Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-03-15
COMMENCEMENT
IN COURT HOUSE

The high school commencement thi:
year will he held in the court house
on Thursday, May 3lst.
Mr. Pursel reported that the higi
! school committee had held IA meeting
in conjunction with the graduating
class for the purpose of selecting date
and a place for holding commence.
ment Nothing definite, however, was
determined upon, although the clas,
was very anxious that a date for com.
mencement at least be fixed, as the
class Is anxious TO arrange details as
to getting out invitations, &c. The
date favored by the class was the first
Thursday of June.
Since the meeting with the class the
high school committee met with the
county commissioners and determined
that the class could have the use of
the court house for commencement al
no expense beyond what might be re
quired to remunerate the janitOr
Borough superintendent Gordy ex-
planned that the school term this yeai
will terminate on Friday May 25th,
which is much earlier than for many
years past. He suggested that Thurs
day following. May 31st, be selected
as the date for holding commencement,
as June 1th, the first Thursday, would
be too long after the closing of the
schools.
ON motion of Mr.. Pursel, therefore
it was ordered that commencement be
held i'll the court house on Thursday,
May 3lst.
Mr.. Pursel reported that the tin gut
ters at two places on the roof of the
second ward school building are out of
repair and need painting. On motion
the matter was referred TO the build
ing committee.
Mr.. Fischer reported that the jani-
tor of the first ward reports shortage
of No. coal in that building; also
that the second ward building has "A
large overplus of No , coal On mo-
tion of Mr.. Fischer it was ordered
that IA quantity of No coal be haul
ed from the second ward to the first
ward school building.
Prof GOrdy reported that Prof
Shaw, principal of the third ward
schools, had failed to appear Monday
morning and that yesterday he receiv-
ed telegram from Professor Shaw
dated at Pittston which stated that he
would not he back until Wednesday.
Meanwhile the borough superinten-
dent is filling Professor Shaw 5 place.
Professor Gordy was unable to state
whether the professor is detained on
account of illness or some other cause.
Treasurer Schram presented a state
ment of finances to date which showed
"A cash balance on hand of S72l3.SS.
Borough Superintendent Gordy pre-
Sented report for the last month rs
follows:
Boys registered during month, 568
girls, COS total, 1l74
Average attendance of boys during
month, 5l4 girls, 54S; total, 1862.
Percentage Of attendance by boys
during the month, 90 girls. %; total.
%.
Number of pupils absent during
month, go; number of pupils tardy
during month, 2S7; cases of tardiness
by pupils, 404; cases of tardiness by
teachers. l.
Number of pupils who have not at
tended - per cent. of time belonged,
ST. number of pupils reported TO the
truant officer, a. cases of corporal
punishment, u.
The borough superintendent called
attention TO remarkable feature of
the report as it related to the third
ward grammar school In this room
each of the boys and each of the girls
was present every day of the month,
earning the remarkable showing of one
hundred i'll percentage all around.
The truant officer presented a report
which revealed that 195 pupils were
on the sick list. There were nine cases
of tIuancy. Six pupils were detained
at home for want of shoes. Ten notices
were sent out.
The following members were pres
ent: Adams, Orth, Pursel Haring,
Werkheiser, Trumbower, Heiss, Fisch-
er, NonBlohn, Harpel and Grone.
The following bills were ordered
paid