St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-30

that they will never consent to his
reelection to the position of principal.
That is to say, at least three MEM
bers of the board are unequlvocally op-
posed to giving the principal OF the
school the latitude asked by Mr.. Car
man. On the contrary, they hold the
discipline requires that the control of
the superintendent of schools shall be
absolute.
The session of the board was confined
to passing upon the annual estimate
and the schedule of salaries OF teachers,
etc. The former was reported by In
spector Dawson, and he has gone over
all the ground with the eye OF an eX-
perienced financier. Economy was one
of the ends that influenced him. and the
result has been to bring the needs OF
the school department within the APP.
preparation. Indeed, the budget will
cali for considerably less money than
was used last year. There is a rather
yexatious circumstance that the finance
committee has to contend with, and it
arises from the construction OF
language made by the city comp
troller. To illustrate, the committee
figures the expense Of making
repairs to the school buildings
i'm the fund for repairs and rents, but
the comptroller says this cannot be
done. He insists that the men en-
ployed to make the repairs are employees
of the board and their compensation
must come from the fund designated for
employees. The board maintains. how
ever, that they are only nominal em--
ploves. and that they are only engaged
as necessity requires. OF course all this
can be obviated by having the work
done by contract.
The amount of the appropriation last
wear was $4,000, but the present
estimate will reduce this sum about
| $4,000 or $4,000. This is accomplished
| by cuts in the salaries OF the nlgner-
paid teachers, and by eliminating GER
tain departments.
| Inspector O'Brien reported from the
| committee on schools, the recommends
| tion relating TO teachers salaries. The
committee recommends that only those
teachers shall receive the schedule adj
| vance who have taught at least eight
months the past year; that the schedule
advance be allowed to all teachers, eX-
Eept the high school teachers and super
yisors, and that principals receive COM
peusation according to the schedule re-
ported by the committee. This schedule
shows Slight reduction from the past
wear, but it does not come In the form
of a reduction. however. 1t is, more
strictly speaking, a system OF equallza-
ton.
The salaries of principals are fixed as
| follows-that is the maximum salaries
Cleveland, Franklin, Madison, Van
! Buren,, Jefferson, Humboldt and WED
ster, 81, 500 year.
Lincoln, Sibley, Adams, jackson,
| Madison. Monroe, Hendricks, German,
Rice, Lafayette and Maxfield, Sl.40O.
Grant, Harrison, Hawthorne, Ericsson,
! Garfield, Neill, Irving, Hancock, Long
/ fellow and Schetfer. $1,000.
Douglas and Smith, $1,000.
Mcclellan, $3.50.
Upon motion of Inspector O'Brien,
! the maximum salary of supervisors was
fixed at 81, 800 instead OF $4,000 as In the
past.
These reports were adopted, and au-
dience was given delegation of ladies
who appeared in the hope of getting the
department of domestic economy re-
| stored. Mrs. -Jewett, the superintend-
ent of the Bethel sewing school, was
the spokes woman, and she dlscoursed
elounently upon the benefits that had
had been derived by teaching poorer
children how to sew and to cook, but
the board took no action in the matter
The next meeting OF the board will be
held Wednesday,.