The herald., 1893-07-25
THEM|NOR|TY REPORT VASREAD
And 1t Contained Some Inter-
esting matter.
The Proceedings Of the Board O
Education.
DR.. wills Makes . Run Against Time
and Gets His Report-Appoint-
ment OF Kindergarten
Teachers.

regular semi-monthly meeting last night
at 8 O'Clock in the city hail. All the
members Of the Board were present.
ALIvELY DISCUSSION.
| When the minutes OF the previous
meeting had been read and before their
adoption, Mrs. Hughes rose and asked
that her minority communication made
ct the previous meeting, in reference to
the change in salaries of the high school
and special teachers, be given place
on the minutes Of the board.
| Mr.. Trask said, that as Mrs. Hughes
statement was communication 1t had
no official place on the minutes of the
board, and he was supported in the
statement by DR.. Buehler.
Mrs. Hughes then said that she de-
sired it placed ON record in justice to
herself. She did not intend to reduce
the teachers salaries, only to be sure
there was enough money on hand to pay
them and she surely thought that fact
should stand as her record on the
minutes Of the board.
President Pepper stated that the COM
munication was on file and would al
ways remain record in that way.
DR.. Buehler asked whether it was
resolution or communication, because
If the former II should be placed on the
minutes,
Dr.. wills then moved that the COM
munication OF Mrs. Hughes presented at
the last meeting respecting the teachers'
salaries be placed on the minutes, but
the motion was lost on . vote of 2 to 2.
DR., Willis then rose and asked that the
report OF the minority, which was read
at the last meeting, be placed on the
minutes,
The clerk said that he was not in pos.
had been in his hands at the last meet
ing for a few moments DIR. Wills bad
ssked for 1t and had agsin taken it into
his possession.
Mr.. Trask rose and said that to his
knowledge he had never heard the mi
nority report read.
DR.. Wills claimed part of 1t had been
read at the last meeting.
Considerable sparring followed, dur
ing which MIR. Patty wanted to know
how 1t could be put on the minutes
when no action had been taken on it,
and DIR. Wills claimed it was only pre-
septed because there was 9 disposition
on the part of the majority to railroad
the appointments.
Mr.. Trask then rose to q point o.
order. and claimed as there was moth
ing on file there naturally was nothing
under discussion.
The chair stated that the portion read
should appear on the minutes in his
opinion.
Mr.. Trask said he had been present
at every meeting Of the teachers COM
mittee, and he had never heard OF any
minority report.
"Dr. Wills states" said he, "that he
read part of it at the last meeting and
carried it away with him. There WAS
nothing the clerk had to transfer to the
minutes, and it seems to me q very Pc
culiar way of transacting business.
There is nothing filsdsAan therefore
there ia nothing Ia sightRto discuss. I
want the minority teRsrt presented and
''ra Dr.q'wills immsdiatsly rose and
stated that he could prove such insinua-
tions were not 80, and said he would
produce the report in 10 minutes.
''There has been entirely to little
show," said he, given the minority in
give me 10 minutes Ph bring the min
DR.. Buehler moved he be given 10
minutes, or 20 if necessary, and Mr..
Plstt offered two weeks, while MIR.
Patty chimed in with an allowance Of
two months.
A motion to adjourn for ten minutes
in order to give DR.. Wills time to get the
report was passed and as the chairmsn's
gavel dropped DIR. Wills disappeared
through the lobby.
Exactly nine minutes after he reap
peared and on the reconvening of the
board, rose with q smile and said "You
see, like Phineas Fogg, l am On time.
| The reason the whole report was not
resd by me at the leet meeting was
because the majority report was entirely
changed between the Saturday meeting
of the teachers committee and the meet
ing OF the teachers committee on Mon.
day night two weeks ago, Immediately
preceding the board meeting. Owing
to it's being entirely changed there was
no necessity to read the two preceding
pages, because the majority attempted
to pass their report as whole and shut
out every candidate, was why read the
third page in reference to the High
school and special teachers, in order to
register the minority vote on their can
didates."
The chair moved that only that por-
ton Of the report be read which took
place at the last meeting, but Mr.. Trask
objected to mutilation and called for the
whole report.
DIR. Wills reluctantly acquieaed with
the demand and read the minority
report, as follows:
THE MINORITY REPORT.
Whereas, A meeting Of the committee
Of the whole Of the board of education
was called for Thursday, 8p. M, July
6, 1898. at superintendent's Office, city
hall, to consider the election of teachers
for the ensuing year, and
Whereas, Six members OF the board
had held private caucus on the
Wednesday night preceding, and prac-
tically settled the whole matter In ad-
vance. which proceeding seemed 90 un.
fair and unjust to the minority of the
teachers committee that the said mi
nority, after making protest, withdrew
from the committee of the whole !; and
Whereas, After hearing the report OF
the committee of the whole to the
teachers committee, Saturday. July
8th, which was adopted as an sntirety
without change by a majority of the
teschere' committee, Notwithstanding
the vigorous protests Of the minority,
who were told they had no business to