Morning journal and courier., 1889-09-19
ADJOURNKD SCHOOL MEETING.


 The Free Text Hook question is Aired
 Listle-Some Tdik on Manual Train-
 Ing-New school Buildings to be
 Erected-A Special Meeting to Con.
 sider the Free Text Book question.
 About 200 people attended the adjourned school meeting held yesterday afternoon at Loomis' Temple of Music. John s. Fowler, assistant clerk of the Superior court, pre- sided. Postmaster English read the. call for the meeting.
 E. c. Beecher offered resolution that a 311s mill school tax be laid; approved. Also that the bonds of the treasurer and collector be $40, 900 each; approved.
 Mir. Beecher then offered resolution that the board of education be authorized to issue bonds of the district (amount left blank) with which to buy land and erect e school house of twelve rooms in the southern part of the city.
 Maier Zunder moved that the amount of the bonds issued be $60, 1000, and he ex- plained that 1t is necessary to fit up suitable quarters for the manual training classes, and children who are now attending the Fair and Whiting street schools, as well as for the overflow from the Cedar street school. The Fair and Whiting street schools might be sold to help pay the expenses of the new building.
 George A. Butler, in some very brief res marks, was inclined to doubt the propriety of laying very much stress on manual train- ing. On the other hand, Major Strong favored the manual training, and Dr. Car malt backed him up by stating that though once opposed to it, he now, from personal enquiry and observation of the matter, heart fly favored it.
 Attorney Charles H. Fowler said: 'I have o son who has been saved from the fate of his father by that manual training school; but for it should have sent him through college, and he would have turned out @ law- yer, as I did, and starved to death." Ruel P. Cowles eaid that he was in favor of msnu. al training, and he was glad to know that the boys were being taught how to drive a nail properly, which was more than the ma jor.ty of tho gentlemen present knew how to do. The remarks of George Hotchkiss, 2d, were applauded. Among other things Mir. Hotohkiss said: 'I think it would be good idea to reduce some of the expenses by turn I'd pat Professor Jepson out first, and few more of the high-salaried officers. I believe in giving the boys and girls 6 common school education.
 The resolution as offered and the motion made by Mir. Zunder were unanimously passed and then on resolution offered by MT. Beecher it was voted that the board be au. thorizsd to sell the Fair street school house and lot and to issue bonds not to exceed $12,- GOO with which to erect new school house of not more than 12 rooms on the site known as the North Quinnipiac school. George Blakeman asked the meeting to take notice of the unsafety of the upper story of the High school. He said be knew of e lady who was fearful about the welfare of her daughter, who is pupil there, and that there are many timid ones. The meeting concluded that this matter might be left to the discretion of the board of education. Then came discussion of free text books It was caused by this resolution, which was offered by E. O. Wilcox: Resolved, That the board of education of the New Haven school district be author. ized to furnish free text books for the use oi the children of said district as soon es prao- ticable.
 Maxey Hitler rose to point of order. He didn't think the meeting could legally con sider the question of text books because tht matter had not been advertised in the call for the meeting. The minority, he said, oi The election of Monday told what the people
 wanted. But they should obtain their wsuts legally.
 Chairman Fowler declared Mir. Hiler's point of order well taken. He declared the resolution out of order.
 L. J. Matthews offered this: Whereas, A late system has been estab lished wholly on bonds, municipal, towr and educational bonds have fallen into the citizens of New Haven, and depriving oul people of ordinevy means of securing a tail share of what they are justly entitled to; be il
 Resolved, That ell bonds hereafter issued by the board of education be of the denorni- nation of $1 ,000 each, and that no one person be permitted to purchase more than two oi said bonds, and that the citizens of New Ha- ven have the preference of holding the came and be it further
 Resolved, That the bonds issued by the board of education should not run over g period of ten years and bear an interest of over four per cent.
 Lawyer Fowler. George A. Butler and Barber Flentje made remarks on the resolu- tion. Consideration of 1t was indefinitely postponed.
 Ruel P. Cowles offered the following: Voted, That a committee of five gentle men, namely: General s. E. Merwin, K. G. Stoddard, Wilbur r. Day, General E. E. Bradley and A. W. De Forest be requested to devise some feasible and judicious plar for nominating each year the members of the board of education and submit said report for approval at the next annual district meeting. This was also indefinitely post poned.
 s. 0. Fleetwood, auditor of the Consoli dated railroad, then offered a resolution witt | the hope of surmountipg any legal obstacle | in the way of effeoting the issue of free tex
 books. He wanted special school distric meeting in the call for which the free book matter might be mentioned. Lawyer Fowler thought another meeting was unnecessary. The free text book mer had majority on the board of education l and they might go ahead and furnish th' books. This was finally pe1sed: Resolved, That the board of education be
 and 1t is hereby ordered to coll a specia l meeting of the legal voters of the district, a such time as the board may deem expedient for the purpose of considering the question of introduction of free text books in the pub lio schools.
 This was passed and the meeting sd journed