Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-07-22
CITY SCHOOL BOARD.
Action on the Subject Of CoIOred
Schoolhouses-Gen HuntOn's Let
ter About Cadetshtps-EIectiOn of
Teachers

AtS:l5 last evening the Board was called to
order by the Clerk; present: Trustees Add.
sou, }. s. Beach, Burke, ". +. Carne, KEN
per, Mckenzie, Wilmington and Whittesey,
aud Superintendent Carne
The Chairman being absent Mr. Mckenzie
was, on motion of Mr.. Burke, elected Chair
mau pro tenn, and the Superintendent stated
that The meeting had been called for the cleo.
ton of teachers aud The Transaction OF the,
other business .of the N 10Th, because II had:
b.cn apprt hended that there would not be a
uuolup 10 The city 90 the 18th.
MIR. Burke, from the Committee on Finance
and Accounts, then reported, as correct, the
folll wing bills. which were ordered to be paid,
viz: George E French, books and stationery,
s5404; Rehsld j. Collins, services as clerk,
no ;or, 800; Thomas Hoy, ventilators and re-
pairs to root ADD SD .uting ct Peabody build.
lug, $62 25; NJ E. Church, gas and damages
10 prop r from use for distribution Of medals,
&c. to Washington and Lee schools, 50 on.
MIR. McKeuze, from the same committee,
1.-THE Chairman having meanwhile arrived and
taken the chair reported the payment OF an
order 10 favor of George l. Scaton, for fifty
dollars, un account of reot of Lee aud Seaton
schboI houses, which payment was approved.
The Chairman then gave an account CT the
final examination and distribution 10 HailoBell
School.
SETTL EMENT OF TREASURER CLAIMS
Mr.. h mpcl, from the special com uittee on
the sui CT, reported the following. resoiutIon'
which was unanimously adopted, viz:
RESOLVED. That as 6ual settlement OF the
n Lot liIU Ir
urer, the City Superintendent of Schools be
dir .ctt d to allow MIN the sum of two hundred
and lor,y.one dollars and fifty cents, 10 full OF
all claims for disbursement of school funds to
the eud Of his term. .~..... a
GEN. HUNToN ON THE CADETsHlPs.
The Clerk then read the following letter from
the Hon. Eppa Hutton, received by him 10
reply to copy Of the resolution adopted by the
Board 90 the first Of June, and forwarded as
directed therein: go ge>.,is
HOUSE OF EPsEsESTATIvEs,
WAsaIS sToN. June Is, 1876.
Richard J Collins, esq:
Dear Slr-ious favor of the 14th Instant has
this moment been received. 1t enclosed reso-
luton of the City School Board of the city OF
Alexandria requesting me to consider the pro.
prety Of causing an examination to be made OF
some Of the boys in Washington school No. l,
Alexandria, to know whether they might not be
nominated either to West Point or Annapolis
in competition with other boys from the Con-
gressionsl district
l confess myself at loss to understand the
meaning Of this resolution. 1t presuppose that
| have refused to consider the claims of the boys
of that school when such WAS not the fact.
1t also presupposes that there is . vacancy at
one or the other of the places named, when such
is not the fact | shsll be glad 10 know, the mo-
tive IF the author of the resolution.
| beg leave 10 assure you that when there Is
vacancy ut either place the claims Of any boy OF
the school named to the nomination will BE- care
fully considered when presented.
Please make these sentiments known to the
School Board, and believe me,
Your obedient servant,
EPPA HUTTON.
Whereupon, Mr.. VIM. F. Carne offered the
following resolution, which was unanimously
adopted:
Resolced, That 10 the opinion of this Board,
the vacancies 10 the cadetships at West Point
aud Annapolis, whenever occurring, under the
control of the representative of this Congress,
sioual District, ought to be filed by oompeti.
tive examination, at which the boys of the
school founded by Washington, under the
charge of this Board, should have an equal
chauce with the other boys of the district
THE coLoREn SCHOOL HOUSE QUESTION.
Mr. Mcketzl. FROG tie Committee Oh FL
dance and Accounts, reported back, without
amendment, the following TesnluiOn offered
by the Superintendent On the 3lst of March
last, and referred to said committee with re
commenda ion that il pass:
Resolved. That the Clerk inform the Board
of trustees Of Lee and Seaton School Houses
that after the close OF the present school ses-
sion no rents will be paid for those buildings,
but that they will be Kept insured and 10 re.
pair at the expense OF This Board.
The resolution was una ,imously adopted,
and eight of the eleven tru: tees OF said schools
being present, By Invitation, they through
their chairman, j. Mckenzie Ware, requested
time to consider the matter; whereupon at the
suggestion Of the Superintendent, they retired
10 his Office TO hold meeting for that purpose.
DEBATE ON GENERAL HUNToN' LETTER.
Mr.. kemper said that he bad been other
wise engaged when MIR. w. F Carne's resou-
ton was passed, and that upon reading it over
carefully, he thought 1t did some injustice to
Gen. Hutton, and would like to substitute q
resolution couched 10 terms somewhat different
for it. He, therefore, moved a reconsideration
OF the vote by which it had been adopted. MIR.
W. f. Carne said he was willing to have it re-
considered if resolution as polntedly tavorlng
competitive examinations for cadetships was to
be substituted, but be was entirely unwilling
to yield that point. Cross corruption bad been
the consequence of the usual method OF dis
posing Of those cadetships 10 other districts,
though happily never in ours He would
like 10 hear the prepared substitute read.
After some conversational debate, MIR. j. S.
Beach read the following, which be proposed
TO offer as substitute viz:
RESOLVED. That the letter of our representa-
tive, Gen. Eppa Hunton, promising fair
chance 10 competitive examination to the pu.
pills Of the schools 10 this CITY, for appointments
to the military schools at West Point and The
Naval Academy. at Annapolis, when vacanies
snail occur, is satisfactory to this Board.
He advocated reconsideration with view to
the adoption Of this sui stitute, contendiDg that
Geo. Hunton fully acceded to the principle
the Board wished to establish, and that the
original resolution Of the Board might we'll ex-
cite his surprise, looking, as it seemed to do,
to one school only, AID ignoring all the others