Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-10
TWO NEW
SCHOOL LAWS

meeting Monday for the purpose OF
awarding contracts for cleaning the
school buildings and transaGting any
other business. There were quite d
number OF bidders for the work, the
proposals varying hut little IN the
figures ST omitted.
The bids were opened and read by
the Secretary, the contracts being
awarded as follows
First Ward building-Mrs. Sara Mil
ler. $500.
Second Ward-Mrs. Dye and MIS-.
Helm, $25. 90.
Third Ward-Mrs Amelia Davi 5,
$500.
Fourth Ward-Mrs Ida Wilson,
$1,000.
Welsh Hill-Mrs. Anderson, So. 90.
Mr.. Fischer reported that excellent
progress was being made in the mat
ter of repairs In the way of addition
al repairs it was ordered that the wash
basins in all the buildings be over
hauled and fixed up at as cheap rate
as possible.
Ralph Kisner, Solicitor. was at the
meeting and called the attention of
the Board to several new laws relat-
ing to the public schools. which were
approved last spring. He first read the
act of March Is, 1905, permitting chill
dren residing in districts in which
there are no high schools to attend
high school in some other district.
The act reads as follows
Section /. Be it enacted, &c, That
children residing in school districts in
which no public high school is main e
tained may attend q high school in
some other district located near their
homes provided the consent of the
directors of the district in which sal d
high school is located be first obtain
ed the cost of tuition and school
books, which shall not exceed that of
the tuition and school books of chill
dren in the same grades or courses in
the district maintaining such high
school, shall be paid to the district re-
ceiving such children out of the mon
eys raised by taxation for public
school purposes in the district in
which said children reside: Provid-
ed, That before admission to a high
school such pupils shall be examined
and found qualified for high school
work, by the principal of such high
school.
1t appears there is some misappre-
hension throughout the county as to
the provisions of this law. To make
it perfectly plain just how far the
Danville School Board is Obliged to
go under the law the following resolu-
tion was adopted:
That no children from outside the
Borough shall be admitted except on
an order from the School Board of the
School District where said children
reside guaranteeing the expense of tut
tion and then only provided there is
room in the high school.
The second act referred to was that
relating TO Humane Education, "
which reads AS follows:
Section /. Be it enacted, &c, That
a system of humane education which
shall include kind treatment of birds
and animals shall be included in the
branches of study now required by law
to be taught in the common schools
such instruction to be given to all
pupils up TO and including the fourth
grade of the public schools of the
Commonwealth and to consist OF not
more than half an hour each week
during the whole term of the school.
That no experiment upon any living
creature to demonstrate IN hysiology
shall be permitted in any of the pub
lie schools of the State. The above
act, which was approved March 27,
1905, takes effect Immediately.
The following members were pres.
ent: Adams, Orth. Burns, Purscl. Har-
ing, Werkheiser. Won Blohn. Fischer,
Trumbower. Heiss and Grone.