Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-04-29
The Colored School Houses.

committee on that Board and Geo. j. Seaton, |
Geo. 2. Douglass, and others. committee OF
the trustees holding the Lee and Scatou school
buildings, relative to those buildings. There
were present besides the committees, McSsrs
+. Snowden, jr., Chairman OF the Board, Is.
Wheat, a trustee from the LIST ward aud IT, a.
Carue, Superintendent of Schools.
Mr.. Mckenzie asked whether the colored
trustees would not surrender the adnulstra-
ton of the school houses to the Clty School
Board 1n reply il Was asked why the r,qnest
was made, to which Mr. Mckrnzle answered
that the houses were DOT kept III proper order
The School Board would put and keep them
in repair and keep them insured, which Was all
the coIored trustees had night to expect,
| MIR. Seaton said hc had heard no complaints
| about The school houses until very short tlluc
| since.
| MIR. Suowdeu said that the want OF veutla-
tiop in soule rooms was So great that it had
made him sick to euter them. lie would not
| allow child OF his to attend school kept 10
such room
The Superintendent said that owing to SOME
defect iu the t1ue, the room occupied BY Snow
den School No was full OF carbuulc Oxyd,
very poisonous gas He had been made sick
By staying in 1t ten miuues. Besides, several
rooms could not be properly htatcdi water
would freeze on the teachers desk III one, and
| he had had TO allow schDuls ~ be 0scd IN con-
sruueLce of the cold Had uol the alternative
been an entire Abandonment Of the Schools he
would have felt bound, under the school law,
10 condemn those roouDs long ago, just as he
would have condemned some rooms occupied
BY white schools last year, but now, happily,
superseded by the Peabody building.
Mr. Scaluu and others, stated that there
was debt still due on the school houses
Mr. Ncae eLqured the amount. aud was
told that it was about $500, Mr. Scalon re-
marking, however, that he had in addition
claim for extra services lin what he did not
s.ae).
Mr. S. F. Beach said that the City Board
would probably, assume aud pay the debt due
| on the houses if the administration was sur
| rendered TO it. The culorcd trustees were not
asked to give up their right to the property
| il was merely question OF convenience to
both parties The School Board wished I"
give the co.orcd children the same facilities Tor
education that the white children had he sup
posed the colurc1 people were DESTROYS OF hay
irg them suitably accommodated, and II TIL"
Schou Board, Which had moro money at It's
command could best do that, he did not
why the trustees should hesitate 10 let 1t BE-
done.
A member oil the cOIoIcd committee said he
had been mlsniOrmcd as To the desire OF the
School Board 1t had been said out OF doors
that it was desired 10 take the property from
the colored people altogether
Mr. Seatun said he had seen an article in
the Gazette saying that a law had been passed
turning over the houses to the School Board.
The Superintendent explained the law al
luIed to. BY the act creating County School
Boards, those Boards were empowered TO cx-
anime into the execution of all trusts for edu-
catunal purposes and to enforce their proper
execution through the courts. Thus, il man
should give or boqueath property for school
purposes on any conditions he might see iii,
and his executors or the trustees appointed
should not carry out his Intentions, the County
Board could compel them to do 80. As the
city school law had been passed before that
bill, aud City Boards had been ass gncd only
the power of District Boards, the only organl-
cation then known to the law i'll local school
matters, The provision had not applied TO cities
until the General Assembly, on the petition oil
the Alexandria City b ,ard, had made it uui-
form throughout the State. 1t Was not made
Tor the occasion, aud it affected ali men, white
or black, who might hold school trusts.
| Mr. Seaton "a kcd whether the colUred trus.
tees had not been aimed at in this particular
| instance
The Superintendent said he thought they
had there was division in the coIorrd board,
and some bought the truss had not been prop
erIy administered. Tue School Board had,
therefore, asked for au extension of the law to
cities that the matter might be investigated
and justice be done to all parties.
The conference then closed, the colored com
mittec promising to report the matter to their
Board and report their action on the PROPOSE
ton.
BISHOP jaeger The Church Of the Holy
Trinity, in Phllade phia, was crowded yester
| day morning on the occasion OF the consccra-
ton of Rev. Thomas jaeger, D ID as bishop
of the diocese of Southern Ohio. ln the chan-
| eel there was grand array Ut Church dlgDl-
tarics, eight bishops being present, besides a
| large nun Der of officiating clergyman from this
aud other dioccses The music was furnished
| by u large chorus choir under the direction OF
the organist of the church. At II O'Clock the
long procession OF priests entered the church,
followed by the biShnp-elect with his attending
chapIans, Rev. DR.. }. IL. Eggcstor and Rev.
Thos. S. Yocum. After these came the bishops
of Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania, Long
Island, New Hampshire, Nlobrara Antigua,
aud the venerable bishop of Kentucky, the
presiding bishop. bringing up the rear. HAY.
ing all entered the church, the ranks opened
and allowed the bishops to prcce'ic and take
their places within the chancc, the clergy fol-
lowing 10 their assigned places. Then the
usual morning services commenced, followed
by the aDte-commuDiou service, and Bishop
Litticjohn's sermon and address to the bishop
elect.
DR.. Jaeger, vested in cassock and rochct was
then presented by Bishop Potter, o! New \ rk,
4 Of ylp,n hp
consccrator, Right Rev. Bishop Smith, OF
Kentucky. After which the testimonials OF
Dr. Jagger's election aud other papers were
presented by Rev Richard Gray, president Of
the standing COMMITTEE of the diocese OF
Southern Ohio. The testimonials being salts
factory, the Erjsc pal cath was taken by DR..
jaeger. After prayer the public OK 'ullnat"n
of the bishop elect as to his call, doctrine and
duties. was proceeded with. Dr. Jaeger was