Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-07
SUPT TINKER'S REPORT.
Presented to School Board Last Even
 inG-Also Other Rennrts

Ihe committee on school houses and Hygiene ported that the lot. 2UO by 20o. bel ing to the Scovill Manufa .- turing Co on D.keman street. can b. had for school purgos for $4.S0U. If bought in single It's the land w0uI cost Si 2uO. The cOnE--ttee was au thorized to purchase tho property con dltioned upon q bond issue. a portion Of Which can be Us q to m~et this bill
 Two pr prs tions were received from the Standard Ele tr-c Time Go r aari-
 Ing the clock in the tow r of the Wash inston school. One plan vouli c S Sl26.oU and the oth r &G9. In both in stances the colnpaTy would agree U keep the clock in plir for on y ar. After some exchange of opinion s s 10 whether the tower was slbstantiIl enough for cn electric clock. 1t was finally voted to refer the matter to the committee on school houses and hy- giene for investigation and report.
 Archi ect Jackson explained the plans and specifications for the new school building on Ashley street. It was voted to advertise 10 bids for put ting in heating and ventilating syS- tenn into the build ng. prop sa's to be received rp 5o March l, at S:15 o'clock in the even ng.
 Comm ssic Ter Mcdonald Tem1rhed that wh Il the school Is conpltt he should be pleas t9 h"ar t2at t hls Teen named the Walsh sch rOl. q token of respect t0 the !aIr R-y Llv- renee Walsh O. P-oyi 'e e. K !. at One time pastor of the InInacu It Conception parish in this city. . III n who III h-s dly and time too.l 2 q CD interest in the educational! institutions of the town.
 The I!ans fer the proposed W s, Side II II school were eXh | an explain d by Ar Il tact T. M. Fr T " The plars were approved and the T ch- i1ect instructed 10 pr, p're SD -c,t'ct- tons far heating the building. and tn committee on school houses aCd hy- ciane authorized o eyecUtn this part Of the rlQn by calling for bids for the same. proposals to D. received rp U March 1 ct $ o'clock in the evening
 The matt r of telephone s2rv e. in the Lincoln and Merriman schools went over 10 the neEt meeting.
 An agent of the Nevernvss Fire EN- t.nguishcr Co gave a practical. demon stration of what his apparatus can do. He light a fire n cuspidor and then eEtinguish q | with handful ot powder. The boarl app ared much pleased with the demonstration. but they d:d net vote to invest anything L. Welton and Washing on school bul-u- ings D t.tiu.,ed for an incre2 Sc in their salaries. Action was deferred.
 SuperintC1d,nt 1Inker read his an ,il.u, l., ,,urt >u.CG ., ao ;t~c~ a,teu ...Id oluereu o.I uIe. Ine lol-om-ns 4s t' Sl.4.-HIdfs
 ->4....,yt of children in tue city as re DO. ecu u, tie ceI.ouo enul.-eI il.of:
 Io5o. loJI. 1oso. 1o15. 19Vo. 9..V2 1u,uIl 1V.VJo l0153 11,'1t Number attending OIAer Scnuols, .1,i1S Agste-aIr enrU4lIlclIJ for year -.t,ioo ANeIa-e uaIiy aJJenGaiice .... .o,oZl AveIage nuliUer belOng.ns .U,-V3 Per cent of attendance ......... .J1i Number cases Oi trLdncy lJ9
 The increase i'll average attenuailce has been .39. The nuhlber Of cases of rardiuess have decreased 1927 and as compared with the year 1858 the num- ber of cases of tardiness has decreased 414O while the enr Jilment has in creased 1,S32 an excellent showing. DismissalS have grown fewer and , there have been I95 less cases of cor | poral punishment.
 The necessity of new structure u West Side Hill is as pressing as ever. The condition of the present building is not improving. If the city should be divided by line passing through South Main street and North Main street it would be found that all of the schools east of such a line, except Dublin street and HendTicken. are either filled to their utmost capacity or overcrowded. Of these schools the Washington and 41erriman are filled and in growing districts. The base Inent rooms at Clay street and Elm street should not be occupied and fur thermore. l question the advisability of using the Elm street building any longer than is absolutely necessary.
 The erection of @ large school be- tween the Locust street and Welton street schools would relieve all of the schools nOrth of East Main street and at the center
 The next step should be the erection of 24-room building to take the place of the Elm street school and to re- ieve the Washington, Merriman and Clay street schools.
 As was stated in the last report it will be necessary to erect a 1O-r0om schoolhouse each year if we would adequately provide for the increased number of children annually applying for admission.
 While the growth of Waterbury dur ing the past decade has been consider ably larger than that of any city in me SCdIe. Ile average nu0lDer or cnli- dren to each family in this city is even greater. In this connection it Is interesting to note that according to the United States census of 1900, Wa Terbury. in Der cent of birth rate ranks | fourth among the city of the Union.
 If, as was designed. the Webster and Drfggs schools are in the future to be enlarged 1t will be necessary to purchase some land adjoining each of the present sites
 Tn June the board re-estabIished the training school for teachers and select ed for Its principal, Adelaide v Finch of Lewiston, AIe, and for assistants Olive M Lyford and Katherine Bohan Miss Finch is teacher of long and successful experience and her assist ants are we'll trained. I see no reason why we should not have one of the best training schools in New England i
 Of the, 20 teachers appointed to the grades during the past two years. ten were graduates of the Waterbury Trainire school. B graduated from the State Normal school, two were teach CTS of large experience and four had