New-York tribune., 1873-06-26
LOCAL EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS.

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LOCAL EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS.
MEETING or TIE BOARD or MISUNDERSTANDING
MTNT OF THE CONSIDERATION OF THE SALARY
sCmEME--A PROPOSITION TO ELECT A CLERK
AGAIN DEFEATED.
The regular bi-monthly meeting of the
Board OF Education was held yesterday afternoon in the
hal of the Board at Grand aud Elmsts. The session
unusually Tong, lasting from to O'clock consider
able being wasted the discussion of unimportant
matters The business which was watched for with
most Interest was Of course, the consideration OF the
recommendations OF the Special Committee on Salaries
and Economies concerning the new scale OF salaries Tor
teachers the granting Of the increase to the maximum
salary the 10 female grammar school principals yet
debarrod from it, ana the repeal of the action OF the ola
Board in relation to the principal OF Primary School NO.
These were not reached until late in the meetng but
when the new salary scheme came up, Commissioner
Cushing moved 10 lay the report on the taoie'
and make It the special order OF tho day drecty acr
the third order Of business at the first regular eens
In October, saying that important matter neeuou
careful consideration and he wanted more ume 10 eA
anime IT, but as he now viewed certain provisions, he
would vote against It. The motion was carried uhanF
mously This action OF the Board Is generally regardeu
a. fatal TO the measure when the report In regard 10
the 10 female grammar school principals was caed or
Commissioner Beardsley offered resolution that the
action of the late Board OF Public Instruction be raneu
and made legal and moved suspension OF tho bylaws
70 enable the resolution 10 be considered ana passed
he further gave notice that at the next meeting he
should offer an amendment to the bylaws giving the
maximum salary TO all grammar school principals
Commissioner Gushing, however, moved that tho whole
matter be laid over the ground that the resolution
even Il passed. would be invalid should the Board refuse
to adopt the new bylaw. This motion was carried.
In the case Of Miss NJ Louise Waring, principal OF
Primary School No. T. the circumstances OF which were
related in THE TRIBUNE Of June d. the Board adopted
the resolution of the committee reducing her salary
from 81 to 81 NS2O on and after July l. next notwlth
standing tho protest Of Commissioner Beardsey, who
stated that this school had recently been removed into
new building, where it had already grown cOnsldera-
bly, and was growing, and that her salary was re-
duced as proposed, sho could not obtain proper IN
crease for year and half according TO the methods
Of making the allowances Commissioner Farr favored
the report claiming that discrimination ought to be
| made between principals and there were
others with scholars who were receiving
less He said nothing however about the schools haF
ing grown very rapidly since tho removal into the new
quarters increasing $50 scholars in about two weeks
and of the prospects OF still greater increase on open
ing in the Fall 1t should be SAID ALSO in connection
with this case that Miss Warings salary has already
heen reduced by the orders Of President Nelson, 1t is
stated so having been deducted from her payroll for
the months of April May and June although the resou-
ton eectng the change not adopted till yesterday,
and is not to take effect until July
In relation 20 the salary scheme, communication
WIS received from the principals Of primary schools
proesng against the discrimination at present exist
ing and proposed be continued, between primary aud
grammar departments in the matter OF pay, szc OF
classes, &c. The communication "a substantially the
same as the memorial Of the Primary Principals Asso
citation published in THE TRIBUNE on Tuesday. com
munioaton was also received from number OF female
principals OF small schools, protesting against the re.
stricton of allowances 10 these and the CONSEQUENT
reduction in their salaries claiming tha az pflhclpas
SSfa S5f snd Bod their posticns and hence ought
that Do in P'C qucnce Of their schools being
small they had fewer assistants though the same num-
bcr OF grades had to be maintained and much the
routine work gone through with, making their abors
harder in than those Of principals Of larger
schools In consideration OF these and Other reasons
they petitoned the Board 10 make 10 distinction in the
payment Of salaries between them and ther fellow
principals who now receiving the maximum
& ~ 9n.bt nv nv Commjs jsso,,er Crshino ON a motion
10 make It the order day directly after tho reading
OF the minutes At the next regular meeting. This was
opposed. however by Commissioner Iownsehd, ana lost
The regular monthly report of City superintendent
Kidde for May was presented IL states thai the mum
Seventeenth. and TEenty-second Wards. Three hun
drcd ana thirty classes we're examined aud " others IN
suected In 1877 the instruction was found 10 be excel
lent in l5S good in b. fdlI; IN s. lndnerent ana IN
ing either excellent good in o. though want OF
due control evident. In all schools visited except
8, the general management seemed TO be effective.
These deficiencies have been reported TO the several
boards of trustees. and measures have already been
taken in some 10 remedy them On May
81 there were registered in all the public
schools, 9s5O6 pupils, with an average attendance
OF 50 328, the increases over the month IN
ls2 being 3,44 the register, and 1902 the
The number Of teachers reported absent during
themonth was 1891 or s2 less than IN May, 1872 The
annual report OF the Board OF Public Instruction for 1872
was presented, aud l,5OO copies ordered printed. Its
principal features have already been noticed IN the
reports Of the proceedings or the Board The Committee
Warming and Ventilation reported tnat $G45l5 would
be required to put the heating ana ventilang appara
VI the school buildings IL proper order, and asked
for authority for the various Waid trustees 10 advertise
for proposals 70 do the necessary Work during the SUM
vacation, under the supervision OF the Committee
Referred 10 the Finance Committee. The Committee on
Normal Schools recommended that classes in French
and German he Introduced INTO the Saturday Normal
School, that these languages might be taught in the
public schools by the regular teachers They nominated
Prof Charles n. Schccel as instructor or the classes.
CommIa siOner Gushing introduced a resolution that
the Committee Salaries inquire into the cXpedenCy
Transferring all the scholars in the grammar depart
OF School No. S, Grandst No 80 andl other
schools IN the vicinity ana ui using the building OF No
wholly Tor primary school. IL may DO stated IN
gard to No thai IL Il smdl sCnOO and gradually de-
creasiug, aud that the male grammar department is
now without principal or ceprncpal. By eOnsOl-
lGatng IL with some other the salaries OF these, amount
lug 10 s. 800 annually, could be saved.
Amendments 10 the bylaws were adopted establishing
the regular meetings OF the Board the first and third
Wednesday, of eacn month, except in August, when
sessions are be hcd aud in January they are
70 come tho second and third Wednesdays and max
ing a majority vote Of the whole members OF the Board
necessary 10 tho election Of officers. Various other
amendments, including the one feterred-tO THE
TRIBUNE oi June n rcstuctiLg the power OF prInc
pals % transfer their assistants, were laid for
future consideration.
THE MINOR COURTS.
pRORARIE ACTION or THE AIDFRNuk- NouINA.