The New York herald., 1874-10-08
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Principals Not to Send Pupils ON Err
rands-COntest Over Proposed Increase
of Salary-A Class for Deaf Mutes To Be
Established.
The Board OF Education held their regular meet
ing yesterday afternoon at their hall, corner Of
Grand and Elm Streets William II. Nelson
in the chair. large numper OF petitions from
teachers for leave or absence, transfer, and other
communications and reports were received and
referred TO the Committee on Teachers. Various
bills were assigned TO the Auditing Committee for
examination.
Mr. Baker offered the following resolutions,
which were adopted
Resolved, That the Clerk of this Board be and is
hereby instructed to notify the principals all the pub
lie lie schools M OF this city that the pupils Of the schools must
the school misses during the continuance the
Resolved, That the Committee on Bylaws of this Board
be and they are hereby to take into consider.
propriety OF modifying section g. article l. OF the by
the "a nitors out Of the hSiids whencSer any sudden
necessity or exisency shall arise and whenever sent
book Of the school, with the cause Tor such action
Mr.. Parr offered the following which was
adopted
superintendents will expire ON the l6tn inst;
que sed TO consider and report what changes if any
snail be made in connection with the filing of said DO
stons.
An invitation to attend the distribution to-day
OF certificates at the Grammar School No. 20, IN
Greenwich street, was accepted.
A PROPOSED 1NCREASB OF SALARY.
The Committee for the Normal school submitted
a report recommending the appointment OF Pro.
lessor Day 10 the chair of Natural science at an
annual salary OF S3,5 500.
Mr.. West moved to lay the report over, as this
was an increase OF 1000. Down at the City Hall
the authorities were reducing salaries, and It was
not for them TO Increase any.
Mr.. Farr explained that this was the salary
paid to all the Otner teachers IN the Normal Col
lege. and 1t would be simply al act OF justice TO
Professor Day to place hlm oa the same footing
with the other teachers. However, as three mem.
bers objected to the immediate consideration oil
the report and wanted time 10 look into the mat
ter II was laid over.
The Committee on the Nautical School reported
that the secretary OF the Navy had detailed the
St. Mary as nautical schooiship Tor New York.
and recommended the appointment OF Lieutenant
George II. Wadleigh as It's executive oificer at o
salary OF $1,000 The action OF the committee was
tndorsed.
The Committee on the Model schoo, recon-
stantlne, Mrs. Catherine Z. Coleman MISS Caroline
Y. Jackson, Miss Barbara Nungasser and MISS
Alice Neustadt as teachers. Adopted,
CLASS FOR DEAF MuTEs.
The committee on Evening Schools was empow
cred to open female evening school IN the
Iwenty-thlrd district They also recommended
that an evening class for the instruction OF deal
mutes be established in school No. 40 IN East
TWen ythlrd street, as soon as thirty deaf mutes
make application Tor IT.. Adopted.
The Committee on Teachers recommended sew
eral Instructors for promotion, ana their recon-
mendat0ns were adopted. Mrs. Frances A. West
burn was appointed principal Of the primary
scnoo No. SO and Miss Helen +. Boyce OF primary
school No. o.
The Board then adjourned.