The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-12-06
Teachers Meeting.-The Baltimore County

Teachers Meeting Baltimore County
Teachers Association met in the Hall of the
Young Mems Christian Association Building In
Baltimore, on Friday and Saturday of last week
There a full attendance Of teachers and quite
q number of public school officials including 0.
r Benson, Saml NJ. Rankin, J. P. Clark and Chas
R. Thorpe, Esqs,of the county School Board DIR.
Williams, president of the Howard county Board
of School Commissioners and member of the State
Board of Education; Mr.. Thompson, secretary of
the Queen Annes county School Board, and sever
al of the public school teachers of Baltimore city
The annual election resulted in the choice oil
the following officers Mr.. Wilmington, presidents
Mr.. Morris, vice-presdent Mr.. Blair, secretary;
Miss Rachel Prill, treasurer and the appoint
ment of the following executive committee: Z. G.
Cover, Miss Laura Nicolai and r. G. McGinn.
The musical and literary exercises of a
high order of excellence and heartily enjoyed by
all. A great part of the time of the assocat' IN
was taken up in o discussion Of the new
schedule of salaries recently adopted by the
School Board, by which the pay of the prin-
cipals and assistants of the large schools was
reduced and that of the teachers of the small
schools correspondingly increased.
The committee appointed at a meeting of teach
ers to wait upon the School Board and submit
their grievances, made report to the association
of the manner and result of their reception. This
gave rise to an animated discussion, participated
In by q large number OF teachers.
Mr.. Benson, president of the School Board, on
being called by the president of the association,
made a clear and succnct statement of the reasons
which led to the adoption of the present schedule
of salaries, in which he presented the financial
condition of the Board at the beginning of the
year when the present commissioners took charge
of the office. He also assured the teachers that
the schedule was only temporary and that it would
be followed by permanent one which he trusted
would do justice to all concerned.
At the afternoon session of Friday a committee
was appointed to prepare schedule of salaries,
which was submitted to the association and unan-
imously adopted at the Saturday morning session.,
about one hundred teachers being present This
was to be presented to the Board at their meeting
to be held in Baltimore city, ON Dec. I'd. The fol-
lowing is the resolution
That while we sympathize with the School Board
in their present financial embarrassment, in JUS
tice to ourselves we oppose all reduction in sala-
ries, but recommend that the schools be closed
when the present levy is expended, and when re-
sumed that tho new schedule be adopted for all
schools with maximum enrolment of sixty, and
that of 1882 for all with greater enrolment than
sixty
Mr.. Benson read letter from Prof. Newell,
secretary of the State Board of Education, Stain
that it was the unanimous opinion of that Board
that no change could be made in salaries during
the scholastic year.
The School Board held a meeting in the city on
Tuesday, when the committee appointed at the
meeting of the Teachers Association presented
the resolutions printed above. The Board post
poned action on the matter until the next meeting.
Young Ladies Congratulate the Presi-
dent -Elect.-By permission of the Sisters in
charge of Mount St. Agnes Academy, located at
Mt. Washington, this county, the young ladies
who favored the election of Cleveland were per-
mitted to forward the following letter to the Gov
ernor:
MOUNT ST. AGNES ACADEMY,
Mt. WASHINGTON, BALTIC. COUNTY, MD.,
November Goth, 1884.
To His Ercellency Grocer Clereiand, Governor
of Ne,o York and President-elect of the United
States We, the members of the senior class of
Mount St. Agnes Academy, hasten with joy to
tender our heartfelt congratulations to our Dem
ocratic President his accession to the presden-
tial chair of the United States of America. AL
though school girls only and therefore excluded,
in a measure, from the hustle of public life, the
inmates of our Academy, and especially we, the
members of the senior department, have taken
the deepest interest in all matters regarding the
late election, and it was with emotions of delight
that we learned its happy-thrice happy result.
And now that the brightest hopes of our girlhood
have been realized, may we not crave favor
the honor of seeing our long wished-for President
at the seventeenth annual commencement, which
will take place on Wednesday, June Oath, 1885.
We cannot express the qualification it would give
us to receive graduating honors from the
hands of our Democratic chief. Hoping that our
request may not be denied, and again Offering
you our very best wishes for prosperous admin
stration, we are yours affectionatey and respect
fully, ROSIE l.. EVANS,
Colorado,
FRANCES II. HINES,
Carroll county, Md,
ANGELA NJ. MAGUIRE,
Baltimore county, Md,
ALICE NJ. McKEwEN,
Baltimore, Md.
The congratulations were beautifully written
on tinted paper, embellished on the top Of the
first page with the national colors, painted by one
of the young ladies.