The sun., 1890-04-23
MISS FISK'S PUNISHMENT.
TRANSFER AND A FINE RECOMMENDED
BIZ THE COMMITTEE ON TEACHERA

ThIs was for FaIIise TO Report Absences
or Teachers and for Receiving Presents
What About Mrs. oloveF's ChHrEse
Tho Board OF Education will consider at
its next regular meeting q report OF tho Com
mittee on Teachers in the matter OF the
charges against Miss Henrietta Fisk principal
OF Grammar School H. In Seventh street. inc
report was submitted to the Board on Mednes-
day last. and was laid over under the rule. 1t
recommends that Miss Fisk be censured, trans
ferred to another school. and fined ten days
pay. She Is charged with not keeping q cor
rect account OF the absences OF her teachers oI
receiving holiday presents from her teachers.
which wore paid for by subscriptions, and OF
various other pecoadiloes OF similar nature.
No report was mAdo upon the charge that
Miss Fisk was instrumental In causing the
estrangement between W. II. II. Glover OF
Brooklyn and his wife, although such charges
were submitted to President Simmons by Mrs.
Glover and her pastor, tho Rev. Abram Conk-
lin Of the UnVersRllst Church OF Good IidinRs
in Brooklyn, early last November and were
the occasion OF the Investigation into Misc
Fisk's school work. The Board has never
mado any examination into the merits OF
these charges. They have not been brought
before the Board In any way. and. 1t now ap-
pears. probably never will be. Tho charges
also DrOuRnt hRAlnbL mlbS mhElOu As 1Ohhoh'
a teacher in School II, at the same time ana
concerning the same subject have mover even
been formulated. Meantime Miss Fisk con-
tinues to live in Mr. Glover's house In Brook;
lyn, where Miss Connor II stu visitor anu
Mrs, Glover. who Is Miss fisk,s sister, Ia llying
in another part OF the city and is supported By
her children.
Miss Fisk las been many years the principal
OF the girls department In the Sevepth street
grammar school, She Is q sister Of John A. Z.
Fisk. the restaurant man, OF 7G Broad street
About two years ago MI Glover began oGa 70 MAKE
souihold, l.. l.. with HIS slster-in- law and Miss
Son1or and to remain there with them tS SMls eyer
behind in Brookiyn, The manner Of life Of Mr.
talk In % southold, Whsro MT. GIovers relatives
and former friends ceased to recognize MIN.
%1s told
reporters aiterwnrd that he was thoroughly in
vestigating tho charges. -
and Mrs. Glover came to sort OF understand;
ing through COUNCIL separation was agreed
his wife q certain monthly sum. The pay
ments were to begin early this month. after
lump payment q sl6O. partition Of the
was spsc!hod in the agreement. Tho papers
avenue. She took from Glovers homo at 1888
she considered hers, and, with the advice OF
counsel, she went TO .Southold. and removed
more goods from tho house there On March
6. again, she went there In company with
deputy sheriff for more. This time Mr.. Glover
was at home, and assaulted one OF tho party
and was arrested. The assault case was COM
Miss Fisk had been living in the Same house
with Mr. GoTsr al this time a1S ssmed IN. s to
ter fasd +" the Sood In SnS bSd
session. where they will remain UNDER charge
Of the Sheriff until the trial Of the action. She
her sister for Ss soahod 6ouse
which stands in NJ lss Fisks name.
thr9G wes werS farshe5 ssg
had been prepared. At this time Mr.; Gl!yer
lawyers. and demadded the signed agreement
OF separation. Mrs. Clover, refusal l. under;
In view OF some other legal action The check
was returned to Mr. Glover.
Meantime the charges against the two teach
cation. They wero In the shape OF letters OF
Mrs. Glover and her pastor. q letter, from Nlr.
ape eTsrd to SeG the life M Glover .rE and
the two teachers led in southold. anonymous
Superintendent jasper saw Mrs. GlQyer and
others. and then sent the papers TO Mr.. Sim.
tEere ought to be an examination Of Miss
Fisk's system OF keeping time books. 1t ap- |
Hooe the Session a Was oVer AS
the other charges, he said. he didn't believe
they could he substantiated.
Mr.. simmons sent the papers and Mr.. jus
per's letter 10 the trustees OF the Eleventh
ward and directed them to investigate the |
charges. Mr. jasper then saw several OF the
trus ees individually and told them, that the
main charges against Miss Fisk could not be
substantiated. and t hat it was useless to spend
time investigating them. He told them to go
ahead with the charges al out keeping time
books. The Eleventh ward trustees obeyed
directions They had no real authority, any
way, IL tho case OF the principal OF u school. |
Miss Fisk appeared with counsel. The
trustees reported to the Board that she had
been remss and ought to be transferred and
reprimanded. This WAS four weeks ago. They
didn't saI ANYTHING about tho other charges.
and the Board did not ask. The Board re-
ferrel the single question uron which they re-
ported to the Committee on Teachers, which,
after considering IT, and nothing else con-
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