Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-16

T. Dutton, whose term expires on the 1st of September:
 The committee appointed to select a superin- tendent in the place of MT. .Dutton, resigned, have the honor to recommend the appointment of MT. % de of the sition thus made vacant.
 (Signed) HI. CARMALr
 SAMUEL R. AVIS,
 THOMAS O'BRIEN,
 Committee.
 MT. Leigh thought the matter of salary should be decided before an appointment had been made.
 Major Strong offered an amendment to the report, providing that MT. Curtis be appointed superintendent at salary of $3, GOO.
 The amendment was carried and ballots were prepared for the election of superin- tendent on the request of Captain O'Brien, who did not like to see the officer elected by viva voce vote. There were six bal lots cast, all being for MT. Curtis, who swas declared elected for one year. On motion of Captain O'Brien the chair 1 man of the commi ttee was directed to tele- | graph the result of the election to MT. 1 Curtis.
 Captain OBrien, for the committee on schools, recommended the appointment of A. O. Abbott of Westville, formerly a teacher in that place, as principal of Rosette district at salary of $1, 200 a year. MT. Abbott was appointed to this position for one year.
 A request from Miss Jennie B. Rockwell to enter the Kindergarten at the Welch training school was referred to the com mittee on schools.
 Secretary Hine, of the state board of education, requested the use of two rooms in the high school on August g and 23 for holding state normal school examinations It was granted. A petition was received asking the ap- pointment of Joseph Bertsche as janitor of the German-English school to take the place of Peter Bohe. It was referred to the committee on buildings.
 | A long communication was received l from MT. Peck, the landlord of janitor | Levi Miller of Dixwen school, asking that 1 the board pay Miller's rent which Miller would not do. It was referred to the | committee.
 l Dr. Comet refid to the boards the long synopsis which had been made of the evil 1 dence obtained by she committee which | had been Investigating the affairs at the | high school.
 | Mr. Leigh did not like the report He said it put MT. Whittemore in a false posi- tion. He thought the action of the board in relation to Mrs. Lockwood was not con- sistent. He maintained she was never ap- | pointed to special position or to fill special duties. If she had been, the board had appointed another woman to do part of her work; and then, when Mrs. Lock wood came to complain of this, the board 1 had turned and censured Principal Whit more. In other words, the board had cen sured Principal Whitmore for taking part of Mrs. Lockwood's duties from her, while the board had ordered him to do so.
 Messrs. Avis, O'Brien, Adler and Car malt thought the report fair one. They thought the Lockwood matter did not con cern the report. MT. Leigh alone voted against the report as given below.
 THE COMMITTEES REPORT DE HIGH SCHOOL
 INVESTIGATION.
 The committee to whom was referred the matter of preparing summary o1 the investigation into the affairs of tht Hillhouse high school have the honor tt present the following report:
 Rumors of disorder and insubordinatioi on the part of scholars, of complaints O dissatisfaction on the part of teachers il their attempts to enforce discipline, o irregularities in marking and in pro selection of speakers at the graduation exercises, and of a general laxity of mora tone that it was the duty of the board O education to take cognizance of.
 The board therefore requested the prin cipal and all the male teachers to appear before it in executive session and subse qnently female teacher of long service who had recently resigned under circum stances which had demanded an investiga tion by the committee on schools, wa also requested to appear and later a fe male teacher herself requested permission to make statement to the board. Thel teachers were examined by the board, wer afterwards interrogated by the principa and were subsequently, allowed to mak' statements ill explanation as they desired The following. is summary of all tha was testified to of any importance. MT McAndrews the submaster was first show a paper giN ing the marks of the last gradu ating class and asked to explain the man ner of marking the pupils and of reckoning their stand therefrom. He was thel asked as to the effect if certail specified changes in the marks of nun Der of the scholars were made, and he re
 piled that the effect would be to raise thei standard while if the marks were left a
 given in another paper lead from by member of the board they would not hay been graduated under the rules of tn
 board, and in continuation of this poin MT. Marble subsequently, testified wit
 great particularity that the paper thu read from was true copy of the actus marks which he gave the respective student , in the subjects of chemistry and physics subjects which he taught and upon whic he examined, which marks he reported , the principal. It was subsequently, at knowledged by MT. Lewis that the officit
 record just above referred to, and fror which MT. M. Andrew read, was in hi } (Mr.~ Lewis9 handwriting, and on bein
 asked to explain the discrepancies betwee
 these marks and those which MT. Marbl
 testified he had given he (Mr. .Lewis) state that in making up the records from MI
 Marbles list he found that about tws
 thirds of the commercial class would ia
 to pass. He then carried the paper to Mi
 Whitmore, asking if he should enter th marks as they stood, or what was to | , done. MT. Whitmore, after considerabl t 1 figuring, changed the results by raisin f them 100 per cent The marks wei doubled, and in cases where doubling u marks carried them above 100, ( more than perfect, they were le 3 sened to compare, and MT. Lew : 1 further testified that change was als made in the marks on civil government ft the same class and in fourth class Latin, but that this part was made at u teachers request, they being dissatisfe
 with their own marking, owing to tf
 haste necessary in preparing the last e. animation papers. MT. Lewis also state l that he had been told by MT. Whitmo @ that similar changes in marks had bee e made before in the high school, but
 knew of no instances in grammar school MT. Whitmore subsequently, stated that had known of but two other instanc '- where the marks had been changed by tl T former principal, MT. Curtis and himse r |. without consultation with the teache n affected, once in German under M ,- Liebke and once in algebra under Mi e Grace B1os. Mrs. T. w. Curtis WI r claimed to be conversant with the form 1t case denied this in that case, and Mrs. Sn @ der Miss Bliss) denieds it in writing f
 her own class, and Mrs. Lockwood WI
 had been in the high school for 16 yea :. and during the latter part of MT. Curt ', principalship acted as his clerk, denied z
 knowledge of such occurrences, was mo . emphatic in expressing her disbelief !; them and did not believe it possible f. S them to have occurred without her know
 edge.
 MT. Lewis attempted justification his own and MT. Whitmore's action, saying that the question of individual pr
 motion was not considered, but how man Il scholars could reasonably be expected