Telegram-herald., 1886-05-02
A SORRY REfORMER
The Teacher AT the Truant
School IL a Bad Plight.
WHIPPED WITH 4 BIG STRAP.
Rsnsona OnsaFths a Peculiar Conci-
tica OF Affsirs-Aiiessd Brutality
Of ths Tsachsr-Fhs 3 ARD
of Education.

The regular May ulesling Of the Bo@If u
E14essloD ~zs held l4st evening ~itA Al
the members present except Trustee Fox
+ fhs CITY Attorneys written opini7n, ~ the
< effect tbst re Board h4s no authority u
T Durcssss writing books. paper. pencils, etc. &.
T flr the us- 81 pupils, AS read and placed
on hle. The Clty Attorney also reeom-
mendest hal the controversy relative 20 the
claim q Richardson & Boynton for balance
due 0n the heating apparatus IN the South
Diyisi0n-sr school, be settled on the best
terms possible. The bid Of the Grand
Rapids lee Company 10 furnish the school
basldings with iee at ten cents per hundred
pounds. vas read and accepted.
The resignation Vi Mise Viola Tenant. Of
the F0nntain-st school, vas accepted aud
Miss Alta Winchester was promoted 10 NIL
The vacancy. Miss Nina Stone was APP
pointed a cadet 10 fll the vacancy caused By
the promotion OF Miss Winchester On
recommendation OF the Committee on
schools the nominations Of William A.
Greesoa "a be Director and Z. A. Mosely u
be Curator Of the museum Of the Kent
Scientific Institute were approved. On
motion Of Trustee Fletcher the secretary
Was instructed % obtain a copy Of the con
tract between the Board aud the kent
scienuh Institute and have il present ar tie
next meeting Of the Board.
Claims and accounts we're ordered paid As
follows Nelson. Matter & Co., 80 -, h.
q StUd.eY S3.58 l. 5 Dygeft, -. Sproui &
MctfuFriB elU4d. 1urtiss DaDtOn x CO..
$500 Eaton & lyon. ssI Il; +. +. VIM
chester so. +. J Sakup & Co, SO -. Val
les Dtv lee and Coal company, S44 So:
William karr, $3.50. Foster. Stevens & Co,
So aa. Barrow Bros, Sl6. Is. q. IA Ellis. SIS,
Chiiver < Co. s45O, DeCraaf Vrieling
& Co. 81 63 Chase Brothers piano COM
pany s.. kriudenier 81 DeL0Of. $50 -. l..
ID. Putnam < Co. Sl7.7t
The same committee reported in
favor OF paying the claim OF
Richardson & BoyntOn in accordance
with the recommendation OF the City
Attorney. Trustee Richards thought the
the City Attorney had not taken the matter
OF veauilatng apparatus into consideration
IN forming his opinion. Trustee TIbbitls
did not believe the claim a legal one. TrUs-
tee Fletcher thought that when the Boards
attorney al vised a settlement II would be
wise % heed the advice. The matter was
discussed further ana the report of the COM
mittee was adopted The report of the
Superintendent of Construction for April
was accepted and placed on fle. Trustee
Reilly. OF the Committee on Grounds, re-
ported that the vacant lots on West
Leonard-st bad been leased for the season
tor tl2- accepted and adopted.
Tue SUPERINTENDENT report for April was
accepted and PLACED on file. The Superin-
tendent recommended that the National
Educational association be invited To hold
It's annual meeting for lSs7 in this city, and
explained that in case the invitation was
extended and accepted the city would be
expected TO furnish suitable rooms for the
meetings and guarantee the printing of the
daily bulletins or programmes of the sessions
without expense % the association. He
thought the entire expense would not exceed
81 Oo0 and that the holding of the meeting
in this city would be beneficial to the city
schools About five thousand teachers
usually attended the annual meetings OF
the Association. On motion of Trustee
Fletcher the Board extended the invitation
a. recommended by the superintendent.
Trustee Ransom offered resolution re-
quinng the Committee on Teachers % report
the name Of a lady 20 take charge of the
Truaut or Ungraded school lie was not
satisfied with the management of the Tn
graded school. The Superintendent report
showed that during April there were twenty
four cases Of corporal punishment in the
school. with but twenty nine pupils. He
bad visited the school and would saj- that
he thought the appearance Of the grounds
and building disgrace tn the Board. He was
told that u was the invariable rule 10 fog
ali truant. upon their return 20 school.
IL ras 10 o'clock in the morning when Mr..
Rahsom visited the school and the teacher
voluntarily informed him that he bad fog
ged seven BOYS thar morning. The boys
are logged with r strap, because while the
strap infic.s very severe punishment il does
not mark the bows 40 badly as a
switch The Trustee had been
convinced that the system Of treatment for
truants was wrong lie thought a m.lder
form Of treatment would prove more bene-
fetal 90 the boys. and would certainly be
more creditabie 10 the Board. tie believed
a capable indy teacher could handle the
school better than a man. The resolution
was adopted without further remarks.
few of the trustees voting against it. 10
being the last meeting In which Mayor
Curriss was entitled to sit ss a trustee he was
called upon for remarks and responded
brishv. stating that bis relations with the
Borad bad been satisfactory RE bad not
been able 10 have everything his own way,
bat had learned by hi. experience in the
Council that Il was difficult 70 sway the
opinions 0f 81 xteen men TO make them ac-
cord with the views Of one He parted
With the Board With regret. bat was glad
fhar his official duties were ended.