Evening journal., 1914-09-15
Department OF
history Created
Board of Education Acts on
Suggestion of New
Superintendent
OLD HOME WEEK
PARADE TALKED OF

The Board of Education INDUCED
in a lengthy session last night Su-
perintendent of Schools Clifford j.
Scott acted as secretary of the meet
ing in the absence of Harry J. Guth-
rie, secretary, who is on his vaca-
ton. Thomas F. ODonnell, who has
been named as marshal of the school
children's parade on Tuesday, Octo-
Der 10, asked the cooperation OF the
board and requested that the mem
bers endeavor to secure automobile
trucks to carry the children Of the
primary grades in the parade.
DR.. T. o. Cooper objected to the
board taking any action in the mat
ter Of having the children partici-
pate in the parade. He believed the
responsibility Of the board ended
with giving the children that day of.
1--WE have no more right to tell
them to parade than we have to tell
the teachers TO parade" he said.
President Baynard and Mr.. O'Don-
nell explained that it was entirely
optional with the children whether
or not they take part in the parade
The board will simply give the schol-
ars the day off and they can enterit the
parade or not as they see fit
Upon motion of Col. Morrow the
board decided that Tuesday. OctO-
ber 10, be a school holiday. AS Mon
day, October II, is a legal holiday,
being Columbus Day, it leaves only
three days of school that week, and
Col. Morrow embodied In his motion
that there be only one session of
school during these three days. The
motion prevailed.
DR.. Cooper informed the meeting
that the board has received a check
from the State Treasurer for. the pay
ment of tuition of nonresident pupils
as per law, but this check was less
than one-half of the amour due the
board from this source. DR.. Cooper
explained that the State had paid in
full other districts. where non-resi-
dent pupils are attending school. and
the amount received by the board
was the amount remaining of the ap-
preparation made for this purpose. II
was customary for the school board
to present a bill to the Legislature
for the remainder of the amount, he
said, and he anticipated no difficulty
in getting the amount from the Leg
islature. DR.. Cooper said that eighty
nine nonresident pupils have at
tended the schools during the past
season.
The resignation Of Miss Eckman,
who was recently married to DR.. Nc
Elfatrick, was accepted by the board.
On motion of George ROmmel.
chairman Of the fuel and janitor COM
mittee, a certificate of indebtedness
was drawn to the credit of the Con-
sumers' Ice and Coal Company for
coal furnished the schools.
The repair committee, of which Mr.
! ODonnell is chairman, was giyer
power to have the Stag roofing PLACED
on schools Nos I and % at a cos
not exceeding sos and SIS respectively
in the order of the schools named.
The report Of City Treasurer Price
showed a balance in bank to current
/ expenses of $22,O30.11 and special
$2O.0O3.O3.
The pay roll Of officers and janitors
amounting to $2,14O27 and sundry ex.
| penses Of S16,595.S7 we're reported
and order for the amounts were or
dred drawn to the respective credits
DR.. Cooper said that during the
past year the board had received from
the parents of the pupils their share
of the tuition costs of such pupils
with the understanding that when
the State returned the money that
they would get back whatever money
was coming to them Under this rule
each parent pays a pro-rata share
of his child's education less that paid
by the State.
In other words, if the State pays
for SS pupils, instead of heretofore
when these were given free tuition
anG the remaining parent was forced
to pay, the entire SO will pay a pro
rata share. This agreement has
been very satisfactory to the parents
CT such pupils. DR.. Cooper moved
that checks be drawn TO these par.
ents, who in turn may return then
to the school board as part payment
! for the tuition of their children dur
ing the coming school term. This
motion prevailed.
New High School Department.
Upon recommendation of Superin
tendent Scott, a new department il
the High School, TO be known as tn
Department of History, was created
The late superintendent of schools
DR.. George w. Twitnyer, had recon
mended that the High School be di
vided into several divisions, and a
his suggestion it was divided into
Commercial Department Department
of Domestic Science and Department
of English. Professor Scott recent,
recommended that a Department o
History be created, and DR.. T. Q
Cooper, chairman of the High Schoo
committee, last night made a motion
which prevailed. that such a depart
ment be created.
Later in the meeting the report o
| the teachers committee was adopted
recommending the appointment o
Harold A. Hallowell TO take charge o
the newly created department at tn
High School at a salary of $1,000
year.
Mr. Hallowell has had a very wide
varied, and successful educationa
experience. He is a graduate Of tn
Central High School and School o
Pedagogy Of Philadelphia, and OF tn
University of Pennsylvania. lmmed
lately after graduation from Pennsyl
vania he was appointed by the trus
tees to a Harrison Scholarship in Pc
litical Science-an honor which
conferred only upon those of recol
nized ability in scholastic work 70
and for a year he was engaged
further study in the Graduate Schoo
He has had nearly two years eXpel
ience in the East, the MiddleWest an
the Pacific Northwest His latest edt