Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-03-29
THE SCHOOL MEETING.


The annual meeting of district No. was
held at the High school room on Tuesday
evening with an attendance Of voters which
occupied the room TO its full seating capacity
The meeting was called to order and the war
rant was read by the clerk. Mr. c. H. Stev-
ems. 5. NJ Waite was chosen moderator af-
ter which c. f. Thompson read his report as
treasurer in detal-the financial statement
being, of course, the same, in effect. as was
published in our columns last week The
moderator then stated that if any person had
any criticism or suggestion to make in regard
to the management of the district affairs an
opportunity was offered for him to do so. In
response Mr. A r. Harris said that in view
of the hard times and the necessity of econo-
my on all sides he believed that the salaries
of the principal teachers should be cut down.
and he therefore submitted a motion that the
prudential committee be instructed not 10
pay hereafter any male teacher Il salary of
more than $1,000, nor any female teacher
salary of more than 5000. c. F. Thomson said
that he recognized the necessity for economy.
but he believed that no action should be taken
which might embarrass the committee in their
efforts to keep the schools up to their present
high standard; for this reason he submitted
an amendment to Mr.. Harriss motion provid
ing that the limits of salaries be placed at
$1,000 and $50 respectively. w. H. Alexan
der opposed the amendment on the plea of
hard times and b. d. Harris supported it on
the ground that there should be no sweeuinD
change which might be liable to break up the
present school system. Maj Jenne hoped
nothing would be done which would impair
the efficiency of our schools. which he be-
lieved to be the equal, in their present condi-
ton, of the best public schools in New Eng
land and in New York. The discussion closed
with a few remarks from the chairman. in
which he urged that the voters should consid
er well any action which they might take, as
the subject was one vitality connected with
the welfare of the schools The question was
then on Mr. Thompson's amendment, and the
r'rd roct vote being doubted standing vote
was taken, which showed the amendment car
ried by vote OF 20 to 9G. Mr.. Harriss mo.
ton as thus amended, viz, limiting salaries
to SljO0 and S75O-was then adopted. The
election of officers was then proceeded with.
&. IL. Stevens was chosen clerk and collector.
}. W. Frost, auditor; c. r. Thompson. treas
urer j. NJ, Tyler, S. NJ. Waite. Il. W. Clarke
prudential committee; Miss Rebecca Crosby
and Madame Mondan assistant visiting com
mittee. The election of officers being over
Capt. Clarke said he felt that he must say that
had the original resolution, cutting the sala-
res down as proposed, prevailed, he would
not on any account have consented to act as
one OF the committee for another year. This
statement was seconded by Mr.. Waite. who
said that Capt. Clarke had exactly expressed
his own sentiments. A vote was passed re-
quiring the collector for the coming year and
hereafter to comply with the State statute by
ming bond in sum proportionate to the
amount Of taxes committed TO him for collec-
ton. 1t was voted to have three terms of
school OF - weeks each during the coming
year, and to leave the question of receiving
tuition pupils to the discretion of the commit