Evening journal., 1912-10-15
BUSY SESSION
OF SCHOOL BOARD
New Teachers Appointed and
Lunch Room for Howard
School Discussed

In the absence of President short
iidec. OF the Board OF Education. sho
arrived home from California last
night. but was too fatgued TO attend
the meeting OF the board last night,
s'muel II. Baynard, of the Ninth
ald was elected to preside at the
meeting
Chairman Burton. Of tha fuel and
1ntors' committee reported that the
b.rmittee had awarded the contract
oi installing the heating plant at the
ItN school under construction be-
,ond Washington street bridge, TO r.
a. Weldin at his bid OF S2S30. il be-
ing the lowest bid submitted.
On motion of Chairman Robinson
of the new building committee. VIII
liam IA. Jones. the contractor for the
new building was allowed S1l, ,430,
drst payment under the contract
AS the time OF opening the night
schools Is drawing near, on motion
of Chairman Morrow Of that COM
mittee the matter OF arranging for
the opening of these schools was left
to that committed
The following pay rolls we're al
lowed: officers and janitors, Sl,936-
.02; teachers. St9S61.32.
superintendent Twitmyer. of the
public schools. who acted as chair
man Of the exercises at the corner
stone laying at the new No. 30 school.
was called upon to make report
on that event which he did. An ao-
count of the laying of the corner
stone has been published. He said
the exercises we're conducted In u
dignified manner.
MIR Baynard. OF the Ninth ward,
who laid the corner stone, made a
few remarks in addition 10 the report
made by Mr.. Twitmyer.
The designations OF Miss Ethel G.
Toppin and Miss Edna Bronstein,
teachers. were received and adopted
Thomas f. O'Donnell. Of the Tenth
ward. who was chief marshal of the
childrens parade during "Old Home
Week" celebration reported on that
parade He said there we're 5000
children In line and the showing
made by them was a credit to the
oity He said the only mistake made
was that City Council did not fur
nieh enough bands Mr.. ODonnell
desired to extend his thanks TO the
teachers. Board of Education mem
bers and High School students who
assisted him. for their assistance He
said that had there been more time
he felt that every school child could
have been induced TO participate In
the parade and there would have
been a float at the end OF the line
of each school to take care OF the
smallest children.
On motion OF DR. Cooper, a vote Of
thanks was extended to Mr. O'Don-
nell for the able manner In which he
marahailed the parade.
AS other medical societies have tho
privilege of using the board rooms
I'M which to meet, on motion of DR..
Cooper the same privilege was ac-
corded to the Homeopathic Medical
Society OF New Castle county.
resolution was adopted by the
board on the safe return from Cali
fornia OF President Shortledge and
wishing him continued improved
health
The teachers committee recon-
mended the appointment OF the fol-
lowing teachers. Miss Jennie Todd,
Miss Hazel Ward, Miss Elsie Eek
man. Miss Susanna Henvis, Miss Jen-
HE Greenstein, Miss Ethel Bonham,
Miss Helen McIntire, Miss Margaret
Malone and Miss Mary Brown, to be
assigned later to schools In which
there are vacancies.
The annual statement of income
on legacies left for the education of
eolored children, was submitted by
the Security, Trust and Safe Deposit
company, trustee for the African
School Society OF Wilmington
The question OF instiuting a lunch
tounter at the Howard High School
Tor coiored children. on the same
blan but not SO extensive as at the
Wilmington High school, was
brought up by Dr. Cooper and was
referred to the committee on the
Howard School.
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