New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-10
AFFAIRS AT ALBANY.
NopMAI. scaoor, CONTROL.

NORMAL SCHOOL CONEkOlH
A STRONG SENTIMENT IN FAVOR OF LOCAL FIGHTS
THE SENATE BILL MEETING WITH OPPOSE
TON.
TFRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF Ihh ihieO
ALBANY, March 9.-The attempt 10 put 'no
normal schools Of the State into the hands Oh 'ne
intend Mt OF Public Instruction. or in other Wor'S W
-, ,, or+ n, the nolitical machine OF the Siate'
oc.ived spht check to-day. This violent attempt 70
hiring the scholar into politics is not regarueu
at all ,ayorably by the Assembly, hnonI'i
The bill has already met WIN tn' ~t
annroval When Mr.. Carley, OF OoTHa"u ",
in which one of the normal schools u s'uA'eu'
to-day that the bill should be rseoniu'.eu "
mittee on Education for the purpose Oh lui'n.i 20.
,do,ion the motion met with general iaVOr ana was
- once adonted large number OF persons lnteres'u
in the EIGHT normal schools, IL Is salu' ihto"u "
hafore the committee and protest against t"e -,
the hill Controller Wadsworth, who Is msnaVor y, 'n
local hoard OF the Genesee Normal scnoo'' 10 o'pvo'
oo,,vo IN opposine the Dill. He stated yeSteruaY
-, oo.on ,vbv the bill should not pass; The
oIo ~ the localities in which these SCHOOLS are
.,,na,od have extended large sums IN ereoting 'ne
school buildings. In the purchase OF the grouhu anu
tbe maintenance OF the scnoois' o"t''J
norsons night not TO be cut of from all voice III thei
saoonsnt "a 10 proposed in this bill The bill puts IN
the hands Of Mr. Gilmour the appointment anu u'anD
I AZ wifi OF $50 teachers OF high class Az present.
a local boards control each school and appoint the
tascbera mbisct TO the approval Of Mr. Gilmour DE
Tercises strict supervision. but this Is nothing Ike
what his power would be under the present bill.
bsre was forcible remnder to-day OF the danger OF
dragging the normal SCHOOLS into poitica Professor
lanes H. Hoose, OF the Coitland NOT
mai School, opposed Mr.. GilmOurs re-
election "a dent Of the Department OF Pubic
instruction a year ago. Last fall Mr. Gilmour opposed
retaining Mr. HoOse as principal and insisted upon the
anpontment of Professor Casserty. The local Doaru
~ Cortland resisted After long contest in the courts
Mr. Gilmsur was victorious. In the meanwhile now
Mr. Heose had held his place In the school and ITO
lessor Casserty had been unable to perform bis duties
The local board to-day petitioned the Assembly TO
apnropriate money for the payment OF the sal
aries of Professor Hoose and his teachers
amounting TO 50 Ola 40 In their petition the members
Of theBoard say "The Board audited these accounts
in due FORM as required by law, and forwarded them
Immediately TO the Superintendent, who has omitted 70
discharge his duty TO certify 10 them ReVertheess Ie
SUPERINTENDENT has recently paid from the moneys o
tine state full salaries all those teachers VINO ava no
work In the school The Board had two auernatlVss:
thew could acduesce In the closing OF u echo0 lOr
which course they could find no authority ana tuth
away this large number Of students SIMPLY because the
Snnerintendent entertained a dislike OF teacher or
thew could discharge their manifest duty as Oneu ny
the statute.