The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-22
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

The Standing Committees Tor 1e54-rhe
Cost OF Our schools Nearly - 900, 600
The Estimstes for the Year. q bHl
A meeting Of the Board OF Education took place
yesterday at the rooms, In Grand street. There
was some what small attendance Of the members
OF the Board. Mr.. Nelson occupied the chair. A
communication was received from Mayor Have
meyer, appointing Aessra 8 s. Randall, N. x.
Freeman and T. q. Faile, Jr., Inspectors OF Com
mon Schools for the Eighth school district OF the
city of New York. Several resolutions were then
brought up regarding teachers salaries. Only
case was Of interest, where the principal Of
Primary Department. ofGrammar School No. ls, in
consequence Of the establishment In its imme-
date vicinity Of parochial school, found that her
salary was reduced some $500 per year, the falling
on from the necessary attendance being only
some ten or eleven. Some discussion ensued on
this point 1t being shown that IL was case OF
extreme hardship. and. in view OF the facts. 1t
was moved that the bylaws be suspended ana the
teacher receive her original salary. Mr.. West
contended bitterly that the Board should not sus-
pend its bylaws, and that the teacher be reduced
in her salary. The Chairman was at first OF opn-
ion that there was doubt as to the right Of the
Board to suspend its rules The Chair subse-
quently ruled that by rwo-third's vote the Board
could suspend Its rules motion to lay over was
lost and finally, on vote, the motion TO suspend
the rules was loss
III WHAT THE SCHOOLS COST r,Ir
communication was received from the Comp
troer stating that the trial estimate for the board
of Education Tor 1874 was as follOws:- IN
Salaries Of teachers, jantors superintendents
For supplies rents ordinary repairs Of build
sns nsaaHP s snd s s
a ad nu af soSSs Su,na
For school moneys spporuonment " corporate .
For purchasing sites and erecting new school '0
Aiteratons and extraordinary repairs to build
ings and for new heating apparatus and FUR
PaSiie In.truesioa q1ensy i,d and Tcsnivyox wap
FOR 81 81 uSas employees sppes and
expenses. acknowledgements. 1885, $50
Total estimate for 1874 Csc
THE STANDING COMMITTEES. n0. e.
The following standing committees for 1874 have
been appointed by the President OF the Board, Mr..
FINANCE CoMM1rrEE-Commissione vermilye.
Dowd, Townsend, Beardslee and Seligman.
COAMITTEg ON Commissioners Hal
sted, Kelly, Dowd, fraud and Brown.
CoHHITTEE ON BUILDINGS Commissioners Dowd,
Patterson, Lewis, Hoe and Baker.
COMMITTEES ON SUPPLIEs-Commssone Boards
lee, Matnewson, Halsted, Wetmore and Hoe. ,e
AUDITING CoMNITTEE-COmm issiOners West,
fraud, Jenkins, Baker and Patterson.
COMMITTEE ON SITES AND NEW SCHOOLS-COm-
missioners Patterson, Ramroth, Baker, Vermiiye,
and Lewis gl,- 't -
OoMnITTEB ON COURSE OF STUDY AND SCHOOL
and KlamrOth.
CoMMITTEE ON SCHOOL FURN1TuRR-Commis-
stoners Wetmore Hoe, Seligman. Jenkins and
Baker. I'D, flrf "a AL b,
CoMMrTRB ON NoRMAL scHooLs-Commis-
sioners Farr, Brown. Klamroth, Townsend and
Halsted. -..
CoMMrTEr ON EVENING scHooLs-commis.
sloners Mathewson, Townsend, Jenkins, fraud
: CoMMITTEE on CoLoRED scHooLs-Conmission
Jenkins, Patterson, West, Wetm0re and Dowd.
COMMITTEE ON WARNING AND VENTILATION
Commissioners Hoe, Mathewson, Baker. Beardstee
OoMMrrrEn ON BYLAWS, ELECTIONS AND QUAIL
LEGATIONS = Commissioners Townsend, Man,
Beardslee, West and Farr.
EXECUTIVE Committee ON NAUTICAL SCHOOL,
Commissioners Wetmore. Matlews0n, Seligman,
D0wd and Vermlye.
OOAMITTBE ON ANNUAL REPoRT-C Commissioner
KlamrOth, jenkins, Beardslee, Vermiye and West
OokAITTEE ON NOMINATION OF TRUsTEEs-Oon-
missiOners Wotmore, Halsted Brown, Beardslee,
West, Kelly Klamroth, Lewis and Farr.
report was received from the Committee on
Bylaws that Grammar School No. 10, In Wooster
street, was surrounded by houses of i'll fame and
other 'dens OF iniamy," to the great scandal OF
the neghbOrhOOd and the great annoyance of the
teachers and scholars, and resolution was offered
that the names OF the owners "whO knowingly let
their buildings for the vile purposes mentioned be
sent to the District Attorney together with the petit.
tons and schedules of certain taxpayers Of the
Fifteenth ward, and his action requested upon the
same" The resolution was passed and the report
adopted.