Our Schools

On Motiday occurred the regular annual school ineetln.' of the district. The meeting organized at Flreman's huil by the president of the board. Clerks were appointed and ballot boxea preparad f' r the reception of the ballot?. Tliere were two tickets in the iield, both being the saine except one name, John V. Sheehan belng upon the ticket nominated by a citizen's caucus S;iturdy evening, and Alonzo M. Doty being upon another ticket. Polls were held open until 2 o'clock when the ballotl were conniel and showed the following result: Philip Bch 1 1Bvart H. Scott - John V. Sheehan 242 AlonzoM. Doty )7 Wm. 1). Harrlmau ... 4 N.B. Covert 1 Messrs. Bach, Scott and Sheehan were leeUred elected at the business meeting Iield imraediately thereafter, a resolution was adonted appropriatlng $23,000 asked for by the board for expenses, and also f250 for the librury. A resolution was also passed agreeing to sell one rod off the south side of the lst ward school lot for $562.50. Mr. Sedsrwick Dean opposed this but t was carrled neverthelcss. The following report of the president gives the oonditlon of aff.iirs in the district: The total receipts for the year were as follows : - Bul. Cash on hand Sept. 5, 1887 $ 1,01178 HecelveJ frora City Treasurcr ttjOMM " " Townslilp TreaHurer.. 1.5H9 00 " Primary School Fund 3,38178 " Tultlon 6,257 (M Kent of State 8t. House 167 OS Dog Tax 8X32 Fine Money 5157 Llbrary Fine Money 34 70 " Interest fromSaviugsBank 1B9 55 11 from otlier sourcea UHti Total Receipts $37,314 03 The total expendituxes for the year were as follows : - Taid Salarles $25.575 Í " Bonds ü.riOOuO " Interest on Bonds 68100 Insurance 42150 " Jantton 1,28700 " Llbrary Books 343 43 ' Gas ¦ I" ' Kuel 2,18847 ' Improvements 713 10 " Kepalrs and Incidentals ,4t48 Cash on hand 1,238 55 Total Expenditures ...$37.314 01 NEW BUILDING LOAN. Recelpta from Building Loan 817, M) 57 Aug. 30th, l'aymeuts made :. 3,920 00 Balance on hand $13 ,593 57 The estimated ordinary expenditures for the current school year are as follows : Bonds dueFeb. 1, 1889 4.000 00 Intere8ton bonds 737 ik; Salarles 26,150 00 Jantton 1,25000 Insurance 6000U Hepalrs 1,00000 Incidentals 1,000 00 Fuel 2,000 00 Gas 19000 $30,737 06 The estimated receipts for the current school year are aa follows : Primary school money 3,000 00 MUI tax 4,50000 Tultlon ! 5,00000 Cash on hand 1,238 55 $13,738 55 It will be necessary to raise by taxatiou the sum of Twenty-three Thousand Dollars. The amounts raised by tnx each year for the last ten years has been as follows : 1ST7 822,2&ï 1878 ?0,W5 1879 18,880 1880 18,510 1881 15,50 1882 17,340 1883 23,850 1881 2-2,500 18X5 22,400 USe 19.500 Of the suni of Twenty-three thousaml wliieh it is necessary to raise by tax tliis year, Fifteen Hundred Dollars is to pay that part of the new building loan which becomes due and payable on the first of February next. After the first of February next the total iudebtedness of the District ( new and old ) will be Twenty-eight Thousand Dollars, beariog interest at flve aud tour per cent., the principal sum to become due and payadle as i'ollows : 18!) Feu. lst f4,000 1881 - " 4,000 1803 " " 4,000 1883 " ¦ 4,000 1894 ' " 4,000 " 4,000 1898 " " 4,000 The amount of Tuition collected last year, rnainly from foreign students, amounted to the sum of 8ix Thousand Two Hundred and Fiftyseven dollars and ninety-four cents - the largest sum ever collected in any one year. Sufflcient of itself to pay the entire indebtedness of the district in four years and a half, should the pronperity of our schools continue. The indications are that there will be a larger attendance of foreign studeuts the current year than ever before. Their presence adds but little to the teaching expenses of the School as we should be obliged to have the same branches taught with the same or equivalent teachers if these foreign students were not present in the classes, while the advantageï of having them residents of tlie city is many times greater than the mere tuitiou they pay. HIOH SCHOOL HALL. After a thorough and careful examfnation of the various plans presented the Board finally selected the plans submitted by Spier & Rohn, architects of Detroit, for the new building to be known as "High School Hall," the construction of which wasauthorized by the annual meeting of 1880. The new building is loeated on the north end of the old building- the State Street front of the new building being on a line with the steps of the old building. High School Hall will be larger on the ground than the present building, being 70 feet wide and 110 feet long. In the basement which will be ten feet in the clear and well lighted and ventilated will be two large rooms especially designed for science work and to be used by Prof. Chute, in conuection with his room above, the rooms being connected by stairway and elevator. In the basement also are two large rooms - entirely disconnected - to be used as toilet rooms by boys and girls respectively. This arrangement making it possible to remove the unsightly out-buildings which have so long been a disgrace to the grounds and a nuisance to the neighborhood. Besides these rooms in the basement, which will be immediately occupied, two large rooms remain which will be excellently adapted for giving instructions in manual training should that system ever be adopted by the Board. On the firat floor a broad hall extends north from the hall in the old building to Huron Street. On this floor will be four large school rooms, cloak rooms, apparatus room and library. In the second story will be a large hall with platform in the east end. Under the gallery in the west end will be two large school rooms, so arranged that they eau be opened into the hall, should occasion require it. This large hall bas long been needed. The hall in. the old building has been divided into school rooms aud the High School has no suitable place for chapel exercises, commencenients, or :ublie exercises of any kind. All the school rooms in the building have been arovided with open flre-places and ,he ventilation otherwise aruply provided for. The building will bê warmed by steam from the boilers iu old building. The contract for the erection of the Miilding was let to Daniel J. Bom for hesum of $24,900 and the building is o be completed ready for occupancy by the first day of July next. In its style aud construction it will be enirely different from the old building md when completed t will meet the requirements of our schools for many years and we believe that it will be recgnized as one of the most beautiful uildings in the city. The total number of children in he district entitled to draw public money as BheWW "y th eanva Just couipieted is U.lHXi. The pat year liuy been a very proaperous one lor our schools. Excellent government bM been uiaiutained without friction or disturbance mul a corps of competent and faithful teachers liave labored witli zeal and ainhition to preserve the splendid reputation which the schools of Arm Arbor haveattained not only in Michigan tuit throughout the country at Iarge. For that reputation, more than to uiy one man, credit is due to Prof. Perry, who now for peventeen years Ikim served aa superintendent, whlle his services have been invaluable as the advisor of the board. Respet-tfully submitted, W. D. HA URF MAN, Presidan t. W. W. Whedom, Secretary. Tliere was a caucus of citzens heldin the corridor of Plreraan'a Hall Saturday evenlng for the purpose of noniinatinjí a ticket to be voted for at Mouday'8 election. The whole number of votes cast was 61, of which P. Bach received 49, Evart H. Suott 54, John V. ölieehim 3U. Nlne other citizeng were voted for, havi ti r from 1 to 5 votes each. It was rescilved to culi the ticket a "Citizeu's Tieket."