The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-04

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the chair aud all members present except
| Fritch.
Considerable business was transacted
though not without suf1iciency of fric
| ton at more than one stage of the proceed
! ings to Justify the apprehension of a pyro-
! technical display, the matters in dispute
being largely those involving considera
| tions affecting the relative provinces oi
the board and its committees, with regard
to which there was great difference of opin-
| ion. The minutes of the last meeting were
read and corrected by substituting the
word building" for room" in the resolu
tion passed at a recent meeting to put the
vertical system of penmaDship into Princi-
/ pal Fences room, and the names of Super
intendent Richardson. and Principal Dyer
/ OF the High school were added to the COM
| mittee on heating and ventilation in their
| special commission TO inspect that part OF
the basement of the High school used as
| chemical labrotory.
! Reports of committees were in order,
! but on motion Of Goldberg the rules were
suspended for the purposing OF filling the
vacancy on the board caused by :he resig
nation of Black. Baehr moved TO elect
! Mccoy by reclamation aud the motion was
I
\ bill was presented from
the owner of the Stanton building
for SIS claimed as rent due for the three
months OF June, July and August, this
being a building rented last year by the
! board for school purposes and equipped
with the boards furniture. Iuasmuch as
! this furniture had not been removed with
in the time, the bill was ordered TO be
paid
The committee on teachers and salaries
! reported. 10 the matter of the vacancy in
| the position of teacher of German ana
| Latin. The committee reported III favor
| OF John Sherr of Winfield and presented
letter from Principal Dyer warmly
recommending Mr.. Sherr for the position.
| Jennings further stated that 1t had been
agreed That the monthly salary attached
! should not exceed $40, which provision was
| inserted in the report. The motion of
| Hatton to elect Mr.. Sherr was carried.
Hatton then presented the name of
| Frank Dunkin, principal OF the Carleton
school, for the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Miss Amidon and his motion
| to elect was carried by a unanimous vote.
Jennings followed promptly with mo-
| ton to appoint Miss Belle Stever TO the
now vacant principalshiD of the Carleton
/ school. Hattou moved to amend by leaY-
/ ing the matter with the committee on
| teachers and salaries to report AT an adj
! journed meeting which, he said, would
| probably be called. Jennings remarked
/ that as things were going rather indiscrim-
inately he thought he was entitled to take
| a hand, and since the matter of Mr.. Dun
| kin's appointment had never been passed
upon by the committee, he thought no
exception should be made, and stated
! further that last year DIR. Richardson
! had earnestly favored Miss Stever Tor Il
priucipalship. After some further dis
! cussion Gill moved TO amend by leaving
the matter with the teachers committee
! and suggested that it would be wise and
proper Ito first confer with the superin-
| Iendent. Goldberg supported Jennings In
1 regard to DIR. Richardson's favoring Miss
| Stever for such a position. Powell sug-
gested that her transfer from her position
would create another vacancy and so on
unfortunately, and suggested That the
matter be referred. Jennings withdrew
his motion.
Goldberg called up the matter of Miss
| Mary kelly's assignment IA principal OF u
school in which she WAS required TO teach
/ two grades, whereupOn she asked an in
| crease of salary. The matter was referred
/ to the committee. A communication OF
| the same nature was read from Miss Anna
| Mulvey, who asked an increase of salary IN
consequence of having been transferred to
a principalship of higher grade since her
! election. The request was referred.
The committee on heating and ventila-
ton reported recommending the letting of
the coal contract TO the Central Coal 81
| Coke company.
The matter of the noon intermission at
! the High school was brought up by kirk
wood who spoke In favor OF extending II
! TO cue hour. stating among other things
! that twenty minutes is Insufficient time
| for the proper mastication of Ii cold lunch,
and that it was pushing ID practice some
thing of which every teacher of hygiue Is
expected to show the danger. kIrkwood
! aud Gill reported that many citizens had
! been after them with sharp sticks because
action had not been taken before this.
/ Davidson saidsthat the complaint arose
| largely from these who lived nearest and
who undertook TO go home and back in
| twenty minutes aud that extending the
| time would extend the evil because the
| circle of those who could Just barely get
! home and back in the longer time would
be IN the same ratio larger. Goldberg
I said that the twenty minute period had
| been adopted By vote OF the pupils the N
selves. The matter was deferred until
| the next meet ng.
The committee on sanitation and
| boundaries reported recommending the
bid OF Bertram x Bertram at $50 Tor con-
Meeting the Park school with the sewer.
The treasurer's report showed the general
! fund overdrawn :, 800.
Hatton presented 4 petition with several
| hundred signatures attached on behalf of
! HI. X. Barber, which asked the board 10
place the name Of IL. J. Barber on the iiss
| OF teachers Hatton moved that the petit
tion be referred 10 the teachers commit
tee with power to act. Goldberg objected
that this gave the committee power 10 en-
ploy. Hattou pointed out that the motion
oniy spoke TO the matter or request IN the
petition itself. Goldberg moved 10 amend
by referring the matter TO the committee
Fl. L.
ton accepted the amendment ami the mo
ton carried.
A remonstrance was read from the pa
! irons Of the Carleton school protesting
against the recent action of the board III
transferring the practice school TO that
/ building from the " Washington. Baebr
said Miss Rowe principal OF the city nor
NAL. has spoken 10 him fayorlng some
other than the Carleton building, aud he
moved that ii be left with Dr.. Richardson
to place the school. kirkwood said Miss
Rowe was in favor of the Washington
school, aud he protested against placing
the school where 1t was not wanted by the
patrons. The motion was deferred.
Hattou moved the cry Librarian be iu-
structed to issue a library card 10 each
member of the school board and to the
city council and also one 10 each of the
daily papers OF the city. The motion was
carried amid great though Inaudi5le APP
plsuse from the reporters gallery.
The report Of Miss Minnie Mckibben,
city librarian, was read aud referred.
Powell presented forms for tui.iou blank
and instructions 10 teachers in regard to
tujtion pupils, aud recommended their
adoption.
Miss Maxwelrs application for the posi-
ton "a supervisor of drawing was rea 4
and Goldberg moved her appointment at
a monthly salary OF SEQ \ division al
nearing The roll was called aud the vote