The Morning herald., 1878-12-24
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
BOARDOF EDUCATION.

WHICH ALL THE BUsINHss OF IMPoR
TAEcE is LAID ON FHB FAsLH AND PRE-
sIDBNT EoKEL GETS IN y1sHrINe
MOOD WITH DR.. aRIMsHAw.
Last evenining the regular meeting of thu
Board of Education was held with Presi-
dent In the chair. ~,
+ Mr.. Lally, from the committee on ins ur-
anee reported that IT would require $203 K
renew the, insurance poliees on the schos
buildings. He moved that an srder be
drawn In favor Of the committee. s@a !
The motion, after some discussion, wal
laid upon the table. .,' ''''',. N =. .,..
The committee on finance reported school
taxes for 1873 amounting to $4,000 in the
City Treasurers' hands and On order for 1t
was directed to be drawn. 'g2t 30 79ai
The same committee reported that $3.50
| (school taxes) had bssn received frem
George W. Thompson collector Of school
tsxes for school district No. 10. s,t
The matterof equaiizing the amount ofin-
|Surauce among the three home eonpanies
was then taken up for discussion. I
d Tt was laid upon the table. p ~ 5'"1
Mr. Lobdell, made motion, that the
words, 10 home companies, in section 16, OF
the by laws, be stricken out. (The section
In question, provides that the committee on
insurance shall have and keep all the school
bouses and property, belonging to or under
the charge of the Board insured In the city
companies.-REPeRTER. 1, ~li1ra
Mr.. Lally thought that the direstors Of
the home companies, were we'll known and
competent to give abe property, security
against loss. u a4t. .f@
Mr.. LoDdell, said that Wilmington has
had nothing to thank home enterp rise for
aud that the city received all it's aid from
foreign parts. There was no dspendence,
he said to be put in the home companies
and not one OF them could stand q $2O0, 900
fre. ,nse. .a IT,. ~
DR.. Srimshaw approved Mr.. Lobdsll's
remarks, and after the discussion closed
and the matter laid on the table, he offered
resolution, providing that when the
board adjourned, 1t adjoueD to meet on
Thursday evening, the Goth inst, to COR
slider Mr.. Lobde!l's amandment to the by
| laws. The resolution was adopted. /,
MIR. Heisler. presented the following
resolution which was adopted.
RESOLVED, That the finance COMMITTEES
be instructed to report at the next stated
| meeting, the balance due the Board on the
appropriation Of 1878, and the balance In
bank to accoust of Board.
President Eckel then brought up his
matter of enlarging the Howard school: He
| said that one builder to whom no had
spoken said that story could bs added at q
cost of $2500 and the building could be ex
blended to the street for $2100. x 6 f.
Mr.. Heisler moved to postpone the mat
ter. t,*y -. obs. .t.#t
DR.. drimshaw:--T enlargement Of the
building is not necessary Prof. Murphy
of Rugby or Mr.. Crabb of Wilmington acad
emy can teach more classes and children in
less space and do, it. The Howard
school can be conducted In like manner
rs easily. move 10 lay 1t on the table.
Mr.. Heisler having withdrawn his mo
tion to postpone, the CHI air rrose to make q
statement before putting DR.. Grlmshaws
motion,
DR.. Glimshaw called the chair to srder,
taking as his ground for doing 90, the fact
that the chair had several times during the
evening impressed the minds of the
members with the parliamentary rnle that
Q motion to lay on the table was not debat
able. The chair replied to this that hs WAS
not debating the motion to lay on the table
| but simply making statement.
DR. Grimshaw reiterated that the chair
instead of making statement was talking
on the motion. The chair perenptorilY
ordered DR.. Grimshaw to take his seat and
the Doctor replied that he was now about
to put the matter to test and sec whether
or no the chair could do a. he pleased. He
most emphatcly called the chair to order.
President Eckel called Mr.. Baird to the
chair and proceeded with his alleged state
ment bat was interrupted at almost every
word by DR.. Grimshaw who still persisted
that Col. e, was debating the question
under sover of an assumed statement. Cdl.,
Eckel insisted on making statement and
he waspermitted by the chair to proceed
Mr.. Eckel went on 10 accuse Dr.. GRIN
shaw of Misrepresentation and falsehood In
relation to what he had said about Rugby
academy; it had four rooms and each clsSs
when called upon to recite 10 taken into 10
room by itself. And then, he has SAID,
Fent on Mr.. y. that the Howard school;
n y u. 49, L s4s q, tss,348 4, M y5t.As,