New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-09-11
PUBLIC MEETINGS.
SCHOOL MEETING N THE TWELFTH WARD.

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A large meeting Of persons interested IN the pabhc
schools in the Twelfth Ward, held last evening N
Yorky.le, corner OF Egh;y-,iz;h tree; and Foartn
avenue for tie purpose Of reviewing the acton OF me
Trustee Of School No. &c. in removing the Principal,
M G!ldereeve, of ;ho Primary Department OF that
school. M II. NJ DrKENAs was appointed CnGir-
man. and Mr.. II. ". Troy. Secretary. The following
resolutions were then introduced and md:
HRe,,af portion q te Board Of Trls;s n 1ol 20
y, Z, az - l,. - 20 a. -, "a sor-h o-cl-
pied Prnc pa q to- Department q aid saoo W. -
len' of YoTtV az e. g'eai' -,.e and isl' es ~
,ais action Tue following resolution. - -,
eize r,r1r,s ths- -he rrh- 81 an arcus.d party. how
ever Luabe % hearing aud oppor-ny f1f deeLs al
.ae, -he dismissal = Mss q. without uolien'' 49,
oeing ade aware Of Der sa-ion or any We 4I
oily Tad lsrael d. me records q spanish ni -siil
RelrsS That -uize in NJ q eIinent htAess
both moral and mental qualities, for ne dltss % 9F
potion her ~ AZ sse1leut charcterized By low
gentle. set ru Discipline and an utter r'i.L =. -.
tyranny and brute force hch seems 20 D. ne a. ?,
The saool oa,er. AID ,ts ~ hns a. indo'eiFs' o. m
good opinions Oh ne eir ltes o. ae Sh'1i h ne -
o. Two Of her most bitter oPynen; AessEs eAeAh ana
R,,1 Tia, We oleny pro.es, against This seon on the
ground that i il AZ Illegal and unsl.horiEed : -
power by body Of men who do not constitute na'ry oil
Ror,d Tia; utterly condemn the Of ;ree mem
bers q The Board who voted noneu'ols -iloI ~
The Primary Department Of the schoo thus eoip 70 b.
they scused by the bndes, prejudice or the
Re.ore4 Tia. while readily acknowledge ,he dsh. AID
duty Of School officers srront properly qualified ''scners
uuhea,uzy condemn this attep. tired and a.
liable merely create vseancy for fagore sud ~e
h. e.. that ~ policy viii nfc deepest injury oar
excellent School system and present - he aor. example
Of depotism which may have baneli intlene on neH III
RescreG That the Of educson invested With "a
redu.s AID vital importance a. the chief bulw.k OF Liberty
which should forever cscoGrect i from
party machinery and exempt . from being stlted 70 The
ambition Of mere poiticsi hueks,er..
the present incumbent; Miss g. be retained and that IN the
fdence Utterly de.troyed only fl The Board officers bu,
any teachers who may be appointed ander their adHn-a
ton.
Judge BLAKELY made some remarks in reference To
the removal Of Mis- Gilderseeve, thinking il was
hgh-handed measure, to which the citizens Of York
vile would not submit.
Mr.. HILIAKD. one Of the Trustees. explained that
il was al IN informal meeting Of part Of the ITu--
tees and that he was ia favor Of Mss Gildersleeve
keeping her place.
Mr.. w. V. BLAEsEY spoke in defense of Miss Gil
derseeve, saying that she had been connected with
schools in New-York for twelve years. and this was
the fret censure that had ever been cast upon her.
Uuon making some remarks relative To the conduct Of
Mr. Vance in removing Miss g.. he was interrupted
by some half dozen persons, all speaking az once
but after some Kisses, Ac., he was allowed To pro-
coed. He said that the removal of Mss G: was
usurpatoD Of power too gross Ia be borne. lie read
from the minutes of the Visiting Committee Mr..
Vance, Chairman, showing the good character %
Miss G.s school and the proficiency Of the pupils
under her charge.
Dr. MEL was well acquainted with Mr. Mexican,
Mr.. Vance and Miss Giderseeye. H. said that nought
could be said against such men as Dir. Mexican or Mr.
Vance. He soon interrupted with cnes AMI
Kisses and was obliged TO stop.
Mr. MILLER undertook to speak for fair play but
was with the utmost difficulty be could get hear
ing.
Mr. HIBBARD said that Miss G.'s school stood in the
highest rank that il simply question of favor
itism. After he sat down il was q scene OF confusion
for few minutes.
DIR. NIL undertook to speak, Int the confusion was
too great. lie finally grew Desperate ana politely re-
ouested any man who said he WIS not gentleman 10
meet him at any convenient place-which chivalrc
invitation caused great shout Of laughter at the
Doctors expense.
The resolutions were passed amid the greatest con-
fusion and considerate person moved az adjourn
meuf which WIGS carried.