St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-18
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THE XIV REFERS TO COUNTRY DIS
TRIcTS AND THE CITY. SUFFERS.
RESTORING CUT SALARIES.

Some Misgiving as to the Action
Ofthe Comprehensive Teach
ers' and Manual Training
Schools Not DIsturbed-List of
Changes, designations and
New Appointments.
The pupils of st. Paul are not to re-
ceive the full benefit of the reduction in
the price of text books brought about by
the free text book law. This was de-
cided by the board of school inspectors
at the special session held at the high
school yesterday. The matter had been
referred to a special committee OF the
board, composed of President Smith
and Inspectors OBnen and Willrich.
DR.. Smith had resigned and did not take
part in the work, but MIR. O'Brien re-
ported That the committee had come to
the conclusion that the board is not
authorized by the act to receive the
books on consignment as had been pro-
posed and then sell the books to the
pupils. Could this have been done,
however, it would have netted a saving
cordlng to the propositions made by the
leading book concerns of the country.
They had offered, moreover, to receive
settlements almost at the pleasure of
the board. and they agreed that the
board would only be held responsible in
case OF carelessness, for they would ac-
cept return of all unsold books.
The OPP. Mon of the board is that the
law refers to country school districts
and cannot be applicable to this board.
The report was unanimously adopted
without discussion.
The report of the committee on schools
was next adopted. 1t disposes of one of
the veXanouS problems for the nOnce
that have been troubling the inspectors.
The new schedule of salaries that had
been adopted cut the salary OF Miss
barrow, it will be recalled, from 1000
year to Sl,400, and she complained
that the duties were too onerous for the
sum SO designated. and asked to be
transferred to some other position, even
though she receive still lower CON-
pensation. The board decided that it
could Ill afford TO lose Miss DarroWs
services as principal OF the teachers
training school, and returned her at the
old salary. Prot. Calwell. OF the man
ual training school. had also been re-
duced from S1,400 to $1,000, and he sue
ceeded i'll securing return to the
original salary. But there is said to be
some question about the city comp
troller signing the pay roll owing to
these changes, inasmuch as the budget
hnally liking the expenditures of the
Doard had been passed upon previous to
Yesterdays action.
The report of the committee on
schools reads:
Since the last meeting of the board we
nave received the following resigna-
lions, and recommend that they be &C
cepted:
Miss Martha Klock, Sixth grade, Web
ster school.
Miss Hannah Naughton, Second grade,
Adams school.
Miss E. g. Pratt. principal of the
Mcclellan school,.
we nave granted leave of absence for
SIX months, without pay, TO Miss Ger
trudt Moves, Humboldt school.
we have made the following trans
fers: Miss Alice Sweet, from assistant
klndergartner at the Lafayette school,
to directress at the Humboldt school, at
minimum schedule salary.
Mrs. Lima ID. Sanford, from first pri-
mary teacher Mcclellan school TO first
primary teacher Fisher Ames school.
MISS LIZZIE Morrow, third grade Rice
school to first primary teacher, McClel-
Ian school. 80
Mrs. Fannie Slack, from first grade
Webster school TO first grade Rice
school.
Miss Cora Pickett. from sixth grade
Webster school to sixth grade Hend-
ricks school
Miss e. l.. Drought, from sixth grade
hendricks school to model fourth grade
teacher MaXfield school, at the fourth
year schedule salary.
Miss Carrie Williams, from fifth grade
irving school 10 sixth grade Webster
school.
Mrs. H. E. Harris. from first grade
Lafayette school to third grade jackson
school.
Miss Sadie Dougherty. from third
grade jackson school to first grade La
fayette school
Miss Adelaide McCane. from the
fourth grade Douglas school to the in
termedlate grades of the S. S. TAYLOR
school.
Miss Blanche Chaplin. from the inter
mediate grades S. 5. Taylor school to
the fourth grade Douglas school.
Miss Anna CampiOn. from the first
primary Hawthorne school to the first
primary Garfield school.
MISS Minnie Beswick, from the first
primary Garfield school to the first pri-
mary Hawthorne school.
Ii. ID. OConnell, from the position of
principal teacher Mattocks school to the
principalship of the Mcclellan school.
Miss Ella Barkaloo, from the second
grade German school to the first grade
W eDSter school.
Miss Susie Green. assistant kinder
GARNER at the Jefferson school to assist
ant Kindergarten at the Madison
school.
Miss Alice Officer and Miss Margaret
RUNNER, assistant Undergraduates at
the Madison school to assistant kinder
gartnerS at the jefferson school.
Eli Plckw!ck, teacher of woodwork in
the high school, to the position of SUI
pervlSor of manual training, at S1.350
per annum.
we have appointed the following
teachers:
G. E. McFetridge, to the position OF
principal teacher at the Mattocks school
at $50 per month.
Miss Alice Andrews, to the fourth
grade Irving school at the minimum
schedule salary.
MISS NJ. A. OCOnnOr, to the second
grade German school at the fourth grade
schedule salary.
Miss Jane McFetridge, kindergarten
dlrectrcss at the Longfellow school at
minimum schedule salary.
MISS l.. j. Sterrett, to the fifth grade
Webster school at minimum schedule
salary.
Miss Sarah Gaughan, to the second
grade Adams school at the third year
schedule salary.
Miss Georgia W. Borup, assistant kin
oergartner at the Lafayette school at
the minimum schedule salary.