Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-04-06

snydsrs Resignation Accepted E-lla-
"a Sos Rslscisd.

iag 6sds Rejected
fhs nsgsllar usOathig Hlesslag ~ TIE Bead
~ kliscafion sas held saturday ulght. ~lth
Prezistsat Fslksr IA lae chair
fFtstee hathaway. cilaiTiaan of fhe .oilt
Cos1Insflsa "a schools aAa Ieacders. re-
ported mat the resignation sf =. l. o1yoef,
principal ~ the JeffsFssa stsset School, lad
z1os. he also reported ia favor u ope2ing
80 rooms Ia TIE Turner ssreet sehooi ana
lhs hal n,om II Aesiths AssDls school
Trustees Blair moved that Prsf. SBydsf
reai4yaa1lon be accepted lrustee Mills SAD
that be could n0t vote y ACCEPT Il.
Irastee Hathaway saia be did u0t sign the
report " ths special COMMITTEES oecaass
there had been considerable ezcslenlsnt over
the SnydeE- Love afalr. aad after hearing al
the testimony the majority u tbe committees
felt that Mr. snyder had dOne good and ef
fsetiye work. tie would vote against aecept-
i8x the resignation for the reason that be be
iisgsd u ~as for the best Interests OF The
school that Mr. ony der BE- retained. Trustee
Blair thoaghI that Mr. sayder bad lOst ths
respect Of The people Of the Eighth Ward and
ought 70 be removed. Trustee Parker
thought his usefulness had been lo-t 70 the
bo4fd. although he ~as good teacher. See
rstary Earle said be woaid vote 70 accept the
resignation, for reasons found ia the card
pablished over Mr. Snyder's own signature
The re-i. .uatlOn vas accepted by the f0ll0~-
M yOt. ieas-k elker. Allen, Blair, Earle,
Fo1. Parker. Ransom, Rely, Richards, nb-
betts, Uttsrwiek, Ulrieh-l2 Nays-Hatha-
way. Mills.
Trustee Ransom asked II a lady could not
be found 10 MI Mr. snyder position. Trus-
Lee Hathaway said that the COMMITTEES had
considered the matter, bat As yet had not
been able 70 get a capable one to accept. On
motion OF Trustee Parker the Committee on
Teachers and Superintendent Mitchell were
authorized 70 ali the vacancy. \ motion
that in the opinion Of the Board Mrs. Nc
gntyre should be appointed principal OF the
Jefferson Street School was carried unani-
moasly.
Trustee Allen, chairman of the committee
% whom was referred the account OF the
Fire and Police Commission of Sl0l.t3 for
keep Of horse and cutter for truant officer,
reported that they had obtained the opinion
Of the City Attorney that the Board was not
liable to pay the account and recommended
that il DC rejected. Accepted and placed on
file.
Trustee Richards. iof the Committee on
Buildings. reported that the Committee had
rented a hall for school purposes, at the
corner Of jefferson and West Fulton streets.
Also, that the job of moving the old Straight
street building had been let for $40. The
Committee recommended that the contract
for building the Straight street building be
let 10 Frank Eekert for $3.50. including
heating. A. proposed by Shriver, Weatherly
Z Co. On motion of Trustee Blair, all bids
for the erection of the Straight street build
ing were rejected, and the money accom-
panying them returned TO the bidders. On
motion Of Trustee Hathaway. 1t was ordered
that the building be erected, under the direc-
ton Of the Building Committee and Super
intendent OF Construction.
Superintendent Mitchell reported that the
number OF pupils attending the schools dur
ing March was III less than IN February.
ON motion of Trustee Blair. the Superin-
tendent of Janitors was ordered to furnish
an itemized account of the amount of fuel
used AZ each building during the year. Ad-
iourned.