Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-24
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 District-A Three Ifll Tax Voted
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 The adjourned school meeting held at Loomis' Temple of Music yesterday morning was lively one-one of the old-fashioned sort where citizens of differing ideas on pub lie questions gather in force and express their minds freely for the public good. All the newly elected members of the Board of Education were present. Lawyer Whedon was moderator and kept a level head as usu- al amid the rising tumults, bringing order out of chaos.
 On motion of ex-Mayor L. w. Sperry the bonds of the treasurer and collector were placed at s4O,OO
 Ex-Mayor Sperry then offered resolution authorizing the building ot new school house in Winchester sub-distriot at cost not to exceed 900 and that the school district have power to borrow such part of that amount as might be needed.
 This set the ball rolling. Prof. s. B. Baldwin enquired if there were not already 1, 200 vacant seats in the school district and if the Goffe street school was unpopular among white children because colored chil- dren went there to school. He in general also asked for the why's and wherefores as to tn0 apprOpr1aG1On asked TOT.
 MT. Zunder, of the Board of Education, stoutly replied, saying that in the Winches- ter district there are 300 more pupils than there is school room for, and as to Goffe street school the trouble was not regarding the color line, but because the school was not in fit condition for anybody, white or black, to attend school in. Colored children needed decent place to go to school in as much as white.
 EY..Tu1ra Ghn1don Tou saiIod in Ha takes special interest in Newhallville it being his section, and he gesticulated freely and gracefully and swept his hand fright fully near the face of our old and esteemed citizen of the Sth ward, George Hotchkiss, End. He made out strong case, clinching what MT. Zunder had said about the lack of school accommodations in Winchester district He graphically and with much eloquence, notwithstanding the use of many solid gradgrind facts, reviewed the history of the old Ninth, not referring to the gallant New Haven regiment, but to the Ninth ward. He also made an onslaught of a financial turn showing how money could be borrowed now at very low rates of interest No matter, said the judge in conclusion, if there are vacant sittings in the Woolsey dis trlct (Fair Haven), that is no reason why pu- pils in Winchester district should be de- prived of schooling for want of school room. As the judge ceased a murmur of applause ran through the assembly like unto the mur- mur of the waves at Savin Rock in a gentle breeze.
 Hon. Lynde Harrison now arose and ad dressed the assembly. Ever since the ex- judge, ex-speaker, ex-chairman of hundred assemblies of citizens, taught school first at Lovell's (where his heart was covered with gold and silver medals in honor of his pro- iciency as scholar and as an assistant to MT. Lovely, and afterward as chief himself at the old Wallace street school where he succeeded Jonathan Dudley, the judge has had secret fondness for the veal of the school interests of the State and nation. Judge Harrison, reading from Superintend ent Dutton's last school report which show ed an average attendance at the schools of 10, 249 and that there were 100 more seats than occupied, asked why the sub-district lines could not be changed and thus solve the Gordian knot of difficulty before the august assembly present. In the Skinner school, for instance, there are 902 seats, with S95 average attendance, and in the Washing ton school there are 300 seats too many at present. The judge added that New Haven had more school houses in comparison with the number of it's school children than al most any other city, while the cost per capi ta is larger than in almost any other city in the United States This information plunged the assembly into profound thought, which was interrupted (though the idea, no doubt, lOuuu iOORLu6QIJ Dy MT. Luuu01S T6plyluk that the idea of transferring children from one district to the other was good, but would not work in the case, for instance, of chill dren on the East Rock side of Winchester district, whose parents would see the Board of Education blown up before they would send their little ones to Skinner school, the next nearest school.
 Rabbi Wilner's son here favored building new school house and Lawyer Kleiner sug gested that the district pay it's $70, ,000 debt before going into debt further, and then Mr. George Hotchkiss, 2nd. fired off his bomb shell which was, ''Kick out some of the men in the High school I say cut them down. Kick out some of them and cut off your music, your Latin and your Greek"
 The commotion caused by this shot having Moderator Whedon crossed his right leg over his left knee as if preparing to stand 8 sic ge.
 Mr. Kleiner now suggested that rooms be rented in the Winchester district, but ex- Mayor Welch said that was impossible, which Mir Zunder also confirmed.
 Mir. Milius Frank suggested putting up cheaper building for the primary scholars alone, but MT. L. H. Freedman said if we need an eight-room building let us have it, and spoke of obs ssrvations made by him of school accommodations and beautiful school in Denver, Colorado.
 At this moment terrible crash occurred, succeeded by burst of laughter from the multitude present which shook the Temple of Music and caused the clerks down stairs in the piano room to gaze upward with awe stricken faces to the ceiling. The trouble was that Major H. H. Strong, commandant of the Horse Guards and just reelected a member of the Board of Education, had fallen to the floor with a crash, his chair having given way under him. A few voices whispered Beef is falling'' and few other trite jokes were perpetrated, while MT. Zunder said openly that this was a bad beginning in which excited more fun, the as- sembly being now in the best of spirits.
 The idea of hiring rooms was voted down. Then MT. John T. Sloan suggested that the resolution be altered so that the Board might borrow just what was needed and no more.
 MT. Zunder, the Nestor of the Board, re- piled to this: ''If one had the entire money in the treasury we could not build without a vote of the district. The school house will not be ready until the next years taxes are in the treasury"
 The motion to strike out the appropriation was lost and the resolution for the appropri- ation was then adopted George Hotchkiss was the only person voting no, and this he did with spirit and resolution, his benignity of manner adding to the impressiveness of the occasion.
 Ex-Mayor Sperry then urged his resolution for three mill tax.
 Dr. M. c. White said much money was wasted by the Board in building granite steps to the school houses when wooden ones were much better and not apt to cause cases for the surgeons in icy times.
 Editor Wiegand Schlein, who had hitherto remained silent, now interposed in favor of a three mill tax as one called for and proper and he sustained the Board of Education fully.
 MT. H. M. Welch threw oil upon the trou- bled waters by remarks of a general nature showing that the Board would use all prac- tical economy. fin conclusion he said one thing he did believe in and that was giving proper school accommodations to all, black and white. "The members of the Board of Education get no pay for the work they do, and they have to spend many days in the work in the course of the year. You may stop the growth of the common schools to- day, but you cannot long, The people want them. Applause. Years ago MT. Winchester came to me and said, T am going to bring men here to work in my shops and must have 8 school house. We built it. First there were 200 scholars, then 400, then eight rooms, and to- day the house is full from garret to cellar. The Winchester plant to day goes into the tax list for more than $1, ,000,0 ,000."
 Warren Robinson-'It is more patriotic and great deal better to build school houses than jails. I was talking with a fur nisher of school supplies the other day and he