Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-07-15
IMPORTANT SCHOOL MATTERS.

Sa3oO
salary-Father DIulcahy Speaks Upon
the Necessity For New High School.
The board of education met last even
ing at 7:30 and reappointed all the regu-
lar teachers, and M. S. Crosby to be
superintendent of schools. Assistant /
teachers will not be appointed until the
opening of schools in September. Miss /
Wilton, who has been acting principal /
of Bishop street school, was restored to |
her old room in the High school. |
Principal J. A. Moran was granted |
leave of absence for one year, or less if |
he recovered his health; and Joseph |
Cullen, Sr, was appointed principal of |
Bishop street school in the interim, at |
salary of $500. Mrs Elwell was assigned |
to the upper room in West Side hill
school and Miss M. E. White to the
lower room in the same school. Miss
Bangs was transferred to the East Gay
lord school.
DIR E. w. Mcdonald was appointed to
write the annual report of the school
visitors. Chairman Mulcahy presented
the following preamble and resolutions
which was passed:
"Inasmuch, as the great ma ority of
our teachers are at first assigned to
primary classes and receive in these
grades the same salaries that are paid to
teachers in the highest grammar grades,
ripper scholarship are needed, it becomes
evident that with us there are not sufi
cient potent motives offered to these
young ladies to induce them to labor for
the acquisition of this knowledge and
the attainment of this scholarship, and
hence we have not at all times those
candidates who desire to fill these
higher places and are competent to do
so, thereby often compelling the board
to seek such teachers elsewhere; there
fore, be it
"Resolved, that the board appoint three
of it's members who, together with Su-
perintendent Crosby and Principal
Tracy of the High school, will form a
committee to consider this question and
devise the way or means by which this
| defect may be remedied and a laudable
desire for broader scholarship be fos-
| tered among our teachers"
The following teachers were declared
entitled to an increase of $50 in salary
| for the coming year according to the
| marking of the school visitors, except
| when less addition brings the maxi
mum salary which is 5000 for female
teachers and 500 for female principals:
Mary R. Nelligan, Jennie M. O'Neill,
Isabel B. Prior, Nellie S. Wallace and
Matte L. Walsh.
According to school visitors markings
the rating of the following teachers en-
titles them to an increase of S25 for the
coming year:
Ruby NJ. Allen, Mary L. Altman, Ella
Bossidy, Frances Bowes, Nellie A.
Browne, Sarah Callaghan. Nellie E.
Carroll, Elizabeth D. Clark, Mary
Coughlan, Jennie NJ. Cowan, Mary
Cleaveland, Mary Coyle, Mary Cullum,
Jennie NJ. Dudley, Carrie L. Earnestly,
Katherine Egan, Alice T. Fitzpatrick,
Mary A. Gavnor, Marie Herringer
Emily w. Kelly, Annie E. King,
Adeline Long, Frances Lounsbury
Alice G. Mailer, Mary McElligott
Nellie Mcmahon, Annie Moore, Gertrude
Moran, Maggie Moran, Ella Osgood
Edmee Pretat, Katherine Seery. Lizzie
, G. Stanley, Mary D. Tenant, Clara NJ
Toucey, Nellie Tracy. Jennie Tracy
Mary G. Walsh, Susie NJ. Weston.
The names of thirty-five teachers who
now receive the maximum salary are
not included IN these lists.
At the conclusion of the boards meet
. ing joint meeting of the district com
mittee and board of education was held
The requests which had been handed in
for increase of salaries were read by TIN
, superintendent. At the High schoo
Y Miss Croft now receives 81 900, and Mis-
Northrop receives $500; both ask for al
I increase. M. j. Michigan, principal o
q the Bank street school, asks that hi
salary be raised from 81 200 to 81, 800
and B. H. Fitzpatrick, principal of tn
S Clay streets school, asks that his he in
creased from $3.50 to 81, 500. j. M
Taylor, NJ. f teacher of manual train
n ing and drawing, asks to receive 81 SOC
The Misses NJ. A. Donahue. S. HI. Cairn
v and Emma Mccarthy ask that thei
salaries be increased from 5000 to SOC
These requests had all been granted b
-, the board and the reasons were a
" given; they will probably come befor
the district committee at its next regu
!" lar meeting.
the necessity of a new High schoC
building for Waterbury. He urged tn
J. committee to give serious considerable
Al to the fact that the building will nc
Il accommodate any increase of pupils an
Il yet it Is expected that after the Apr
IS examination at least 225 pupils wi
d apply for admission. During the pas
C term 1913 scholars were crowded in tn
,r High school room, which was intende
1t to accommodate only 104 when it we
,e designed. Waterways High schoC
r building is one of the poorest in Ne,
= England and yet few cities can bette
le afford to have proper building, nor
d we think the people will object to tn
is erection of a suitable building, if tn
rs matter be presented to them in the rigl
i light. The young man with Hig
ic school education will have no difficult
l. in finding position, and yet we hay
a fewer young men in our High scho'
,r than any city in the state, compare
al with our population, and we think
At new building would do away with tn
le in great measure. We do not desil
he to see the school tax raised, but lookin
1T for the higher education of the risin
generation we would be recreant to OF
duty did we not urge these matters upc
you. Men have incurred displeasure
other cities for being active in measure
n of this kind, but after consideration it h
brought them honor.
E. The matter was discussed general
IN by all the members. Suggestions we
e. made that joint committee be a
of pointed to look up sites and examil
ty into other High school buildings, al
oy also the matter of calling a distri
IS. meeting to consider the matter, but
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