Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-01
kRD OF EDUCATION
'fs Isansnl ApplIed Fer Posi-
 Hon ID High School.

fl Commissioner J. J. Mcdonald pre- sided at the meeting of the board Of education which was held last even- ing in the office of the Crosby High school. All the members were pres ent, even Mayor Thoms showing up about the close. An application from Miss Mary D. Tennant for an appointment in the high school was filed The application was accom- panied by a communication stating that Miss Tennant has been teach ing English in the schools for some years. that she studied German in Germany and is able to teach tn. language now.
 There was some talk about devis- ing means to raise $6,00O to pay on that old coal bill but no definite ac> tion was taken.
 Commissioner Chapman moved that the smoke nuisance arising from the plant of Lilley, Swift & Co and interfering with the work of the Lincoln school should be referred. to the department of public health. The motion was not only carried but it opened up the curiosity of Commis- sloner Monagan regarding the walt in the rear of the Lincoln school and which had to be removed and built over owing to excavations made by the Lilley, Swift people last sum- mer. At. that, time t was stated by the committee on the matter thas }Mr Lilley said he was very sorry to have any work of the concern in- terfere with the property of the city, but if 1t were necessary to remove the wall and build new one his firm would pay one-half the expense. Commissioner Monagan therefore asked in view of the wall having been completed mouths and months ago if MT Lilley had kept his word.
 "Oh MT Lilley has been too busy all summer to pay any attention tO walls" remarked Commissioner Me Donald. Tt was fences he was after all summer"
 Why you were on that wall com mittee yourself" said someone else, you ought to know whether or not he paid his share for it. Thia raised the laugh on Commissioner Monagan, and Commissioner Chap man said the smoke nuisance is real ly bad
 The following interesting report concerning the school enumeration from Superintendent of Schools Tinker was then read, ;..
 To the Board of Education,
 Gentlemen--The school census for 1908 shows in the humber of chil- dren at school" an increase of 275 and a decrease in those mot attend ing school of 536, which makes a decrease in the total school popula- tion of 261. Some quite remarkable facts are brought out in the enum- eration, showing the shifting about of the school population. Wash. ington Hill comprising the Washing shows decrease of 113. In the Brooklyn district, the Duggan and Barnard schools show a decrease oi s342, while the Porter shows an in. crease of 1922. making. the net de crease in Brooklyn 150. In the northern section of the city the Web ster and Walsh schools give an in crease of III and in the northwest ern sections, the Drfggs and BishoT street schools an increase of AT.
 There figures show conclusiyel, that in that part of the city south ol line drawn through East and Wes Main streets, there is a decided de crease in school population, while 1T that section north of this line there is very large increase. The schools in the center, Clay and Croft, art just holding their own, as their pu pills come both from the north ant south of the dividing line mentioned above. The evidences of the move ment into the northern portions O the city shown in the census, can al so be clearly seen in an examfna tion of the records of attendance II that section. The Bunker Hill ant Waterville schools in the districts both show an increase amounting tt about one room in each case.
 $ Distribution of Pupils.
 The returns for September show that there have been in actual at tendance in the schools 10.620 chil dren gain of 749 for the presen year as compared with last. Thes' pupils are distributed as follows:
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