Morning journal and courier., 1881-01-22
Board of Education.

 Changes in Teachers-Charges Against
 Principal Burton-A Lady Addresses
 the Board on Temperance Text Books.
 A regular meeting of the Board of Educa- tion was held last evening; present, Messrs. Welch (presiding), Osborne Zunder, Bush nell, Maher, Sweeney, Gile and Peck.
 The Committee on Schools recommended that Miss Mary A. Mcshean be appointed teacher in room Wooster school at salary of $s50, in place of Miss Parker promoted
 Miss Hattie F. Marsh was recommended for assistant in room No. Division street school at salary of $35o, in place of Miss Donovan
 Mir. Mason appeared before the Board and Washington school, for breaking the leg of his son. The complainant made statement, which he said was substantially that given by Mir. Burton. He said that Mr Burton ad- mitted that he might have stepped on the boy's leg, but if so it was accidental He said the boy's leg was certainly broken.
 In reply to Superintendent Parish MT. Mason said the boy had left the school or had been sent to the truant school He had taken his books away the day before the &C., eident.
 The matter was referred to the Committee on Schools to inquire and report.
 The Board proceeded to an election for secretary, which resulted in the unanimous election of Horace Day as secretary and truant officer. His salary was fixed, as here tofore, at about $2 ,5o0 per year.
 MT. Day, who retired during the election, was called back and returned thanks for his appointment He asked permission to say a word and in the course of his remarks said he thought the truant law should be enforced yet he thought there were cases where it would be cruel to enforce this law. There were cases where Restitution prevailed and a son or daughter was the only support or maintenance of an invalid mother At the next meeting he would give resume of the work under the truant law for the past ten years.
 Mrs. Hunt, of Boston, was introduced to the Board and made short address regarding the public schools, their importance and the necessity of preserving citizenship. She said she represented an evil more formidable than the rebellion, which was the dram shop $70O, ,000, GOO, she said, was expended for strong drink in this country, to say nothing of what was expended for science and the arts. There was she thought, a remedy, which was science. Science shows us that seven-eighths of our bodies are composed of water and alcohol readily assimilates with water. The alcohol in the system is drawn to the brain, then the animal passions are excited and seventy-fve per cent. of all the crimes is traceable to alcohol. Therefore, she said, the science of this whole mat ter and the effects of the use of alcohol should be taught in the schools. She recommended that text books on the effects of alcohol on the human system, samples of which she pre- scented, be introduced into the publicschools. She said she did not represent any particular publishing house, and only desired that 8 book similar to the one she presented should be adopted She had been assured on a visit to the State Normal School that this subject would be one of those considered and studied sthat institution hereafter.
 A resolution of thanks to Mrs. Hunt for the able manner in which she had presented the text book on temperance was passed, and the question was referred to the Committee on Schools. Adjourned.