The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-09-14
CENTRAL FALLS
SCHOOL BOARD
HOLDS MEETING

The school committee held its monthly
meeting last evening and elected "a truant
officer and clerk of the committee. Both
OF these officers were formerly held by B.
Frank Bowen. At the meeting last even
ing Edmond Schiller was elected clerk
OF the committee and Jehu Downes was
elected truant officer.
The committee on supplies reported
that desks had been rearranged in the
Broad street school and that the type
writer's in the high school had been over
hauled
Superintendent Mowry presented his re-
port, which contained some transfers and
appointments of teachers and the report
was accepted. 1t is as follows:
Sept. 13, 1906
70 the School COMMITTEES
Fourteen hundred fifty-one pupils
were enrolled among the public schools
OF this city at the close OF the afternon
session yesterday. The registration by
school buildings follows: High school, in
Guiding grade. 9, l20, Broad street, 2o2;
Genital street, lr0 Hunt street, GA; Wash
ington street 223; Garfield street, 1853; He'd
ley avenue los; Kendall street. 1903; West
Side Grammar, 1879; Dexter street, ll3 Ar
ranged by grades the membership is as
follows: High school. s2; grade 9. 81;
grade s, SO; grade Z, lol; grade 6, 100:
grade O. III: grade 4, 1873; grade 3, l70;
grade 2. 232 grade 1. 266.
The high school enrolment OF e2 pupils
Is an increase OF II over the number reg
istered at the opening of schools last year.
The entering class numbers "a. Fifty per
cent. OF the pupils who graduated from
the grammar schools in June. q in num-
ber, have entered the high school The
ninth grade is considerably smaller than
IL was last year. This was anticipated
because OF the small membership in last
years eighth grade. Thirty-seven OF the
i2 pupils promoted from grade in June
have entered grade 9. 2s being enrolled
at the high school building 3 al the West
Side school. The present eight grade
numbering SO pupils. promises much
larger ninth grade for another year.
Since the last meeting OF the school
committee l have made the following
transfers ana appointment of teachers
with your informal approval: Evelyn NJ
Young from grade 2. Broad street school,
20 ~ principalship OF the Kendall street
building; Sarah A. Cowperthwaite from
grade 3. Dexter street school. 20 grade 2,
Broad street school; Edna v Schiller TO
Dexter street grade 3 Formal action
should he taken at this meeting electing
these teachers 10 their new positions. Re-
spectfully submitted.
WENDELL A MOWRY.
Superintendent OF Schols.
NpU nolloU tn' 'uHUk'N Hihu' ny 'U'
superintendent I'm the transfer OF teachers
were approved
The matter OF the election Of clerk and
truant officer was then taken up. Chair
man Freeman stated that although both
offices had been held by one person In the
past. Il did not follow that such would
be tho case now. member Of the com
mittee had been clerk in the past. and
there did not seem 90 be any reason why
the office would not be again filled by
member.
Mr. MCINTYRE nominated Edmond schil-
ler a member OF the committee for the
office and he was unanimously elected
Applications for truant officer were read
from Charles T. Frost. Leonidas PoIlier.
Jr Iehu Downes and Edward Daven-
port.
II was agreed that a ballot should be
taken 10 decide the election. ana me hrst