The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-21
MADE A WOMAN LIBRARIAN
Miss Browning Elected by the School
Board as Successor to Mr. Evans.
Opposition from Mr. FreDzel and Three Others
Manual Training School-Bids for New
Buildings We're Rejected.
The Board of School Commissioners last

The Board of School Commissioners last
night elected o successor to Mr.. Evans as
librarian. IN the person of Miss Eliza d..
Browning. When the president, Mr..
Baker, declared this order of business was
81 band. . communication was handed him.
signed by Dir. Vonnegut and Mr. LoeDer.
protesting against the nomination of any
person as librarian whose name bad not
been considered By the committee. DR.. Gar
vsr had slipped in the nomination OF Miss
Browning. taking the authority 80 to do. he
said. as chairman of the committee. Mr..
Vonnegut spoke 10 the point IN the COM
munnication. and said hat DR.. Carver
was acting without authority and con-
trary To the law aud the rules OF the board.
by ignoring the rest of the committee. Mr..
FrenzeL, whose face had waxed red In the
glow of pugnacity. here raised the point of
order that no nomination had been made.
The point is not well taken" said Presi-
dent Baker.
II appeal from the decision of the Chair"
said the street-car magnate.
A call for yeas and nays was had in TAX
ing the vote as TO sustaining the Chair.
FrenzeL. Loeper. Nonnegut and Calvin
voted no, and the decision of the Chair
was sustained. SIX voting yea. During the
consideration of this point, MIR. FrenZel
disclosed that the candidate of the Opposi-
ton Was Miss AcElhennen. who. like Miss
browning. Is one of the assistant Librarians.
When Dir. FrenZel saw that he was beaten.
he made a frantic appeal against resorting
10 might IN violation OF what he thought
was right. he wanted the rules amended.
II the board. IN spite of him. in
tended TO elect bliss Browning. Mr..
and made a gratuitous confession
that he had assisted the committee
10 violate the rule by re-nominating a re-
jected nominee for the position. He also,
by special permission. Interiected some
figures showing how other cities are con-
Quoting their libraries In reference to the
public schools. The whole point of differ
ence was a bubble. and when at last the
decks were cleared for a vote upon elect
INK Miss Browning, it stood on a call for
ayes and noes as follows: AYES, Baker.
b~uddenbaum, Conner. Coffin. Gar
Yer. Scott. Williams. Il. noes. FreDzel and
called. be SAID: II refuse to vote. i be-
lieve the whole thing is illegal, and while /
have nothing personal against the nominee
won't have anything TO do with IL"
That's no excuse" said Mr. FrenZel.
"The gentleman should either vote one
way or the other. or get excused"
"1ou may do as you please" said Mr..
Loeper. when the secretary again called
his name to vote; Il won't vote, and that
settles IL with me-"
Mr.. Vonnegut then moved that Mr.. Loeper
be excused from voting. which prevailed.
and then Mr.. Vonnegut asked TO be Excused
himself, which request WAS granted. Be-
fore the close of the meeting q motion pre-
vailed-by a vote of 6 To- EvOting MIR.
Evans one months salary extra. MIR.
Baker at first voted no, but changed both
his vote and the. res1lt. Miss BrownIng's
bond. signed by George X. Sullivan and
Henry Browning, was accepted.
ANNUAL TRAINING SCHOOL.
The report of the committee on the
f'renzel, and was adopted with a few
amendments. These. principally, provide
that the school shall include q hlgh-school
course of four years. q mechanical course
of three years, an industrial course
of three years and a domestic course
of two years. Mr.. Coffin sprung
o discussion as 20 the cost of the proposed
school. In which many of Mr.. Erenzeps adj
moniti0ns as 10 economy were hurled back
into his teeth. Mr. Scott used some OF the
identical Ok EXPRESSIONS of the magnate in u
previous discussion In which the latter had
shown much dIstemper, and affected
great fear that the board would
become financially stranded. The report
was adopted. and at q future meeting this
same committee Will report estimates OF
expenditure. Under the report adopted
1893.
The committee on buildings and grounds
reported that the bids received for the erec-
tion of the new school-bouse on the corner
of Washington and California streets were
$500 above the estimates, and recon-
mende that all be rejected and new bids
be advertised for. The bids received were
as f0lI0va.