The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-01-08
on SCHOOL BONDS
They win be Voted on at
Spring Election.
$4,000 ISSUE CALLED FOR
Proceedings of Board of Edu-
cation Last Night.
S25, 900 ISSUE CALLED FOR


mayor to issue a call for an election 10
vote bonds for the proposed new ingalls,
school building. In order to save the ex-
pense of a special election the bonds win
not be voted upon-untn the regular spring
election next April The call VIII be made
for a vote upon a $500 issue Work on
the proposed school building win begin "a
soon as the money is appropriated for
that purpose
Another important action OF the men,
bers of the board was a motion to pay
the bonds due this month upon an old
school house located on College Hiu. The
house is a frame building and the house
was built for school purposes before Col
lege Hill was q part Of the city. It car
ried bonded Indebtedness Of $500. Tha
/ building was never used for school our-
poses after the hill was added to the CITY
and has been sold since then for $3.50. The
balance of the money required 10 I'LL up
the bond deficiency was voted by the
board and the bonds VIII be called in as
soon as they become due this month.
The matter Of selecting q new member
Of the board to ill the vacancy lett open
by theresignatton of J. F Mccoy Of the
/ FIRST ward was lett owed 10 the next
/ meeting in February.
! Gertrude Jackson, one OF the teachers
! in the Park school was granted vaca-
/ tion during the month Of February. upon
/ the recommendation Of Superintendent
Dyer. because Of I'll health.
The dispute concerning the exact loca-
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adjusted at the meeting last night when
it was decided that his children could
| attend the sctol cot district No. 1. free
Of cost. It was claimed that he was not
in the city limits and consequently was
| compelled to pay for the education Of his
children in the city schools. The money
thus paid out by him will be refunded.
Superintendent Dyer made the following
report:
No. enrolled, boys. 2157; girls. 2sS3;
Total, 4-554; gain Of 18 over last month.
Gain Of IS over four months last year.
Number remaining to cate, boys 1874:
girls, 21s4; total, Abs. Cain Of 10 over
! last month; gain of la over fourth month
! last year. Average daily attendance, 3.7s1:
/ per cent Of attendance 90: number Of vis-
itors, different rooms), 2,312; number of
days school in session. Is. Rank of grade
schools punctualsty. Paramount 1st: Web
ster and ingalls,, End, Irving, 3rd. Percent
of attendance Paramount 1st: Harry and
Park, 2nd; Lincoln, Srd. Number Of tut
ton pupils, grades 10; High School. q.
total 81. High School enrolment. AL.
nufber remaining, 4o6; average attendance.
3,S21; per cent of attendance. 95. Normal
school enrolment, 4; remaining 4; aver
age attendance 80; per cent OF attendance
80; number OF days substitute work, 8
The interruption Of school work BY the
holiday vacation at this time Is not motto
able as a few days of school, and the
work goes along Its regular lines. Owing
to sickness, bad colds. grip. and some
contagious diseases, the attendance has
been reduced somewhat
Within the month the usual inspection
visits has been made. In general, salts
factory work is Being done. The problem
of Improvement is always before us The
constant aim is the best Perhaps It is
true in the teachers work oas great de-
gree as in any profession or calling. that
the rapid advancement in educational
thought and practice requires every
teacher TO be a student The teacher VINO
fails to study and think. but is content TO
teach rs she taught a year or more ago
must soon be supDlanted with fresh
mind and thought the child's education
Is to be best conserved
The general meeting Of apuary was
addressed by Prof Pearl I. Hunter, De-
parment Pedagogy Southwestern Kansas
College Winfield on the subject "E1-
preston ana Education. Miss Hunter has
prepared for her work at Chicago Uni
versity and brought Us the latest and
freshest thought in her line Her paper
was evidence in Itself Of mcst careful
and scholarly research
According TO report accepted az Deem
Der meeting. special effort was made to
have OFT city and school well represented
a. the state association, which was in ses-
sion December 3s-23 at Topeka I am
pleased to report q total attendance Of p
from our corps. Every district In the city
was represented except College Hill and
Fairmount CThs principal of College Hil
is absent on account Of 81 health ~
board permission)
For having the largest attendance in /
prgportio INTO number u teachers en-
pIoyed OF the cities u the hrst-class. we
were awarded the Scott-F0resman & CO. 8 1
prize-s3z5 worth of books. The books % +
PC placed N superintendent Office Tor /
use ~ the city teachers. Il IS evi3ent I.
that good VIII rebound - cur school by +
attendance upon tais meeting - So many 4
Of our corps. IL e not Unreasonable Tor (
the board 20 expect a definite growth 4
along she lire ~ professional spirit ln 4
every teacaer. TIE ANIMAL convention IS .
an inportaat factor r. school rronta 4
This pe-t az me report Is suppiemeutsd /
b~ an o-al resort
T'hsaadly crowded conditions heretofore f
reported IN several 7h 1sngs have not lrr-
proved - s1T sppree aa.e decree orr
teachers ere 6ot7g tbs aeee possibs un6e- .
these s3ve-as cirCsrrEtauces
we o7eut IN the 5ast work - the yea-
during the remaining rart - tae year. (
as an interruptions ~ saeyt vaeatens 4
srs now past raakiue a co1t1uggs eHr
~ tae close ~ the year p 7 have
PLACED -a7 81 tie haads = r-ope-
committee. III aH1itlon - uF special &c