The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-04-09
SCHOOL BOARD
HELD MONTHLY
BUSY SESSION
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT CoUN.
TY CONSIDERED AND NEW
PLANS ARE STARTED.


struction, at the monthly meeting
which was held in the Office of the
county superintendent last night. The
entire board was present and Presi-
| dent F. E. Brawner presided.
The matter of allowing the schools
a holiday for day to allow the chill
dren an opportunity of witnessing the
parade of the Veteran Firemen was
considered, upon representation made
by committee from the association.
The holiday was allowed.
An invitation was received from
the ladies of the Ladies' Memorial
Association, that the board take part
in the exercises on the afternoon of
April 26, was accepted, and the secre-
tary of the board was instructed to
! notify the association that the board
would accept the invitation.
President Brawner reported that he
had made satisfactory arrangements
concerning the school property at
Patterson. The present property, it
was announced, would be exchanged
for another site.
J. l.. Goodwin, supervisor for one OF
the country schools west of Pensa
cola, wrote and reported exceedingly
satisfactory progress on the part of
the pupils of the school. and thanked
the board for the placing of an as
sistant teacher as had been request
| ed. He also requested information on
| the subject of whether or not a mar
| ried lady would be acceptable as g
school teacher in the county. The
| latter question was answered by the
! announcement that single women are
preferable by the board.
Primary teachers desired the use
of supplementary reader for grades
and 3 in the city schools, and named
| a book which they would recommend.
| The board took the position that it
vas now too late in the session to
make a change in books, and will in
struct teachers to review the reader
already in use.
! Miss Irene Nolan asked for permits
sion to use school No. II to teach i
private school in. This lady was not
in the employ of the board and had
never taken school examination. 1t
was decided to refuse the request,
| giving the preference to regular
teachers employed by the board.
| Approach of Peace Day.
A letter from State Superintendent
| Holloway called attention to the ap-
proach of Peace Day. and recommend
ed that some observation be taken OF
the same. This will be on May IS,
| the first anniversary of The Hague
| Peace Conference. Teachers will be
| instructed to hold appropriate exer-
cises in keeping with the day and
! in explanation of it's purpose the
state superintendent wrote that "a
portion of the day be observed for
| appropriate exercises in recognition
| of the endeaVor of the natiors to es-
tablish a higher moral ideal in ma
| tiOnal relations" The board an
nounced that a manual of school eX-
ercises for the observance of the date
is in course of preparation by Lucille
CULVER, Hotel Elliott. Roxbury,
Mass, with a foreword by David
Starr Jordan. 1t was suggested that
teachers procure copy of this manu-
/ al and arrange for suitable pro-
gram for Peace Day observance.
| Samples of writing and drawings
| by the grade No. 1 classes of school
| No. 40 were exhibited and much
| excellent work The writing and
| drawings did credit to children in
| grades several steps upward, and that
was the opinion of the school board.
Quite a discussion arose as to the
adoption of the commercial and claS-
steal courses suggested for the new
! high school as recommended by a
| committee at the last regular meet"
| ing of the board. Mr.. Crary did not
| believe that shorthand and typewrit-
! ing should enter into the course as
| early as ii does, and thought that
chemistry should be started in the
! first instead of the third years course
as suggested. There was no great
| objection on the part of Mr.. Crary
when he was informed that the course
could and would be subject to change
when a teacher was employed, and
| he voted with the rest of them in
| the adoption of the course as had
been recommended. He said THAI
chemistry was needed badly in the
! first years, because Fscambia coun-
ty needs educated farmers, and an
| educated farmer nowadays is just
as necessary as an educated banker,
! and was worth half dozen mer-
| chants, so far as productivenesS was
| concerned.
Mr. Brawner called up the question
of normal school training on the
part of the present-employed teach
ers, and it developed that compare
lively little interest had been mani
| tested by the teachers in this coun-
| ty in the matter OF sumner nor
NAL 1t was announced, however,
that holders of a normal school GER
| tificate next and after years would
get the preference of appointments
in the schools. The school will not
be organized this summer, but it is
| hoped to have one for the next vaca-
| ton term.
| The question of employing a music
| al director for training the children
! in the forthcoming exercises was dis
cussed, but left open for further ar
rangement.
The board acceded to a request for
! n suspension of the Roberts school
| for three days, as the faculty wrote
that thew would want to attend the
| reunion at Mobile for the three DAYS.
| The SUSPENSION was granted. on con
dition that the lost time be made
up at the end Of the school term.