The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-08-19
HARMONIOUS SESSION
OF SCHOOL BOARD
The School Term for Ensuing Year
Fixed at Ten Months-Prof. Thos.
v. Lotus, Of High School Faculty,
Placed in Position Made Vacant by
Resignation Of Miss Lucy Joslin.

The Carbondale schol board was In
session last evening at their rooms In
the High school building. The meet
ing was called at $40 o'clock, with all
the members present.
President Kerwin read the bilis
against the school board and they were
ordered paid. They consisted of one
from John Booth which amounted TO
s16.72; sullivan and Ryan, $11O.14; A.
y. wylie, seas: Mrs. Morrison, for
team hiring. IS; William Hughes ana
Patrick McCue, for fifteen days labor
at No. school. $3.50 each. Mr.. Ed
'munds then stated he had received
check amounting to $1,000 from w.
T.. Watts, as the 1901 duplicate; also
that John Bridget had made mis-
take in the amount of damage done
to School No. by lightning some few
weeks ago. The difference amounted
to S27.
A motion was then made and car
ried that they place the teachers Tor
the coming year.
Superintendent Carr stated that
, some gentleman teacher should have
charge of the discipline of the lower
floors. Mr.. Geary was chosen to fill
this position. Thomas w. Lotus was
elected to fill vacancy caused by the
resignation of Miss Lucy Joslin. The
Ninth and Eighth grades were left the
same as last year. Miss Alice Rash
leigh was elected to fill the office OF
principal of No. . school in Janet Bry-
denis place and Miss Mabel Edwards
was chosen to fill Miss Rashleigh's s
place in No. school. Miss Anna Ste
vens was also nominated for the posi-
ton, but vote was taken,
resulting in the following: Messrs.
Copeland, Hughes, Kerwin and VAN
nan voting for Miss Edwards, and
Gallaghy for Miss Stevens. Misses
Lally and Stevens were elected as sub
stitute teachers.
Superintendent Carr then made a
statement concerning the time to start
school. that If school started on Sept.
2 and have ten months schooling,
which would end June 2S, making to-
tai of 1872 teaching days and Civ
ing the students holiday Thanksgiv-
ing, Good Friday, Good Thursday, first
week in December, and Christmas and
New Years. 1t was moved and Sec
onded by the board that school start on
Sept. u and end June 2S.
The board also decided to advertise
for a tax collector and to have all
bids in by Saturday evening. They
then adjourned to meet next Saturday
evening.
The teachers for the coming year are:
High school-Principal, w. D. Bry-
den, A. Wilson Geary, Thomas W. Lof-
tus, Kathryn l.. Pace, c. w. Lesher.
Harriet Hutchins Cora Estabrook, An
gela Birs. Sarah Swigert.
Ninth grade-Ann Berry Prom, Nora
Murphy, Janet Brynden.
Eighth grade-Fraib Collins, Julia
Kilhullen, Helen Killeen.
No. school--Ann Dunstan, principals
Elizabeth Thompson, Nellie Sherrer,
Anna Murphy.
. No. school-Alice V. Rashleigh,
principals; Jennie Foxe, Mary Murphy,
Ella Harte.
No. 3 schoo-Thomas L. Gilmartin,
principal; Kathryn Walsh. Annie Far
rell, Ella Horan, Bridget e. Gilmartin.
No. acknowledgement McAndrew,
Lydia Gilmartn.
. No. school-Mary Coogan, principal:
Mary Mclean.
No. 6 school--P. NJ. Brennan. princi-
pal; Lizzie Tighe. Anna Lotus, Kath-
ryn Kelly.
No. school-Amelia Peukert, prin-
cpal; Katie Scott. Kathryn Gethins,
Alice Connor, Lydia Morrison, Lizzie
, R.Walsh, Jennie Kearney, Mary Con-
naughton.
No. s school-Kat thryn jay, principal;
Mabel Edwards, Margaret Flnneran
Emma Rarroti. Nav penoelly Hett ia
Wilcox. Gabrielle Coleman, Elizabeth
Hart, Anna Mclean.
No. . school-E.lla Malone, principal;
NJ. Louise Davis, r. Helen Passmore,
Libbie L. Burke.
Substitutes-Mary Lally and Anna
Stevens.
The salaries of the teachers We're
not taken up. They will adjust them
at their next meeting, on Saturday
night.