The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-03


The report was received aud placed on
| file.
Superintendent Webking of buildings
| and grounds reported all buildings In
! good shape and well taken care Of by tho
| janitors. without any exception.
A petition numerously signed was pre-
sented by Mr.. Campbell asking for the re-
| instatement of the seventh grade iu
the Washington building as speed
| lily as possible. On motion
| of Cole it was referred to Superintendent
Richardson with power to act.
Mr.. Ward reported that there had been
$l62 50 collected for tuition from parties
not affiliated with any district. by George
| Wilson, aud after reduction of $32 50 for
| Mr.. Wilson's commission the report was
adopted.
Mr. Ward appointed the following COM
mittee to visit the schools and report Dec.
1: Messrs. Campbell, Gill aud Keck. Con-
| firmed.
| Bills and accounts were allowed amount
| ing to the sum of $3.50. Is.
| Mr.. Goldberg recommended that the
| jantors he paid on the first of every month
and on motion of Cole tho recommends
ton was adopted.
| il. Hooker submitted a voluntary bid
| to do the scavenger work for the schools
| for SIS per month. The bid was approved
and the contract awarded Mr.. Hooker.
| On motion Of Mr.. Van Werden the work
| aud pay for same are to commence at once.
| On motion of Mr. Powell the salary of
| the janitor at the Burton school Was fixed
at SO per month.
| Mr. Goldberg reported the following
rooms rented for school purposes: Fair
mount, SIS per mouth, Bird building,
$500 per year, aud the Stanton building at
! S120 per year.
| Mr.. Cole of the committee on teachers
and salaries reported that Mrs. Davis and
Miss Campbell had resigned Ms teachers
aud Miss Cleveland and. Mr.. Smith Of
| Cleveland were promoted to their places.
| The committee on school furniture made
| "A short report which was adopted.
| The only thing of interest to relieve the
monotony of the session was the follow
] ing caustlc communication from Col. b.
| II. Campbell:
, To rhe Board of Education of the Public schools
OF the City of Wichita
GENTLEMEN: At the beginning OF the
| of the course of study prescribed for his
grade (third year High school and report
| ed the same to US, my wife called on the
| principal and requested change OF one
study for cur boys. Charles and Robert
The principal replied that tia course of
study was fixed and no change could be
| allowed My wife stated to the principal
1 that our boys had always stood well in
their studies and inc their general deport-
| ment; that they were entirely able to take
| the prescribed course and that the sugges-
| ton TO take natural philosophy ia place OF
| geometry, did not come from the boys,
| out was the result of the best Judgment OF
| the parents AS being the most
profitable for the boys; that this was
| To be their last term III school and that
| our plans and hopes for toe future useful
| ness OF our boys in the vocatlons which
| they were likely TO choose. made the study
| OF natural philosophy much more Desirable
than any knowledge OF geometry they
| could acquire 10 oae school term. and In
short we the parents, earnestly desired
/ this chauas for reasons which were OF i'm
| porlsnce TO u.s.
To this request, earnestly. respect
/ fully and int-iii-entiy stated aud urged,
your priucipat uIafe no adequate nor ia
! tellgent Objection.
! He simply repeated that the course OF
study. had been fixed and be could not con-
slider any change from tie original plso TO
| suit the wishes of tie pupils. aud that If
1 he did SO in this case he would have 10 do
so in others and all discipline would have
/ To be abandoned; aud while he did not say
! so in 50 many words, tae tendency OF what
| little he did say Was that IL be permitted
| mr. two boys TO substitute the study OF
| natural philosophy for that OF geometry
/ for THIS school, term. that the sccpsre OF
authority would sip from has grasp. AMI
/ mat, possibly. he would have 10 dssSeH6 TO
| tbs. realm Of reason AID struggle with the
/ ucrutored froasiefsmsn on equal terms.
| IL VAS 10 vain thai 10y wife tgied TO sx-
/ u!ziu 10 him that this VA not = wBsf1s 0i
! the pupils. nor eves their wlsB. but iest II
/ was tas VISA OF the parcssss. aao hat she
/ couli nor understand how Tie ..rsssIaE ..
this sigh. change was suSssTsly~ OF dis
| eio.ine. Lor that by granting tbs nosst
reasonable T.gusss soss Is oteEes1 the door
90 she Esay 80 --tsn1ao.c requests "a
| ~llcsa the sentae.a1Aa complained snss BE
wss toe victim
I Bur TO this byoadssde OF modern
artsllery Of common -=n-- and reason
| e,n,e ti.e mechanical cs.cBzrye OF the ose
| aac.~as suooik-osre reply. csscspiIar.
s.ad rny wife retired from tae uasqazs
/ combat.
/ New viii say with al respect sSss
/ lssye slxa.s sapcc~-es We ~sszeis-ases pas-
lie scs, so.S ics tine beaefss Of lie p1Lsic sad
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