St. Paul daily globe., 1892-07-16
THREE NEW PRINCIPALS.
Greer to the Central, Sawyer and
Hobbs, North and South High
Schools

Greer to the Central, Sawyer and
Hobbs, North and South High
Schools.
Yesterday afternoon the board of'edu
cation met and approved the recon-
mendations of Supt. Jordan for the
vacancies among the principals. An
evening paper last night tried to make
it appear that there was some opposition
to the recommendation of the superin-
tendent. They were all approved unani-
mously, however. The most important
place to be filled was that Of principal
of the Central High school, formerly
held by Prof. j. S. Crombie. Prof. John
N. Greer. OF the North side high school,
was selected for this place. 1t is con-
ceded on all hands that this is good
appointment. Prof. Greer has been
with the Minneapolis schools for sew
eral years. and has always given the
of Greer shows the policy of the present
board of education. the legitimate re-
suit of the appointment of Supt.Jordan.
1t is that Minneapolis teachers be pro-
NOTED whenever possible. Prof. G. l..
Sawyer was made principal of the South
side high school. AS stated in yester-
days GLOBE. he comes from Wau.e-
gan, LII. Prof. w. w. Hobbs will be
the successor of Prof. Greer at the head
of the North Side high. Prof. Hobbs
comes from Spring valley, but has
taught in several other towns of the
state. While not a Minneapolis man he
is Minnesotan and. a graduate of the
University of Minnesota. He has the
reputation of being an excellent edu-
Gator. John Morris was reappolnted
superintendent of the manual training
department at $1,000 year, and the APP
pointment of A. G. Sanders as the sup
erintendent's clerk at a salary of S75 per
month was approved. Prof. Greer will
receive $500 q year as principal of the
Central High school. and Professors
Hobbs and Sawyer Sl,700 each.
The board also awarded the contract
for furnishing 1000 tons of coal to the
schools of Minneapolis. Hooking Valley
is the kind of coal that will be used and
G. Godfrey is the man who will furnish
it. That last should be qualified. 1t is
supposed that Mr.. Godfrey will furnish
the coal. The board will give him the
contract if he shows up, for his bid of
S425 a ton was the lowest received. The
point is that no one knows anything
about Mr.. Godfrey. He was not at the
meeting yesterday, as were all of the
other bidders, and none of them had
ever heard of him. His name is not
in the directory, nor is any name
there that can be assumed to be
his. But the board will send
letter to him addressed &c. Godfrey,
city," announcing the action of the
board. If he fails to appear before the
supplies committee by 4 O'clock this
afternoon and provide bond. the con-
tract will go to the Pioneer Fuel COM
pany. the next lowest bidder, at S4.39.
A little breeze arose over the failure
of the superintendent's annual report
to show up. DR.. Bradley is out of the
city. and has been for several weeks,
and the committee Oh this report has
been unable 10 get a line OIL him or find
out anything about this repurt. Director
Rolfe promises to have that report for
the next meeting of the board or know
why. 1t looks as if DIR. Bradley were
trying to delay the boards business.