Daily Republican., 1883-07-10
CITY SCHOOL BOARD.
Plan Adopted for q New School
Discussion Over o Petition. etc.


Discussion Over . Petition. etc.
The regular stated meeting of the
Board of Education was held last even
ing, President Baird in the chair, and
the following members present Messrs.
Beat on Smith, Monaghan, Kyne, Pusey,
Grier, Hanson, Sample, Reeve, Mckay,
Wiley, w. S. Vernon, Keables, Belts,
and s. RNlmend Smith.
DR.. Mckay, chairman of the Finance
Committee. reported as having received
an official communication from the
clerk of Council, TO the effect that the
appropriation for the Board of Educa-
tion had been fixed at $50, 600 for cur
rent expenses, and SIS, 900 for building
a d furnishing new schools.
An estimated list of repairs furnished
by the committees on each school for
the next year amounted 10 81, ,995, thus
making total expenditure of $SO, ,697.-
80. ! WAS also stated that the appro-
priatiOn from the State would not be as
much as was first is supposed ana would
not reach over $1,000. The report was
adopted and ordered placed on the min
utes.
On motion of DR.. Mckay, blank
slips were ordered to he printed, filled
in each month with balance due each
school, in order that the members would
know how much money they had to
expend.
The bond of Treasurer Morrow was
submitted to the Board properly drawn
up with competent sureties therein,
which was accepted,
The committee on books were authO-
rized to advertise for proposals for sup
plies for the coming year.
S. Redmond Smith Informed the
Board that Miss Ellen NJ. Marvel had
lost a check given by the Board, and
having advertised the same ard taken
all precautionary steps against its pay
ment, a duplicate was ordered to be
given for $40 45, the amount of the origi-
nal.
The Visiting Committees were autho-
rized TO have repairs made as follows :
No. 3, S95; No. 4, $50 No. ., $75; No.
6, SlS; Nos, $40 F.; No. n, $3.50 for new
steam heaters and $467 for calsOlnining,
paintingand carpenter work No. 90,
$15.6O.
Mr.. Wiley, on behalf of the special
committee appointed on new school No.
II, submitted plans OF 4. l.. Rice, Jr.,
architect, and explained The nature of
the building, after which a recess was
taken in order that the members could
examine it. The plan submitted was
selected from number Of others and
was unanimously adopted by the COM
mittee as being the most feasible as well
as the cheapest. The plan is for a two
story building, with two rooms, 25x3O
feet, on each floor. The most approved
appliances are introduced for light,
heat and ventilating, while fire escapes
are provided for in the rear.
After the Board WAS called to order
The plan was adopted and the commit
tee Instructed to consult the architect in
reference to he price for supervising
the erection Of the building ;also to give
an estimated cost of the structure, and
report at the next meeting.
A rough estimate of the entire cost
was given, which would fall below
$40, 900, and proposals will be asked
for.
The following petition was presented
and read
I'VE, the undersigned citizens of
Wilmington, very much regret 10 learn
that Miss Temperance A. M. Lowber,
first assistant of school No. 10, and for
nine successive years conscientious
and faithful 'eacher in the public
schools of Wilmington, has, through the
of the Committee on
Teachers, been re-appointed to she said
., nr tote Mt ,fs Il
No. 10 for a term of only three months,
which, as we have been Informed, is
virtually discharge from the position,
which we believe she has creditably
occupied.
"The pretext for this action on the
part of the Committee on Teachers is,
we understand, incompetency, to the
of which we beg to
call the attention of your honorable
body, considering the fact that Miss
Low ber has served the public faithfully
for nine consecutive years, as above
stated, with constant promotion, until
she holds the said position of first assis-
tant. And we feel that in carrying out
the apparent wishes of your respected
Committee on Teachers you We're not
afforded sufficient opportunity to duly
consider the action, which we believe
you took hastily and which we further
believe simple justice would have re-
strained you from taking had you un-
derstood the real reason for the pretext,
on which the public generally are az
much in the dark as yourselves and
no doubt the majority of the Teachers
Committee. Now, therefore, we re-
spectfully petition, in the name of JUS
tice, that you will take such action at
your next meeting as you may consider
proper toward extending the time of
Miss LOwbers appointment seven
months from the expiration of the three
months recommended by the Commit
tee on Teachers, in which case your pc
titioners will ever be grateful"
The petition was signed by about 100
persons, and after few names had
been read a motion was made to refer it
to the Teachers Committee with in
struCtiOns to report at the next meeting.
Before e motion had been put TO a
vote Mr.. Reeve endeavored to make a
statement in reference to the affair, in
order to ascertain why the committee
had only recommended this teacher
for a period of three months, after she
had taught for nine years and had been
considered by many a competent
teacher, bu his remarks being too
severe against the committee, DR..
Keables raised a point of order that the
speaker was not discussing the question
under consideration, and the point was
sustained by the chair, but the speaker
arose to a question Of privilege and pro-
ceeded little farther, when DR.. Short
lidge objected to further discussion
and the speaker was ruled out of order.
This gave rise to an animated discus
sion, participated in by Messrs Keables,
Kyne, Wiley and others. when it was
stated that the teacher had been nOti-
fed that she must do better or loose her
place. Mr.. Kyne stated that to his
knowledge she had done better and was
az competent for the position as a num-
Der of others. He also criticised the &C.
on of the committee.
Mr.. Wiley stated that the commit