The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-10-07

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each. Primary schools, teachers, at s64(
each.
| FIRST ASSISTANTS.
Grammar A, 81 teachers at $500 each; B,
s teachers at $40 each.
Primary A, 2 teachers at $720 each.
| SECOND ASSISTANTS.
| Grammar A, IA teachers at $500 each; B.
16 teachers at $500 each.
| Primary A, 7 teachers at 5000 each; B,
teachers at 5000 each.
THIRD ASST
| All schools 100 teachers at $40 each.
| The appropriation for High Schools is $27,
400.
| REHABILITATION.
| Total salaries of teachers, including
| music teachers. Observation-Disclosures. 1926, 84
Less reduction from changing grades
| OF schools. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 5,lSt
s2O,66t
Add other expenses for tuition. pr
tresses and employees. ........... 1885,
| Total for tuition .............. $3.50, 64(
This is reduction on last year of S72, $780,
the estimate being S423,0O0.
The estimate for the total expenses Of
schools last year was $480,00O TINS year the
estimate is $500. 600.
Massicot and Bourges, of the committee,
agreed with the above except the first item,
principals of Grammar Schools A.. They
thought that, with the other grades, the salary
of this should be reduced.
The report was ordered printed, and post
| poned to special meeting.
| The following communication from the La
| fayette Square mass meeting was received:
New ORLEANS, October 6, 1875.
| To the President and Members of the Board Of
Directors Of the Public Schols of New Or.
leans:
GenAemen-We hand you herewith the resolu-
ON the night OF September 20, 1875, at Lafayette
| Square. We believe the expression of sentiment
embodied in these resolutions, to represent the
almost unanimous feeling Of the community,
commissioned to represent said meeting, and as
we believe, fully acquainted with its arimus, we
desire to divest our action and to enable you to
divest yours OF partisan tone, hoping that a
settlement of the grave difficulties now pending
may be obtained by orderly. legal and patriotic
action. We are persuaded that some Of your
body, If not all, recognize the serious nature of
the situation, and concede that the deep and gen.
eral dissatisfaction is not untounded.
Believing that we have reached crisis when
there must be either a reform in the manage
ment Of the public schools or the whole system
OF public education must fall into disgrace and
ruin, we trust your action will be such as will
IL eet the reasonable demands of the people, al
lay the general apprehension and restore the
public schools to their efficiency and good re-
pute.
We are empowered to receive your answer to
this communication Very respectfully,
P M. BAKER,
B. J. WEST,
]. N. STOUTEMYER,
VIM. L. GUSHING,
CHAS. F. BUCK.
Dibble offered the following:
Resolced, That the communication of the COM
NIT ha to
buttons Of the mass meeting transmitted by the
committee.
RESOLVED, That the communication be referred
to special committee OF three.
Pinchback took the floor. He was evident
ly excited, and was inclined to display of
excessive indignation, and he did his best to
assume the role of injured innocence; but the
character did not suit him nor he the charac-
ter, and as evidence of the fact that the board
thought SO, it may be mentioned that as soon
as he took his seat the resolutions were
adopted
He said that he supposed this-meaning the
resolutions the result of q compromise
of the members of the board, but he thought
that other action should be taken. Never be-
fore in the history of any civilized country
had such q crisis been forced on such general
charges. This was introductory, and he
went on to call attention to the fact that a
committee of the board had been turned
away by the editor of the BULLETIN without
the privilege of an interview, and that this
same editor of the BULLETIN was chairman of
the committee from whom the communication
came.
He spoke of the mass meeting and INDUCED
in a few remarks about Judge Kennard be
cause Judge Kennard had INDUCED in few
remarks about him at the meeting.
He then informed the board that he had ex-
pected that the committee would interview
him, and seemed to be very much disap-
pointed because the committee had not done
so. So anxious had he been to see that COM
mittee he had remained patiently in the
house-his house-for a whole week. He
wanted to see that committee to vindicate
himself, aud address them in such emphatic
terms that this press would not much fur
ther impose on this community"
He assured every body that he had done
nothing wrong, nothing but what he was will.
ing to answer for; that he had taken stand
the bard evidently would have been better
satisfied if he had kept his seattle had
taken q stand, not skulkingly." but boldly
and openly, and he was going to stick to that
stand.
& He continued at this rate for some little
time, and saying that he supposed the board
would pass the resolutions, notwit hstanding
his opposition, he Quoted down and gave
general notice that recognizing the right of
communities to complain of wrongs, imagin-
ary or real, he, as q member of the board,
withdrew all opposition to the resolution. but
as an individual he was arrayed against it.
He subsidized, and vote on the adoption of
the resolutions was taken, and Pinchback no
doubt as an individual voted against them,
but notwithstanding, they were adopted.
In accordance with the resolutions Gaudet,
who was in the chair, appointed Bbble, Du-
mont and Pinchback as the committee.
Executive session was called, and the doors
were closed and remained closed until 1915
o'clock, when they were re-opened, and it
was announced that the following named
teachers had been appointed. The LISTS some
what different from that recommended by the
Committee on Teachers:
Mrs. S. E Cooney, Miss E. Shaw, Miss G.
T. Young, Miss A. NJ Hero, Miss E B. Brown,