The daily gazette., 1883-01-31
AT CROSSED SWORDS.
PUBLIC EDUCATORS UNABLE
TO AGREE.
TWO REPORTS NOT ACCEPTED.
The Committee on Teachers Divide at
Meeting and Each Present Paper
just Where They started From.

just Where They started From.
On Saturday night last the Committee on
Teachers of the Board of Education held "a
| meeting to arrange for the promotion and
| appointment of teachers made necessary in
several of the schools. They were unable to
| agree, and at the instance of the committee,
| President Baird called a special meeting for
| last night, at which twenty members OF the
Board attended. When the object Of the
meeting WIS explained, w. J. Morrow, Of
| the Teachers Committee presented
majority and minority report, which were
read by the secretary
Following is the majority report, signed
| p. L. Furry, Read J. Mckay, N. b. Morri-
son and Charles Baird: Your Committee
on Teachers respectfully recommend that
the following appointments be made: sallie
| A. Miller, principal of No, $; Edwina b.
Kruse, principal of No 16, at a salary of
| S575 year; that each teacher In No. 16, be-
low Miss Kruse's place, be promoted one
place; that Ella D. Burns be the teacher of
No. IL; that each teacher in No. 20
below Miss Burns place be pro-
noted one place in that school, that
Annie Draper be appointed 10 the vacancy
thus made In No. 20 that Annie ii, Trump
be the second assistant in school No. 9 that
the teachers in No below Miss Trump's
plhIC bI ptOAHOttA Olc plhEH IIdb EulLll
Gruner be appointed to the lowest position
| in No, q. In regard to the requests Of Miss
Bateman, Miss Countiss and Miss Magariiy
to be returned to the positions they heid Il
month ago your committee would repprE
that they have considered the requests bat
can sec no way TO grant them at present.
At the first suitable opportunity these re
quests will be granted.
The minority report, signed by W. j.
Morrow unl III ID lIit.lsm
follows
We the undersigned members of the Com
| mittee on Teachers would make the follow
ing appointments Lydia p. Ford to the
place made vacant in No. school by the
| resignation Of Emma Griffith; Susan Wier
| to the principalship OF No. school; Clara
Countiss to the place vacated In No school
by the removal of Miss Wier Emma Hous-
ton to the place vacated by Miss Countiss;
| Susan +. Cook to the place in No. 5 vacated
by Miss Houston; Eliza Regan to Miss
| Cooks place in No. IL; Sallie Jones to Eliza
Regan's place in No. 7; move teachers up in
No. :, and appoint Mary A. Camper
son to the lowest position. We would
also recommend the appointment of Annie
| Magartty to the principalship of No. II
school; Louisa Schmidt to the place made
vacant in No. 4 school by the removal of
Miss Magarity; Sue Bateman to the place
vacated by Louisa Schmidt; also to the re-
| moval of Cecilia Magarity to the assistant
| principalship of No. 10 school and Salie G.
| Bye to place in No 4 school vacated by the
removal of Miss G. Magarity; Mary
| Wheeler to place vacated in No. 20 school
| by removal Of Miss Bye. We would also
recommend the appointment of Ella D.
| Burns to No. IA school; move the teachers
| up one room each in No. 20 and appoint
| Miss Draper to lowest position; appoint
Annie I'll. Trump to position in No. school;
| move Miss Cooling and Miss Bowen up one
room each in No. and appoint Edith
Gruner to lower room, all of which is re-
spectfully submitted.
DR.. Mckay, upon hearing the two papers,
wished to know if the minority report,
which had not been submitted to the COM
mittee, was properly before the Board for
consideration.
Mr.. Morrow explained that it made no
difference whether that report was con-
sdered by the committee or not, and he
thought the minority reporty covered all the
ground left untouched by the majority.
DIR. Mckay again spoke ON the subject
briefly, and was followed by Col. Heisler.
MIR. Morrow said that Miss Miller had no
claims to the position which had been
offered her, intimating that she had sought
the position she held in school No. 16.
DIR. Shortlidge favored the majority re-
port, and contended that Miss Miller had
iiot bhG pbsltlbu utlNs bub Hhu
taken it when every one else had declined.
DIR. Shortlidge questioned Mr.. Morrow upon
the reasons actuating the presentation OF
the minority document Mr. Morrow ex-
planned some Of the actions, but thought IL
nadyisable to make public other eonsidera-
tious which prompted him, although he was
willing to express himself in private to the
gentleman from the Ninth ward.
Mr.. kenney raised the point OF order that
the Board having voted against the transfer
Of Miss Miller at its last meeting it was NOT
in order to act on the case again at this meet
ing. The president ruled that the Com
mittee on Teachers might recommend whom
they pleased, Notwithstanding the action OF
the Board.
Mr.. Sample, although in politics Demo
crat, said he favored civil service reform and
was not in favor of reducing the salary Of
teacher Sl25 simply because she had
darker skin.
Mr.. Kenney opposed at some length Miss
Miller's transfer because there were six
teachers ahead Of her with claims to the
position in No. ). He criticised the action
of the present Committee ON Teachers, and
stated that the teachers throughout the city
were complaining.
The yeas and nays being called on the ma
jority report, a tie resulted, when DIR.
Shortlidge changed his vote, the adoption of
the report being lost by vote of . to IL.
A motion to refer the minority report
back to the Committee ON teachers was
amended to adept. The vote was then lost
by tie vote
A motion to adjourn was lost, and Mr..
Hickman was given permission 20 open an
additional room in school No. 13.
At The suggestion of Mr.. Morrow, on
motion of MI, Sample, the president was
directed to reappoinr the members of the
Legislative Committee, who had resigned
last week, and who were willing to be re
instated