The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-08
SCHOOL BOARD IN SESSION.
The Majority Report of Committee on Teachers
and Salaries Rejected--Committee Re-
ports Causing Considerable Dis
cussion-Routine Work.

The school board last evening took an
other step towards making more room for
the high school. after considerable discus
sion. The committee on teachers and
salaries has a majority and minority re-
| port and some animation accompanied the
settlement of the question
THE PROCEEDINGS.
| Members present: Stewart, Ward, Nc
Nair, Piatt, Parkhurst, Wichman. Bal
! lance, with Chairman Lucy presiding Be
| fore minutes had been read Mr.. Lawrence
arrived
Treasurer C. s. Caldwell submitted
report for June. Total cash on hand
! $4,000
| Webking, superintendent of buildings
nd grounds, reported doing some of the
work assigned by the committee having
| his department in hand.
! Mr. Cleft, of ways and means, said the
committee should be reapy to report
levy for next years but so far
unable to get a complete assessment and
hence the absence of report of levy. The
| report would be ready by the first Monday
| in August.
Colonel Stewart, buildings and grounds
committee-The Mccormick avenue school
| building completed The Kellogg street
school building about completed Work
on College Hill building progressing rap
| idly. The lowest bid for the addition to
| the high school building was submitted by
J. n Nixon, price $3.50; the estimate of
| architect being S972 less than the lowest
bid
| On motion of Howe the report was passed
| to be made special order.
| Mr.. Lawrence, of the committee on
| teachers, reported teachers as follows:
Misses Carrie C. Shuts. Lola \. Graham,
Emma Mimic, Mary f. BECKER, Della
| Nicely, Marie Mathis, Eta V. Mason,
Bertha Daugherty, Rilla Taylor, Eta n.
| Crammer, Clifford Mitchell, Messrs. NJ. E
| Diehl, H. o. Smith. Substitute list of
| teachers-Mrs Mary y. Corrie, Misses
Josie NJ. Miller, Mabel Balance, Geneva
Costello, Daisy Brown, Julia B. Wayrich,
Emma Reese, Ida NJ. Reese, Hattie Gillogly,
| Laura Reade, Alice Mossman, Abbie Moss
man, Mrs Florence Taylor.
Mr. Ward said the board should confine
itself in appointing teaching living in the
city. He made minority report leaving
Lola Graham, Emma Minnich and Cliff
stituting Mary A Carrie, Miss Mable Bal
lance and Daisy Bruner. The substitutes
list 10 be allowed remain as reported by
the other members of the committee,
Lawrence and Clapp.
The vote to adopt the majority report
resulted:
Affimative-Clapp, Lawrence.
Negative-Stewart, McNair, Howe, Piatt,
Balance, Parkhurst, Parkinson, Ward.
Piatt moved the adoption of the mi
nority report which was opposed by Clapp
and Lawrence.
Mr.. Clapp presented his resignation as
member of committee on teachers and
salaries, but no action was taken at the
time.
McNair moved that all teachers in the
employ of the board with first grade
certificate be allowed to teach the next
year without an examination.
Pratt said he would favor the motion
but was afraid that the law would not
permit such action. He amended that the
examining board should be satisfied with
the competency.
should not be made by the board as it
was bad PRECEDENT.
McNair thought the board could make
request of the examining committee.
Howe said the whole matter was wrong
No good teacher was afraid for an ex
animation. A suceeful teacher kept
frightened up and should not be afraid of
an examination.
McNair said that he did not know that
anyone holding first grade certificate
was afraid of an examination.
Howe moved and amended that all first
grade teachers be requested to pass an eX-
animation.
1t was moved to lay the amendment on
the table which was received 6 for and
against.
Referring back to the report of the COM
mittee on buildings and grounds the re-
port concerning the Mccormick school
was adopted
Grading around the Harry street school
reported completed and accepted.
S. H Miller reported superintendent of
the College Hill building which was
adopted.
Bids on High school building addition
as follows:
NJ. H. Sternberg. $50, 6lS
j. a. Nixon J'iD
Mr.. Duncomb........... b,tyo
James Grant. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 5.3lO
A. Smith. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. o,5S4
The estimate of the architec c. w.
Terry, s.. 1913 and 10 bid as low as estimate
Lawrence moved plans of Proudfoot q
Bird be adopted and the clerk advertise
for bids. He said Terry had made his
estimate low in order TO have his plans
adopted The estimate of PrOudfoot *
Bird 81. 726 and according to Lawrence
give more room than the plans of Terry.
McNair amended to receive bids on all
the plans submitted. The amendment
was accepted by Lawrence.
Mr.. Clapp moved a reconsideration OF
the action by which the plans Of Mr.. Terry
had been adopted.
Mr.. Piatt said the estimates Of Proud
foot & Bird had been lower than contract
price on some of the buildings and their
estimate as much at fault as any other
architects They could afford to donate
the OWN to having secured the lions share
of the other buildings
The motion to reconsider was lost
Clapp raised the point of order that bids
could not be received on any other plans
but point was not sustained. The motion
to receive bids on other plans failed
Mr.. Balance moved the report Of the
committee be accepted and the committee
be uthorized 10 enter into contract with
Mr.. Nixon including the changes in plans
to make improvements in the old part Of