The Washington times., 1902-02-20
SCHOOL BOARD TO
NAKE Stag EXHIBIT
Commissioners viii Be Asked
to View Huge Lump.
TAKEN FROM SCHOOL FURNACE
Novel Method by Which Attention
VIII BE Called to the Poor Quality
of Coal Furnished to the District
School Houses.

Not content with vigorously wOrded let
! tiers of complaint against the quality o
/ the coal furnished for use in the publ
schools of the District, the Board of Ed
ucation last night decided upon move
methods of bringing the matter to tn
| attention of the District Commissioners.
! Some time either today or tomorrow
large dray will convey a lump of Stag from
the Franklin School to the District Build
ing, and the Commissioners will be giveI
an opportunity of personally viewing {
condition of affairs against which the jan
itors of the various public schools have
vainly ccntended for some time.
Length and Thickness of the Stag.
Two and one-half by one and half feet
is a rough estimate of the length and
thickness of the Stag, and it was found
necessary TO break the lump with a sledge
hammer before it could be removed from
the furnace.
For over a year the Board of Education
has bonn receiving complaints from the
several janitors in their employ regard
ing the quality of the coal furnished, and
the board has more than once notified the
Commissioners that the fuel was below
specifications. Gen. II. V. Boynton pres
ident of the board, takes a personal in
terest in the fuel question, and he has
endeavored in every way to force the con-
tractors to fulfill their contracts to the
letter.
Result of Fall Investigations
AS a result of an investigation early in
the fall the grade of coal furnished the
schools greatly improved for month Or
so, but recently the matter has again
been brought to the notice OF the board
At the meeting of the board last week
General Boynton submitted report in
which he stated that the supervising
principals were complaining in regard to
the quality of the coal furnished. and the
matter was called to the attention of the
District Commissioners. As the grade OF
coal has not improved since then it was
decided last night to again bring the mat
ter to the notice of the Commissioners by
sending them the lump OF Stag and slate.
Normal school Examinations.
A. T. Stuart, Superintendent of Public
Schools. submitted a report to the board
in which he advocated some slight changes
in the rules relative to the entrance ex-
aminations for the normal schools He
recommends that candidates. hereafter
be examined in the following subjects.
with the proviso that high school can
didates, who have all taken a four-year
course, and have been presented by their
respective principals as being prepared
for graduation, shall not be subjected to
further examination in high school studies
excepting English literature and compo-
sition. and SO much of elementary science
as bears directly upon preparation for
primary teaching
Written examination: English. includ-
ing elementary grammar composition, and
English literature; arithmetic, drawing.
biology, including elementary botany and
zoology. The oral examination will be
hclo before 4 committee composed of
enc member of the Board of Edu-
cation, the assistant superintendent
the principal of the normal school
and two of the supervising prin-
cipals. The superintendent also recon-
mends that there be an examination in yo-
cal music.
The following list of substitute teach
ers vas announced: Miss B. F.. Oliver,
Miss f. W. Bowman, Miss Dorothy Wall,
Miss Grace de Riemer Miss Nina E. Pinch
beck, and Miss Margaret Owen.