Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-06
BOARD OF EDUCATION,


Changes Among the Teachers-Repre-
sentatives of Labor Organizations
Appear Before the Roard-Bids for
the Removal OF the Fitch Building
The Evening Schools-hIr. Guilt
ver's Resignation Present ed-His
Successor.
A special meeting of the board of educa-
ton was held last evening. The meeting
was called to order at 8 O'Clock, President
Graves in the chair and the following mem
bers of the board present: Messrs. Whitney,
Holcomb, Hemingway, Sheridan, Plunkett,
Asher and Superintendent of Schools Cur
tbs.
Mr.. Plunkett read the following report
and recommendations of the committee on
schools:
The committee on schools met at the
Office of the superintendent at 4:30 p. M :;
present, Messrs. Plunkett and Whitney.
The committee recommend that twenty
of the graduates of the training school, in
the order of their rank, class of '93, be
assigned to the Fair street school as sub
stitutes for the ensuing year at a salary of
$500 as prescribed by the rules.
The committee recommend that the &C.
dar street school be continued in charge of
Mrs. Breen.
The committee make the following re-
Communications as the assignment of teach
ers to fill vacancies:
That Miss G. B. Rudd, substitute, be
assigned to 90 or 3s, Orchard street, at a
salary of $500.
Miss L. Adella Pinney, No. 2 Cedar
Street school, be appointed to the New
Haven Orphan asylum, No. 3b. Salary,
Miss Emma N. Marcus, substitute, be
assigned to No. 2, WEIGH school.
Miss Carrie F. Knight, substitute, be
| assigned to Hallock street.
Miss Georgia Hardy, from IA to 5b,
Lloyd Street school. Salary, 1920.
Miss NJ. A. Mcguire, 4b, Skinner school,
to "A, Lloyd street. Salary. $3.50.
That Miss Frances B. Barney, No. Ia,
| Skinner, be assigned to No. Ia, Eaton
school, salary undecided.
Miss Gertrude Mann, No. 1, Skinner, be
appointed to No. /, Lowell. Salary, 5000.
Miss L. J. Curtis, substitute, be assigned
extra teacher in the Rosette street school.
Salary, $3.50.
Miss Margaret Duggan, No 3b, Hallock,
be assigned to No. 4, WEIGH school. Sal
airy, $500.
Miss M. A. Pinney, No. /, Grand ave-
nue., be assigned to No. l, Hallock street
school. Salary, 5000.
Miss Eva Lee, extra, Grand avenue, be
| assigned to No. 1, Grand aveune.
Miss Flynn to take Miss Keating's place
at the st. Francis orphan asylum.
VISIT OF LABOR UNION REPRESENTATIVES
At this junction in the meeting the board
1 kaI b.
About twenty-five representatives of the
various labor unions of the city filed into
the room. certain Mr.. Fitzgerald wal
introduced as spokesman and in the ad
dress which he made he requested tn,
board in the name of the labor unions II
employ none but union labor in the con
struction of the new manual training schoo
| and to insert clause to that effect in tn,
contracts. Speeches were made by severa
of those present, setting forth the advsn
tsge which 1t was held would accrue to tn
board by the employment of none but sucl
skilled labor as the labor organization
| offer. The matter was referred to the com
mittee on instructions.
THE FITCH HOUSE REMOVAL.
Il A number of sealed bids for the oil
Fitch house on Broad way, which 1t
necessary to remove in constructing tn
new manual school, were then read.
J. Burns offered to remove the building
; for the material in it.
The Connecticut Concrete company of
fered $134 for the building, to be removes
by October l, and $50 for the turf.
Hugh Christie offered $145 for tn
building, he to remove it in proper time
Horace Mores of 20 Putnam street OF
J fered $155 for the building, he to remov
1t.
, W. J. Montgomery offered $50 for tn
} building without the stone foundation an
$115 with it.
G. N. Baldwin put in W. g. Braley's bi
for 1856 for the building, to be removed b
| October 1.
t The bids were referred to the committe
, on construction, with power to act.
EVENING SCHOOLS TO BEGIN SOON.
Superintendent Curtis called the after
ton of the board to the new law whic
was recently passed by the general Assem-
bly, concerning the evening schools. Th
= law provides that there must be at leai
100 sessions, instead of rs as before. Fac
, | scholar will draw So of state money, II
stead of 81 80, as formerly, provided til
, 100 sessions are held. This will necsss
tate the starting of the evening schools
Q October, which is earlier than before, an
five sessions will have to be held per weel
MR.. GULLIvERs SUCCESSOR.
The resignation of Mr.. Gulliver q
teacher of Latin and Greek Ia the Hig
school was formally presented to the boar
( and accepted.
Charles a. Zimmerman, graduate {
the Northwestern university at Evanston
8 ILL.,, where he was later teacher, will tax
3 his place at salary of 81 300.
y The matter of a special course of thre
years in the High school in preparation fc
the training school was referred to th
committee on special instruction wit
8 power to consider and report to the board
The meeting then adjourned.