The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-13
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.
THE SCHOOL TeACHERs.
rAe scene ut the City Hall Yesterday.

IRE scene Mt the CITY Hall Yesterday.
Mr.. Rogers and the committee on school
keschers had an arduous time OF II yesterday.
There hands were not only full with the task Of
x,omnariue the list OF teachers which each direc.
dor ID TO present this evening at the meeting Of
the board for election, but they were otherwise
kept very busy listening TO the numerous re-
criu,inations Of the candidates whose numbers
did not appear In the list published in the morn.
ing papers.
I'VE cannot begin TO relate the nature OF the
many complaints OF the unfortunate teachers.
They sll sre, however, In efsct. thst their an.
swers ut the competitive examination justified .
percentage emitting them to rank among the
successful candidates. Several go as far az to
declare that soma OF the successful candidates
returned answers copied In toto from those fur
nished them by the unsuccessful ones. We give
this IL o. "a example Of the dslicacy OF the sub
ject, and valid apology for declining to refer to
them any further, lest we might do injustice to
the committee on examination by inference, even.
which We are far from being willing to do.
IN Justice TO these gentlemen and as set off
10 the Ab0ve, we may cay that We have the best
OF grounds to know that certain recriminations
are not only unfuunded, but that the examins-
Hons Of the complainants were utter failures.
Many other cases, however, present oddities, not
20 cay extraordinary features, which stagg6r the
observer We fnd teachers who not only have
been employed in our schools for many years to
this satisfaction OF every body bnt who are recog.
nis8d among their fellow-teachers as competent
ID every respect, and even az possessing supe-
rior abilities, who have either failed to obtain the
requisite seventy marks, or whose aggregate Is
Rfeatly below what WAS expected Of them.
q Some OF the scenes which occurred In superin-
tendent Rogers Office were painful in the ex-
tfeme, and we do not care TO relate them here
% that accoun. Bua many fond hopes have
been blasted and many household made penni-
less BY The new order Of things. The old teaoh-
ers who will not be reelected will feel the effects
Of the blow all The more kesniy, since for years
thsy have not applied themselves TO anything but
II must have been indeed q laborious task 10
compute ths value of sill the answers made by
the Thousand applicants, and probably 1t should
have required more time 10 perform than Was
given 10 the tash; but the pressure from outside
delay, aud hence it is possible that lsmentabIe
errors have been committed, which 1t may be too
late 10 correct when they are discovered.
We have the knowledge OF one regrstable mic
lake. which has possibly destroyed the chances
Ut ~ esteemed aud valuable tea her-we mean
Miss A. u. Kierove, principal Of the Robertson
School. Her number, 63i, correctly sppea in the
printed report Of the committee made to the board
On Thursday evening, and corresponds with that
upon her written answers, but through "A unfor-
tunate error the name OF another person stands
0ppusite the number.
The result Was that the name OF Miss Kilgrove
did not appear as successful Candihate, aud |
4hus oannot be included in the list of any OF the
dirsCtOrs which is to be presented to-ng ht for |
confirmation, unless, however, some just and |
we'll thinking member has since come to this |
lAdy's rescue, for she has established her claims
70 Superintendent Rogers beyond the shadow OF |
doubt. There are still AIT teachers to be elected
tonight, which will leave nearly 200 OF the sue- |
0eesfn candidates with only q certificate of sue |
csssful competition as boon.
Alter the election tonight the names OF the |
beachers elected will be reported back to the |
COmmittee on teachers, whose duty it shall be to |
neaign them 10 the various schools care being
takens We are given to understand, to assign the |
teachers according to their wishes, whenever not
incompatible with the public interest, due con-
Alteration being particularly given to the resi-
dence Of the elected and the positions OF the old
teachers.