Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-25

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Recommendations as folioWS, mace 10y
the teachers committee, were adopted
That in each school which Is ComOmet
with another school, under one principal
"A teacher of that school may be seleCtcC
TO act for the principal IN her absence
and to assist the principal in her othel
duties such as making reports to the board
and superintendent. A teacher thus
selccted to act for the principal shall be
paid $50 per school y-ar 10 addition tc
her regular salary asteAcher.
That teachers who marry during the
period of the war and whore husbands
are in the national service may be con
tinued as regular teachers at the regular
salary schedule during the period Of the
war. provided there ia no waiting list
of graduates of the Teacher Training
School
That Mary F. Mcguire and Mary y.
Dohcrty be appointed instructors Of
gardening during the months of July
and August, 1918, each to receive salary
of S75 per month,
That the minimum salary for "A
class teachers for the coming school year
be 500
That with the opening of the new
High School building courses IN physical
education be established that the doInes-
tic science course he extended one year
and that instruction in dresSmaking and
millinery be offered
The designations Of Evangeline Barsky
and Elsie NJ. Waller, teachers, were
accepted
Mr. Souder was appointed committee
man for Schools Nos , and "a and the
Howard School during the absence of
Or Washburn, the regular committeeman,
who is performing military service
Mr. Rommel reported that owing 10
the scarcity of anthracite, schools which
arc not supplied with such coal will have
TO take bitumnous. The question of
employing two extra laborers, neccssitated
by the use Of bituminous, was referred to
the committee on fuel and janitors
Mr.. Souder told the board he would
offer the new High School Building for
acceptance at the next meeting
DR. Cooper urged the members of the
board to attend the High School and
Howard School commandments. Pres
idcnt Miller said he would attend. but
had asked Superintendent Scott TO award
the diplomas
School No. % was granted the use of
L llash Hall for closing exercises.
10 the board IN committee of the whole
and Supe rntendent Scott was referred
a request from the mercantile section OF
the Chamber of Commerce for the intro
ductlOn OF military training IN the High
School course next September The
board thought that because of the import
ance of the subject and difference
OF opinion concerning what constitutes
military training the matter should be con
sidered IN special session and resolved 10
invite a comni ttee of the mercantile
section TO attend.
Unit bids from e. S, R. Butler & Son
for school books and supplies for the next
scholastic year were referred to the book
committee.
The following bids for remodeling
Pulaski Hall were referred TO the new
buildings committee: William Shinn &,
Co, galvanizing, s22o; the John L Ma
lone Co, cut stone, S462; Joseph :
Hamilton d Co, brick work, $3.50 and
cut stone S462; Henry White, Jr., plaster
ing 81 900; the mington Sash q Door
Co, wood work, s670S5: Bamberger &
Robbins, painting and glazing, sl,44S
Simon /. Green, stair work, s565: L. P
Curlett Co, plastering, $3.50; the
Broslus d Smed ley Co, mill work, s4OO
Charles Cardwell, painting and glazing
$3.50; the Noe Wadlow Co, of Philadel-
phia, hre-esca pc and concrete work
81 ,5S7; Harry c. Evans, stair work, 1915
the Delawa re Hardware Co, hardware
$97.
Secretary Guthrie was authorized to
purchase and distribute ianitors sup
plies.
Marion r cid domestic science teacher
at the Howard School, submitted the
following report concerning the lunch
room for tn is scholastic year: Exp,endi-
tures, 81, a $3.50; receipts, 81 ,288. so; def
clt, s1l7. The board accepted the report
and ordered payment of the deficit sub
ject to the approval of the Howard School
committee