The daily gazette., 1883-01-09
HE THREATEN 5 TO SUE.
THE BUILDER OF SCHOOL NO.
FOUR WANTS MONEY.
BOARD OF EDUCATE ON IN A FIX.
The Contractor Of SCHOOL No. 4 Amer the
Amount of his H8lll--Cotlnofl 30 be Asked
for it--Mustc in tine Air


the Committee on Teachers was received
and accepted. Il included the resignation
OF Mary p. jackson, principal Of school
No. IL, which was accepted, and the follow
ing appointments /:
Clara Il. Countiss, first assistant; Nellie
G. Duncan, second assistant: Anna II. Full
| lerton, third assistant; CECILIA A. Magarity,
fourth assistant; Addie Conner, fifth assist.
ant; and Sidney A. Wells, sixth assistant,
Of boys department, No, 4; Louisa d.
Schmidt, first assistant, and Mary A. Colt,
sixth assistant girls department No. 4; Sue
N. Batemin principal No. IL; Alice Mercer,
second assistant, and Maggie T. McCloskey,
third assistant, No. /; Maggie Miller, as
slstant principal No. 3; 1ranna T. Mat
thews, assistant principal No. o; Maggie
Mcdonnell, assistant principal No. 8;
Amanda L. Medana, assistant
principal No. IA; Mary j. Whesler,
assistant principal No. 10; Ella r.
Provost, first assistant No. 8; Grace H.
Sayers, first assistant No. o; Phoebe E.
Guthrie, first assistant No. IA; sallie E.
Dennison, first assistant No Is; Maggie E.
Carpenter, second assistant No. z; Florence
kamo, third assistant No. n Lulu Paynter,
fourth assistant M. z; Annie e. Shaw,
ifth assistant No. 4; Annie Gawthrop, see
ond assistant, Maria G. Lorey, third assist
ant, and Lizzie Morrow, second assistant OF
No. 8; Annie Draper, second assistant No.
8; Maggie A. Money, second assistant No. Is.
Many of the appointments are those who
have been promoted.
The committee recommended that an ex-
animation Of candidates for the office of
teacher be held In the Girls Grammar
School, No. /, on the 10th and 18th Of Feb
ruary, 1883, and that no persons under IS
years Of age shall be examined.
At the call of the school committees the
following reports were made and privileges
asked, being accepted and granted:
No. 1--Order for S3S.57, Gillespie & Co.,
plumbing; No. 3-permissi0n to purchase
clock, not to exceed 81; No. 5-new carpet,
$500; No. 9-permission to dismiss school
on some Friday afternoon t0 have repairs
made In heater CRATE; No. IL permission to
purchase eight curtains for windows at a
cost not 10 exceed $t6; No. 15--orders granted
for $27 % for repairs, SID for cleaning
pipes, Aad S8.18 for coal No. 1888
allowed for expense of covering steam pipes
In addition TO $40 previously granted.
The hnal report of the Building Com
mlttee of school No. 19 was presented as
follows and accepted
Christiana Improvement Company for lot,
81 ,521; Harry Emmons, Esq, for searchers,
SS5.75; q. Graham s. Son, fpr plans, 500;
the same parties for supeHintending the
work, $l50; Engineering Department for
Surveys, 81; Phllemma Chandler, building,
$ll ,743; same for grading, 81, 1876; same for
extra work, $57; Gawthrop & Bro, for
sewer, $4O9.10 Edward Forrest, $254 81;
Allen Speakman, heaters, S16.19; Gawthrop
& Bro. plumbing, S49O2; George W. Bush
q Sons, S3l0; James 81. Floyd, bricklaying,
$1l.75; Mrs. Denny, cleaning $50; John W.
Gibson, painting railing, Sle| John Dolan,
aoddtn1 and er,a uallfnor GI2R 1E. TUf1lIar n, NJ
Kennard 81 Co., carpet, $4090; Keystone
Furaiture Company, $l,043 .lB; Mccartney,
kenney & Co., curtains, Sa2; total, $751;
500 SO.
Final report Of the building Committee of
school No. 18 was also received, accepted and
the committee discharged /; Lot and in
terest, S3S6.52; w. r. Beatty, building,
81, ,343; the same for board fence, $62 92;
Harry Emmops, Esq, for searches, $3.50;
surveying, S4.20; s. & T. McClary, bricks,
sl45.0s; Iron railing, Sl75; .. Graham s.
Son, plans ,S100; blaekboards, $24.64; school
furniture, $257. so; total, Sc, ,5a3.54.
J.H Hoffecker, Jr.'s resolutionor amend
ment to the rules of the Board was then
called for and read. 1t provided that If any
member absented himself from the meet
ings of the Board three times in succession
or neglected his duties as member of q
visiting committee without reasonable ex.
cuse, or was found guilty of drunkenness or
immoral conduct his scat should be declared
vacant.
Mr.. Belts moved to amend by striking out
the portion referring to absentees and the
amendment was accepted BY Mr.. Hoffeeker.
DR.. Shortlidge's motion to postpone was
lost. That gentleman then opposed Mr..
Belts amendment, inasmuch he thought
the members should be more attentive.
Mr.. Kyne then rose to q question of privi-
lege. He thought the resolution was
gingerbread document and had been intro
duced as a campaign document and to
slander some members of the Board. The
gentleman who presented the resolution last
September had hardly been present since
then himself. Mr.. Kyne was, however,
ready to vote for the whole resolution,
although be thought 1t personal reflection
upon him. He then read an article from a
morning paper printed the day after the
resolution was presented in which he was
accused OF ofdrunkenness. He then challenged
any man In this or any other State to say
that he ever drank whisky, in fact,he didn't
know what whisky tasted like. He also
| challenged any one to say that they ever
| saw him under the influence OF liquor He
| occasionally took glass of beer as other
members Of the Board did, and thought the
| NeWs had better begin the work of refoi IN
with some of It's own staff, and that journal
was a slanderous sheet. He would like to
see the whole resolution passed so that it
| would reach some of The other members of
| the Board, although he didn't believe If it
was passed 1t could be enforced.
DR.. shortlidgc laughingly moved to strike
| out all after the word Resolved" and
when he voted on the question remarked
/ that he would have voted differently had
tobacco been included. The yeas and nays
/ were called and resulted as follows: Ayes
| Benson, Belts, Grier, Hickman, Hilton,
Hoffecker, Keables, Kenney, Kyne, Mckay,
Morrow, sample and Baird-13. Mays
Heisler and shortlidge.
The resolution, as passed, stands as fol-
lows: "Whenever any member of the board
shall be guilty of drunkenness, or shall be a
person Of dissolute habits or Immoral char
acter, 1t shall be the duty of the board TO
| declare his seat vacant aud proceed to fill II
| as In case of other vacancies"
Dr. shortlidge of the Committee on Print
ing was granted permission to have 200 daily
records printed.
Colonel Heisler, chairman pf the Build
ing Committee OF school No. 4, reported
that the structure was finished and had been
In the hands of the committee for two
weeks, although not turned over to the
Board. The contractor, 8. r. d. Seeds
wanted his money and threatened to sue the
Board for It unless 1t was forthcoming, and
the speaker knew the Board did not desire
to have action of that kind taaen. TIL,
Colonel thought the Board of Education
had been treated with contempt by City