Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-05

BOARD OF EDUCATION.

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 A meeting of the Board of Education was held last evening. Present, Messrs Welch, (presiding) Zunder, Harrison, Peck, O'Brien, Bennett, Strong and Pond
 The Committee on Schools reported the fol- lowing resignations of teachers: High school Charles H. Siebke; Dwight school-Room No. g, Clara I. Bradley, room Mo- 9, Eleanor A. Peck; Winchester school-Room No. S., Lima M. Jordan. In p1acs of MT. Siebke, Ernest A. Liefeld was appointed for one term at a salary of $700 Other changes and appointments were made, as follows: Win chester, Mo- 8, Nellie F. sproat; No. 6, Nettie B. Studley; Dwight, No. 9, Anna Gildersleeve, No. 2, Gertie E. Isbell; Skinner, No. 3,Lucia J. Bryant, No. 4, Minnie L. Kristen; Ed wards street, Fannie Y. Cook, Carrie A. Stevens.
 MT. Zunder said the committee would also recommend the appointment of Miss Wilcox as teacher in the We1ch Training school, she
 
 dren in the kindergarten department at salary of $1 ,000 per year. She would be on the same footing as Miss Vogel, who would have charge of those in training for teach CTS.
 MT. O'Brien thought it was nonsense to at tempt to run school with two heads, and he thought there would be trouble and that it would finally lead to the appointment of one male principal for that school.
 MT. Pond thought the best way was to ap- point Miss Wilcox principal of the school, and if she was not competent to fill the posi- ton let someone else be appointed.
 MT. Harrison said he had assented to the proposition that had been made partly against his own judgment. It was really a make-shift to provide place for Miss Will COX and he believed that finally there would have to be a male principal appointed at the training school.
 MT. O'Brien moved that Miss Wilcox be appointed principal of the training school at a salary of $1 ,000 year.
 Superintendent Dutton said that Miss Vo- gel was now in charge of methods of train ing, while it was expected that Miss Wilcox would have charge of the rooms and the children. He did not see how one could be principal over the other.
 MT. Zunder said that Miss Vogel and Miss Wilcox had always worked in harmony and he had no doubt they would continue to do so if one was not appointed over the other If anyone was appointed principal it should be male and not female.
 MT. Welch said that it had occurred to him that one might be appointed principal of the practice department and the other prinei pal of the training department.
 MT. Bennett said there seemed to be some question whether Miss Wilcox was compe- tent to be the principal of the school. If such was the case, then the matter should lay over for month or for a time until suit able principal could be found to take charge of the school.
 MT. Strong said the whole thing was in a nutshell as he looked at it. It was to finally have a male principal at the school at sal ary of $2 800 year. He thought the better way was to appoint Miss Wilcox.
 This MT. Zunder denied, saying there was no such intention on the part of the commit tee.
 MT. O'Brien called for his motion appoint. ing Miss Wilcox as principal.
 Mir. Zunder moved to amend by appointing Miss Vogel associate principal.
 MT. OBrien objected. He said he would vote to have Miss Vogel appointed assistant principal, but not associate, as this would leave the matter just as proposed by the con- mittee.
 r MT. Zunder's amendment was lost and MT. O'Brien's notAen prevailed
 MT. OBrien then moved that Miss Vogel be appointed assistant principal and it was carried.
 The School committee recommended that there be afternoon sessions at the High school on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fri days for the teaching of elocution, drawing, &c., to one class on each day. The recom- mendation of the committee was adopted.
 It was voted to print four thousand copies of the annual report to include the rules.
 Mir. Zunder said he should judge from what was stated in evening paper that the Board had charge of the ballot boxes at an nual school meetings, appoint their own box tenders and do about as they pleased, eve to stuffing the boxes. He said there was no truth in the statement, as the Board very well knew the registrars alone had control of the boxes and they appointed whenever they pleased.
 MT. O'Brien said that while MT. Zunder's statement was true, yet there were those ill authority who last year took more interest in the election of a certain ticket than was necessary. He said janitors were sent out to peddle tickets or induce voters to vote certain ticket. He hoped there would be no more of it this year.
 MT. Dutton said he had taken no more &C., tive part in the election than was necessary in answering questions of persons who came to him for information.
 Architect Robinson was present with plans for proposed new eight room school build ing on the Gregory street lot. The plans were examined by the Board and laid on the table until next meeting.
 MT. Peck said that the heating in the Ed wards street school was deficient and it was proposed to take out the furnaces and intro duce steam. The furnaces could be utilized, one at the Grand street school one at Wood ward school, one at the Fair street and the other at the Skinner school where they were needed. The cost of putting in steam would be about $1 ,500. The Board authorized the Committee on Buildings to have the pro- posed change made.
 The annual report of the Board was read by President Welch and ordered printed with the reports of the superintendent, secretary and treasurer.