The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-15
AUSTIN WARNS
 SCHOOL BOARD
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 children; Q0 that d supervisor or special teacher in physical training De employed: Q3) that in the future con, struction of school buildings lndlVldudi compartments for pupils wraps pe provided: QD that provision be made for more frequent sweeping, washlls and general cleaning of school buiid- ings
 The report also deals at length Witi the appointment of teachers, discusses school administration and school sup ervision, explaining how they are con ducted in our schools, refers to the el- forts of the building committee 10 pro Vide more hygienic school furniture, speaks favorably of the practice ol transferring successful grammar schooi teachers to the High school, and ex- plains the relationship existing between the city board of education and me stateaboard of education in the appoint ment and fixing of salaries or the teachers in the Dwight district. The report states that the average
 annual increase in the total number of | school children for the past five years | has been 769. and in actual average
 daily attendance 624 At the present
 time, for children not provided with regular school accommodations, there
 are in use eleven basement rooms, live
 outside rooms and eleven rooms In
 which double sessions are maintained
 a total of twenty mine.
 President Whitney in hs report said
 The board of education presents
 herewith its annual report, as required
 by the city charter This report in
 cludes the report of the superintendent
 of schools to the board, the reports Of
 the supervisors to the superintendent
 the report of the committee of the board of finance. and
 the usual statistics to all of whicl
 your attention is respectfully called
 Perhaps the most important event oi the past year was the adoption of th' new salary schedule for the teacher of the district. The superintendent il
 his report for the year 1906 earnestl!
 recommended an increase of salaries ? and the recommendation was referre < to the committee of the board ol { schools The committee gave the who'll
 salary question most careful considera
 tion, and the revised schedule adopte by 1t was unanimously adopted by tn 5. board
 - The buildings of the district are nov {. estimated to be worth about s2,o)0,00t f and 1t would seem to be wise ecnom s to keep them in sufficiently good re l, pair to at least prevent serious deteri :. oration. Twenty thousand dollars pc : year or i per cent, on the estimate if value, is the smallest possible sum tha ;, will accomplish this result, but as }. matter of fact the appropriations fo 7, a number of years, available for thi [. purpose. have not been sufficient { ,. permit the expenditure of half tha r. sum.
 The change in the character of ou population caused by the influx of for
 eigners. large percentage being chil i dren of school age who cannot spea
 English. has created new educatIona problems. We must educate thes \ children in order 10 make them usefu \ and law abiding citizens, but our ol methods do not seem wholly adapted | their needs and certain notifications | the curriculum of the schools frequent
 ed by them, seem to be necessity In this connection the superintendent discussion of what he calls ''vocationa schools should receive special atten tion.
 The report of the finance eommite showed total receipts of S6ll,415,lS an total expenditures of S5S4,60412. Q the expenditures, the amount of sala ries is $3S5,09s.36.
 The committee on school building reported that 1t advertised for bids fo
 tho addition to the Horace Day schoo building to be opened Monday, Fehru ary 8, 1908, that sixteen bids were re ceived and opened on that date, and tn contracts awarded to the lowest bid der as follows
 Fl ]. N. Leonard & Co.,, mason and car penter work s1, 100: James J. Grady plumbing and heating S2a9.