Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-03-14

The committee reported that they had
well-founded hopes of being able to report to
the next regular meeting quite a large col
lection from incoming taxes.
mo MATTERS.
Mr.. L. L. Chew, whose school was sus-
pended during the smallpox scare, was al
lowed his salary during that time.
The auditing committee reported the pay
roll for February at S4319 55; sundry bills,
1914 SO.
PETITIONS.
The committee on teachers submitted the
petition Of Mrs. Maria Griffin, teacher in the
Peabody school, for the board TO reconsider
their action fixing her salary for the present
year at $40 per month, and offered the fol-
lowing:
WHEREAS, The salary of Mrs. Griffin was
fixed by the special committee on teachers
sala-y at $40 per month, under the impression
that no other evidence was submitted to the
committee on teachers than that submitted
to the special committee, which was errone-
GUS, as the teachers committee had ~satisfac-
tory evidence that Mrs. Griffin had taught
two years in the county schools; therefore,
ResotUed, That the salary of Mrs. Griffin be
liked at $50, in accordance with the rules.
Miss Florence P. Cooper's petition to raise
her salary from $40 to $50 was rejected.
The petition of Mrs. Broughton for an in
crease of salary to SIS per month was re-
ported adversely upon by the committee.
Mr.. Estes moved that Mr.. D. E. Johnson's
salary be raised to $50 per month. Carried.
WANT TO TALK.
The resolution of Mr.. J. J. Duffy that the
board should stand adjourned at 10 O'Clock,
was then introduced and produced some dis
cussion. Mr.. Lawhorn said he was opposed
to it because he did not think the board
should be hampered by any set time.
Mr.. Thomas Boyle, the "Tully" of the
board, arose at this luncture, ran his taper
ing fingers ~languidly through his raven curls,
and unlimbered to the following effect: 81
agree with the gentleman. This board ought
not to be bound down to any hour We
come here, gentlemen of the i, L mean
gentlemen of the board, to act upon the bus
iness of the schools, and we ought
to transact that business if it takes US until
daylight. Shall we be muzzled by such a
resolution as this? Never, never, never.
Why, Colonel Dubose alone can speak until
10 o'clock, without counting Captain Jack
Walsh, and Mr.. Duffy, the mover of the reso-
luton, is himself a four-miler. 1t is the veri-
est farce to entertain such a resolution for q
moment. Think of the humiliation it would
infict on US. 1t would bring US below the
level of the ordinary schoolboy debating
society. In the name of common decency, 1
protest; in the name of the public schools,
in the name of everything that is beautiful,
L protest. l. MINK the resolution sprung /
from the same source as astheticism, mere
irivolity. j have said. Di1i."
There were several cries that Mr.. Boyle was
a single man and didn't have to account for
the hours he kept.
Mr.. Estes spoke in favor of the resolution,
and narrated an anecdote.
Mr.. Boyle's fiery, unframed ~eloquence was
not lost.
When the resolution was put, Messrs.
Gronauer, Burke, Estes and Walsh voted
for it, and Messrs. Dubose, Linkhauer, Rudi-
sill. Lawhorn, Grehan and Rslston voted
it.
VISITORS.
The chair appointed the following visitors
for the schools the present month: Mr.. Rails
ton, Market street High school; T. r. Boyle,
street; L. H. Estes, Merrill school;
Burke, Peabody school; j.. Walsh, Clay
L. Lawhorn, Pope school; II. Gro
lauer, Jefferson street; A. Walsh, Kortrecht
'treet; j. Degnan, Monroe street; j. J. Duffy,
Winchester street; DIR. Rogers, johnson ave-
lue; ]. Grehsn, Saffarans.
il. Williams reported the county poll
ak collections made by him for the month
'nding March Is, 1882, at 1896. The board
adjourned.