St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-07
( GOV. M'GILL DEMURRED
DIDN'T DESIRE THE PRESIDENCY or
TIE SCHOOL B0ARD.
THE MATTER GOES OVER.

Supt. Gilbert's Report Upon ResiS-
nations, Transfers, Assign
ments and Night Schools
adopted Without Change
Few Changes Made Among
the Janitors and Engineers.
The school board met yesterday after
noon at the high school bnilding with
Vice President McGiil, Inspector Daw-
son, Dixon, O'Brien and Willrich pres
ent. 1t was the first meeting of the
school year, and there was large griSt
OF routine bushes to be transacted. 1t
was, however, under the order estab-
liShed some months ago. transacted
practically in the committee of the
whole and behind closed doors. then
mostly retransacted in open session.
The resignation of Inspector Smith
leaves the board without president;
so an effort was maize to elect new
president. Inspector WiIirich noml-
mated Inspector McGiII for president,
and Inspector O'Brien seconded the
nomination, ami at the same time NOV
ing that the secretary cast the unani-
nous vote of the body for him. Mr..
McGiil stated At this point that it would
he impossible for him to accept. He said
he lived so far away from the high
school building that it would be very
announcement for him to attend to the
duties Of the Office, and it would there
! fore not be for the best interests of the
board. He proposed that Mr.. OBrien
be elected president. Mr.. O'Brien OBJ
jected emphaticaliY, and insisted that
McGill should be elected. After a deal
of pareying, in which all took hand i'll
favor of McGill except himself, the mat
ter was laid over to the next meeting, to
await the presence of the mayors APP
pointee to fill the vacancy made by the
resignation of DR.. Smith.
The report of the committee on fuel
and janltors reported the employment
of all the former janitors and engineers,
with only the changes that w. j. Glea-
son is appointed assistant Janltor at the
Webster school and j. G. Reimer is APP
poured janitOr OF the German school,
vice j. O'Grauy, who is made assistant
Janitor al the Van Buren, scVool.
Upon resolution offered by Mr.. Will
rich, it was voted 10 pay the claim OF
$50 of Misses Louise Meilike, Fannie
dart and another teacher for labor per
formed in connection with the school
exhibit at the worlds fair, and the sec
rotary was instructed to bill the account
and send it to the common council for
allowance.
McGill, O'Brien and Willrich were
appointed committee to prepare The
school manual for publication.
The committee on high and manuel
training school reported the following
recommendations That Lima Schumm
be appointed teacher of German at the
high and manual training school at
salary OF 81, 100 year, and that Jacob
Zuber be appointed manual training
teacher at 81, 200; that the library room
of the high school be used for school
room, the books and cases being
removed to the principals office,
whenever the principal desires to make
such change; that the platform in the
assembly hall be taken out; that the de-
partment of physics and chemistry be
removed from the manual training to
tie high school, and the commercial de-
parlment at the high school be re-
moved to the manual training school.
The report was adopted.
The committee OH German reported
that since the last regular meeting John
EiSehneier, teacher i'll the German de-
partlnent, had resigned, and that Miss
| Amelia Nix had been transferred from
the seventh grade at the Webster
school to fill the vacancy. The report
! was adopted.
The committee on schools handed in
| Supt. Gilbert'S report, showing the
RESERVATIONS, transfers of teachers, ETC.,
which was adopted:
DESIGNATIONS.
Miss Minnie Kelly, teacher Of the
first grade, Monroe school; Miss A.
Archer Hunt, kindergarten directress,
| Monroe school; Miss Mabel Austin,
| teacher OF the sixth grade, Neill school
| Mrs. II. X. Marshall, teacher of the
seventh grade, Rice school; Miss Lii
| liam OBrien, teacher of the first grade,
! Lincoln school; and that of Miss
! Minnie BesWick, teacher of the first
| primary, Hawthorne school, leave of
absence for one year, without pay; and
| Miss Mamie flaming, teacher of the
third grade, Van Buren, school, leave OF
absence for one year, without pay: and
Miss Alice Officer, assistant kinder
eartner, Madison school. leave OF
absence for one year, without pay.
| TRANSFERS.
recommend that the following trans
ferS be approved: Miss Kate Leonard,
from the seventh grade Madison to the
seventh grade Webster, i'll place of Miss
| Amelia Nix, transferred to the German
department; Miss Rebecca Taylor, from
the seventh grade Lafayette 10 the sew
| enth grade Madison; Miss Cora Pickett
| from the sixth grade Hendricks to the
fifth grade Humboldt school; Mrs. NJ.
a. Rowles, from the seventh grade
Adams to the seventh grade Rice; Miss
| Lizzie Manning, from the seventh grade
| German to the seventh grade Adams
| Miss LenOre COmnick, FROM the fourth
grade Sibley TO the fourth grade Van
Buren,; Miss Susie Green. promoted
from the position of all-day assistant
| Kindergarten Madison school tc
that of kindergarten dlrectress Mon
roe school at minimum schedule salary
Miss Julia Stapleton, from the frs
primary Van Baren school to second
grade Van Buren, school; Miss Carrie
Krieger. from second grade Van Buren,
school to first primary Van Burer
school; Miss Maria O'Toole, from the
second grade Humboldt school to tht
second grade Monroe school; Miss Cor
nella Saunders, from halliday assist
ant Kindergarten Jefferson school to all
day assistant Kindergarten Madison
school; Mrs. NJ. II. Smith. from the