The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-11
Board of Education Discusses
Plan of Establishing Train
ing School Here.
TO INACCURATE LUNCHR0OM.
c. c. Rathmann Is Appointed AS
sistent Superintendent = Gen
eral Reassignments and
Transfers.

| The question of building n normal
school,. for which an appropriation of $40
| 600 was recommended al a recent meeting
! of the Finance Committee of the Board OF
! Education. came up for discussion at the
| boards regular monthly meeting last
! night. and was referred to the Teachers
| Committee for further consideration after
| debate.
Mr. Lockwood argued that he was not
| in favor of establishing a normal school
| under the direction of and dependent
upon the School Board of St Louis. as he
was of the opinion the State would be
willing to establish such an institution.
Mr.. Taussig took an opposite view. as
did several other members. and several
long discourses followed. all OF which held
that a State normal school would not fur
l., Nh the proper material for teachers in
the city schools.
Mr.. Taussig urged the action of the
board In the normal school matter. as the
scarcity of teachers, he said, was becom-
ing problem which. in the near future, II
not attended to. would be hard to solve.
He said that about sixteen teachers would
be available at the end of the present half
of the scholastic year, and that the supply
after that time would be even smaller.
He said that he did not favor the State
normal plan, as those teachers We're not
up to the standard of High School grad
yates
Superintendent Soldan, when asked for
an opinion on the matter, stated that 1t
was his experience that teachers pro
cured from the State normal schools were
net properly adapted for the education of
city children. He said their ideas were
of rural character. and that they were
rushed through without proper training.
Miss Matilda Buschman. one of the
teachers in domestic science at Hosmer
Hall. was appointed to take charge of the
lunch room at the Central High School at
a salary of $500 a year
Five hundred dollars was appropriated
TO start the lunchroom feature. and John
Schroers was selected to launch the EN-
terprise-
C. c. Rathmann, principal of the Gar
field School. was recommended by Super
intendent Soldan for Assistant Superin-
tendent. His appointment followed.
REASSIGNMENT.
The following teachers have returned from
the leaves of absence granted TO them by the
board and 1t is recommended that they be re-
Katherine Block. second assistant. Washing
Ida Behrens. second assistant. Eugene Field
Mamie Finigan second assistant, Riddick |
Jennie l.. Hubert. second assistant. Laclede
3. Bessie q. Newton. second assistant. Emerson |
School
Jessie II. Keys. second assistant Ames |
School
Fannie A. Hite. second assistant, Froebel
School
TRANSFERS.
The following transfers have been n,ade:
Mary Hansmann. second assistant Columbia
School. transferred from second assistant Ir- |
wing School
Annie ID. Cook second assistant Emerson
School. transferred from second assistant Ir-
wing School
Hattie Lindsay. paid assistant. Stoddard
morning Kindergarten. transferred from paid as
sistant. Ashland afternoon kindergarten
Fannie Hampton, paid assistant Sherman
morning kindergarten transferred from paid
assistant. Webster morning kindergarten.
Mrs. A. a. Hesse, paid assistant, Webster
and afternoon kindergarten. trans
ferred from substitute director. Ashland after
noon kindergarten.