The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-27
TOTAL INCREASE IN
PUPILS WAS. 1O02.
Superintendent Small Presents His
First Report to the School Com
mittee Last Evening.

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| NAL vote passed fixing such salary, oi
determining the times and manner OF rs
payment So also, while the salaries OF
| the assistant superintendents and OF the
| director Of kindergartens have been fixed
| by vote. the times and manner Of paying
such salaries have not been formally de-
| termined.
The executive committee therefore re-
commend the passage OF the accompany
ing resolutions.
| Respectfully submitted for the execu-
| tive committee.
WALTER II. BARNEY.
Chairman"
Resolved. That the salary OF Walter
! n. Small as superintendent of pubic
schools be and the same hereby is fixed
at $4,000 per year. payable I'm ten equal
insta ailments, at the same times as are
now fixed by the bylaws for payment of
the salaries OF teachers
Resolved, That the annual salaries Of
the assistant superintendents and of the
director OF kindergartens be each paid
In ten equal installments at the same
times as are now fixed by the bylaws
for the payment of the salaries OF teach
ers"
The resolution was carried
TEXT BOOK ADOPTED
on the recommendation of the commit
tee on evening schools Kittredge and
Arnold's Mother Tongue. No. 2, was
[ adopted.
The committee on grammar and pr-
mary schools recommended the appoint
ment as teachers the following: Jane
S. Dix, Edith f.. Heyworth and Mary G.
Lee. For kindergarten teachers. Sara
Walker. Ethel Burdick and Ethel Laugn-
lin. All were appointed.
II was also voted, upon recommended
ton OF the same committee, that the
terms already taught by Jane s. Dix pv
credited TO her as a teacher in the gram
mar and primary school at the pay or
the grade.
The committee on high schools recon-
mended the adoption OF a new textbook.
I'm civil government and one in physics
for use I'm the high schools The recon-
mendation was adopted.
Miss Clara Whitehead was appointed
fourth grade teacher as substitute to
teacher on leave of absence.
A resolution from the committee on
school houses that hereafter all funds re-
ceived from the sale of old furniture be
allowed for the use of the committee
was voted Heretofore such money has
gone TO the city treasury
ON RETIREMENT FUND.
Attention OF the committee was called
10 the fact that the committee had no
representative on the committee on the
teachers retirement fund as the three
members originally appointed had all re-
signed from the school committee DR.
Hill. DR.. Walker and Mr.. Taft were ap-
pointed to fill the vacancies.
The. committee on apportionments rec
commended that the $6l5. 900 appropriated
by the city council for the maintenance
OF the public schools for the next fiscal
year be divided as follows: Executive
committee. sl22.736.s5: committee on
school houses, s57. .19043; committee on
evening schools. s29.9i9.45, committee on
grammar and primary schools. 1902 PSI SIS:
committee on high schools, s92. .454.39;
committee on music s3472.40; committee
on hygiene, s104l72; committee on edu-
cation of backward children. s3953. %:
committee on penmanship. $651.07; total.
s6l5,e00. The recommendations were
| adopted.
| The committee on accounts reported
| 1875 miscellaneous bills. amounting to
| $37S0.24. The accounts were allowed.
| The committee on drawing presented its
annual report, which was as follows:
''To the honorable. the school committee
Of the city of Providence:
"Your committee on drawing respect
| fully presents the following report:
| THE work Of the year ending June.
| 1902, has been even more satisfactory
, than usual Both our supervisors and
| grade teachers have done earnest con-
scientious work. and there has been in
| creased interest on the part of the pu-
pills.
BENEFICIAL RESULTS.
"We believe that. as the beneficial re-
suits Of the work OF this department are
becoming more apparent the old feeling
that the teaching OF drawing should be
classed as fad Is vanishing. Parents
and teachers are recognizing that draw
Ing cultivates the powers Of observation
and trains the will and Judgment: while
good drawing. such as our supervisors
are teaching I'm our schools. Is always an
expression Of Individual ability and calls
the creative faculties into play.
ITO develop these points in our pupil:
we are devoting one hour each week In
the high schools. one and one-half hours
each week I'm the grammar schools and
one and one-half hours each week In IN,
| primary school at an annual expense q
the school department OF about $4,000
We believe that no one who has giver
thoughtful consideration 10 the work will
| begrudge his small amount. but will
| rather favor an Increase In our force M
soon as our finances permit the same.
The report OF our supervisor. Mis-
| Harriet l.. Rich. which r. attached here
TO. and made n part Of this report GOV
| ers fully the rearrangcment of the worl
mode necessary by the loss Of one su
pervisor and the other measures adopt
ed because of the necessity Of economy
I'm spite Of these difficulties Of tn
coming year. your committee firmly he
lieves that our teaching force will rise &
the occasion and give us valuable servic
with as little detriment 90 the depart
ment as possible. Respectfully submit
ted
"a NJ McCRILLIs. Chairman"
At $3.50 o'clock the board adjourned.
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