The weekly tribune., 1894-09-21
WAS AL|VELY SCHOOL MEETING
A Resolution Passed Calling on County
superintendent Stephenson
TO Resign.
Trustee EmertOn Makes Some Re
marks Of a Very Pointed
Character.

Holmes, Poleo, Gockstetter, Emerton,
and EARL being present.
The meeting was Of an interesting
character from the start and
before it wound up resembled the old
fashioned meetings of the board year
or so ago.
After the minutes had been read the
chairman stated that Miss May and Miss
Margaret Gallagher desired to address
the board. The ladies were accordingly
shown in aud asked to relieve their
minds, which they did. The substance
of their statement was about as follows:
At the recent examination of school
teachers they had been returned
| oy the county superintendent as
having failed to pass and con-
sequently received no certificate.
This. they claimed, was an injustice to
them for the reason that they had not
completed their writing on the last
study. which was arithmetic, at the time
the deputy superintendent closed the
examination. They claimed further
that the deputy superintendent told
them to take tho problems home with
them and he would tru st to their honor
to work them out themselves and the
results would be accepted and counted
| for them. AfterWard he refused to re
ceive these papers so written and marked
a failure against both of them. One of
the ladies had also failed in spelling. but
said the acting superintendent agreed
not to count one word against her. which
would have let her pass this branch
Uuder the circumstances the Ladies felt
that thy should have a certificate.
Chairman PomerOy explained to
the board that two other teachers
had failed to paes the examina-
tion and the county superintendent re-
fused to give a certificate to any of the
four unless they all received them. The
board desired to hire three of the teach
ers but did not wish to hire the fourth.
Mr.. Holmes stated that he did not
think the county superintendent had
any authority to delegate his duties as
an examiner to another, and thought the
examination was illegal anyway. He
was in favor of hiring the two Miss
Gallaghers.
Chairman Pomeroy was doubtful Of
the legality of paying teacher without
a certificate from the county superin-
tendent.
A resolution was finally offered by
Trustee EARL calling on the county
superintendent to either resign his office
or attend personally to his duties
and instructing the school committee to
hire all four teachers as substitute
teachers in their respective rooms until
such time as they had an opportunity to
take legal examination.
Supervising Architect White reported
that he had discovered that bed rock on
the site of the new school house was six
| teen feet below the surface and that it
would be necessary to 60 down this
distance to get good foundation. This
would necessitaIe large amount of
recommended that the contractors,
Mckay Bros, be let the extra work at
GO cents for excavation and SO so per
perch for masonry. This evoked The
wrath of Trustee Emerton, who de-
nounced the proposition in unmeasured
terms, stating it looked like a snap
game and looked like Doodle and
he did not blame the people who
accused the board of being in
fiuenced by Doodle when they let the
contract for the school building on the
old bid without asking for any new bids,
and now proposed to let another con
tract amounting 10 $500 or more to the
same party without any bids at all. For
the sake of the good name OF the board
he asked them to advertise for bids for
this new work. Trustee EARL declared
that the price named was reasonable
one and could be done more expedi-
tlously by the present contractor.
Trustee Holmes said that IL there was
any suspicion of Doodle it should attach
particularly to Mr.. Emerton himself, as
he had taken the contract to repair the
South side school without any bids
being asked.
Mr.. Gockstetter also denounced the
use Of such words in reference to the
board.
Mr.. Emerton moved that bids be asked
for for the next three days
for the extra excavation ana masonry
according t. specifications to be seer
in the architects Office. He was sup
ported by Mr. Holmes on his proposition
and it was carried after good deal OF
excited talk and parliamentary Ian
guage between the various parties to thu
dispute which at one time got SO ho
that it looked as if something harde
than words might be flying.
An estimate of $500 was passed for OK
, cavation.
/ On motion Of Trustee Earl ant
| Gockstetter the salary of the clerk wa
raised 50 month and a telephone
ordered put into his Office at the expeLs
Of the board.
The principal reported that he hat
purchased the necessary drawing board
8 for the high school pupils from MI
: Emerton, and the paper and card boarc
from the News Office. On his recon
mendation a resolution was passe
ordering all pupils in the seventh an
! eighth grades to attend at the Mort
! side school,
! The board then adjourned.
L f1.I. I.n Hnu.n.