Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-04
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Voted to Furnish Seven Rooms 1T
 Walsh School for Fall Term.

Walsh School for Fall Term.
 The board of education at the meet ing last evening did not transact very l important business. It did not break the, record for brevity, nor was it par- ticu1ar for old age. Mayor Kilduff I presided and all the members were present except Messrs Gooneough and | Chapman.
 Copies of the new rules were given to each member to sleep on for night or two, so that he can have his mind made up as to changes by next meet ing. A few minor reports were made by committees. The petition of the members of the drawing department of the evening school for an extension of the term of one month was denied, and that the school as whole be closed on the 14th of this month. Su- perintendent Tinker reported a change i'll the arithmetic course. He ex- plained that previously it was the GUS tom to take up one subject before the other was completed. The new plan will gradually take the pupil up the l line, So to speak, developing and en- 1 larging the grasp as It progresses. 1 We have too much to do to spend l NAAAA- AOOA@4AS ohCI dGlIu- metical puzzle questions which no one should undertake to solve till we'll 1 yersed in algebra and geometry. They are an annoyance and discouragement simply because they are introduced be- fore their time-before the study of the principles on which the solution de bends. The classes should be taught in divisions, securing the closest atten- ton from all. More can be accom-. plished in five minutes with all atten- tive than In fifteen with a part mat tentive''
 The above was embodied in a report from the superintendent. A copy or the new method was supplied each member.
 Clerk Fitzgerald read Inspector sm1th's report. It was truly an inter- esting article. It showed all the work done by the inspector during the past
 month, all the nails he drove "home." the JOCKS repaired, the panes of glass put n, the window ropes straightened out, walls that were whitewashed. etc. The Inspector recommended snow guards be placed on the roofs Of the High and Clay street school The re. 1 port was adopted and the recommenda- ton allowed
 Truant Officer Turkeys report fol- lowed In word. 1t was that he Gin 1 vestlgated' l23 cases sdurfng the past month" The report showed the dis l position of each cease"
 The committee on printing reported the completion of the annual renort copies of which were on hand. It was l voted to have the spring term of yaca- ton from March q to April l. 1 IL was voted to furnish seven rooms or me Walsh school for the fall farm also TWO or three rooms in Russell school. one in Briggs and one in Bar nara. The cost will be about So OOo Whlch includes freight and the puttino l up or The furniture in the respective scnools. The furniture will be fur- nlshed by contract and bids will ba | opened on the evening of March 31.
 Superlntendent Tinker sprung a snr- prise on the board then. He said thai regarding the new boundaries of the l school district he discovered that tba mast Mountain CT Prospect sub-district taxes Ill portion Of Prospect proper. ] and It may have been that the resi-, qents or that portion of the district nave been getting their supplies free rom the town Of Waterbury, and vet VI 1AoN pet oi1e ceHl toward the ex- pense of the town. MT Tinker was not sure that such condition of things exists. or even existed hu+ i+ occurred to him that 1t might ba so This matter was left to NIr Tinker to see Hibert Hotchkiss, committeeman of that district.
 l men by way of reaction q snrnr,sa came in an application from s. P. VII Hams. Mir Williams seemingly haard that the board was going to adjust the insurance on the school plant. and ha would have the board understand that his whack of the money was only S3 : ouu. The fact is that the proposition when the board has on hand is 10 cut down the insurance rates.
 applications for posts as ianitors were received from William John Null yey and Patrick H. Rei. They were i filed.
 Commissioner Russell as chairman oI tue committee on school buildings. reported that the committee has ex, tended the time for completing the
 walsh school to July 10. It was re- ported that the cost of adjusting the insurance would be from $500 to S7OO. Cornelius Tracy to do the work. Mayor hlldun did not see where so much money was to come from, and the mat ter died away In a discussion. It was favorably reported to engage a per manent Janitor at the Porter street school at S45 a month. The board then adjourned.