The sun., 1891-06-28

They Accuse Two Members or the Orange
Board OF Education OF spitefuiness.

They Accuse Two Members OF the Orange
Board OF Educatton OF spitefuiness.
The forsy-fve women school teachers oi
Orange accuse the President OF the Board oi
Education and the Chairman OF the Committee
on Teachers OF being dictatorial, unreasona-
BILE. aud revengeiul. They say they belittle
the women teachers and do unpleasant things
10 annoy them and show their own authority.
aud that they deprcciate their work and are
replacing some Of them with mon teachers. 10
whom they pay big salaries. The announce
ment Of some changes by the Roard last Mon
day set them all BY the ears. The women have
their own opinions as to the motives underly-
ing these changes and tho opinions are not
complimentary TO the Board oil Education.
The two members who come undor the
special displeasure OF tie teachers are Presi-
dent Augustus T. ,Grinstod and Wilber'orca
Freeman. Chairman OF the Committee on
Teachers and Course Of Study. President
Grinsted, who 10 regarded rs the more objec-
ton nablo. is the f,eght agent ut the raiirond
station. and 1t is SAID his political strength
keeps him in charge Of tho education OF the
children OF Orange. He is a Democrat Mr..
freeman is a Republican and n lawyer Tie
trouble began year ago. whom the teachers
"n fhsS %sre so They
their salaries ought to bs rnis.d. and they also
thought that those who had served for ten
younger tenchers. Tho principals Of three Of
the ille schools got up petition. which all tho
Of Srs sSS yss year ali around and 500 Year to
these VINO had served ten years or more. ~
Miss % Josephine SlahWTn. W Miss NJ; q. Baldwin.
t,v4y oil the lakewood avenue. Lincoln avenue
and Park avenue schools. ORIGINATED the psti,,
sn o hsy d mot nd rS% Ssy rea "a to sSs
point in the Board against the influence Of
these men,, The l;,oard finally raised the sal
aics $50 all ernnd and the ,sSehGrs prs IRE IRE
sd STssldent aSA' eTlnsssS q" ara NJ frssnaR hsSs
thess sn that hss
thSn tRSnts WomeS. sn this % was % rerarad Is hut
PETITION i one were ss doomed and ONE Of them Miss
Baldwin; having resolved not @ to be dism1issel. 1n
T6e two % teSehers VINO did not slgn the pe.i;
ti.n had taught ,respectiyely twenty.siy and
ENJOYING a grammer school salary OF 5000.
atl9ugh teaching ID prmWHry grades has as =, re-
Gr
Grinsted cut down the salaries OF these teaeh-
ers 10 the prims.anry rate OF rSIs sioV ,6e be-
Was pn. down a haii Grade IT,. ss,ec t5ns ~,
ss Sa to rSs Sy 'hS aRs he pa T
President md Mr.. freeman. Previous to tho
increase IN salaries Mr. Fl oeman hnd nromis ell
advance h r interest when he had this oppor-
tuhiiy. and when asked about 1t he Is sa'd to
"Oh, you know her father died of consump-
Another teacher in tho primary grade Of II Q
when the salaries were raised. Later Mr..
Freeman pnt fonr. p, imary teachers In charge
OF grammar school classes and refused to in
crease their salaries. In exclamation ho said.
1t IS alleged:
Well you see they are behind the times
q D sHem md died d consumptioa. and she viii 20
The ieachers attribute all these and many
o! her similar acts on the part OF tbs President
preached Its close the to chers all became very
tained or not. for tue idea was general among
them that Mr.. Grinsted and Mr.. freeman were
bent on getting eyyn ~ Az and would 70 ma make . E good
pc one Of tho teachers expressed The gene' al
''s:In In csher @ @ Cities teachers are rc ngaped or
notified that their services will not he required
another year by the middle Of April. at tho
Latest BY May !: In Orange teachers g. are made
So late In the seas a that all opportunities to
secu good places elsewhere are lost Last
tireiy 100 late or a teacher to make other ar
rangements II she would"
4 he appointments were finally announced on
Monday last. The Rssisl ant industrial teacher
warning although she had long been IN ac-
of se .choo teachers IL The ne"ls
department OF tie alley school. and the teach
ers report hat the President sail III eXi lnna-
ton that this teacher must, be Disciplined for
hayirg signed petition asking that Miss Ade-
avenue school. and for 9th rwiee slowing ito
nssy
frequently repor ed rs saying in Boa,d meet
inGs and TO outsiders that the women tenchers
were getting entirely too independent and
The refusal Of the Board to heed the re!ition
Of the teachers IN the succession OF Miss Ham
iton to the Irincipalship Of he Linco q ave
aroused the teachers. Miss Hamilton had
been teacher eight years and N was next IN
In asking Tor her sppoin!msnt. The Board ap-
pointed a man. Wilmot II, Thompson. however.
at a salary Of 81 200 Miss baldwin had re-
era that Mr. Grinsted opposed Miss Hamilton's
appointment because the teachers wanted her.
Way. way ' the teachers Believe that these We're Mr.
Grnsted's motives. He has also added fifteen
Pnny %np.efs sst to the school day making the closing
Usher ". Cults and Alton Il. Sherman, the
School. receive s.. 900 and sl.Gn respectively.
The women teachers in corresponding places
re.eiye $50 nnt re- s7ooi s,.m,na,,o, m,do
said woman tho other day, into the COM
pnls In the Grunge schools. It will be seen that
all tho important changes for years have
A teacher said Yesterday: THE reouire-
ments demanded of n woman who applies for
Q place in the Orange public sch oos nowadays
appear to be beauty. lack OF independence.
AMI freedom from consumption. Yes. ] mean
II, MIR, Freeman knows n pretty airl when he
secs her and she can generally have her own
way But we are getting little independent
bloc in the Board OF Education lately. and I
don't h.lioye that Mr.. Grinsted and Mr.. Free-
m an will run things always"