention Of the league
to supply pictures to all of the primary
grade rooms. Therefore, the league respect
fully suggests that If your body feels I'm
able to tint all the primary grade rooms
throughout the city. then that you apprn'
pirate sufficient sum to tint the primary
grntue rooms ID u, iSnS. uu' It tuV s n,
IN, III wiz mean uVat"S US rno Io6,,,n h.
sr Ii ' thS Dow wW school as the 6rst enc
On which to begin work and would respect
made for the tintmg of the two primary
! grnde rooms In this school. They have
selected this school for the reason that thu
puplls IN II anu tue parents W lnr putn'
work being done by the league ana nave
rendered the League very material support
and. the request OF lne E3SuS Is Siu ,il,,,
/ a request OF cooperation Win theun ON Sou'
I part in this work 80
/ The Uniting of these two roms val cos
/ but mere nominal sum, ~ Snoulu no
! cost over $40 or Sla, sum Wnicn Is an VI
| significant one when compared TO the goo'
/ influence that Will directly result from w
1 expenditure.
/ Your body will doubtless not care to b'
! bothered with the details OF this work ani
] the league asks nothing more from YOU
! than the bare appropriation of THIS amount
/ The league has among Its membership som'
( Of tho best artists OF this city, who have
! Volunteered TO supervise the work of tint
! ing Inc walls. select the colors and In shor
| ATTEND ia ali the troublesome details o
| the matter, and It simply requests this
sn,ou N"E,,ronriotion 10 he made by youl
| ssn,YH' ~ ~ lie ordor
uv ~ s rj ,bot Won viii give this matter
mat roreInl attention which II so well de
snryes and especiSlW deserves for the rea
Mani in The publlc schools OF this city
NIL 'h,s becnma general throughout nj
Mhlcu nnH ~ no eountrv
the SchooIs W wy ~, hc vcurs yer,
! have The honor TO p9i SWiiTao, WIZ
/ respectfully Shoe, 'connmitter 81 TN,
! CRalttlnlan 3 i ny st oar,ue
mnphe ech9oi az Considerable tim,
the board put III d,sc'i~sinp the hes
/ studying maps anu uISTu nNd no S,iO1
! manner IN wniCh 10 V,AappS In" s.or, mo soi,