Daily Republican., 1885-11-03
Board Of Education.

An adjourned meeting OF the Board q
Education was held last even ing for th
purpose of con idering the rules an,
by-laws of the Board preparatory Z
hsving them published. From o'cl ,el
leo half past o sIsy en- IN, mbers waite,
for the TIVE fth, wien at las + E1woo>
iSinaiey, m ,mber ON ths Fourth ward
stepp, in ard com mpleted the quorum
Upon bein twitfed abo 1t being La Q
Mr.. Singley said:
You could hardly expect mar
who Is going to get married tome rrov
TO get here earlier, would you" "Ol
J. get out, you aiu't going to get mar
ried' Clipped several mem bers Of she
Board. Fact" aid Sineley. "I ge
N r-ied tomorrow by Mayor Smith o
Philade phia."
MIR. Sineley then came over TO the re
porters' table and persisted that he wa,
telling the Gods truth, and author
lied the reporters to ub ish IL.
The board was then called to order
and long desultory debAle ensued 81
to how the rules and by laws were tc
be amended. Mr.. Singley wanted to
name the Union National Bank
as place Of deposit, and was notified
that 1t wss an amendment that req al red
two weeks notice. Heisler, Kyne
and others contented that the rules and
by laws could oe perfected at that meet
ing.
The chair decided that two weeks O.
tice was required, but he was willing
to be governed by the decision of the
Board. A motion made by Mr.. HeisleI
to perfect the rules as they were read
greatmany al ieratlons and charges were
found necessary, when the further con.
sideration of them was postponed until
next Monday evening.
Mr.. Wiley presented q &C ccnmunica
ton from Captain Edward Mitchell,
Secretary of tbs Armory Fund Exposi
tion, stating that as the numb Der of
school children prese Mt on last Saturday y
was much too large for comfort, he
asked that certain number of schools
be closed each afternoon, commencing
to morrow, until all the children shall
have had an opportunity of attend in z
the Exposition. Mr.. Wiley then NOV
cd that the schools be closed In the f. /.
lowing order.
Nos. 1, 2, 3 aud 4, on Wednesday
afternoon Nos s, 6, z and on Thurs
day afternoon; Nos, 9, 10, IL and 12 OF
Friday afternoon Nos. Is. IA, IS and
16 on Monday afternoon, and Nos. IL,
noon. Opposition was manifested by
Mr.. Singley, MIR. Simmons, Mr.. HeisleI
and others, on account of loss Of tim &
aud because there was q number of
children who could not afford to &c
and would feel bad about others going.
After excepting afternoons when the
weather was deemed too bad to attend,
the resolution passe'.
DIR. Shortlidgt, chairman of the Com
mittee to which was referred the CON-
nun ication from State Superintendent
OF common schools Williams, ask z
Il at the city public schools of the city
he closed Dece Der Sd and 4th in oru or
to give the teachers q chance to attend
and Cooperate with the Teachers In
stitute to bs held In the Wilmington
Institute on the days mentioned, made
q report complying with the request OF
the sac Sup, rlnteDdent TIE report
required every teacher TO attend the
Institute under the penalty of having
two dsys salary deducted II they did
not attend.
The report was obi cted to by Mr..
Holster, IN 1t would ptct ssitate he paw
ment Of 20 cents or 3 dollar from g. ch
teacher 10 pay the exp1rs,s DR. Short
lidge, Mr.. Feukel snd Mr. Kyne { OK
strong ground in favor Of the tes chers
attending the Institute, ard agreed
that tt taohers who had not enough in
terest TO attend them were not fit
tef ch 'rs 10 teach In our public schools.
Mr.. Feukel thought that If they d i'd
not learn how " teach by attend ing the
Institute, they could learn how not to
teach.
Mr.. Wiley wanted the teachers to
attend the Institute, but he wanted
In In \
Harlan. In this all tie mem bsrs
agreed. Finally mott, n ~ Mr.. Will
ley TO postpone the further considera-
tion Of the report was laid over until
next meeting and the Board adjourned.