Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-03-12
MAY TEACH ESPERANTO
IN THE CITY SCHOOL
James [. Smiley Petitions for Its
introduction.
DAMACESTO STANTON SCHOOL.
Estimated That S55S.75 VIII Cover
Loss in Recent Blaze-Neasure
for Future Protection

| The Board cf County School Com
missioners met yesterday in regular
session, all the members being pres
ent The following business was
transacted
Rev James L. Smiley pre- sented
petition. numerously signed, asking
that Esperanto, in accordance with
/ permission recently granted by the
State Board Of Education, be substi-
tuted in the High School for Latin in
the first half year of the beginning
class. The matter was referred TO
the Superintendent for report at
the ne 81 meeting of the Board.
Mr.. c. l.. Clemson. IDEAL manager
If the {. & p. Telephone Company,
asked for a settlement of the bill for
telephone in use in the Eastport pub
Inc school The Board replied that as
they did not authorize the installa-
tion of said telephone, the company
would have to look for their pay to
the persons instrumental in having
the telephone introduced.
The Board voted $50 towards de-
fraying the expenses of the next
High School commencement.
The treasurer was directed to
pay, until further notice, one-half of
Miss Lucy Redmond's salary during
her emf breed absence on account of
the serious illness of her mother.
The teachers of School 1913 and
School 2-s, having reported ihat they
had raised the requisite $40 for
school Libraries, the Board voted each
like amount, as provided by law.
IL. this connection the Board passed
the following order: That, in the
purchase of school libraries, where
the Board contributes $40 towards
the same, teachers shall submit to
the superintendent for his revision
and approval list OF the books they
purpose to buy, and no books shall
be purchased until this has been done.
Five dollars a month was voted to
the janitor of Stanton School for
extra help about the furnace, the
same not to continue longer than
March 1Ith inst.
Mr. W. b. Gardiner as expert rep
resentative of the Board in the re-
cent CAdHAOn CGuUpA uECg IGpOGACQ
that he and tn, adjuster had agreed
upon the sum of $55S75 as sufficient
to cover all loss incurred by said fire.
In view of the large bill rendered
bv the Gas and Electric Light Com
pany tor the Annapolis schools, the
Board ordered that hereafter the cleo
tricity and gas of said schools shall
not be used except in connection with
the regular school work Wht tnever
they are used for extraordinary pur-.
poses by consent of the Board, the
persons so using them shall pay their
proportion Of the cost. Mr.. Melvin
voted in the negative.
The Superintendent was directed by
the Board to take up with their coun-
sci the question of the rebuilding of
the recently burned stables in the
rear of the Stanton school and to see
whether an order could not be Sc.
cured from the City Council, forbid
ding the owners from using any but
freproof material, as the structures
heretofore occupying these premises
have bean burned twice in the last
two years and are a constant menace
to the whole block of adjoining build
ings.
After passing a number of bills
the Board adjourned to meet again
on Tuesday, April g.