The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-10-07
CITY SCHOOL BOARD
Holds Important Meeting Tues.
day Night and Elects q
New Teacher.

The City RoaTd of Education held a
lengthy and rather important meeting
Tuesday night. There ives a tull attend.
ance of the members, with President
Fleming in the chair. The minutes Of
the previous meeting were read and
adopted and the board was then ready
for business.
Room For Industrial School.
The first matter considered was the
question of furnishing room free of
charge to the ladies of the Industrial
School. The entire board was DESTROYS
of helping them in every possible way
and it was finally arranged that the
library room at the Athenaum build
ing be fitted up for Miss Scott, if prac-
ticable, and the room now occupied by
her he given the Industrial School for
use on Saturdays to be kept until it is
needed by the city schools.
Visiting Committees Report.
The Visiting Committee for Sep.
TENDER, consisting of MessIs. Erwin,
Perry and Mayor Brownlow. reported
that they had visited the two white
schools and were greatly impressed
with the condition of affairs and the
excellent work the schools are doing.
! The Mayor and Mr.. Provine. who had
visited the colored school, also made
report. Nh. Piovine talked at consid.
cradle length about what they saw and
the Mayor also made a talk. Both
were very much pleased with the work
of the schools and complimented Supt,
Kelly for the results he is securing.
They reported that the building Ia
neatly kept and that the teachers and
pupils at theiI own expense have made
some very decided improvements at
the building. Mr.. PIov1ne said that a
great many features of the school work
there are admirable and that Prof,
Kelly has been very successful in cultl-
waiting among the pupils and teachers
what the speaker called 'the school
spirit. y He said they are proud Of their
building and are appreciative OF what
the white people have done for them
and are doing all they can to make the
school all it should be. There Is one
room, used as chapel, which needs
plastering and finishing and on his
motion it was ordered that the Com
mlttee on Building and Supplies have
this room put in shape. Mayor
Brownlow said he was very much graf
flied with the working OF the colored
school and thinks 1t entitled to more
consideration than it has had in the
matter of finishing up the rooms which
he said could be done at small ex'
pense. 1t was reported that there are
433 pupils in this school,
New Teachers Elected
For some time the first grade has
been very much crowded and Miss
Wilkins, by an arrangement with the
board, divided the pupils and has been
teaching one section in the morning
and the other in the afternoon, receiv-
ing SO. 20 pei month additional for her
extra work. This gave her mote work
than she could stand, however, and Ii
was decided best to elect a regular
teacher for the first grade,
the growing demands of the schools
1t, and the salary was fixed
1t $25. 90 per month. Miss Kate Bostick
was elected to the position and her
election leaving vacancy in tho list
Of substitute teachers, Miss May Scott
was elected as substitute.
Some other Matters.
A committee consisting of the regu.
ar Committee on Building and Sup
)lies to act in conjunction with Supt.
3ostick, was appointed to investigate
he cost of sewerage and water closets
It the Aheneum building, and report
o the next meeting of the board Of
Aidermen.
Several accounts were allowed and
rdered paid.
Insurance policies on the Athen@um
uilding amounting to $4,000, were
enewed for five years. The board
lso carries S., 600 on the Andrews
uilding nd $4,000 on the colored
uilding.