The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-10

AtAtAtAaA w rlnb DfuNOts AlOAbNs~--4At IN
regular monthly meeting Of the School Board
on Monday last, all the members we're present
Messrs. Edward Everhart and Edmond Ours
lor we're appointed TO iii tho vacancies IN III
board of trustees OF the Manchester Grarnma
School, resulting from the withdrawal Of Mr.
Edwin Crumrine aud DR.. Thee, Shower.
petition from Wisners school, in the 3,
election district, was referred to DR. l.eindol
iar and the Examiner, TO investigate and re
port TO a future meeting.
Mr.. Samuel +. Clingan, one OF the trustees
OF Oak Grove school, IN the LIST election dis
trict, having appeared and protested against
the reported action OF two Of his colleague
who are represented to have met and acte,
without previous notice to him, the matter
was referred back to a full meeting OF the
three trustees, recommending re-organiza.
tion and action according TO law 50 directed
as 10 secure the utmost possible harmany with
out which no public school can be successful,
conducted.
ar. Terrence Doud appeared aud paid
$4,000 ON n Judgment held against him By
the Board. Several applications for state
scholarships in Western Maryland College,
we're presented and postponed until future
meeting.
A committee of citizens from Bear Noun,
school in the u election district hasine
recommended certain parties for trustees and
other citizens having objected, the matter was
referred TO Mr.. Lolekofler, to investigate and
report to the Board at the next meeting.
Mr.. George X. Frank, Of Millers school.
IN the 9TH election district, appeared and APP
Piled for supply OF school desks No desks
being on hand, il was ordered that all persons
having borrowed desks belonging to the
county and all school trustees having sur.
plus OF desks in their respective school.houses,
are requested to notify The Secretary imme.
diately, and, before the middle of August, to
have said surplus and borrowed desks con
veyed to such places as any sehoo! commits
sioner or the Examiner shall direct.
The following was then presented and, after
full discussion, adopted;
Whereas, Experience has clearly demon.
strated that frequent changes and the annual
election OF teachers, tend to 'unsettle the
mind and depress The spirits Of teachers, aud
very greatly to retard the progress OF the
pupils; therefore, it is ordered that. in every
ease wherein the trustees determine to remove
one teacher and employ another, they shall
give the teacher thirty days notice in writing
TO vacate the school, otherwise the teacher Is
legally entitled to remain in charge of the
school from year TO year All trustees, there
fore, who desire to employ any other teacher
than the one last IN charge, will not fail to
give to the latter the legal notice before the LIST
day OF August, as a failure to give such notice
Will leave the school in the legal possession of
the teacher last in service, unless by some act
OF his own, the school shall have been sur.
rendered or abandoned
On the other hand, a teacher who shall
abandon his school without the formal legal
surrender or the possession to his trustees, in
writing, or who, having failed to give the
thirty days notice of his intention, shall aban.
don the school, will not only be held respon.
slble, but he will thus forfeit all right to hold
II certificate in Carroll county.
Seeing, by the depressed condition of the
finances, that the increase to the teachers
salaries which justice requires, cannot now be
made, 1t was agreed that according to n scale
of grades and classes, the following shall be
the prices to be paid to teachers per term for
the ensuing year ;--S9j, SS5, SIS, 500, $50,
$50.
A proposition to regulate the fees for the
use OF books, &c, more nearly in accordance
with justice and the cost, was postponed until
the next meeting.
On the recommendation of Mr.. Zollickof.
fer, Mr.. Edmund Yingling was appointed to
be a trustee at Middletown school. in the l2tb
election district, to fill the vacancy occasioned
by the resignation of Mr.. James Hooker,
leaving one vacancy hereafter to be filed.
DIR. Reindollar reported that in COMPANY
with the Examiner and Mr.. Zollckoffer, he
had carefully viewed various locations, to
enable correct Judgment to be made whether
or not Covers school, in the 81 election dis.
uiet, which occupies an unflvorable position,
can be adyantageously removed. The further
consideration of the proposal 10 remove, was
postponed IN consequence of financial depres
sion.
4 report having been presented that tres.
passers have been damaging the school prop.
erty at Browns Meeting House, in the sth
election district, it was ordered that these
proceedings shall contain a notice that all
such trespassers desist; and that legal meas.
ures for redress, if necessary, will be taken.
unless the damage be speedily settled for with
the School Commissioner of that election dis.
trict.
On motion Of President Reese, Mr. Nathan
iel Lester was appointed a trustee of the
Onlon school, in the 9th election district.
On motion Of DIR. Reindolar, Mr.. Charles
Myers was appointed as trustee, 10 supply the
vacancy made by the withdrawal of Mr.. j.
johnson from Mount Union in the 10th elec.
ton district.
On motion of Mr. Prugh, Messrs. Vim. Y
Frizzell, John C. SIMPLY. and Adam Bloom
were appointed trustees for Salem school, in
the 9th election district.
The programme.for the teachers examina.
tan, which requires the teachers of the LIST,
I'd, 10Th, I'd, ! lth and 18th election districts
TO assemble IN Westminster on the 18th and
18th OF July, and those of the 4th, Sth, 9th,
9TH, 9th and 9TH, onthe 18th and 18th of July,
was approved.
The Board then adjourned to meet on Mon.
day, the Sd day of July.
NEW WINDSOR lTENs.-Dielman Hotel is
hlllng up with summer bOarders
Mr.. Joseph Hibberd, of this district, has an
Alderney COW from which he made IA mounds
of prime butter last week New Windor dis.
trict claims to be the best butter and milk
district in the county.
New Windsor College win be opened MS n
summer resort on the LIST of July. 1t will be
under the management Of J. Vinton Ross, Of
\ ork, Pa, as Superintendent
The wheat, oats, barley and grass give in.
dications Of the heaviest yield we have had for
years.
A strawberry and ice cream festival for the
benefit of the Presbyterian Church began on
Thursday evening, and will he continued this
Saturday afternoon and evening.
The ladies Of the NJ. L. Church will hold
a strawberry and ice cream festival for the
benefit of the parsonage, on Thursday and
Friday, and the afternoon and evening of
Saturday of next week.
Another correspondent writes The wife
OF L. N. Snader was stricken with paralysis
on Tuesday evening, while returning from
neighbors where she had been visiting, for.
tunately she had q companion with her who
gave the alarm, and she soon received medi
cal attention. On Thursday morning Mrs. s.
was living, though her recovery is doubtful.
Our esteemed telow-c citizen, Elhanan Stout.
fer, who has been i'll for sometime, is now
able TO be out, this will be glad tidngs to his
many friends.
:. | might say something about the weather.
the crop prospect, grass, and how finely the
late planting of corn came mn. how th;cL tho