Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-06-15
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communication was received from Il W.
Piontz AID Levi Buck, asking consent Of the
Board TO occupy one of the public School
houses for an "lnstitte," TO commence on the
3D. Monday in July, and continue six weeks.
DIR Miller moved that the request he gran
, ted
Mr.. Brown was opposed 10 any thing Of the
kind the school rooms would be injured more
by an Institute than by all the scholars of
school for whole year; buttons would rake
the yarnish from the benches, and the boys,
seeing commencement made, would soon
finish the work of defacing them
Dr. Miller believed they would take care of
the property and would keep the water fresh
by using it
Lindsly moved they have the Eastern School
house for the purpose that would mt interfere
with any thing, as it would not be wanted any
longer, probably.
Elliott was willing he thought the teachers
ought to be accommodated, and ifthey desired
to improve themselves during vacation, he
felt like granting them the facilities
Ayres thought that before the Board would
act in the matter, they ought to get consent of
Council
The communication was referred to the
Building Committee, with power to act
Mr.. Brown asked a reconsideration Of the
vote on reference, but il was lost He then
desired to enter hisprotest against the proceed
ing.
A communication was received from Mr.
Simpson, who resides some 3 miles in the
country, and whose son is attending school in
the LIST District, asking that his son may be ex-
amined with other pupils for entrance into the
High School The request was granted
Mr., Thomas Schaefer, ON leave, made a
statement in regard to the erection ofa school
house in District No o. II had exhausted
their means, and they were hardly able to pro
cure benches, and learning that there were
some dozen seats in the garret of the N H.
school house. which were useless to the city,
he respectfully asked the Board to give them
to the 9th District
The President wanted to know the charac-
ter of the seats Member-soto poce-" Very
bad character =
Mr.. AYREs said they were old seats removed
from the N. w. School house, and were of no
use to the schools
After further discussion in which it was
evident there was misunderstanding about
the quality of the seats the matter was refer
red to the Visiting Committee of the N. T.
School
The Chairman of the Building Committee
being away, Mr. KENNEY said he was not pre-
pared TO report; but he would state that the
Committee had contracted as per resolution
with BuRRoHs BUTr, with the privilege of
changing lots until the 20th inst Mr. X
gave q short history of the question in dispute
between the Board and the Council; he OBJ
jected to the style and spirit of the report of
Council it was ll-timed and uncalled for
Council was the very last body to talk of in
competency with its beautiful management
a body that required 81 600 in three months
to prosecute lawsuits with private parties
should be careful how it charged loosness up
ON others. He defed Council to put their fin
gers upon an act of the Board that was not
Iiudicious, and which would not meet the ap-
proval of the people That body don't seem
to care for any body or the rights of others
but will recklessly pitch into acts that must
bring on lawsuits, and the city had to foot
the bills He hoped the Board would appoint
a committee to get up report which would
have the effect of making Council hold their
peace hereafter But, he only made a verbal
lrreport of the action of the Committee in clos
ing the contract with the builders; the Com
mittee would report fully at the next meeting
Mr. Howard said he didn't speak for the
purpose of having what he said reported He
would like to have the report of Council re-
ported verbatim ct literatim; he thought il was
a great production-there was wit aud proian-
ultV Ill lt--WHS n SlhHNhFu ellOft--d lUWpf Oh
light and knowledge The Council wanted pos
session of old school house; they needed it;
and he recommended some of them to enter
the primary department He thought the new
lot should be decided to the Board before the
building was commenced, and he was in favor
of deciding the old lot to the city as the Coun-
Gil desired. He thought the report exceeding
funny and he liked it the old house was moth
ing but dead-fall, and he feared it would fall
upon the children and kill them. He thought
Council should be put into it
: Ayers thought Council ought to go TO school
: and learn to write and spell; he read resolu-
ton of Council and criticised its style, and put
it into false syntax. He didn't like the tone
of the report any better than its grammar
He wanted control of the old house and lot
l and couldn't vote for acceptance with insul-
! ting conditions
Lindsly thought the Board had better take
the lot as offered, and say no more about it
2 The affair didn't amount to pinch of snuff
) Elliott read resolution of Council in regard
to the lots, and criticises the report and reso-
luton of Council severely.
The report was nonsense, and the resolution
e was by no means clear; he would not accept the
= the conditions, as the Board ought to have the
, control of the old house and lot to dispose OF
4 to the best advantage. He would put jury
2 on the new lot 10 decide what 1t was worth,
and the Board would deal with Council as they
would with any other contrary aud foolish
+ men, who didn't know what they wanted The
D Council had put mp all the old ricketty bull
r dings in the city, and they were pretty fellows
TO talk about the incompetency Of Others. They
e could think of nothing else-had no higher
+ motive or aspiration than to retain seats in
+ that body; and when any question arose the
[ first and only idea was--"Will il be popular p
{ "Can vote for this, and get back again
/ "Ah. ha you'll have good time getting re-
$ elected next spring" was 10 be heard in Coun.
: ell nearly every evening. The speaker said
+ he had often presented matters before Council
since his connection with School Board, and in
every instance he had been met with direct in
q suit
The Council were entirely too smari--some
two or three of the members--and they should
!. learn something before they censured others
4 He would consider the source, however, as
r had been said on a similar occasion Mr. How
!. ard thought there was no real conflict Of inter
4 ests between Council and the School Board
!. Council only wanted TO show off little anc
= they had done so-that was all He wanted
a good deed made for new lot, and no mis-
takes to be remedied hereafter.
,r Mr. Kenney agreed with Mr. H. the repor-
e was all fun. He moved the proposition o
D. Council be accepted and the work of buildin,
,e be commenced at once
.e Dr. Miller thought the report of COunei
,e was not very bad; the members had got up
] go III IL. L.. ~