Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-26
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE,
THE SCHOOL BOARD.

THE SCHOOL BOARD.
Special Meeting to Consider the Disorder in
Mulberry Street Secondary SchO0l-The |
Suspension of Pupils Endorsed.
A special meeting of the board of di- |
rectors Of Lancaster school district was |
held last evening to consider the difficult |
ties that have grown out of the disorderly |
conduct Of number of the pupils Of Mr..
Heirs secondary school, North Mulberry
street.
The following named members of the
board were present
Messrs. Brosius, Cochran, Eberly, EOer-
man, Erisman, Evans, Harris, d. Hartman,
J. l. Hartman, Johnston, LevergoOd, Mar
shall, McComsey, McCOnomy, Morton,
Reimensnyder, Rhoads, Richards, Schmid,
Schwebel, Samson, Smeych, Slaymaker,
Snyder, Spurrier, Wilson, C. Zscher, Geo.
w. Zecher, Warfel, president.
After the president had stated the OBJ
.iect of the meeting, Mr.. Slaymaker, Of the
experimenting committee, arose and said
that he had been informed a few days ago
of a vile outrage committed by two pupils
of the school named. In company
with other members of the commit
tee he had visited the school and
found it disorderly, there being so
much noise made by the pupils that the
entrance Of the committee was not noticed
even by the teacher. After calling the
school to order and securing comparative
quiet, Mr.. Slaymaker asked the teacher to
call before the committee the boys conf
planned of. These were taken into the class
room where they confessed their offence.
after which they were taken into the study
hall, publicly reprimanded before the
school and suspended for four weeks. Mr..
Slaymaker then obtained from the teacher
the names of a number of other boys who
were regarded as ringleaders in misbe
havior and insubordination, and lectured
| them on their misconduct. While talking
! to them, one Of the boys laughed in Mr..
Slaymaker's face, and otherwise insulted
| him and the other directors present,
| whereupon he too was suspended. About
this time DR.. Levsrgood, who is chairman
| of the visiting committee Of the North
west division and who had also heard of
the disturbance, arrived at the school, and
after having the matter explained to him
not only approved of the suspension of the
boys named by Mr.. Slaymaker, but insist
! ed that all those named by the teacher as
ringlcaders in disorder should also be ex-
PEELED, and this was agreed to by all the
directors present. When the directors left
| the school they were met outside by some
l M hn hnv -1,n toll hot
| Mr.. Herr, the teacher, had shown partial
| ity and that there were other boys, one of
them relative of tho teacher, who had
misbehaved as badly as they had. The
directors returned to the school, made a
further investigation, and suspended one or
two other pupils, declaring that the rela-
tives Of teachers or directors should have
! no immunity from punishment for misbe-
havior. This action was acquiesced in by
the members Of the experimenting COM
mittee and visiting committee then pres
| ent, and it was agreed that the dismissed
pupils should not be re-instated until the
| matter had been laid before the board. In
violation Of this agreement, Mr.. SIaymaker
| said, DR.. Levergood had reinstated one of
| the pupils, whereupon he (Mr. Slaymakcr)
| had again dismissed him. In conclusion
| Mr.. Slaymaker asked that Mr.. Herr's re-
port of the matter be read, emitting the
names Of the offending boys.
President Warfel presented report
from Mr.. Herr, the teacher, containing the
names of the boys whom he regarded as
ringleaders in the disturbances, and
also giving some account of his action in
the premises.
The president, having an engagement,
then asked to be excused for few min
utes, and called Mr. John l. Hartman to
| the chair.
Mr.. McComsey hoped that Mr.. Herr's
report to the committee would not he read.
He thought the publication of the offen-
ders' names would do more harm than
good, and if the names were not read the
| report would not amount to much. He
| moved the adoption of the following pre-
| amble and resolutions
WHEREAS, The insubordnation and dis
| order which have existed in the Mulberry
street secondary school, having become so
defiant as to be beyond the control Of the
principal. has resulted in decentralization,
| and rendered all discipline and progress
impossible and
WHEREAS, To restore order as well as
! the usefulness of the school, prompt and
| energetic measures by the proper commit
tees became a necessity ; therefore
ResolUed, That the action of the joint
committees in suspending from school two
boys for the period of one month, for fla
grant abuse and defilement of school prop
| erty, be and is hereby approved.
Resolced, That the suspension of all
| others by said committee, for incOrrigible
conduct, is also hereby approved, their
| suspension to continue until they shall
have made proper acknowledgment to their
teachers, accompanied with assurance by
their parents of proper department in fu-
! ture; when, on application, they may be
readmitted.
Mr.. McComsey supported his resolutions
| at some length
Mr.. Johnston moved that the report of
| Mr.. Herr, the teacher, be read, omitting
tho names of the offending boys, as had
been requested by Mr.. Slaymaker. The
motion was agreed to. and the report was
read.
DR.. Levergood then took the floor
and spoke at length. He gave
substantially the same account of
| the disturbances in the school and the
| meeting therein of the members Of the
experimenting and visiting committees, as
had hoen oivon hv Mr. S1oyvn,l,or b,,+