Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-05-12
RULES ADOPTED.

No person shall be eligible to member
ship in the board of education Of the
Memphis city schools unless his educa-
EiOnal requirements are sufficient to en-
able him to Judge of the qualification of
teachers, and OF the progress of pupils in
the city schools.
No persen shall be eligible to mem
bership in the board of education who
is conducting, or in any way interested
in, private sch hOol, seminary, academy
or college in the city of Memphis, nor
shall any person be a member of the
board who has parent, child, husband
or wife, brother or sister in the employ
ment Of the hoard as teacher in any ca
pacity in the management Of the city
schools.
This rule, as recommended by DR..
Mitchell, was adopted, Messrs. Randle,
Mallon, Mitchell, Wiggin, Fontaine,
Smith, Andrews, Rambaut, Trezevant
and Clark voting for and Messrs. Gavin,
Cook and Townsend against the adop-
ton of the rule.
AN UNCLoUDED TITLE(?).
The attorney-at-law employed by the
chairman to examine the title to the
property on Monroe street, offered as a
site for the high-schoOl by George Sto-
vail, made q report relative thereto,
setting forth the nature Of the title to
the property, etc. Received and adopted.
A PETITION.
The petition of Rev. Larry Patterson
(colored) to use a room of the Clay
street school building for charitable pur-
poses, was referred to the building COM
mittee to report thereon.
The committee, through Judge Pierce,
reported that they deemed such imprac-
ticable, as the schOolhouses could not be
used for any other than educations pur-
pos.s. The committee recommended
that the petition be respectfully re-
jeeted. Adopted.
NEW RESOLUTIONS.
General Smith offered resolution set
ting apart the third Thursday in this
month as holiday, in order to give the
children and teachers an opportunity to
attend a picnic, as there were constant
applications for permission to give and
attend picnic.
DIR. Mitchell said, as he was opposed
to pienics on general grounds, he hoped
some other day would be selected. The
speaker was of opinion that two-thirds
OF the decentralization prevailing was
caused by picnies.
Mr.. Hadden gave it as his opinion
that pienics were a waste of time and
Of money. He was teeth and toe-nail
opposed to such measure being al
lowed.
Mr.. Gavin was of the same opinion,
and did not think the board had such q
right. He wanted to know if the
board proposed to incur any expense for
the picnic.
Mr.. Hadden informed him that it was
an expense, and contrary to domestic
economy.
The chairman informed him that the
board would not incur any expense.
The proposition was lost, Messrs. NAL
Ion, Wiggin, Smith, Andrews and Clark
voting in the affirmative, and Messrs.
Gavin, Randle, Mitchell, Hadden, Fon-
taine, Cook, Rambaut, Trezevant, Err
win, Pierce and Vernon voting in the
negative.
VISITORS APPOINTED.
The chair appointed the following Wis
itors for the ensuing month, each gen.
tleman to select two associates:
ADMINISTERED school, H. Andrews.
Court-street school, Judge Pierce.
Market-street school, G.. +. Cook.
Alabams-street school, NJ. B. Treze-
want.
Linden-street school, ]. w. Vernon.
Peabody school, G. V. Rambaut.
Chelsea white and eolored) schools,
Hosea Townsend.
Washington-street colored schools, n.
Fontaine.
Adjourned.