The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-05
SCHOOL TO OPEN
SEPTEMBER Is
Board of Education Lets Con-
tract for Coal Supply.
SCHOOL. LEVY FIXED
Election of Teachers to Fill
Vacancies Deferred.
LEVY FIXED

last night decided that the public schools
This is the third Monday in the month.
This is the third oMnday in the month.
The custom in the past has been for the
schools TO open on the second Monday in
September, but it is feared that there
will be some very hot weather about
that time. Another reason that induced
the board to postpone the opening OF the
schools was that many OF the children
will not return from summer resorts I'M
til the middle OF next month.
DR.. Hornor stated last night that there
are three or four vacancies on the corps
Of teachers which must be filed before
school begins. AS Mr. Hatfield, chair
man of the committee on teachers and
salaries is out ot the city, the selection
of teachers to fill the vacancies was de-
ferred until the September meeting. Mr.
Jackman, who is a member OF the COM
mittee, said that the teachers would be
selected from the substitute list in the
regular order.
On the recommendation of Superinten-
dent Knight, Hyde's Practical Lessons
in English was adopted as a text for
the third and fourth grades. The book
will cost % cents.
The contract for supplying the schools
with coal during the winter was awarded
to the Weir City Coal and Building Ma
terisl company, who agreed to furnish
Weir City lump coal for 81 a ton and
Weir City slack for $40 a ton. They
also agreed TO deliver the coal to the
school houses.
1t was decided to finish the hall in the
Mccormick building at a cost not to
exceed $50.
The janitors were ordered to go to
work at the school houses on Septem-
Der l. This will give them two weeks
before the opening of school in which
to get the buildings in good shape.
The committee on printing was ordered
to have two or three hundred OF a man
ual containing the names and addresses
Of all the city teachers printed, and also
to have one hundred copies printed of
Superintendent knights annual report.
The Dermody Plumbing company was
awarded the contract for covering the
steam pipes in the basement of the Wash
ington school with asbestos for $50. Ii
is thought that by this plan a large
amount of heat can be conserved and a
large fuel bill saved
The tax levy was fixed as follows: Cen
eral fund. 10 mills; interest fund, mills;
sinking fund. % mills; library fund, 4
mill; total, 10 mills.
Mrs. C. C. Furley's bond of $500 for
the faithful performance of her duties
as treasurer was approved.
A protest was read from the Painters
and Paperhangers' union against the way
the committee on buildings and grounds
let's out contracts. The protest called for
a change of policy, even though it were
necessary to change the personnel of the
committee. The protest was referred to
the committee on buildings and grounds.
The following resolutions on the death
of DR.. Furley were adopted:
DIR Charles c. Furley; born March Is,
1898; died July :. 1902.
I'VE live in deeds, not years; in thoughts.
not breath;
In feelings, not figures on the dial.
We should count time by heart-throbs
when they beat
For man, for God, for duty.
In the death of DR.. Furley we feel
the loss of a consistent friend, an able
counsellor and a most efficient and cour-
teous officer
"Faithfulness and promptness have
characterized his relations with US and
we can but express our recognition OF
these sterling qualities which have en-
deared him to all with whom he came
in contact.
Endowed with unusual talents and
traits OF character, he earned universal
respect and esteem His aims and efforts
were ennobling and worthy, devoted TO
humanity in the alienation of suffering.
Mans greatest eulogy is the graces
that adorn and dignity his character,
leaving behind the fragrant example Of
good deeds and kind Offices, memorials
which remain legacies worthy Of emula-
ton.
We offer our humble tribute to his
memory and extend our profound sym
patty to the surviving relatives and {