The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-03-16

A special meeting of the Board OF Schoo
| COMMITTEE for the present Municipal year, wa
held last evening for the purpose Of organiza
| ton
The meeting was called to order by the Ole
Secretary of che Board, Mr. A. L. Dresser.
On motion of Rev. DR.. Smaller, Hon. Charles
Holden was appointed President pro tem'
the Committee. Mr.. A. L. Dresser was ap
pointed Secretary pro tenn
The Committee Is composed as follows:
| Messrs, James Fl. Hamlen, VIM. P. Preble
Aurin l.. Dresser, N. W. L. Root, S. G. Cor
don. Lewis Pierce. d. orc. O'Douoshue. whose
| terms xpire 10 1877.
Wm. Ii. Smaller, Joseph II. Coffin, Charles
| b. Merrill, VIM H. Clifford, Fred. N. Dow
j. w. Symonds, M. L. Stevens, whose terms
| expire in 1873.
Charles Holder, Ambrose Gidlings. Lewis
| B. Smith, NJ N. Small, George W. True, s. L.
Pullen, M. A. Blanchard, whose terms expire
| in 1874.
The members were all present with the ex-
ception of Mr.. Preble, who, it is understood,
| has declined, and Mr.. Homlen, who was out OF
the city.
Messrs O'Donoghue, Merrill and Giddings
were appointed TO receive, sort and declare the
votes for President Of the Board for the ensu-
ing year.
Previous to the balloting. Rev. DIR. Shailer.
the President of the Board for the past two
years, stated that he did not wish to he a can.
didate for reelection.
Whole number of ballots fer President. 10
Necessary to a choice, 10
George w. True had IL
Rev. DR.. Shaier, 8
Mr.. True on assuming the duties of the chair
cca1 l.
upon him, and said he would extend to every
member that impartiality and fairness that he
expected from them.
ballot was then taken for Secretary, when
Aurin L. Dresser had IA votes and Rev. N. w.
Root had 5. Mr.. Dresser was declared elected.
A ballot was then taken for Executive COM
mittee, consisting of three members. On the
first ballot Messrs. L. B. Smith and c. 3.
Merrill were elected; no choice OF the third.
On the second ballot there was no election. A
third ballot was had, with like result. The
fourth ballot resulted the same as the second
and third. The fifth ballot was unsuccessful.
A motion was then made to postpone the bal.
loting for the third member of the Executive
Committee until the next meeting. Lost, to
10. A sixth ballot was had, but there was no
choice. A motion to defer further balloting
until the next meeting was carried by vote of
10 toS
The election of Construction Committee was
postponed.
1t was voted to proceed to the appointment
of the Committee on Assignments 1t was
also voted that the matter of Supervisors of the
Island Schools be referred to tue Committee
on Assignments.
The chair appointed as the Committee on
Assignments, Rev. DIR. Smaller, ana Messrs.
Merrill, Holden, Smith and Clifford D..
Smaller wished to be excused and dominated
the President of the Board in his place. DR..
s. was excused and Mr.. True was appointed.
M. Stevens offered an order that be Com
mittee on Assignments be instructed to report
assignments as follows, viz:
1st. A sub committee of five, who shall be
the committee in charge of the High School.
I'd. A subcommittee of sven, who shall be
in charge of the Grammar Schools including
the Grammar departments of the North and
West Schools.
81. A subcommittee of nine, who shall be q
committee in charge of the Primary Schools,
including the intermediate School aud the
Primary departments of the North and West
Schools.
4th. sub committee of three, who shall be
in charge OF the Island Schools.
The several committees above mentioned
shall be empowered to choose their own chair
man, and MAZE such assignments of their
members to the various schools as may be de-
sirable to secure an efficient supervision OF
their several departments.
After some discussion the order was referred
to the Committee on Assignments.
Adjourned to the regular meeting on the 4th
Monday of the mouth