The daily gazette., 1877-11-13
efc., etc.

The Board of Education met in reg
ular session, last evening, President
Bucz in the CHAIR. XII
On motion of Mr.. Baird an order
was directed to be drawn in favor of
Mre. T. O. Taylor, for $240, interest
due on a mortgage held by her on
school No. Q.
MIR. Morrow, from the special com
mittee appointed to consider the sub
ject of heating the schools, asked for
instructions In regard TO wbat the com
mittee should do. The subject was
on motion, left to the discretion of
the committee, to report what they
deemed proper and right.
| MIR. Eckel, from the Committee on
Night Schools, reported thai night
school would be opened in No. o on
Wednesday or Thursday evening.
= Mr. Eckel also reported from the
Commit ee on Revision of Studies,
saying that the committee had given
the subject careful attention, and pre-
pared courses of study for the primary
and grammar schools. The primary
school course includes object lessons
and oral instruction, spelling, reading
arithmetic, geography, laDguage,draw
ing and writing. The grammar school
course includes oral instruction in
natural science. spelling, reading,
arithmetic, geography and history,
language, drawing and writing. The
primary school course has twelve
grades and the grammar school course
seven, Mr.. Eckel SAID the High School
course would be reported as soon as
prepared. 4e.a..4. r..'. ,.t
Mr.. Eckel moved that the courses OF
study as reported be adopted.
Col. Heisler moved a postponement
of the subject untit the next meeting,
but his motion was not seconded and
MIR. Eckeps motion was adopted. Z
I Mr.. Baird stated that the State
Auditor would be in New Castle on
the 9th inst, TO audit the account of
ne Board, and tnat the Trustee of
the School Fund WAS ready to pay to
the Board at the proper time, the ap-
preparation due from the State, amount
ny TO about 1890.
The Committee on Teachers made the
: following report:
You Committee on Teachers would
respectfully recommend that Miss Alice
Hazel, of school No. Ia, be promoted to
: | u6 pOolLlOD vi Llob AoolotohO III oSbOOA
No. ID, and that the teachers in No.
below the place of Miss Hazel be each
8 moved up one place, and Miss Mary j.
Wheeler be appointed to the vacancy In
, No Z.
y Your Committee desire to state that
several teachers were notified that they
would be recommended to the Board for
y promotion to the vacancy in No. IA, be-
, fore one was found who would consent tc
GO to that place. Some Of these teacheri
, gave excuses satisfactory to the Commit
y tee, and others gave excuses that were
10 very unsatisfactory. The committee fee
that there is a disposition on the part ol
"a some teachers to dictate to the Boart
where they shall or shall not teach. ant
>, thar for the Committee to countenance IL
, the least such spirit would be injustice
We to other teachers as well as an indlghit.
a to the Board. The Committee therefore
recommend the adoption Of the follow
,e ing:
Resolved, That the Committee on Teach
ers are hereby authorized to hll the vacan
y cies by promotion or appointment, ina
may occur between the times OF The annua
appointments by the Board, and That tea
chers so appointed who shall refose IN
4 positions designated by the COMMITTEES
Il unless reasons satisfactory to the Commit
Lee he given shall be considered as having
re severed their connection with the Board a
teachers.
5, Tue report was adopted.
8, Schools Nos. A, 7 and II were ordere'
~ - to be repaired.
=, MIR. Pyle moved that Messrs. W. u
ic Lang be granted the privilege OF tappln
y; the oraln of school No. l, they paying TO
4 II the privilege by repairing the teDc
IS, around that school. Adopted. i=lT
=, MIR. Helsler arose to question o
~, privilege, and asked what was the meaI
ly ING of the resosu,ion offered i'll the re
of mort of the Committee on Teachers all
he adopted.
ke MIR. Baird replied that many teacher
were frequently disposed to decline Ia
= posltions rendered them by the Comml
~. Tee on Teachers, and often attempted I
"a select their own positions, He said ths
lie, several teachers had declinedto accept a
he annolntment TO vacancy in No. IA, an
read letter from one OF them, Miss I
ole MCCARTHY, to Superintendent Harlan l
r. relation to the subject. The letter accu
sk ed The Superintendent of influencing I'll
Ike committee to offer the writer the posluo
tor in N. Id. and asserted that number
teachers not near SO competent as u
,ur writer had been promoted over her
ich favored positions. The letter conciuue
,oa oe by stating that there would be vaeah'
in No. 4 about Christmas, when u
Il writer would be willing to fill.
u" Mr.. Baird thought this letter TO way u
least, was rather insulting.
no 5c6 Mr. Eckel thought it was time leac
rth m ers to respect the authority OF the gu
ntil erin,endent and the Board
Dr, din DIR. Shortledge thought to give leaS
and ers the positions the wanted would
for establishing am evil precedent,
cir Mr.. Pyle thought that the DECISION
,rnr Pm tn Committee on Teachers, which
m only made after mature delIberatioh,m
he respected by The teachers.
Pres dent Buck said that if some M
and sures we're not taken to suppress
; fof spirit of in subordination among the u
l. chers the authority OF the Board wo'
ns be weakened. -. =
fo MIR. Johnson was sorry this lady's C.
had been singled out when there
MANY other teachers just like her.
es Mr.. Baird offered ,he following reso