Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-09
WILL SOON OPEN
A NIGHT SCHOOL
SUCH WAS ACTION OF BOARD
OF EDUCATION.

Final Arrangements Made at Last
Nights Meeting-TO Start Nov.
18th at High School Building
Open to Young Men and Young
Ladies.
At the regular meeting of the board
of education held last evening, a
matter Of considerable Importance
was disposed Of. 1t was the adoption
of a report favorable to the establish
ment of night school in the high
school building for the benefit of the
young men and young ladies of the
city who are unable to attend the
day schools by reason of the fact that
hey are employed in the factories or
otherwise engaged in earning a liveli-
hood.
The report to the board was made
by the committee on teachers and in
struction. Chairman Voss in the way
of explaining the action of the COM
mittee said they were not over sanguine
as the experiment had been tried here
in the past without success. They
were willing however to risk the ven
ture, realizing that there were more
young ladies and young gentlemen in
the city than there were then. Will
ing to make another attempt and trust
to the changed conditions.
The report stated that the men,
bers of the committee had taken the
matter up with the superintendent of
schools and three of tie assistants
of the high school and they had con-
cluded to recommend the holding and
of such an evening school.
They recommended that it be held
in the high school building for
term of four months, commencing
Thursday, Nov. Is, 06, instructions to
be given twice week, Mondays and
1t was further recommend
ed that the male teachers of the high
school be employed at compensa-
ton of $1.50 per evening, it being
assured that the attendance be thirty
pupils or over. The plan is that if
1t the end of the first month the at
tendance shall fall below thirty, then
,ne of the teachers is to be dropped.
If it should gradually fall below
fifteen, then another teacher is TO be
dropped. Every pupil upon enter
ing school must register and deposit
he sum OF $1.5O for use of books
from the school library, all OF which
IS to be refunded at the END of the
;erm on return of books used and then
N their possession.
No pupil shall be accepted under
The age of fourteen years, or any who
are attending the public schools during
The day time. The evening school
will be under the supervision of the
,ity superintendent who will make a
monthly report to the board as to the
condition and efficiency of the school.
The text book committee submit a
report recommending the introduction
and purchase of the following text
books for use in the schools: Bur-
dicks Essentials of Business Law,
published by Appleton & Co. Frazies's
National speller, published by Row
& Go. The report was adopted.
The committee on supplies recon-
mended the purchase of last of physi-
cal laboratory apparatus, also of two
nature study charts. The report of
the committee was adopted.
Superintendent Roseman made
verbal report to the members of the
board on the schools. He stated that
the attendance at the high school was
233, no increase over his previous
report. The attendance IN the grades
was given as about the same, possibly
at increase of three or four. Mr..
Roseman stated that all of the high
school teachers attended the meeting
of the Southern Wisconsin teachers at
GAINESVILLE and were we'll repaid for the
trip in the benefits they received.
Only one of the grade teachers was in
The members of the board decided
to give the use of the high school
rooms free for t e use of the lecture to
be given tomorrow (Friday) evening
by one of the professors of the state
university. The lecture will be on
municiapal matters and it is to be
hoped that there will be large al
tendance of the business men OF the
city. The lecture is free and the
benefits to be derived should assure a
large attendance.
The members of the board were in
receipt of an invitation to attend
a teachers institute and school board
meeting to De held at jefferson on
the 23rd and oath of this month.