St. Paul daily globe., 1889-09-03
WOODS FULL OF 'EM.
Twenty-Seven Applicants for
Secretary Of the Board Of
Education.
la'
The Salary Has Been Reduced
by One Thousand Dollars
Yearly, q.
I'D
And the Selection Deferred to
a Meeting Two Weeks :
Hence. ~
s0r
City Fathers Cannot Afford.
the Luxury Of a Milk In
spectOp.

At the meeting of the board of educa-
tion last night every member was pres
ent. The number of people in the lobby
made it look as if something important
was about to happen. William Pitt
Murray was not IN the chamber, though
he was in the building. The reason of
his being in the building was made evil
dent later, when it came to light that
his son. Neil Murray, was an asplrant
to the Office of secretary. The duties of
that office were discharged during the
meeting by John Dreher, son of the late
lamented secretary. Mr.. Dreher
said that he was not can
didate for the position left va
cant by the demise of his father.
The candidates, however. are almost
legion, and many person Will crack
smile before reading through the list /.
Before mentioning who they are, it
ought to be stated what they are after.
The office at one time was poorly pal d,
but was filled by the recent lncumben t
so many years and so satisfactorily that
the board raised his salary to 800 a
year. 1t is that income that entlced so
many to offer their valuable services to
Tue Ol l1ClO IhNJ uiOs
James 0'Brien, A. 2. HendrickSOn IA
brother of Eugene Hendrickson), Horace
Dunno (eX-private secretary to the
mayor and at present city editor of the
News, Charles Dana. John y. David
son, J. B. Miller cantor of the Frank
lin schooD, Mr.. Slack (princlpal OF Price
SCHOOL,, G.. Sidney Smith, Cliff Gilbert
(who sang in 1.-The Doctor of Alcan-,
tara'), William Rhodes formerly of the
firm of Rhodes & MortOn), L. w. Forbes
George Allen, S. B. Mcclellan, j. Roche,
George Cochran, Herman Trott, Capt.
O'Connor. M. j. Donnelly, Neil Murray.
Hon. H. III. Young. Col. r. Y. Pratt, G.
F. Hausdorf, E. W. White, Capt. Dud.
ley. E. w. Burton, Mr.. Lundgren, and
Hub Sehurmeier.
The list includes men of every grade
of social, fin 'ncial and intellectual great
ness. Candidate Rhodes is spoken of
as 1.-The millionaire" because he made
remark that if they reduced the sal
ary he wouldn't have it. Some one re-
marked that there were plenty of others
among the candidates who would stand
a considerable reduction and still accept
the Office with thanks. When, there
fore. Inspector KuhleS offered his reSO-s
luton to cut down the salary to $1,000
year, it could not be said that there was
anything like a stampede from the
lobby. The resolution allowed the sec
retary an assistant at $1,000 year,
but it was vigorously opposed
by Mr. Wright and Mr.. Max
field. Mr.. Wright said he might
withdraw his opposition if ne eo9ld
have some time to think it over. But
the time would not be granted him.
Mr. Maxfeld said that any bOokkeeper,1
who is a mere machine, could make
| 81. 500 year, and he thought secretary
ought to be higher order OF man. lie
| did not believe good man could be in
duced to work for such paltry sum.
| The majority. of the board. however,
knew very we'll that ''tne woods are
full of good men" who would think
| $500 year very decent pay these hard
| times, and SO the resolution passed.
The selection of a secretary will prob
ably not be made until the special meet
| ing of the board. two weeks hence.
The board then turned its attention to
regular business and changed the name
| of the Burlington Heights school to the
S. S. TAYLOR school. The Hazel Park
| school will hereafter be known as the
| Fisher Ames school. The board adopted
Newcomb & Holden's astronomy, Sedg-
wick & Wilson's biology for use in the
high school, and Reed q Kellogg's Ian
guage book for use in the manual train
| ing school. The committee on German
appointed j. J. Rhomberg to the Long
| fellow and Ramsey schools; Martha
Papenhagen, Lincoln school: Sebastian
| Wild, to the Grant, Cleveland and
Scheffer schools; John NeuSS, to the
| Hancock and Baker schools; Otto
Brandt half-day), to the Madison
school: Max SchOtt to the Adams and
German schools; A FrieSenhahn to the
Madison school; E. Dittman to the Van
Buren and Washington schools.
The coal contract was awarded to
| John DOWlan IL Son.