The Evening critic., 1883-01-31
THE SCHOOL BoARD.i
u. III. Warner. Esq, Elected Presi-
denf-Oiher BusineRs TRANSACTED.

dent-Other BusfneSs EranSucten.
A special meeting of the Board of School
Trustees was held yesterday afternoon
Messrs. Lovejoy, Clarke, Baum, Warner,
Wormley, Brooks and johnson were pres
ent, Messrs Birney and Cragin being de-
tained by sickness. Mr.. Warner was called
to the chair and the election of successor
to General Birney as president stated as the
object of the meeting. The resignation of
President Birney was read
Mr.. B. II. Warner was nominated as sue
cessor to Mr.. Birney by Mr.. Loveioy and on
motion OF Mr. johnson the election was
made unanimous, and Mr.. Warner, in a
neat address, thanked his colleagues for
this mark OF their confidence and said that
whenever he found himself in q decided
minority in such policy as he should adopt
he would follow the example of his prede
cessor and promptly tender his resignation
Applications for teachers positions were
received and referred as follows: ]. II.
Dunbar Mary b. Cameron, Gertrude c.
Skeel, Adelaide ]. Davis, Harriet J. Foster,
Alberta X. Williams, and Clara L. Ellis.
From the Committee on Janitors Mr..
Brooks reported the furnaces of the Miner,
John L. Cook, and Randall School buildings
in very dilapidated condition, and action
was had looking to either repairing or
replacing them in the event ii should be
determined they would not last until
spring.
Committee on Teachers Report.
The following report from the committee
on Teachers was submitted and adopted
Temporary thrd-class certificate issued to
Miss Adelaide j. Davis. Nominations re-
ported favorably as follows: Adelaide ].
Davis to be acting teacher Second Dl-
vision, to be assigned to Sixth
grade, pay to commence from date of
commencement of service, vice Miss Long
fellow, retired The committee report favor
ably the recommendation of Super
iutendant Wilson that the children of the
public schools be allowed to contribute to
the Longfellow Memorial Fund. The Sec
ond quarterly examination of the Washing
ton Normal School will take place in the
Franklin Building ON Friday next, Feb. 9,
at $3.50 a. III. to 1890 p. m. Miss Martha r.
McCauslin, teacher in the Second Grade, to
date from September 25, 1882; for princi-
pal of the building on Sixth street, be-
tween b and G northeast, Miss Isabella
Wheeler.
Some discussion was had as to the pro.
priety of the approval of the payroll bear
ing the name of Miss NJ Il. Longfellow as
temporary teacher in the Second Division,
and at its conclusion the following rcsolu-
tion offered by Mr.. Loveioy was adopted:
Inat the employment or MISS NJ. II. Long
fellow as temporary teacher, after having
acted undera temporary certificate, and de-
cliniDg to appear before the Committee on EX-
animation, she thereby became Ineligible TO
leadership Of any character, and her EN-.
ployment was Ill advised; and that without
intending to make this action precedent but,
on the contrary, condemning the action OF the
local committee, We vote to pay Miss Long
fellow because she actually performed the
services required of her as a teacher.
Miss Susie A. Merricll was nominated as
teacher under the grades covered by Sec
ond,class certificates by General Birney,
and the nomination confirmed.
A communication was read embodying
the formal vote of thanks of the Grand
Division OF the Sons Of Temperance to the
board for its action in recommending that
no licenses be granted to sell liquor within
one square of any schOolhouse; also one
from II. c. Irving, stating that in conse-
quence of losses incurred in Carting ashes
at fifteen and twenty-five cents per load,
he was compelled to cancel his contract
Trustee johnson offered a resolution
that the chairman be allowed to make
such changes in the standing committees
as might be necessary.
Trustee Brooks explained that it would
| tend toward harmony for another than the
president to be at the head of the most ac-
| tive committee of the board. ut
President Warner said he wanted above
all things to have harmony, but did not see
his way clearly to taking immediate action,
The resolution could be received and lay
| over to next meeting.
Trustee Baum offered q resolution reor-
| ganizing the local committees as follows:
| First Division G. Lovejoy.
Second Divisional. II. Warner.
| Third Division-A. p. Clarke.
Fourth Division-W. II. Baum.
Fifth Division-Charles II. Cragin.
| Sixth Division-W. II. A. Wormley and W.
| Btrney.
| Seventh Division-John II. Brooks.
| Eighth Division-Henry Johnson.
Mr.. Wormley objected to serving, but in
timating that at the next meeting he in
tended resigning, the matter was laid owe,
until that time.
| Trustee Brooks reported an examination
he had made on the furnaces in the John
| F. Cook, Miner and Randall buildings. He
found the furnaces badly burned out, and
could not proftably be repaired, and recon-
mended that new ones be substituted. This
was agreed to, and the necessary request
| directed to be sent to the Commissioners
for an appropriation.
The board then adjourned.