The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-11
NO SUPERINTENDENT APPOINTED
A Majority of the Board Vote to Cut the Salary
10 ZOO.

| The board of education met in special
session Yesterday afternoon at o'clock,
with President Van Nuys in the chair
All the members were present. The city
superintendent reported TO the board a
case of boy who carried revolver and
asked that action be taken in the matter,
and also asked for a leave of absence in
order that he might attend meeting of
the executive board of the National Edu-
cational association at Junction City in a
| few DAYS. The doctor further asked that
! the secretary be relieved from giving out
| library books during the month of May,
except on Saturdays. On motion of F. A.
Davis the report was received and the sug
| gestions adopted.
The following report Of the special COM
mittee on securing rooms in the City
| building was then read as follows.
[ To the President and Members OF the Board OF
Education
| Gentlemen. your committee appointed
| to meet the council of this city in reference
! TO the rooms TO be occupied in the new
! city building by this board. makes the
| following report and recommendations:
Your committee met the council in
regular session and stated the object of
our meeting and requested them to desig-
nate the rooms to be occupied by this
| board On motion the mayor was author
| lied to meet this committee at the city
| building this morning at 9 O'Clock and to
point out and designate the rooms to be so
occupied. In pursuance of this motion
| the mayor met your committee and desig-
mated all che rooms on the third floor OF
| said building for the use of said board.
! And we recommend that the board pro-
coed at once to occupy said rooms, and we
! further recommend the use of the furni-
ture now owned by said board.
T. A. DAVIS,
GEO. VAN WERDEN,
| A. II. WARD
On motion of Mr.. Cole the report was
adopted.
| Mr. Van Werden then moved that the
city superintendent receive salary not to
exceed s.. 0O0 The motion was seconded
| by DR.. Davis
f. A Davis offered as an amendment
that Dr. Stevenson be employed at &. 500.
| The vote on the amendment was-yeas,
Ward, Campbell Allison. Cole and F. A.
! Davis: nays, Stanley, Van Werden, Cox,
| Van Mugs, Powell, Easel and DR.. Davis.
The amendment was lost The vote on
the original motion was the reverse and
the motion was declared carried.
Mr.. Cole gave notice that at the next
meeting of the board he would offer res
olution that the board make a change in
the principal of the High school.
On motion of Major Powell the board
adjourned to Tuesday. May II, at p. m.
! After adjournment the president and a
majority of the board decided not to move
into the new quarters before June l on
account OF the schools being so near to a
| close.
The president of the board of education,
DR.. Van Mugs, has appointed the follow
ing standing committee for the year
1892 SO:
Ways and Means-V K. Stanley, r. E.
| Powell and james Allison.
| Accounts-James Allison, L. r. Cole
and George Van Werden.
Buildings and Grouuds-George Van
| Werden. j. II. Fazel and A. II. Ward
Judiciary-A. II. Ward. F. A. Davis and
E. r. Powell.
Printing! NJ. Cox, V. K. Stanley and
L. r. Cole
Teachers, Salary and Discpline-E r.
| Powell, L. VI. Cox and DR.. Giles Davis.
| Text Books, Course of Study and Exami-
nation-George E Campbell, George Van
! Werden and L. A. Davis
School Furniture and Supplies = DR..
! Giles Davis A. H. Ward and 5. H. Fazel.
Heating and Ventilation-F. A. Davis,
| George f. Campbell and V. X. Stanley
| High School and Library. II. Fazel,
James Allison and George Z. Campbell.
Sanitary Regulations and Boundaries of
! Districts-L r. Cole. DR.. Giles Davis and
l.. NJ. Cox.
Insurance-J. D. Van Nuys, ex-officio,
V. b. Stanley and George Van Werden.