The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-14
ROOM FOR PUPILS
SCHOOL BOARD HAS REFERRED
QUESTION TO A COMMITTEE.
IN THE THIRD GRADES
EXISTS THE CONGESTION WITH
WHICH THE COMMITTEE WILL
DEAL.

Board of Education Discusses the
Question at Monthly Meeting-Su-
perintendnnt Advised Relief by
System of Transfers, but Board De-
cides Upon Another COurse-Onc
Room in Cathedral school May Be
Divided to Make RECONSIDERATION
of the schools satisfactory in Ev-
cry Way-COuntry Schools, with
Increased Attendance, Showing Up
Well.
At the October meeting of the Board
of Education last night the matter of
the congestion now existing in the
Third grades of the Cathedral School
and Chatham Academy was referred
to the Committee on School Houses,
with power to act.
Col. j. II. Estin, chairman of the
board, presided at the meeting, at
which there were present Messrs. Es-
till, Blum, Herman Myers, LeeRoy My
ers. Stovall, O'Byrne and Davant.
The report of Superintendent Ash
more showed that the waiting list has
now been reduced to fifty-one, of which
number there are sixteen applicants
for admission to the First Grade and
nine for admission to the Third Grade
Of the Cathedral School, and fourteen
applicants for admission to the Third
Grade of Chatham Academy. The
superintendent stated that these chill
dren would be gradually admitted as
vacancies occur but that necessarily
this would consume considerable time.
Perhaps the best plan to relieve the
situation" he continued, lis to effect
transfers from Massie and Barnard to
Anderson and Henry, where there Is
room in the third grades thus provid-
ing places in Massie and Barnard for
those waiting in the territory adjacent
to Chatham Academy. An examination
of the waiting list shows that most of
the children live sufficiently near these
two schools to attend them without
much inconvenience"
Wanted Another Plan.
However, the board did not see fit
to approve this suggestion of the super
intendent. On Capt. BIun's motion the
question of providing room in the Ca
thedral School for those who are now
applicants for admission there was re-
ferred to the School House Committee,
with power to act. The committee,
in this connection, was invested with
the right to decide whether one of
the rooms in the school building shall
be divided, as has been suggested as
a possible solution of the difficulty
MIR. DaVant moved that a similar dis
position be made of the question as it
affected Chatham Academy and this
motion also was adopted. The COM
mittee will meet tomorrow afternoon
to determine what shall be done in
the premises to relieve the congestion
The report of the superintendent
showed that the condition of the
schools is most satisfactory and graft
flying in every way, that the spirit of
the teaching force is all that could be
asked the conduct of the several
schools and the various classes without
friction or annoying impediments and
that generally the school system is in
better shape now than it has ever been
in the past.
New High school Teacher.
AS expected, the facts have demon
strated the need of two teachers for the
first grade of boys in the High School,
The assumption that this need would
be experienced led to the election by
the board of MIR. w. r. Thompson as
an assistant instructor and the super
intendents report has it that Mr..
Thompson is doing excellent work in
his department"
similarly cheering and encourage
ing report of the progress of the work
and the attendance of the country
schools was made by the superinten-
dent. He regards it as probable that
in the tharo mill ha ~,
crease in the attendance over that for
last year.
Two of the pupils of the High School,
whose parents are unable to pay the
tuition exacted by the school authori-
ties, were granted the privilege of at