The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-09-29
COMMITTEE ON TEACHERS.
The Meeting Yesterday.

The Committee on Teachers of the public
schools met yesterday in the Office Of the
Superintendent, City Hall.
1t was understood at the last meeting of
the board that when 1.-THE committee me-,
the other directors should be notified that
their presence, aid, counsel aud advice was
required, and further that the proceedings
would be in public.
But yesterday, when the nesting was called
to order, there were no other directors than
those composing the committee present; the
doors were closed, and it was found necessary
to come to vote before it was decided that
the reporters who had not taken the hint and
retired, were allowed to remain.
At the opening of the meeting there was
present ALE Shaw, Chairman; Giaudain,
Stamps, Boothby and Tracy. but after the
meeting was we'll under way Bourges and Du-
mont entered.
The committee decided to report favorably
on, and recommended the adoption of by the
board, the resolution providing for the APP
pointment of thirteen teachers more, to be
selected from among those dropped.
number of communications from teachers
and others were received and referred to the
board.
Among them, was one from Senator West,
recommending the appointment of teacher,
and urging as special claim on the commit
tee thar her brother was a useful man to
the party.
Another in the shape of petition from the
pupils of Napoleon Avenue School, asking the
reinstatement of their " old teacher" Miss c..
Rossne-.
Stamps moved that the lady be assigned to
her old position, and that Mrs. kilgour, the
present principal of the Napoleon Avenue
School, be transferred to the Marengo School.
The molten was duly seconded and properly
put, and Bourges got excited.
He wanted to know if the lady in question
was not the one whose case the papers had
made point Of and receiving an aft rmative
answer he said that the case was one of the
causes that lead to the abuse of the board.
While he had no obi ection to the lady, he did
not intend to be forced into putting her back
in her old position.
Boothby said that the case stood on its mer-
its; that the lady had been in the school for
sometime and had succeeded in building il
up. She was good teacher, and was just the
one for the place.
Bourges was still unhappy. The papers
had denounced the board as vagabonds and
thieves, and after this the PROPOSED reinstall-
ment would look as if the board had been
forced into change.
There was more discussion, during which
Bourges succeeded once again in getting Of
his own peculiar ideas about compulsion and
force; but he was assured, and finally con-
WINGED, that every other man of the commit
tee was just as hard to be driven as he pro-
fessed to be, but sense of duty
urged them to take the contemplated
step, and after being reminded by Stamps
and Tracy tnat the directors were public
servants and subject to and amenable to criti-
cism for official acts, and that he was di-
rector and public servant, he recovered his
spirits, raised no more objections, and even
voted in the affirmative, for the motion of
S amps, which it may be we'll to observe, was
divided into two questions: the one being the
transfer of Mrs. Kilgour, and the other the
appointment OF Miss Rossner to her OLD posi-
ton. Both were decided subject to the ap-
proval of the board.
II All of the committee present voted in the
affirmative, with the exception of Glaudln,
who voted blank.
Dumont announced that his object in voting
in the affirmative was to move reconsidera-
ton. This. however he did not do.
Miss M. E. Taliaferro was transferred from
the Marengo School to the Dryades School
Miss Hunt was assigned as Third Assistant
in the Paulding School
The assignment of Miss A. Shields as Third
Assistant of the Live Oak School was con-
fir ned.
Miss Mary Grice was assigned as Third AS
sistant Magnolia Girls School.
Miss j. Doran was assigned as Third Assist
ant of the Fisk School.
Mrs. Fortier was assigned as Principal of
the Girls Department of the Algiers School,
on salary of First Assistant
Miss Hampson was assigned to the Franklin
School.
Miss Watson was assigned as Third Assist
ant McDonogh School No. 2.
Mr.. Kelsey was assigned as supernumerary
OF the Boys Central High School.
Prof Blossman was assigned as Principal of
the Vallette School, Algiers.
The names Of Miss Carrie Waugh and Miss
A. Mayer were added to the list Of unassigned
| teachers
All assignments above third assistant are
subject to the approval of the board.
1t was decided that in making up the list
of thirteen teachers to be added that the
committee receive three or four nominations
from each director, to be made from those
teachers dropped, and that the directors be
invited to the next meeting of the committee.
| A motion to djourn subject to call pre-