Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-06-18
THE SCHOOL BOARD.
Special Meeting to Fix Salaries and Elect
Teachers-List of Teachers and
Their Salaries,

special Meeting TO FIX salaries and Elect l
Teachers-List of Teachers and
Their Salaries.
A special meeting Of the board of direc-
tors of the Lancaster city school district |
was held in common council chamber last |
evening.
The following named members were
present
D. G. Baker, P. D. Baker. Brosius, Car
penter Cochran, Eberly. Eberman, Eris-
man, Evans, Harris, d. Hartman, J. I.
Hartman, Jackson, Johnson, Levergood,
Marshall, McComsey, McConomy, Morton,
Richards, Samson, Schmid, Schwebel,
Smeych, Snyder, Spurrier,
Westhaeffer, Wilson, Christian Zecher,
Geo. w. Zecher, Warfel, president.
The object of the meeting having been
stated by the president, on motion of Mr..
John l. Hartman the salaries of teachers
of the several grades were fixed for the
ensuing school year at the figures paid
during the past school year.
At the suggestion Of President Warfel
the several applications for positions as
teachers, together with the recommended
tiOns of the applicants, were read. Most
of the applicants presented very flattering
testimonials as to their scholarship and
their efficiency as teachers.
Before proceeding to elect teachers Pres
ident Warfel called the attention of the
board to the fact that the examination Of
pupils for graduation and transfer was
progressing, and that it was desirable that
as many members of the board as could do
SO should be present at the examination.
The board then proceeded to the nomi-
nation and election of teachers.
On motion, all the teachers or the boys
high school and the girls high schools were
reelected by acclamation.
At this point President Warfel called
d. G. Baker to the chair, and taking the
floor made motion that the election of
principals for the boys secondary schools
be postponed until the next regular meet
ing of the board. He said he had known
Mr.. Herr, principal of the Mulberry street
secondary school for the past ten years,
and it would give him great pleasure to
vote for his reelection if he could consci-
entiously do so; but to his own personal
knowledge and from complaints made by
parents and patrons of the school, the
school was badly managed, the pupils were
doing no good and it was palpablc that Mr..
Herr should not he continued in his pres
ent position.
Mr.. Eberly suggested that the objec-
ton to Mr.. Hcrr's reelection was mainly
the result of an opposition to him on the
part of his assistant teachers. He moved
to amend Mr.. Warfel's motion to postpone
the election of all the teachers of the
Mulberry street school.
Mr.. John I. Hartman opposed postpone
ment.
Mr.. War!el had shown that his own
mind was made up and that he was pre-
pared to vote. He (Mr. Hartman) be-
lieved that every other member of the
board was also prepared to vote.
Mr.. Warfel replied that he had made
the motion to postpone at the request Of
members now present.
Mr. Slaymaker said in reply to the re-
mark of Mr.. Eberly, that the opposition to
Mr.. lIerr's reelection was not because his
assistants were hostile to him, or were
themselves inefficient; on the contrary
they were among the very best teachers in
the employ of the board and if Miss Pal
mer, the first assistant, had had charge Of
the school the discipline would have been
much better than it has been under tie
charge of Mr.. Herr.
Mr.. Ebcrly again took the ii"or and de-
Tended Mr.. Herr, but was called to order
by Mr.. Brosius, who raised the point of
order that the merits or demerits of
teachers could not be discussed while q
motion was pending that the election o.!
teachers be postponed.
The chair sustained the point of order
raised by Mr.. Brosius.
Mr.. Eberly thought the point Of order
would have come with better grace from
the gentleman had it been made while Mr..
Herr was being assailed by Mr.. Warfel and
Mr.. Slaymaker.
On motion, of Mr.. Cochran Mr.. Eberly
was permitted to proceed, and at consider
able length defended Mr.. Hers admin
stration of the school. He said his own
son was attending Mr.. IIerr's school and
was getting along with his studies very
satisfact Urily. The trouble i'll the school
dated back to the time that Mr.. Greist was
principal, and had its origin in the difficult
ty that led to Mr.. Griest's resignation.
When MIR. Hollinger was elected to take
charge of the school the assistants did not
support him; and when Mr.. Herr
was elected as his successor, their
feelings were against him also !.
they wanted Mr.. Griest as princi-
pal, and their lack of cooperation
with Mr.. Herr had tended to demoralize
the school. A greater cause of demorali-
zation was quarrel of Mr.. Levergood
and Mr.. Slaymaker over the expulsion of
some boys from the school. AS fast as
Mr.. Slaymaker expelled them Mr..
Levergood restored them. The pupils
know all about this quarrel, and they have
come to believe that they can misbehave
as they please-for if one director expells
them another will reinstate them. 1t is
the fault of these directors and not of
Mr.. Herr that the discipline of the
school has become lax, and that the school
is not success Mr.. Ebcrly insisted on