The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-02-17

r. b. DILwoRTH, Prof. Nat. Science.
A second meeting of the Board of |
Directors was called, which in all its
appointments was as ''regulGr" as the |
first. More members of the Board were |
present, there was greater harmony,
more courtesy, and, with the exception |
of Mr.. Overstreet's dissenting voice, a |
unity of sentiment. Here is what was
voted:
Salary of Principal .......S 2500.00 |
Professor Of Natural Science 10000
Salary of Preceptress. ..-...--.....-.. 100000
Two Assistant Teachers, each ......-. 100000 |
Principal of Model School ...----.-... 100000
Total Salaries, ss,9OO.OO
Back salary of Preceptress to the
amount of $500, was also voted. The
vote on each item of the estimate, when
not entirely unanimous stood as follows:
for the estimates, Eskridge, Prouty,
State Superintendent McCarty and State
Treasurer Hayes against the estimates,
Overstreet.
Now, did the Board of Directors vote
extravagantly? Is Mr.. Stotler's cutting
down of salaries true economy or is it
is not whether the present teachers in
the institution are worth these salaries,
but whether the positions, the offices,
are. II the present teachers are not
competent, or if, for any reason, they
do not do all the work which the posi-
ions require, the duty of the Directors
is plain. Let them be displaced at
once, and let new teachers be appointed.
Did the Board vote extravagantly The
answer must come by comparison. The
State University, had 213 students last
year; it paid for salaries of teachers
College had 16S students last year; it
pays for salaries ST., 10000. The State
Normal School had 243 students last
year; it proposes to pay SS,900,00. for
salaries of teachers. Take an individu-
al item. The President of the State
University receives 100000 a year ::
the President of the Agricultural Col
lege $4,000. The Principal of the
Leavenworth Normal School, who is
also Superintendent of city schools, has
$4,000. Not to take up space, will
make but one other citation of salaries,
and leave it to the public TO say wheth-
er Overstreet alone, of all the Board of
Directors, is right. The State Normal
of Illinois pays its President 100000
a year, and to each department teacher
100000.
have no wish to make the contro-
| nd
have no quarrel with Mr.. Stotler. My
intercourse with him for the past six
years has been that of unbroken friend
ship. He has ever been a friend of the
Normal School. 1t is my deliberate
opinion, however, that his usual good
judgment and discretion have temper
ariIy deserted him, so far as this matter
is concerned.
The School is State institution, and
yet it is for the people of Emporia to
say whether the Normal School shall be
the least among the State schools, or
whether it shall continue to rank Gas
am told it does now equal to the best
of them. 1t is easy to let it fall behind.
1t will require steady, vigilant work to
! keep ii even. The University with its
new 100000 building is taking long
) strides. The Agricultural College is in
steady training for a vigorous race.
Both institutions are simply keeping
pace with the rapid advances of the
State in population and wealth. /
question very seriously whether En-
poria can afford to have Stotler fitting
against the progress of the institution
by petty wrangle over the salaries of
the teachers. 1 make no war upon his
intentions. He means to be a friend of
: the school. But he makes mistakes.
He does not see clearly. He goes into
the woods, but is likely to get into
trouble in finding his way out.
: Very truly yours,
L. B. KELLOGG.
Postscript.-I will add in a post
script two additional paragraphs, since
they form no integral part of nay COM
munication, craving the indulgence of
the public for this further trespass on
their attention.
Mr.. Stotler says that the Principal
furnished to the Executive Committee
the Figures" for the estimates. The
Principal, at therequest of the Commit
tee each time, has annually, for five
years, done the same thing, as a sugges-
ton simply, basis for the action of the
Committee.
His cognizance of the nearly univer-
sal dissemination of the plainest princi-
pies of parliamentary practice, if no
other reason had sufficient restraining
power, should have prevented this state
ment: GAS there were only two mem
bers of the Executive Committee, the
matter could not be settled by them,
especially when their views conceded
as in this case. The matter was Settled"
as fully and legally as the Executive
Committee has ever settled matters.
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