Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-15
BOARD or EDUCATION.

BOARD OF EDUCATION.
 Two Departments of Evening School
 Closed for Lack of Attendance.
 The board of education held it's mid-monthly meeting last evening. Vice President Kent presided. Bids for school supplies were opened and action was deferred until next Monday. . evening when a special meeting will be held and by which time Clerk Fitz- gerald will have them tabulated. The bidders were Davis & Nye. Waterbury Blank Book Go, J. M. Alcott & Go, Bos- ton, George F. King, Boston, and J. l.. Hammett, Boston. The salaries of School Inspector Smith and Truant Off, ficer Hurley were raised $2OO. making the formers $1,2O0 and the latter's $1,- 900. Architect Freney presented plans for the addition to the Water. vile school showing the entire builds Ing as it will be when completed. ThA addition will have eight rooms and two floors. four rooms on each. They will be somewhat larger and higher than the present rooms. The build ing will be heated and ventilated by one system. The plans have been ap- proved by the Waterville school visi- tors and similar action was taken by the board of education.
 A communication was received from the board of finance to the effect that School Carpenter Quinn will be al- lowed $2OO a year for the use of his horse. This is a reduction of $40 of the board of education's recommenda- t1on. The rule relating to teachers ! visiting other schools was amended so that hereafter they shall within two weeks after a visit make detailed re- port in writing to their principal. superintendent Smith informed and greatly surprised the board, incident- ally That Mrs Hooker, a teacher in the commercial department, had been ap- pointed teacher by the New Britain board of education at salary of S1 1000 8 year and that she informed him ltshe would prefer to remain here nro- |vfded her salary was raised to saSO She is now paid $S5O Her salary was increased.
 Applications for positions as teach. lers in the High school were received from Bradford Webster and Charles P Smith They were rcfr~red to the lpropcr cclnmittea
 On motion of Commissioner Chan Imam it was decided that hereafter that graduates only should be allowed to take part in the reception of the grad- Iuating class and those who are en- titled to certificates shall be given them in the High school instead of fn public, as has been the custom. Pres Iident Chapman stated that many of
 those who were prominent in the class
 day exercises last year were class of- Ulcers, yet they did not graduate. This
 he considered improper and inconsist-
 lent.
 Principal Wilbv shall be notified of
 this change so that no feelings shall
 be hurt bye and bye. '
 On account of lack of attendance
 Superintendent Smith reported that
 two departments in the evening school
 have been closed and the teachers
 withdrawn. He also reported the at
 mospheric conditions in the Walsh E school as actually intolerable. Some
 rooms are freezing; some roasting and
 some stifing. The ventiIating and
 heating plant was put in by the Ma
 tional Economizer Go 1t was decid-
 led to allow the company until Febru-
 ary 1 to properly adjust the apparatus,
 and IT they rail to comply by that time
 to have the work done by others at their expense. Applications for the |janitorship of the Mulca1nv school were received from Edward Kiely, Gran \ lite street; Michael Foley and John J. McGrath It was then proposed to sus- pend with the services of the inspec-
 tor on the work of the Mulcahy school building. Commissioner Griggs saw
 no more need for such services. As a. general thing, anyway. architects do |such work as this. School Inspector Smith said the inspector was needed
 more now than before and that it would have been well if the city had an inspector over the contractors who erect the Walsh school. The matter l was discussed to some extent. after 1 which 1t was decided to discharge the
 inspector after this week. The pay rolls and bills were then approved. ex- cepting few for incomplete work on the Mulcahy school and the board ad- iourned to next Monday evening Buy piece of fancy burnt wood at