The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-30
WOULD REVIVE
NIGHT SCHOOLS
PRESIDENT sCHLENER URGES
PROPOSAL ON SCHOOL BOARD.
His Annual Report, Now Ready, Also
Takes Up Other Important Matters in
Connection With the Schools.

John A.. Schlener, president Of the
board Of education, has prepared his
annual report for presentation TO the
| board. The report, which is now in the
! printers hands, is full Of valuable IN
| formation and suggestion. 1t IS as FOL
lows: sI.@1
The cash balance on hand July 1, 1904,
was $51.16o.74, while on July /, 1908, the
cash balance was SIS, 1872 .43. It has been
the aim to keep the expenses at the low
! est possible figure consistent with needs,
and thus relieve the burdens of taxation.
1t must be recognized, however that any
! system of public education is expensive,
and that many demands are made in the
4 interest CT greater efficiency The board
tthas endeavored to weigh carefully all de-
mands and to- grant these demands only
when imperative The large annual in
crease In enrolment renders necessary
i each year additional accommodations
additional teachers and additional ex-
pense. The needs Of the grades
have received the special attention of the
i board and the increasing intelligence and
skill Of the grade teachers are cornmen-
/ ded. The board has recognized the de-
mands of the patrons for a larger number
Of male principals in the graded schools,
and next year seven of the 1arge.< schools
will be in charge Of men, This change.
I am glad to say meets with the approval
Of many of the female principals. The
same condition prevails iii the high
schools. While the efficiency and skill
Of the female teachers are fully recog-
nized nevertheless boys and girls OF high
school age should, without question, for q
certain number of hours each day. come
under the direction of a strong. and Wig
orous male teacher. The need of the mas
culine element. .in-the, training of Young
J men and women should not be. overlooked.
+ The board of. tax levy granted 100000
for additional accommodations, and the
Following schools were enlarged and made
thoroly modern: Hawthorne, Franklin.
Whittier, Bryant and Monroe. Additions
are being made to the Calhoun, Adams
} and Clay, and all these buildings will now
be among the best in the system
Pure Water Question.
During the year the board Of educa tion
TOOK up the question of supplying pure
water to all the schools, and a generous
. o1ter was received from William Donald
3 son q GO. to furnish, from the artesiar
. wen at the Glass Block, all water needed
D Inns was conveyed by teams to the diff.
3 1erent buildings and placed in tanks. AL.
tho the expense was considerable vel
l the plan seems to meet with the approva
: or the patrons of the schools, and should
. thlnk' be continued next year This Is
. one OF the items of expense which the
= BOARD did not take into considera ton /,
t us demand upon the board OF tax levy.
r very careful consideration has als(
r oeen given to the question of cleanliness
n ana many experiments have been made
|. mere also the matter Of expense must be
= taken into consideration. After much
It discussion the following plan was do
It clded upon for the coming year: !
. That the school buildings be scr,1hhef
= thruonte during the summer, Thanksgiy
ing, CHRISTMAS and Easter vacations
Ihat each janitor shall !; scrub tw,
p rooms each Saturday between the open
0 ing OF schools in September and tn.
T. Thanksgiving, vacation, andpalsO between
the Easter vacation and the close a
80 school in June
I F. That all halls and stairways shall h
,, cleaned with floor OIL
Z That schoolrooms shall be cleaned wit,
> moor Oil, when requested by the prtnci
q PAL" =: : :. =. - me- -
!: Summer. and Night Schools.
a For several years the Improvement
+ League has carried on during six week:
= IN the summer, system of vacation
n SCHOOLS, and the board has given 5th,
= league the use of certain buildings. The
/ 1und has been raised by private sub
t scr1ption and the board has assumed NJ
s responsibility It has seemed to the mem
9 bers of the league, and also to som,
4 members of the board, that all schools
u : carried on in the school buildings SHOULD
:, ne uHuef the direction; Of the board, an{
y before the opening Of the summer ses
% % sion an arrangement was made by which
70 the schools should come entirely unde
% % the direction of the board, which Should
y employ and assign the teachers, Will
4 the league became responsible for the ex
~ pense- This has given a decided f1npe
tus to the schools, always popular,
n trust that in the near future thew ma,
q become permanent part Of the schoc
9 system For many years prior to 1895
le evening schools were regular and valu
A. able part of the school system The need
n OF day schools and the FINITE
is amount at our disposal made it neces
sary to discontinue these schools.
urge the necessity of again making then
a part of the school system. Not onl
- were their privileges highly priced b
:, many boys and girls, unable to atten
id the day schools but they We're Of inesti
III mable value to a large number of adult
m recently come from other countries TIL
IL necessity for these schools still exists
IN and believe that their restoration woul
ct meet with hearty approval
ct