The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-01
BAD SCHOOL CHILDREN.
Teachers Empowered 10 Remove Them
From the Class Rooms
MISS E. S. GREENES SUSPENSION
Discussed mt n Session of the School Com
mittee-The Bylaws Amended-New
Primary school Building Tor Ar
mold street.

The regular monthly meeting OF the
school board was held last evening at the
High school building. At s:l5 O'Clock
the meeting was called to order by Presi-
dent Walter II. Barney, and after the
reading of the roll-call and minutes OF
the previous meeting. Elisha Dyer, from
the committee of the First district. pre-
sented the following communication aud
resolution:
Tn IN, School Committee OF the CITY Of Proridenoe;
&c, ,tlemen-The First district committee beg
leave 10 submit the following report ~,
Al meeting Of the school counties OF Ine ni.S'
noey te ask OF the school committee that
the committee on relations 70 the cy e0dned ge t
primary school building % be erected upon e,3H
sas sna pow snos Occupied by the present primary school
building sad BUILDING when % eseeSea Senins NO Schools
OF said district. aud twelve school rooms ana that
the speedy erection sSe ~ ,ne neTeasn demand for
school Recommendations in said district, and the
ias,on Sy the scnool committee as herein stated
That hs SereSR S rseed 70 % pre s
pare solution embod ying the action taken n Dy
The first district commttee a. ss,ec tv canne M M The
earliest possible moment.
The resolution was put 70 vote and
was passed. -
President Barney then read the FOL
lowing communication sent from VIC
first district committee to Superi itehu-
ent OF Public Schools Tarbell.
PROVIDENCE, Feb. 25 1898.
NJ, IT. & Tarbeu, Superintendent OF Public
We hereby authorize and direct you by virtue OF
srticIe 4 ssetion Is OF the bylaws TO suspend Miss
Ella A. Greene, Assistant. Room q, Arnold stree, si
her authority In enforcing discipline In said room.
JAMES CAMPBELL.
FREDERICK l. DANA.
Mr.. West moved tnat the communi-
cation be placed on file, and IL was SO
voted.
Mr.. Metcalf spoke aud stated that the
case had aroused great deai OF tals'
and moved that the following amend
ment to section /, article 10 OF the Dy
laws be made: "And in case OF necessity
thew may remove boisterous and denan'
pupils from their room" This refers 70
the powers resting in the teachers, and
was followed by lively discussion De
tween the members OF the board:
Mr. Horton asked il that which was
proposed to be placed in the bylaws ex
piicitly was not there implicitly. To
MIN the amendment seemed unnecessary.
IL would not help the matter. LIZ one
boy or girl could tie up. whole room
strange. If the motion could be made
and by so doing the case OF MISS
Greene would be helped. then IL would
be lust, 1t would be manly. But In at
tempting to slur over something 1t Is
unnnanly, it is uuchivalrous and afro
ciously wicked.
Fred l. Dana said that the First ware
committee fully admit the rights which
were set forth in the amendment.
was the spirit OF the teacher that caused
her discipline.
DIR. Peck said that the resolution
should be brought to bear directly on the
teacher. The motion TO amend was theu
put to the board ana passed.
Mr.. West then moved to adjourn, ant
at o o'clock the board rose from session
For time after the adjournment th
members gathered in groups about th
hall, discussing the Greene matter. Som
were not satisfied with the action of tn
poard, and some urged that the teache
should have been exonerated by specia
resolution. Others thought that the cas-
had been settled definitely before tn
meeting of the committee, aud that th
amendment covered the case fully.