Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-06-03
For the 0tste Democrat,
SCHOOL District No. II.


MEssRs. EDroRs II attended one of the
most exciting School Meetings in District
No. II, that ! ever witnessed, and l pro-
pose to ask the liberty Of your columns, to
give synopsis Of the proceedings. mot the
speeches. for they would consume your en-
tire paper if reported.) to show the feeling
in that District. and the manner in which
Iowa College d the Congregational church
attempt to control our public Schools, and
make them subservient to that Institution
and their peculiar tenets.
The meeting was very large. and the
mass excited. After a lengthy discussion
and action upon the report Of committee
appointed At previous meeting in relation
to dividing the district, building more school
houses, dc. in which the late conduct of the
Directors in discharging the Teachers and
closing the school, was brought fully before
the assembly, Mr.. Eaeal presented the an
nexed resolutions, copy Of which have
had furnished me, for the consideration Of
the meeting-the President of the meeting
vacnting the chair and installing Prof Bull
len. Of Iowa College, therein. when after
some arguments. pro and con, upon the res
olutions, Prof Ripley. Of Iowa College,
raised point Of order. rs to the right Of
the meeting to entertain the resolutions,
,r,I,.h e I,al a., La Il
cided by the Chair, prof Bullen,) who
pronounced the same omf Of order. An ap-
peal was taken from the decision Of the
Chair, and. notwithstanding the lateness Of
the hour to which the meeting had been
then prolonged az o'clock, and many who
would have voted with the majority having
become wearied and left the meeting the
ballot stood fffynine against sustaining the
Chair, and thirty .f,e for. The Chair then
decided that as there were votes less than
two thirds against sustaining his decision
that the appeal wa, not sustained This
was followed by notion upon the same
side to adjourn the meeting for two weeks.
The majority seeing NE game these gentle.
men were playing, amended the motion and
carried the same to adjourn until the LIST
Monday Of October next, leaving the Direc.
tors without a cent Of ax levied for School
purposes, or giving item the first iota OF
/ power to act in referace to the School, and
virtually, by the vote upon the decision Of
I the Chair, adopting tie resolutions which
9 follow. leave the mblic to draw their
I own inference as to theconduct Of the pre-
1 sent Board of Directors md Iowa College:
Whereas, The present Board Of Direct
I ors Of School District 10. II, Davenport
township, have taken h upon themselves
without the least SHADOW of autherity,) t,
put at defiance the cellknown wishes Of 4
Z majority Of the peope Of said School Dis
trict, by first notifying the School Teachers
:: employed by the old Board of Directors 70
a stated period) to close the school. an
then by breaking open the doors Of tn
: school House, changing the lock thereon an
-l-fastening the teachers out Of the same
thereby outraging the wishes of the people
u violating all usages and utterly repudiatin
n the contracts Of the Bcard, Therefore be
y "Resolred, That the ecnduct Of the pre-,
II ent Board of Directors IN discharging on
, School Teachers, closing our School and vi.
+ latiag the contracts of tn old Board is d,
r serving Of and receives Our unmeasured iii,
IS appreciation and condemnation
;, "Resolred, That the present. Board Of d
a rectors be, ard they are hereby required I
. fulfill the contracts Of the oil board Il to col
d tinue our School under the management
/ the old Teachers, (Mr. L. G. Burwell an
Miss A. M. Lindsey,) or refusing so to d.
that they be. and are hereby requested
resign their offices as directors Of Scho
District No. H.
"Resolred, That the foregoing preamb
:. and resolutions be entered at large upon Il
! Records of the District, and in tie event
the noncompliance Of the Directors wi,
the provisions Of said resolutions hat the
be published in the several newspapers
L. the city,
4 truth.