The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-23

Hoard Of Educattea.
.-v .,,,p .cIrArloN FULLY kKvIvKD--CokMCNr
o.rmn FROM THE POCRrKkNra wARD eodooL
orFIcKRs- THEY ASH PAYMENT POP sns VI ~
ryaouERs- RESOLUTIONS AND >ooNiss AoLe'
ysoEs-A STORMY rNB-so RESULT kr0', A'S'
s,esa, r,ee,,nr a. lae Boara Of EAacasoa was held
Ast evcnrs. sne oaAu - '00ef''a y 's
rel, the president
csmmiss,oner ByRxn (Fcurtcenth wsrc) presented
ssssunicatn from the local hoard of the fcur'ecnn
wssd recapi,0lane the points 10 dispute, and closing WIN
rvques, the Board of Fducasor DO snop some mes
sure Ia Keeping with the spirit OF our hs''oas 70
release the ,eachersoF, not all at 'ess al ou' ono "
hemfrom their presen, uoub,es ano esl toe nAle' =!
ssue means ~hch wil ,ea ,e ibem nentFA ID h'' AnAH
unul II be legally dec,ded-tbe Commissioners osne'ihs
Shat the Board entertain the subject WIZ rs "on~a
,.,,,V n ear ~, anicaoy adjusted - The Satisfaction
Of all concerned the principles involved, ~n'ea can
~r,v h. decided b, she legal tribunals o. the STATE
rn,,s,,,ner f,ySsr oanreo folo~ing resolution in
...-.,o, ,.,,h ,se communicated moved lis adop
r.,,v. Thai IN, President ana cert he. sos hey
..lsrss me pracA q male d-eartneni u
see s ,sa sa.ss sins NJ hslc iar an A-xe. ,la.
90 d bs nav a as bsaie reeaSsss :. seaeos 70 BE
rsas ans 4 IL herbs aDasrsicsa Trustees Of
t.snh @ pxs~d - ics~ lie ssAy II he sad By As
NJ M he - ssea~-.
& nnsss Cgss1Se noveS tbs; The comm n:cation
ana rssul t, and MI eiier similar in reierenoe 10
ne ssih- qusssr Re rsftrrea The Corn nee By
k~s with darccIso1s report pext messing.
counss,uprr wsrzxsrxH called for The ayes and noes
upnl M. cushing rseS,oa-
On usssim,-r ADAMS expressed hope Ia, ibs res ,u.
refer l- rnsSiF sc.sd ce CARED This Boari,n
enspsee De, Las e~s called lss-tisr Al very unu,
suAi tine. 0c 4sv ~hscb entirr at u the usual
o DAYS 81 v-sarg he prtn-d Dotces Of
s7ecl Meetings have The ~ori wednesday printed 10
uen sui aEls LhAi word erAsel, and Tues
nav It-- p-v1
Do4acek OF eslnEs coos>i-r unnecessary 10
res6 sbs n, naturally suIp-Hs 'aa M meetings VIII De
Asae LAe usuk cay aud this : The rsasou Why 50
Dxsy e cur sss.s arr empty 10 nsht No member OF
- BS1-c VITO las read TIE notice S here tbs even
~ Il therefore sest that sboai have the pre-
s~ss CT. referred, ID order ha. may Oh
sHsn tie seIuren, Of The Bard upon it. Gen
~~s.s,ors a. ,hss st-cisi mee,sng, raay prepared
p have certain me asnree 90 this subject carried
oSsn ~ al bazarss, when those who are we'll known 10
- evpSe-c 10 TIE u are Dat here, OF perhaps have No
hnoxt-dee thai m-~ting pkes place 70 day The Board
las area1y expressed itself this subject by the passing
q ID es requiring The r-ai,pg Of the Scriptures the
eseoss that any acton to the cntary which may be
sfeu meeting must be regar led hostile 70 the
sypsssso sentiment OF the Shose Bard. therefore
psss nv c-ssre have the motion to refer adopted.
Commissioner WATERBURY felt that the Board could not
sSap, By Aw for resolution Mr.. Cns1ing's motion
a bylaw. The most the Bsrd could do With il
would De- therefore, to adopt much OF as referred to
The communication ALREADY presented II would be for
& Bard 70 90 as they Thought proper with aay others
his any subject which might b. presented 10 them
While he opposed the pacing of the resolution
any par, Of II, be would remind the Board Of this fact
n. question being called for and the FOIL called
Mr. Castings motion lost, fourteen members voting
n the afh' native and nfseen 10 tte negative
Commissioner WATERBURY, then offered the following
solution apc moved its adoption
Resolved That The Of $500 hereby appropriated
ss sspens.s q es1s IN hs s,ooer court power Of
s IN relson 20 he use d The Bible II The sara schools Of
sSs s 70 Dc Of a sqsa .s esu sae s e
soups. NAV be selected By such teacher may be des
paid BY Of compliance with said by law, by
majority Of Them.
Commissioner BYasE moved all Of his RESOLUTION except
the last line referring what expected
the Trustees Of The Fourteenth ward regarding testing
Of TIE case IN the courts, as substitute for Mr.. Water
bury resolution.
Considerable agitation prevailed throughout the Board
many Commisgnpers simultaneously desiog to be heard
h The Disst OF which Commissioner STAFFORD moved TO
hy both resolutions and the wb dc subject the table,
COMMISSIONER WATSON desired be excused from voting
on Mr. waterbury's resolution, be wopd be entirely
opposed 70 entertaining resolution which would place
tbe Bard in the ridiculous position of sustaining itself
against lawsuit commenced by teacher an yet de
hayng the expenses OF the plaintiff ana defendant In the
The PRESIDENT informed Mr. Watson that the question
was not now on Mr. Waterbury resolution and he then
directed the Clerk call the roll upon the motion OF Mr..
Stafford to lay The whole subject on the table
The vote was announced 10 be as follows, after the
absrnees bad bee repeatedly INSTRUMENTATION
mssioners Watson Coger Andrews Tucker Gdersleeve,
tarr Mason, Mttzear, Bamha, Reynolds. Adams, Stat
ford Cushing, Canfrell, farman, MarrnerTotal l6 Ne
sative-Commis-iohers Mccoy, Crozer Fitzgerald Dough
ery, Barry, Begg, Bloomfield, White. Glover, Green,
byrne, Benedict, Curtis Waterbury, Okeete-cotal l5
The President having announced that the motion ~ lay
tbe resolutions and the whole subject the table
csrried, Mr. ADAMS moved that the Bard ADJOURN and
tbe motion prevailed BY VOC of seventeen against
fifteen.
Thus another meeting Of the Board OF Education has
taken place at which nothing done but discuss the
bible Question: without accomplishing anything or
drawing the least 10 its solution
After the meeting majority Of the Commissioners re-
NAMED in the hall for length OF time warmly discussing
whether the Bible sectarian book, the comparative
merits Of the Douay and Protestant versions, and the
authority Of the Board of Education order the Scriptures
70 be read without note or comment "a they have done.