, 1876-08-31
THE NORMAL SCHOOL.

THE NORMAL SCHOOL.
THE COUNTY BOARD sTitLwRAN0tiNo OVER THn
HLECT1ON OF PRINCIPAL.
Tho County Boanl Of Educntton met ycstcr-
day afternoon. President Kcarncy in tho chair,
and all the members present.
The Secretary reatl list of nnmcs OF promt-
ncut educators In different pnrts Of tllc country
recommending the appointment Of S[fss Badger,
of Toledo, AZ tcachcr In tho Normal School;
also letter from Prof. Swing lndorsing DR.,
Willard for Principal Of The Normal School; IN
application for The position Of engineer from
Michael DAILY, with recommendations. They
were all laid OIL the tah'o temporarily. :,
As there wns no other business, Mr. kcarncy
vacated tic chair IN favor Ut Mr.. Gardner, and
moved tn eleyt a Principal The motion was
carried, and Mr. kearncy rcnominated DR.. Will
ard, stating that he hs.l seen Judge Rogers who
suit: It '''' W '1'A ~S'N'D '''' 'a' i'''"'''e
4ye..P,snt, Kes.ne!, q'Gontei', a.sdnsf-4.
As there was no election, hfr. Lewis nomi-
nated Prof. Wentworth aud made q speech lie
said the school should open next Monday an!l 4
class should graduate next December. The
Monday. When he Could be satisfied that Prof.
Wentworth was incompete,,t, or that tho bulk
Of tho people Of Cook County were opposed to
him, then hu should bc ready to drop ntn3'
No such evidence had been prsseisliisa,. es is,
tern from prominent educators, recommending
Prof. Wentworth, md to ask him to vote
against Sr. Wentworth wol,ltl be asking sof,o-
thing which e could not i, cenfssn.ioasy e tn ao
lington, ILL.,, and others, ildorstng Prof: Went
worth and hts methods of teaching pupils In the
Normal School.
Mr.. GARDINER
at,os MA fArror1yk
~ rchash." lie thought thu matter bad hccn
sut.cfcntly argued, and yet, with some ap-
parent inco,s! !stcney. hc proceeded to state Ills
own reasons for voting agalnst Prof; Wentr @
As long as Mr.. Lewis was Judge Of the
qualifications, It was absolutely impossible to
convince lin of Prof. WcntwnEtE's incompc-
tcncy and un1tness. Tho other aide l'ad yletu-
Under these circumstances, i was al nonsense
man was better than Prof. Wentworth. Ilc
should vote for = nun who would ralso tho Cook
County Normal school 70 the proud position
rage TINT Wcntwortll's uamc should hs kept be-
fore the Board, after he had been defeated time
and ttmc again, to the exclusion OF everybody
Nir.Lewls denied Nr. 1ardncr's assertion that
the school was not half fail, and slil the school
was go full that the scholars had to ut two ut
desk. He concluded that tho administration
wns popular, or the school would not bt SO full.
The vote was then taken On tue po'niuat!on
slr. Gardner moved to adjourn TO the last
Saturday In September.
Afr. Lewis moycd as mn amendment that tile
Doarti prnceed to the election Of assistant teach
ers. lie thought the Doard was reercant to its
trust il II did not provide for the scholars who
would lock there next Monday,
Mr.. Gardner said tho Principal, Thcn elected,
H. IL h Nf
we're employed now, they would hayo to be paid
for the year, whether they remained during the
whole year Of not.
mn1c plea for tho present teachers at the
Bcht,ol. lie wanted tbs public 10 know With
whom this responsibility Of closing the schools
lies, intlmattng very broadly that f did not liz
with his side. fIe WIS fur opening tho school
now, and Thought tho board should agree on
assistant teachers, even II it only got QUO or
hlr. Gardner s!.lfcuicd tic IDEA Of opening tho
scilnul with ono ar two teachers. lic satd 1t
might suit the gentleman to appoint . teat!c'
or TWO TO teach the |, CO, but II the othcl
side Ind listened to reason, thoy might have
hid a Principal and teachers long ngo. II ths
sehs'ol was closed, tho responsibility rested or
tilo other side.
Tia yote WIS taken on clecting assistant
| teachers, anl resulted as follows:
| Ayss-ifarms, Lowis--2.
Aagt-~!ohnsoa. Plant, KeaEney, CLARK, ocon
| nell lardncr-H.
II was declared lost.
AIr. iiar,lncr renewed bis motion to adjour1
until tho last Saturday IN September.
| Mr.. Harms amended the motion by movlnI
to adjourn tilt next Wednesday,. :" =,
The amendment Was accepted, aud the mo
| tlon, ~ amendment, Tan carried.
Tic Board then adjourned,
1t Is altogether probable that, when the Boar
meets next Wednesday,, tha p,accs Of hicsar.
lInrins aud Lewis, whUsc terms arc about TO cx
pire, will be illed by men with whom devotion
to friend is not 4 stronger motive than dcve
tiou to tue public good. Should this be th
It will be, the Board may SUCCEED In clccttng
Principal. 1t 10 possible, however, though uo
probable, that these two gentlemen may secure
reappolntlncnt, and then there Will be litta
pruspcct Of breaking the deadlock.