The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-30

school for Gregg as did Mr.. CIeland. AS
no action had been taken by the board re-
garding the adoption of the name for a
and give it no further consideration.
The major part of the session Of the
tor the naming of schools. A petition was
presented TO name school No. Is Henry
w. Longfellow:" No. 90 wallace Foster"
w Psrkef TRe pup h and teachers and
the patrons Of No. 81 filed petitions for the
name of wallace Foster" Petitions had
To name the school Nicholas r. Ruckle. p"
Commissioners MoOres offered a resolution
10 the effect that since about equal num-
Der had petitioned for the two names the
board should take no action in naming the
school at this time The resolution was
adopted.
Superintendent Kendall asked the board
TO visit the IrVington school and inspect
the manual training exhibit there. He also
asked for a new plan of grading teachers
in examinations. He proposed a plan of
accepting graduates from courses taught In
Butler College. the Indiana and Chicago
universities and other institutions of high
standing, in lieu of the state examination.
The board will consider the change
Business Director Cleland said he and
the president of the board had inspected
school No. II. at Capitol avenue and Thir-
tenth street, to learn if the building is
safe. Much complaint has been made that
the building was unsafe and that the plas-
tering was loose. Mr.. Cleland said he and
President Sloan did not consider the build
| ing unsafe, but to better satisfy the COM
piainants the city building inspector. at
their request, looked over the building and
pronounced 1t safe. Architect Adolph Sher-
rer was then instructed TO go over the
building carefully and report the result.
His report follows I'm compliance with
your request TO examine the school build
ing at the corner of Capitol avenue and
Thirteenth street, I herewith beg leave to
inform you that the same is entirely safe
for its purpose. The plastering of some
ceilings is in need of repairs and 1 would
recommend metal ceilings to be constructed
over the present plaster ceilings" The re-
pairs will be looked after by the business
that no school building should have plas-
ter ceilings, especially if there is more than
one story
PETITION FOR A BRIDGE.
Residents in the vicinity of the Abraham
Lincoln School. on Ringgold avenue, have
petitioned the Board of Works for a bridge
across Pleasant run. The business direc-
tor instructed TO sign the petition as a
bridge at that point would save school
children several squares walk.
The distribution of portable school houses
came up and Superintendent Kendall said
one ought to go to Irvington. The need
of these houses is so great that the six
can already be placed.
Business director Cleland reported that
he would soon have the school enumeration
completed. He was not prepared to give
| definite figures. but said he thought the in
crease in attendance would be between
! 200 and 100, and that the report would
show between 1000 and 1900 school chill
| dren.
The board unanimously consented to close
/ school May 10 on account of the dedication
of the soldiers and sailors monument 1t
/ was said that that day would perhaps be
/ the only opportunity the school children
would ever have to see the old war flags
carried.
! a committee consisting of the librarian,
| business director and secretary of the
/ board, was appointed to compile a history
! of the public schools of Indianap polls. This
will be a valuable book, the board thinks,
| in furnishing data and other informal ion
/ that is not now available without consid-
| cradle research. The history is to contain
/ ents, principals and persons that have been
! identified with the public schools. Some of
1 the petitions filed for naming buildings
state that the person whose name they
wish the building TO bear had long been
| identified" with the schools, and the board
/ mas been unable TO substantiate these state
ments by the records.
petition has been filed for a German
teacher in school No. Al, IN North Indian
apOlis. 1t was said that there is no room
! for such a teacher in the school. The pc
tition was referred to Superintendent Ken
| dali
Bills were allowed amounting to S4S,-
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