Morning journal and courier., 1880-02-28
Board of Education.

Board of Education. The New School Bfll-Mr. Parish and
 the Committee Hearing-Enquirlesb by
 NIT. Bushnell of the Principals Bear
 ing Upon the Question Discussed d-Re-
 plies by MT. Camp.
 The Board of Education held special meet ing last evening for the purpose of hearing employees of the city school district, who ap- peared before the Committee on Education of the General Assembly with regard to the sub ject of establishing county boards of examin- CTS for the appointment of school teachers.
 There were present Messrs. Welch (presid- ing), Osborne, zunder, Sweeney, Bushnell, Gile and Hemingway.
 The president, MT. Welch, read two com- munications addressed to the Board, one from J. D. Whitmore, of the High school, who slated that he was opposed to the proposed bill and hoped it would not pass; the other from F. E. Bangs, the principal of the Woos- ter school, stating that he had taken no part either for or against the proposed bill.
 Mir. Osborne said he thought the Board had better fully understand the matter before the hearing was begun. As the bill was framed he could not see how it's passage could inter- fere with the Board of Education. He thought the action of MT. Parish in going before the committee was what any gentleman had a right to do as private citizen. He had no motive in going there except to give his ideas as private citizen. MT. Osborne moved tolay the matter of the hearing on the table.
 Mr. Parish said he had letter which he wished to have read before them if it was Lt-: II. AIn RoI lowing:
 HOUSE REPREsENTAr1vEs,o
 HARTFORD, Feb. 25, 1880. ] MT. Ariel Parish, Superintendent, New Haven, Conn.,.
 Dear Sir-The attention of committee having been called to some criticisms against you in the pub of this State in favor of the bill appointing Board of der confederation before our committee, I was in structed to write to you and that you were urged to speak by the cornmittee and you distinctly formed the members that you did not appear before them in any official capacity, and merely gave your views as private citizen in favor of the b particu Iary as applied to the districts This letter written without your knowledge or solicitation; sim ply as an act of justice:
 VINCENT GOLFER, Chairman.
 Mr. Gile thought there was no reason for entering into warfare with regard to the matter before the Board, as he thought the proposed bill would never pass. It had been said before the committee that it was an easy matter for any one to become member of the Board of Education. It was intimated that such an end could be accomplished by some underhanded way. If such information was presented he wanted to know by whom it was given.
 MT. Sweeney read over the names of many school teachers and educational men who ap- peared before that committee on January %. Among them was the name of Ariel Parish, superintendent of public schools of New Ha- ven, who spoke in favor of it's passage. He referred to the rules of the Board gov erning MT. Parish, which required him to devote his whole time to the interest of the city school district. In his estimation there had been direct violation of this rule as MT. Parish went before that committee when he ought to have been in New Haven attending to his duties. It was shown by newspaper accounts that Mir. Parish went there as 8 representa- tive of the educational interests in this city. He also referred to letter from Prof. North rop, which alluded to MT. Parish before the committee superintendent of the public schools of this city.
 MT. Welch put MT. Osborne's motion to lay the matter on the table and it was carried. This virtually disposes of the subject. Mir. Bushnell said as the school principals were all here, and as the above matter had been disposed of, he thought there would be no harm in submitting few questions to them l for answers.
 There being no objection expressed Mir. Welch said Mr. Bushnell would be allowed to make his inquiries. He then presented the following questions to the principals: eff teacher has ability is it generally known and ackno owledged 2' | To this question MT. Camp replied that he understood when he had good teacher, and | he thought that ability was acknowledged. | "Have you ever known of any teacher hay ing such ability failing to receive proper recog- ! milton in the community where they have | taught?"
 MT. Camp replied that he thought they re- | ceived proper recognition of their abilities. 'Would 8 commission be more likely to recognize such ability than the community in which they had served?" Mir. Camp thought that would depend al- together upon what facilities the commission had for gaining the information they desired. If the teachers were appointed upon informa- ton they had derived from text books, he thought they would not prove to be very good ones.
 "Would the entire management of our pub- lie schools, by commission appointed by the State, be apt to increase a sense of personal responsibility and interest in them by the people ?"
 MT. Camp answered no to this question. By way of explanation MT. Bushnell said that these questions suggested themselves in connection with the proposed bill, and were substantially the pith of the whole thing. He thought there could be no harm in dis cussing the subject, as the matter had been disposed of.
 Upon motion the Board adjourned to next ! Friday evening, when the regular meeting oc- CUTS.
 During the session there were many of the male teachers and principals of the different schools in attendance.