Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-30

was an unusually tedious one on ac-
count of the long discussion over the
report submitted by the committee on
teachers.
S. Redmond Smith moved for the
adoption of the report as prepared by
the committee, increasing the salaries of
the teachers in the schools. Thomas +.
O'Donnell took the floor against the
motion and talked at great length. He
was strongly opposed to increasing the
salaries of all the teachers, and thought
that some of the salaries already pro-
posed should be reduced.
DIR. Morgan here moved that the four
principals of the grammar school be in
cluded in the list of teachers granted the
increase. He moved to amend the re-
port as submitted by the committee on
teachers.
s. r. Smith said with reference to the
increase asked for the grammar school
teachers that If his memory served him
rightly 1t had been customary with the
board from time immemorial to pay the
teachers of the boys department $50
more per annum than the teachers of
the girls department received. He
thought 1t was worth $50 more per year
to teach the boys than it was to instruct
the girls, in that the boys were more
disorderly than the girls and harder to
manage. 1t required more will power
!. to teach the boys than it required to in
struct the girls.
Dr. Morgan thought Mr.. Smith mis-
understood his motion. He 1.-THE member
from the Eighth ward) made reference
only to the teachers of the grammar
schools and not all the lady teachers.
ras1 - Al.
motion Alright and thought the extra
compensation of $50 unnecessary.
John Pyle thought that in view of the
should be left as they were and not in
creased. The speaker said the board had
not been inaugurated to please rs peo-
pie, but to represent and look after the
interests of 65,000 people. If there was
single teacher that demanded an in
crease in her salary, he was in favor of
Diminishing her at once and filling her
place with some one else. There were
numbers of people walking the streets
to-day without employment. These
people were without the necessaries Of
Afe, many of them, and without the
pechhiary aid to pay their taxes. BY in
creasing the salaries of the teachers he
thought the board was increasing the
public debt.
Mr.. Trump was in favor of increasing
some of the salaries, but not all of them.
For instance, he thought that where a
teacher had spent the greater part of her
life in devotion to the interests of the
school, she should be sufficiently re-
Enumerated for her experience and care
in connection with school work. s. r.
Smith expressed the same views.
Joseph Pyle said he was in favor of
increasing the salaries in the primary
department, but the others he thought
should remain as they are. He would
vote against the amendment as proposed
by the member from the Eighth ward
DR.. Morgan insisted that the teachers
who had devoted their time and pains tc
the interests of the schools, some of them
for the last 20 years, should be suitably
recompensed by an increase.
The chair here spoke of the difficulty
in getting teachers to accept certain
epositions in the schools of this city
owing to the inefficiency of the salaries
paid. He made mention of one instance
where teachers were advertised for and
over 80 applied. When they ascer
tanned the salaries paid all dropped ou
of the race but one. DIR. Morgan's mo
ton to amend was lost.
Joseph Pyle moved to adopt the gen
eral report submitted by the committe,
= on teachers, and asked that the salaries
of the three teachers in the manua
training department be reduced to $500
Mr.. Trump objected to the amendmen
and thought the instructors in til,
manual training department should re
ceive 81 900, as was proposed.
Mr.. Pyle said he was opposed to tn,
increase and would vote nay.
Mr.. Baynard thought the matte
should be settled at this point with refer
ence TO an instructor of manual train
ing at the Howard school.
Mr.. Stats thought that 5000 was suf
fcient for mechanic at the manua
training school. He agreed with Nj
Joseph Pyle. The amendment wa
carried which provides that the salarie
of the manual training teachers
maintained at 5000.
The following report submitted b
the committee on teachers was event
ually adopted
That the salaries of the several femal
assistants in the TWO high schools be &C
vanced fifty dollars each.
That the salaries of all the five hundre
and fifty dollar positions be advanced I
six hundred dollars.
That the salary of the first assistant i
the high school department school No.
he made six hundred dollars.
That the salaries of all the five hundre
dollar positions be made five hundred an
fifty dollars.
That the salaries of all the four hundre
and sixty dollar positions be made ii,
hundred dollars.
That the salaries of all the four hundre
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creased to four hundred and fifty dollar
That the salary Of the principal of NJ
10 be made four hundred and twenty-tiN
dollars.
That all the three hundred and sixty-fi'
dollar positions be. changed to thr'
hundred and fifty dollar positions
That the salary of the supervisor
drawing in the grammar and primal
schools be increased from six hundred
,even hundred dollars.
The committee also recommend that Mi
Annie Raudnitzky be made an assistant
he boys high school; Miss Maggie r, NJ
Clo5key, principal Of No. III Miss Magg
Miller, first assistant in No. 5; Miss Mar
C. Loney, principal Of No II; Miss Liz
Wollaston fourth assistant in No. 8; Mi
Ella Marvel, seventh assistant in the girl
department of No. u Miss Clara Hyd
sixth assistant in girls department Of n
j; Miss Lizzie Alrich, principal OF No.
of No. 2; Miss Mary L. Dennison ASH.
tant principel of No g. Miss Ella Move
assistant principal of No. 20.
The committee on teachers also re-
commended that Charles A. Davis be a
pointed teacher Of drawing in the hi
school at salary Of $500, with the Co
ldition that the board may relieve hi
of his appointment at two months n
tioe. The same committee made IL
ifniloMinP recommendations. Thnt MI