Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Year Ending June 4, 1894 . k for a passbook. This pass book gives the depositors account with the system answers all the practical purposes of the school savingsbank and dispenses with the usual accounting required of the schoolauthorities where these banks are conducted by them. Interest ispaid on deposits if allowed to remain in the bank one year. Thechildren in the schools are encouraged to become depositors. Thedeposits they have made have become very helpful to many in times ofw


Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Year Ending June 4, 1894 . k for a passbook. This pass book gives the depositors account with the system answers all the practical purposes of the school savingsbank and dispenses with the usual accounting required of the schoolauthorities where these banks are conducted by them. Interest ispaid on deposits if allowed to remain in the bank one year. Thechildren in the schools are encouraged to become depositors. Thedeposits they have made have become very helpful to many in times ofwant Xew Buildings. A new eight-room building is now in process of erection on the siteof the Penn building, which was unfit for further use. It will be asubstantial building and will contain all modern conveniences. Anaddition of six rooms is also being erected at the Maclay building andone of four rooms at the Webster building. These additions will befurnished with modern appliances also. Accommodations will thus be furnished for several hundred child-ren, who are now very much inconvenienced in their attendance oo u m be No, 6.] Hazleton. 153 HAZLETON—David A. Harman. The year just passed has been one of considerable prosperity to ihnpublic schools of our city. The board of controllers has manifestedmuch interest in all departments of our work and has been very lib-eral towards them. They expended fifty thousand dollars in theconstruction and equipment of a high school building that is elegantin design and finish, and thoroughly modern in its appointments andarrangement. A careful selection of text books was made at the beginning of theyear, and an ample supply of all other material necessary for theschools was purchased. The salaries of all recommended teachers were increased from twoand a half to five dollars a month each. The work in the schools has been satisfactory in many are some defects, however, for which the lack of individualteaching is


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