The New York herald., 1865-06-22

Board c< Educ alton.
SERIOUS cnAEGEs AGAINST TRUSTEES IN rHE
FgRsf AND NINETEENTH wARDs-oHAk6Es
AGAINST TEACHER OF FINr0xIoArION-ANoTHEh
PLEADS GUILTY TO ASSAULT AND BATTERY, hrV'
The Board Of Education met last evening, Commits
sioner Mclean presiding
communication was received from citiseps Of the
Nineteenth ward calling the attention Of the Board TO an
afndayt enclosed In tho communication setting fortn
that Mrs. Catherine Presto the widow Of soldier ana
the mother Of three young children defrauded out
Of sl29 es by II H. Lee, school trustee Of the Nine
teenth ward aaA that only after application 70 ns
Treasury Department. at Washington, and Genera Dr.
thai o6oer the staK Of the latter was snaped I"
compel Leo disgorge and recover the pension money
FOR the poor woman and her family.
The suhIect vss refcrcd 10 . special committee Tor In
vestigasion and tho Chairman appointed Commissioners
Adams Hayes, West Vance and Roosevelt the COM
mittea
The following communication was the ne1t that GRO
ated sensation
no NM HosoRABls BOARD or EDuoAnoN,-
srNnuES-The undersigned most respectfully invites
your honorable body to investigate what he believes 70
Sc the sgraceul conduct Of certain trustees OF the Frs
ward by which they tending 70 throw disersdt on
their cce and bring into disrepue the school system
my cs,ses o. s snS
Fira-That Thomas E. Cody, third assistant In gram.
mar school No 70 Frs. ward was % the knowsdge o.
before his class In school hours in staAe Of intoxca-
ton entirely govern said class control him
school officers fully Of said dsgraoeful con-
duct, but took no means 70 check the same
Second-That tho said Thomas Cody still continu ing
his dsgace course his presence became intolsrable
and demand was made upon him. tho said Thomas =.
Cody, for bis resgnation which demand was not com,
consent Of all the trustees then IN ONCE The said
Thomas Cody placed the local board at Defiance and
they tamely submitted not declaring his place vacant
Third-The trustees failed in their duty school
officers by allowing the said Thomas r. Cody TO absent
himself his class and school for the space Of three
weeks they knowing that his absence caused by In
FOwtl-Tnas the trustees most srievously failed in
the discharge Of their duty in permitting the said Thomas
K. Cody 10 his duty third assistant teacher
after this absence without the consent Of said trustees
Mr. Curran tho Chairman Of the local Board who sub
ms the above adds that tho 5th Of juno he moved
the dismissal Of Thomas Cody, and that one trustee
refused to vote the subject and another stated that
relative Of Codys his landlord he should vote 10
sustain him. which he did that the result vote by
which Cody dismissed that another teacher was
pointed his place and that Cody refused to yield to
him. and still retains the situation. motion 70 nves-
gate the subject adopted.
Mr. P. NJ Flanagan, citizen Of the Fourth ward sent
in communication informing the Board that female
teacher In that ward had pleaded guilty indictment
for assault and battery his wife This communication
referred 70 the Committee on Teachers FOR nvestga-
The last document Of kindred nature which came up
paper from the Committee on Teachers, containing
i
ishment Of child eight years old, named W. T. Dickn-
In Primary School No H. In tho Fifteenth ward BY
female teacher II appeared from the reports that the
child severely beaten but that the teacher could not
otherwise make him conform TO the discipline OF the
schoolroom The majority report exonerated the teacher
whie the minority report ntimated that unnecessary
severity used, and recommended the adoption Of
resolution sbolishing corporal punishment In the pri
mary schools.
long debate ensued which resulted In the adoption
Of the majority report and the recommment OF that OF
the minority.
The Finance Committee in lengthy paper the
subject Of rebuilding Grammar School No. II, In the
Ninth ward The majority Of the committee reported in
favor OF the work at cost Of $73686, while the mi
ncry mothy Brennan) reported adversely, chiefly on
the ground that the finances at the command OF the
Board did not warrant such an expenditure and that
there immediate necessity for II. After more
than the usual amount Of discussion the Board rejected
the minority report and adopted that Of tho majority
thus making the appropriation recommended by the ma
jorty.
The Of $4 e16 next appropriated for the srec
tion of q new primary school In the Fifth ward.
Some business Of smaller interest then engaged the
attention Of the Board till they adjourned.