, 1873-10-15
Regular Meeting Of Tho Public School
E0ard.
1t indorsos tho Suspension Of a Princt-
pal for Cruelty to a Pupil.
A Committee Appointed to In
vestigatc tho Matter.
Appointments. Transfers, designations,
and Combinations Of Teachers.

Education was hold last evening. President
King occupied the chair, and there wer8
also present Inspectors Blulhardt DonAold,
Calkins, Qoggin, 0leson, 0lingor, nichborg,
Runyan, Stone, Wells, alll Wilce.
President King said he .olt 1t to DO his duty
to caf1 The attoution of tho Board to tho follow
ing correspondence relating to rooont case Of
corporal punishment Ill tho Cottage Grove
School:
ol1oAao. Oct. 8. 1879.
Ltafder Stone, Esq:
,, DEAR Stu: It Mina me beyond measure 10 report
hidc boy In h.a schoul without consultation and In
~ outrageous manner, according 10 tho statements Of
cutting the facs Of the boy with tho whip. hayo
asked tho mother to report tho to tho board.
tho rt ay u Sus uSe i aesa 50 nfnd In
,nn 70 act tls after whit has boen dome yery sor-
Superintendent of Schools.
yames II. DroetneEl Esq., f'riaetpal Cottage Gropo
BY Mr. rickard. Superintendent Of Schools, and Mr.
cruel manner in which you, with rawhde punished
one nt tno aelolars of your school, ]. President Of
hereby with thu advice Of tho said ctard and stone,
susrend you from tito position Of Principal Of the Cot
si9s Haso EVE Sesas SoaeG ), rau:aop
Tho following communication, addressed to
the Board by AIr. Droolnoll wna then read:
ahe Hon. II. II. King. President Eoard q Indication:
nuspending me from tlu position of prnoal Of Oot.
tago Grove School for alleged cruelty, in pniahing
As nm Informed. the subject will probably como
before the npxt meeting of the board OF Education, and
of ii. ,aatsr Issue, aud 70 wssh I'll tue facts ia the
caee bcfura taking Aeton, have concluded to sub
NIT candid statement Of tho nater as 1t presents It.
On Tu.saay nfternoon, oct 8, Oscar Woodruff was
sent to oco by his teacher for serious and contin
uod 1nistteneanor In tho schoolroonl. She had pro
Fionay informed me that sewas hnvjng much trouble
with him, aud that Rhe feared 1t would 10 necessary
to IT, to oa wo .eees
ting uny reply with reference to it, either In person or
h. b. nos aid without eIssting ay r.
tse fon II. noS nScr met "a Of tho Tine and
tton OF noserato punishment was tho best thing
could do for tho boy.
by throwing up hts arm lso received ast Of the force
Of ono blow upon cheek, which left nurk for tic
would haye been % as il was utenael S to b. Te
instrument used was light. souder rAw-hido about
twenty-five Inches long. These arc the simple facts
! viii briefly rehearsc what aecm to mo to hc the
paliiang circuudtauccs OF the case: l. The boy was
perBisteny disobotent and dsorlprly. The mother
waH II. formed Of tlis. and no improvement had
suited The father was away from tho city md could
than to suspend linn aud send him into tho street. q
In tho absence Of my legislation hy your Board tho
matter Of c0rroreal lunshnent1 wRB not awnro that
would violase any rnlc by using 1t. reported the
se to le 5 ~ was tue e custom r. years
terred to- $: Although know liz Superintendent desired
tho schools TO bo conducted without the uso Of cor
porea p1tnshnent. believed 1t still left optional with
the Principals to use 1t when they conHcieuouB1y
clear that 1t tile best thing 10 Ito. On reporting
the case TO the Superintendent hc expressed surprise
out first consulting him. This moat certainly would
have done had understood such was his desire.
in he spe sssa se d hs
instrument named. !! deem 1t proper to say
tnst at Of hass ts oss ss~9S
discipline With olher priucipss, that the use Of
similar instrument has not been infrequent In times
past among tho most successful of your tcachcrh My
idea iB that the cruelty Of untalmcut depends upon
tho manner Of H. and not upon tho Instrument used.
That tho punishment in this case not severe, at
tested by tho fact that complaint has been ,uae Of
any marks upon the boy's person except tho one
Site iss sor a ss " a T pesvsy
sny intention Of acting arbitrarily in the matter,
Of any . ono connected sh our ,seos
.crned TO express my regret At having made what
proved TO bo unfortnass choice Of discipline In
private opinion may Ia 10 tho advantages Of corpo-
ial punishment III somo caaes, my intention ls, and
Board and the instruction Of the supe ' "''rnt. 1so
sporiinly, J. L. n..~> ..-tL.
Tho following resolutions, which wcro ouussd
by Inspector Stone, wcro adoptod:
Resolved, That tho ac,ion Of the President In sus-
pending James Il. Broomel from tho position Of
Principal q the Cotngc Grove School be aud hereby
Is approved nnnctioned, ind ratified by this Board;
Resolved, That tho President Is hereby authorized
and requested to appoint Committee, conalstng Of
endens Of Schools, to examine into tho matter Of tho
punishment Of Oscar Woodruff by tancs H. Drooncll,
on the 9Th day Of October, 1873, with power to ret
state said Dr0oc into the position Of Principal Of tho
Cottage Grove School II a1id Committee shall deom
puch restoration advisable.
The Cha1r appointed nIessrs. Stone, Wells,
and plcknrd us such Committee.
Tho following report OF the Committee on tho
Appointment OF Teachers WAS confirmed:
Appointneats-Auce 6tursevant, to the Wella School
nlury E. Elliott, 10 tho Haven School; Maria r. Whip
ING Carpenter school; Mary O. Ayres, to the Hayes
School; Francelta s. A1iner to the Lincoln
School; Nellie Vilaton, TO tLo Mitchell Street.
School Ella F.. White, TO the Polk
Street sehool Charley E, Brackett and Sarah =.
Loudon, to tho Wentworth Avenue School; Eiyira
pennel to the Lawnda1e School; Matte A. Richards,
G. L,lcretta Miller, and Henrietta Uuna, temporarily
appointed until further assignment
10 tho Lincoln Street School.
Gross, and 1da g. Mcintosh.
For C07tdrnatoH- -A1lnnie Mcdowell, Jones School !:
Jennie Regan, Kinzie School: CLARA A. L. Lang
School Iizzio Fitzgerald and Mary Greenc, FoHtor
Schuol Annio L. Waldo, Ogden School Emma A.
Drncke1l, wells School; Il. 1a Taylor, bells HaeS-
e and a1atsle J: 13aker Carpenter school 1nez L.
pic Drennnrd and Mary barnard, Hayes School Hat
tie L. Hkaata Douglas School Nellie Calvin, Mitchell
Street School; sarah j. Ford, Sangamon Street
School; Maggfo Burke, kato cowau, and alary