Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1903-11-26
\CHOOI. BOARD
IN SESSION

/ The School Board held regular
meeting Monday eve Several very i'm.
! portant matters pertaining to the good
( of the schools were discussed at length.
A couple of cases of insubOrdinatioI
were considered and it was a question
| how far the board has right to be in
! dulgent i'll the matter, permitting, say,
/ one boy i'll room, by his leVity and
! disregard of rules to interfere with
! the discipline and prevent progress
J with others who are more Obedient
! and Industrious Cases were cited
where the Board had erred i'll the past
aud bad boys were permitted to re.
main in school who should have been
sent to some reformatoIy institu.
| tion
One of the boys-a High School
pupil-who is causing trouble at pres.
ent has been suspended by his teacher,
! although he was not before the Board
last night. On motion Of Mr.. Greene
the Borough superintendent was in.
structed to notify the boy to appear be
| fore the Board at its next meeting and
| show cause WHY he should not he ex-
| PEELED.
Borough Superintendent Gordy re-
ported that a number of the desks in
the High School were found dsfaced
! by having the initials of names cut
into them. The Principal he said, in
eight cases found out who had cut the
desks and had reported the matter to
him They talked il over and decided
that as a punishment the boys should
be made to pay for the damage done.
The desks were ordered repaired and
the bill 50. 80, will be divided among
the eight offenders. 1t was the sense
OF the Board that the superintendent
and Principal have taken the proper
course and on motion of Mr. Fischer
their action was sustained.
Attention was called to some finish
ing touches still lacking upon the
basement wall OF the new High School
annex After discussion the matter
was placed in the hands OF Mr. FlSch-
er of the Building and Repair Com
mittee with instructions To wait upon
the contractor to SEQ how soon the
work omitted can be done
Mr.. Fischer reported that two panes
of glass have been inserted III the door
Al the Pine street entrance to the High
School which are found 10 be a great
Improvement by admitting more light
into the hall. On motion as al ad
ditional Improvement it was ordered
that the doors be painted.
Mr.. Burns reported case OF scarla-
tina in the Second Ward. but he said
that all reasonable precautions are be-
ing taken and that there is no occas-
ION for Tear that the diseast viii
spread in school
\ discussion followed as TO the best
methods Of disiniection. Mr.. Burns
explained how the disease germs are
fought AT the Hospital for the Insane,
when it was found that the Borough Is
little if any behind in the matter of
disinfection. The School Board owns
very valuable formaldehyde general
or, in the manipulation of which Rob
ert Miller, janitor. has become an ex-
pert. The buildings are all regularly
disinfected
The following members were pres
ent at the meeting Monday: Keefer,
Orth, Greene. Burns. WerkheiseI,
Won Bluhn, Fischer and Byerly.
The Truant officer presented a re-
port as follows: Pupils out OF school
| on account of sickness, 70; cases of
truancv, number of pupils detained
out OF school for want of suitable
clothing, 10.
On motion the report was accepted
by the Board.
The following bills were ordered