Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-02-02
Board of Education.
A REDISTRIBUTIOS OF TEACH
ERS CAUSES A LIVELY
DISCUSSION.
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS.


Iexcept Messrs. Hession and Webster.
a communication dated January 9th
from Street Com missioner McCloske,
was read, notifying the Board to clear
the sidewalk in font of public schoo
NO. IL, ON Twenty second street, be
tween Market and Lammot streets
within twenty days. As the time had
expired and the work had been done
Jhe communication was laid upon thf
table. President Baird stated 10 the
Board that the chairman of the Council
Committee said the Board of Educa-
tion might continue in its presen,
room until January /, 1887, but afGer
that date 1t would be needed for CITY
jpurposes.
On motion of Mr.. Heisler 1t was
agreed that the Board remain until
that time.
DE-. Keables stated that he called up-
on the Water Commission in reference
TO the charge for water for the high
school, and said he had hopes of getting
reduction, and that he arranged foi
meeting OF the committee with the
com mission at o'clock this evening.
| the Committee on Teachers submit
TED the following report:
WILMINGTON, Jan. %, 1886.
Il
GENTLEMEN Your COMMITTEES on
Teachers respectfully offer the follow.
ing as substitute for the report pre-.
sented by them last Monday evening.
Your committee recommend that an.
continents be made as follows Boys
hlgh school-Mtss Lydia p. d. Ford
third assistant, at 5000 Miss Mary
A.tGuthrte, fourth assistant, at 5000.
Girls High School-Mlss Jane Craig.
first assistant, at 500.
Boys grammar school, No. 1-Miss
Susanna Pyle, principal, at $500; Miss
Mary NJ. Turner, first assistant, at $3.50;
Miss Mary j. Wheeler, second assist.
ant, at $500; Miss Annie &. Curtis,
third assistant, at $500; Miss Sophie
simmons, monitor teacher, at $500,
Girls grammar school, No. Miss
Eliza A. Craig, principal rat 500 Miss
6allie l.. Wo0lley, fourth assistant. ut
S460; Miss Ella d. Burns, fifth assis.
ant, at $46O Miss RebeccR j. Davis,
sixth assistant, at $780, Miss Sallie M.
Jones. seventh assistant, at $46O; Miss
Ella Strickland, monitor teacher, at
$500.
School No. 2-Miss Lizzie j. Sayers,
principal, at $3.50. School No. 3-Miss
Jennie Stuart, assistant principal, at
@.25 Miss Ida w, Cleland, second
assistant, at 1866. Boys school, No. 4
I-Vacate one room to be used by the
principal as class room. Boys school,
No. 2-Miss Maggie Miller, third as
sistant, at $3.50 vacate one room.
Girls school, No. 5-Miss Eliza A,
Regan, third assistant, at $500 I; vacate
one room.
School No. 6.-Miss Addie Conner,
principal, at $3.50. Sc hool No. 8-Miss
Emma johnson. assistant principal al
S436. School No. 9.--Miss Anna II.
Trump, assistant principal, at S425 Miss
Louisa X. Gould, second assistant, al
1865. School No. 13-Vacate two rooms
School No. 14-Vaoate one room. Schoo
No. 17-Vacste one room. School No. Is
,I-Vacata one room.
School No. 20-Miss Ella r. Provost
assistant principal, at $425; Miss Mary
r. Thielman, fifth assistant, at 1865
Miss Annie Sayers, Miss Annie M.
Lewis, Miss Mary G. Springer, Miss
Annie K. Hates, Miss Susan K, Cook
and Mrs. Annie X. Pearson, have each
notified the committee that she would
waive further promotion Il permitted to
remain in her present position. Make
Mics Ecwiua b. Kruse principal OF No.
16 at 500.
| L. W. PALMER,
S r SMITH,
SAMUEL F. Belts,
| CHARLES BAIRD.
| DR.. 6hortlidge moved to substitute
Miss Matilda Sayers for Miss Eliza A.
ment at No. l, and to substitute the
name of Miss Eliza A. Craig for that OF
Miss Lydia P. ID. Ford as third assis
tant at the Boys High School. Both
motions were adopted. He also NOV.
ed to substitute the name of Miss Ford
for that of Miss Mary A. Guthrie as
fourth assistant at the Boys High
School, but after discussion it was with
drawn
DIR. Keables moved to substitute the
ma lie of Miss Susanna Pyle for that of
Miss Mary A. Guthrie, which would
leave Miss Pyle in the same position
she formerly held. A lengthy and
animated discussion took place. Mr..
Wiley held that no change should be
made amongst the old teachers who
were familiar with their duties. He
opposed any action which would dis
place Miss Pyle or Miss Craig, but he
favored increasing their salaries up to
the grades to which 1t was intended to
promote them,
MIR. Fuekel said he weuld not vote
for the report. simply because he favor.
cd the appointment Of male teacher to
the boys grammar school.
Mr.. II Heisler and Mr.. Wiley fully
coincided with Mr.. Fuekel in relation
to o male teacher but were afraid the
finances of the board would not permit
of any extra expense at this time. DR..
keables thought that the primary,
grammar, and high schools should be
1 graded separately and the salaries of
the high school teachers should be in.
creased
Messrs. Heisler and Kyne believed
in promotions by merit without any
regard to the roster of the teachers.
| President Baird called DIR. Shortlidge
to the chair and made an argument
against the removal of Miss Pyle and
In favor of raising the salaries of the
teachers ofthe High School. The de-
bate was carried on at considerable
length by Messrs. Smith, Palmer,
Shortlidge, Singley and others, and
the motion to retain Miss Pyle in her
old position was adopted by vote of z
to 6.
Mr.. Fuekel particularly desired the
clerk to place upon record that he voted
against the report simply because he
wanted male teachers in the boys gram
mar schools.
The report was then adopted as q
whole. On motion of Mr.. Wiley the
salaries of the High School assistants,
entitled to promotion, but who were not
promoted, were increased $50 year.
Mr.. Kyne contending that monitor
teachers were useless, moved to dis
pense with them. Superintendent Har-
Ian being asked for his views said that