Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-05
SHORT HIGH SCHOOL COURSE
Beard of Education Provides for stndsnh
whs Are IN . Hurry.
NaRANsIs Foa A sPEcN cuaMcULuN


Al the meetfng q the Beard Of Educa-
fion Monday night q new course Of study
vas adopted fer the High school, to b
known a. the -two-year course" the pur-
pots Of which is 70 give 70 pupils Who
cannot anord the fuIl f0ur-year course the
benefit Of a least a part Of the high school
frnininR. Such studies we're desienated Tor
this eourse ss are most directly essential in
the fitting q q young person for q business
career. No diploma efll be given a. the
close o. the term. but otherwise It carries
the same privileges as she regular course.
me following studies belong 20 the new
curriculum. Arithmetic with the metric
systcm), American history and clvics. Eng
fish compozition. with spelling ana writing.
English and reading. physiology. physical
geography. botany. soolou. pbyricS. alge-
bra. plane geometry and bookkssEing-
Any pupil may take this course upon
written application being made b. the
parent to the principal
Attorney C. c. Herring was elected -
attorney Tor the board for 3 term o. three
years. beginning August /. 1902. Here
tofore the once Of attorney has been nlled
by yearly elections.
new Price on Unirorms.
TIE Petubone Manufacturing compsny
Of Cincinnati waB given the contract for
eadet uniforms. TIE bids being a. follows.
Blouse. s7.1s: trousers. $3.50: ear. n-2A-
A challenge was issued 70 the city eoun-
ell 70 pany the Beard Of Education q match
Kams Of bah on the afternoon q Sep
tsmbsr {. the proceeds to 90 20 the Audi
torium fund.
The resignation Of Miss Belle DiuturE
AZ assistant in the biographical department.
o. tbs High seheei vas accepted
Permission was granted to 4. J. Bodven.
counsy superintendent. to use two rooms
a the Hixh school building On August II,
Is and ls for the holding Of teachers ex-
aminations. n August IS to 20 for the
hoiding Of the Douglas County Teachers
Institute
A committee Of eight. representing the
Allied Printinr Trades. VIVA presspt 10 BRO
test against the acceptance Of a bid for
printing submitted By the Nebraska Print
inr company Of Lincoln D. q. Craighsad
OF the trades, said that the LIN
eain house Was unahie 10 furnish printing
the uni0n label on Il. a. required By
the rules OF tbs board. The matter was
referred TO the comnittss on supplies BIDS
we're received from the following houses:
Printing company. Rees Printing
company. A. 1. Root. Klopp a Bartlett
company, r. 3. Festner. J. r. McReynoidE.
Denna Allbery. Kramer q Chandler. Omaha
Printing , and the Nebraska Print
ing company
sale Of Los to city.
It ras agreed that the lot At Ninth ana
Howard streets should Be offered for sale
to the city for $4,000. 20 b used - the
site for q IRE engine house
Aionzo Jackson. Samuel WtIlets and
Stephen Bryant we're employed as assistant
~jsnitors at the High school At go psr
month. 20 BE- retained As long a. their
services are Tseuired-
II was decided tim High school pupils
be required to make q deposit Of Is cents 20
ceTex the cosf Of locker keys. the same to
be returned to them when the keys are
returned
A. H sproul. nov q teacher In the coma
merciaI department Of the High school At
EBin. M. was declared as head q the
'comnercial department Of the Omaha High
school the salary 20 be size q month This
IL an sdvancs Of $40 per month over the
salary paid to N. B. Van Matrs. who 90
cnpisd this position last year.
h A. Center. teacher Of chemistry. was
elected 10 the position Of librarian AZ the
High school. for which service ne IL 90 re-
csive SIS a month IN addition 20 his reg
ular salary. Miss Nellie Fay wac elected
as assistant librarian At a salary Of $40
per month II was reported that there are
new 1850 books in the High school IL
brnry-
Misses Anna W. Jensen. Alice c. Gu
christ, Isabelle williams and Sophia IL
sasser we're placed on the list Of assigned
teachers.