The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-01-29
me hoard OF EDUCiriOY.

Womnn's Cry for JustIcr-Wom II Teach.
cr- Opprrs-cd by the Bon rd at Education
4 Rue tant does not Work both Ways
O0e fd'tOr Of ne Sun.
SIN: Most Of those who earn their bread by
the sweat Of their brow, aud who suCcr Ivy injus
uce, have no way Of placing their grievances before
the public except through the kindness OF tue
press. am teacher in public school, on a salary
of 800 year Recently the Board OF Education,
As measure OF economy" adopted a rule that tho
inspectors of schools and Boards of Trustees OF tho
several wards should not excuse the absence OF
teachers for more than five days, for any causs what
ever The rule for more than twenty years previous
allowed those officers to excuse an absence Of thirty
days, for good cause. An application was recently
mane to the Board Of Education to pay the salary
OF faithful teacher, whose absence from schOo
was caused by severe Illness which resulted in her
deatI. The Board in IL charity paid her salary and
published in It's printed minutes that il waa s6 poH
ON account OF the indulgence Of the teachers pa.
rents, This publication and the adoption OF the
new rule caused grent deal OF Indignation among
the schools, and some ,Of their number de.
sired to ascertain II the rule applied to all
answer was, mo, II only applied 10 teachers ~
They then asked why the Board adopted rule ina,
was so severe on teachers, when its chief clerk On
salary OF 5000 a year, was permitted to spend
four months IN Albany, to put more money in his
rusei They were told that the Board did not dars
to Interfere with him, because he Mr. Peter b.
Sneeny's friend, and that this Board OF Education
was creation OF what II called the "Tnmmany
Ring" OF which MIR. sWeeny, a MIR William N
Tweed, and the Mayor OF the city are controllers,
and hat majority OF the Board OF Education held
very remuneTstiye positions or contracts under tho
Ring Which statement the teachers found
to be true, on information derived from one
OF The school onicrfs, who sta'.d that the
Following named School Commissioners pro.
yided for (or expected to bel by this Ring:
Lorin lngersoll Gather OF the diamond wedding Ia.
gcrsoln mrnishcr OF COutt Houses, armOries &C.,
&C. Timothy Brennan, clerk In Complro ler'z Of
nee 1 per yelr, $500 Bcrnnrd sSnHth, Receiver OF
IaS9s PER yesr' Sc 40 'aae b,l, Commissioners
omisO, Tax Commissioner, $4,000 Thomas Muir
ply, Commissioner 10 widen Broadway and that
Richard l.. Larremore, the President OF the Beard
cause them to be kindly disposed to this Ring THE
teachers inquired II the Gve.daya rule WAS enforced
in any Of the delCctabc offices held by the COmmis
sionrrs, or In any Of the city departments, Ths
answer was, No; many OF the alleged employees
are never seen except on pay days"
Now, Dir, We teachers think that such School In.
spectors as James W. Gerard, Andrew Mills, James
Kelly and their associates together with ,he rins.
tees VINO are IN the schools daily, ana who know us
personally, arc competent to declc us TO the pro
prety Of cNcusing absences. But # il must be other
Wise, we most respectfully ana carnp- lly insist nat
Ulcase excuse the iuelegaut cXprcssiou) " what -
sauce for q goose, should be for the glulcr "
or the prOmptngs Of alJcct fear could induce any
soul laying claims to manhood to compel female
teachers hundreds Of whom receive les, than i've
hundred dollars year. TO suffer for the necessities
Of life II they chance TO Le sick over five day, %
else plead poverty aud be paladed on the journal.
S1obeT o tee Hi@yo, noaTd 9r' do,S 80 SSn' cSn Mn.
ted to be absent months from his post for
further peeanialy benefit The teachers have
no complaint To make against the chief clerk or aty
Of ha assistants who may absent himself from hn
ONCE; but, sr, We think you WIN agree with u4.
when we say that this Is case whore women should
have equal nights with men. JUSTIl'iA
7. S.-Couldn't you induce Commissioner sands,
"the ecOnOmlst, to enforce the lyedays rule OF ib.
sence ~ the Tax commissioners othce BY 80 ns
he might become acquainted with some OF his cui
ployees through their better attendance.