Morning journal and courier., 1886-09-11
BOARD oR DEDICATION.

tendent's RePOrt-The Rule Against
 Using Money Ely Employees Nm Blec.
 t1ons AdOpted-A Complete Turn
 Over.
 A regular meeting of the Board of Educa- tion was held last evening. Present, Messrs. Welch (presiding) Plunkett, Peck, Graves, O'Brien, Bennett, Strong, Zunder and liar rison.
 MT. Plunkett, from the Committee on Schools, reported that Washington school overfowed at the beginning of the term, and it was necessary to open room in the base ment, which had been done and Miss Healy had been transferred from No. 12 to this room at salary of $500. Other changes recommended were as follows: Assistant in No. 12, Washington, Fannie 0. Wilkinson, at $350; Hauock street, No. 3 to Mo- 5, Car rie E. Strong, at $520; Training school to No. 8, Hallock, Mary E. Kelley, at $S5O; welch school, No. to No. 10, Annie T. Collins, at $55O. Wool sey school, No. to No. 12, Hortense A.. Darling, at $7OO; No. to No. 8, Isabel A.. Swift, at $62O; No. to No. ?, Lizzie E.. Weissbarth, at $7OO; No. to No. 6, A. O.. Ruth Siebke, at $560; No. 4 to No. 5, Carrie A. Parsons, at $520; No. to No. 4, Nellie B. Swain, at $4SO; No. ? to No. 3, Minnie A. Woodford, at $46O. Training school to No. 9 Woolsey, Nellie M. Connery, at $55O; No. Hamilton school, Annie E. Mcfarland at $350.
 The committee also recommended that a telephone be placed in the Winchester school. The recommendations of the committee were approved.
 % Ali amendment to rule 27, section 8, pro- viding that plain sewing shall be taught in rooms five and six in the public schools, was adopted by unanimous consent.
 The superintendent's report was then talk en up for consideration.
 MT. Harrison suggested that the paragraph on page 32 be stricken out of the report This was copied from the secretary's report to the Alumni association and related to the need of more room for laboratory practice and in which he advocated that physics and chemistry should not be overlooked. The paragraph was stricken out and the superiIl- tendent was directed to fill in the space with other matter.
 MT. Bennett inquired of Superintendent Dutton why he had passed over the "business course" so lightly in his report.
 Before the question was answered MT. Zun- der asked the superintendent if he was in sympathy with the business course.
 MI AuLbOA 1OpA4OIA GAee AC WoS, AAOSk COA tainly.
 MT. Bennett inquired why it was that the superintendent stated that it was "under- stood" that MT. Whitmore was to take charge of the instruction in this course when it had been absolutely arranged that MT. Whitmore was to take charge.
 MT. Dutton said that he had not referred to any extent to the matter from desire he had to shorten his report as much as possible in accordance with the wishes of the Board as expressed last year.
 Mr. Bennett said that he would like very much if MT. Dutton was in sympathy with the business course to say so, in few words at least.
 MT. Dutton said he would add another par agrsph to cover the suggestion of MT. Ben- nett.
 MT. Graves called attention to paragraph on page 42 in which it was stated: "With all respect to those who are arrayed against the old State House the opinion is here given that that building is the most available for manual training, both because it is central and because there would be no expense for rent" MT. Graves said the statement was not true so far as the State House being ob tained without expense for rent was concern ed. But, said MT. Graves, can stand it if the other members of the Board can.
 The report of the superintendent was then accepted.
 N01CA GAOu 1OtsIA AAS 0AuuoA 4O- port, which showed the affairs of the district to be in satisfactory condition. The same was accepted and ordered printed in the an nual report.
 Thirty-fve hundred copies of the annual report were ordered printed.
 The district clerk was authorized to sign the names of the members of the Board to the call for the annual school meeting, which takes place on the third Monday in Septem- Der.
 Mr. Graves introduced the following: Voted as the sense of the Board, that no person connected with the public schools shall solicit, collect or receive money from the employees of the district for the purposes of school elections. This vote shall be print ed with the rules of this Board.
 MT. Graves said this was not proposed as rule, but as an expression of the sentiment of the Board. He said he thought the Board should be put on record in this matter.
 Mr. O'Brien said the feeling had become quite general in the public mind that en- been called upon to contribute to the ex- penses of election, and if this resolution was adopted it would settle the matter so far as the public mind was concerned.
 Mir. Strong said he had not changed his mind on this subject. He said that such rules, or votes, would be of no avail and therefore were useless.
 MT. Harrison said if any rule was adopted it should cover the whole ground of inter ference in any way with school elections by employees of the district, either by the use of money, or attending caucuses, or in any other way.
 :, MT. Plunkett said that the resolution of MT. Graves simply put the Board on record that they did not approve of the use of money by employees of the district in school elections and so far as that was concerned he was in favor of it; but he did not favor the abridging of the right of employees to take part or to take an interest in school elec- tions.
 Mr. Bennett said the proposition was sub the same as he submitted last week. He could see no difference.
 MT. Plunkett said he could not see it in that light.
 Major Strong said he could not see any between the two, and he should ask that the resolution. lay over under the rule. He was willing the newspapers should publish it and discuss it all they pleased, but IS for him he did not favor it at all. To get the sense of the Board, said MT. Graves, move that this vote be considered o-night. If it is put over under the rule it will not be acted upon until after election. The vote was taken and the motion of Mr. Graves was declared lost. MT. Plunkett doubted the result and called or 8 yea and nay vote. It was ordered and 'esulted as follows: Yeas-Plunkett, Peck, Graves, Zunder. Nays-O'Brien, Bennett, Strong, Harri- l on. There being 8 tie President Welch dis l olved it by voting "yes," which brought the 1 natter before the Board for action. It was then voted to divide the resolution, eaving that portion of it providing that it be l printed in the rules to be voted upon sepa- ately. The vote on the first part was then taken | y yeas and nays and resulted as follows: Yeas-Plunkett, Peck, Graves, O'Bnen, l Bennett, Zunder, Harrison. Nays-Strong. The first part of the resolution is adopted, aid President Welch. The vote on the paragraph providing for | printing the vote with the rule was then l aken and resulted as follows: Yeas-Graves, O'Brien, Bennett, Strong. Nays-Plunkett, Peck, Zunder, Harrison. Again there was tie to be dissolved by he president and he promptly voted "yes,"