Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-15
THE SCHOOL BOARD.
The EmbrOgIio between the Superintendent
and Assistant Su. e-inlendent.
Discussion Of the Question OF Building
School Houses in the First Ward,
Etc, ETC, Etc.

It having been understood that there wer'
. . be SOME ma ters TO be discussed OF gen
ersl Importance and likely 10 create qult'
a breeze III the Board, several parties werl
on hand TO listen % the proceeding
among them, reporters nom each OF IN
morning papers.
After reading tho minutes Of the pre-
cediHg meeting, n the transaction o
some uuimpur ant matters, the report o
he Genera superintendent was called
for, and Col J. 4. Leuh read g very cleal
ana vuluminOus one, from which We
make the follow abstracts:
The total smOun Of The payroll for the
sst month was S4l6l, of which s. 30 2
we're Tor whites. and 1880 20 for the col.
ored schools Three thousand and nine
tickets Of admission TO scnOols have beer
issued. The average attendance TOT the
past month was lbs whites and 60 col.
~Jrsd-Z4s3 in ali One hundred and thirty
one dull4fs tuition ices were collected
from nOn-residents. Miss Clara Conway
had been appointed la place Of Mrs. Tea
ErT, deceased, IaJe principal Of n Ala
bsma street school.
The Superintendent suggests that the
Board ak The General Council for an or
dtnauce preventing bad boys from de-
-lrpying fences, breaking windows OF
~-cuCoNuOUSes and rODbing scholars, etc.
As Geography Is an important branch OF
study 10 the schools, and as Mitchel's Ge-
n~grsphies are much better. in point OF
usps a. least, than C0rnel's, which are
now used the superintendent recon
ueuds that MitcheI's series be substituted
.Or Cornel's. One point of superiority in
NiChel's maps are han they give lines OF
railroads. which Coruel's do not.
The r-pO Was received and referred to
DC acted on a. new business.
The Assistant Sup-rintsndent's report
was called for. and air. Barnum came for
ward and read it.. Il reiterated the sta
5isjicSl Information of the Snperinteud-
enJ's report, and gave some further de-
tsils Of udnor Importance. He also gave
an sccOunt Of the recent differences be-
tween himself and the superintendent
Colonel IeaIh. He stated that some time
ago he called the attention Of Colonel
Leash 10 the fact Of the necessity for an
increase in the number Of teachers in
certain colorcd schools-there being but
thirteen teachers 10 925 pupils. Colonel
Leath refused TO meet him or to speak to
him on the subject. but semi him verbal
messages by n Of the female teachers
two occasions. The report closed by
tbs attention of the Board to the
published in an evening paper or
Saturday making certain charges
against the teachers Of Northern birth in
tue CUlOred schools and against himself.
On motion, tbs report was received and
ordered printed. -
Mr.. Alfred Matthias said that before n
business was proceeded with, he
to a question Of privilege. An arti-
appeared in q newspaper of this
city on last saturday evening, rejecting
~the~t6achers Of the cOlOred schools
the Board. He therefore asked the
privilege Of introducing a resolution in
10 tie matter.
Objections were made by Mr.. Bruce and
calvin, but they were Withdrawn or
)Verruied, and upon the Chair expressing
ignorance OF the article, concerning
" hich the resolution was based, Mr.. Ma
-hids asked and obtained leave 70 read it.
then read the article " hich appeared
IA the Ledger on Saturday evening on the
schools. After doing so, he intro
iuced his resolution, which was some
what as follows:
WHEREAS, Certain charges of miscon-
iucJ on the part OF the teachers in the
schools under control Of this
and on the part of officers and
members Of this Board,
ReS0iUeG, That IL IS the duty Of this
Board 10 censUre or remove the said OH
'ers and teachers If they are guilty, or to
'roJect and defend them il they are not
and
ReSo'red further, That a committee of
hIee bs appointed 70 investigate the
Df the allegations. and 70 report to
ne next meeting OF this Board; also, to
investigate whether any officer or mem
Der OF this Board nave asserted or given
.urfeucy 10 lLess or similar charges and
The motion was seconded, and Mr.. Ma
bias made a few remark in supporJ #
l.s resolution, in the course of which he
E-arHaA rH4r nLr arfr~ hnA #Eanhgwm.g al
10 been made by the newspaper in
question, uut the President OF. abe Board,
& a fOrmer meeting. had inside similar
s~srrJlcns. From VIA he knew OF he
oc4l edi,0r Of b Ledger, be knew him to
~ a gentleman thai would not make suuh
ateueuJs as those in question unless ne
believed them true, and lad been informed
$ he supposed reliably.
SIR. TsS Tor asked ii The teachers had re-
This examination, aud Mr.. Mat
Mas announced that they had.
Before putting The motion the Chair,
resident Smith, SAID that his Dame had
been used By the gentleman from he
sixth Ward. tAir. Mat nias,j in q
most UnwdrTautabIs manner, n as
bad been maGe by him,
ghlch, II rot cJnLrsdiuLed, would
ave z most erroneous impression On the
minds OF al VINO heard lin. He tine
'u4i) d-ci-r-d that De had eve said
HythiuE Of Ihs sort, either in public or
,rvatr. In q former meetinR he did feel
his duty TO say 10 b Board that il was
hrir duly 10 Keep down strife on Ques-
OF tEat sort. II was the duty OF
b. state 70 educate the CylOred youth;
fila these views il was our uty TO teach
hein 90 loOk upon Us az friends. +" This
5 the substance OF my remarks said
be CEai-, Ia conclusion, and l
ont srs how any man, unless
10 tSsutcd TO do so, could have put
ny other construction upon them.
douJ know those teachers, and ] should
10 most uuVi-e 10 make any charges such
= those alleged il that article against
hem, without any earthly means Of sus- I
aiming them. No man who knows me
,ill take me for 50 big a fool. l have
reayed an OF you right, and l claim the
sme treatment AZ Your bands. If any
UGH Impression as that referred to re-
lrins on your minds, 1 takethis occasion
D remove it."
Mr. Matthias explained that he certain
= did not intend 40 convey any idea by
is words that the Chair had used all the
XpressiOns, or made all the charges made
o the newspaper. He did not wish TO
i've any culOTlng to the Chairs remarks
OF intended by him. i
An attempt was made to get rid of the
relating 10 the officers and mem
OF the Board, but 10 no avail, and
fer some debate the resolution was
dOpted. and Messrs. Matthias, J. H. NJ. |
and n. J. Wiggin were appointed
II the Committee.
Mr.. Matthias begged to be excused,
ut the Chair, after trying in urn to get
fessrs. Eaton, HOlbrOok and Lenow to
axe his place, CAV up the attempt and
% the nomination stand.
The report Of the Finance Committee
-as called for and ar. Bruce, Chairman, /
lade an elaborate report, which was re-
and adopted.
Among the documents submitted was
n estimate Of current expenses for the
;holastic year Of '70-'7l, which is to be
I'D before the General Council of the city 4
It's next meeting. The following is an
3~laries, 40 white schools . So. $50
D. - cOlored s-hOOls---.. u, 4Oo-sB,J0
AN'.--a"..--.-..'-..... .-..---.....----.-. O-VJO
l,Ab
~Atlon-ry aud prinCtng ...-.....-.. 1850
eNpen,es----..--.... ZC0
lVeehL 1u,UD -
SO $50
o raise TINS sum the following amounts
e estimated from the various sources
ate tax for
ate tax for lsc9--------.--.--- q Oh $4,000
~ AK Tor flsi corporate year. 300
- tax for lAd corporate year 300 10000
W ana "A ha1 ietlls on the
stats Tax OF 1900
$500
The school population Of Memphis is
II each Is assessed SO pcr eQDif1.
a a@n u-auHmH L.