St. Paul daily globe., 1894-05-29

eta 1naC EaVOr ECONOMY in
School Matters and Admonish
the Authorities.
The feature of the regular Monday
morning session of the chamber of COR
nerce was the annual election of di-
rectors. sixty being the number to he
chosen. The polls were held open until
noon: When the ballots were counted
1t was ascertained that the following
members of the board of directors had
been chosen for the ensuing year:
Andrews. c. c.; Auerbach. NJ; Alb
bott. f. A; Anderson, F. w.; Ames,
Charles W.; Brown. H. D.; Blood, r,
L.; Beck, j. H.; Clough, w. p; Coch-
ran. Thomas; Clapp, NJ. E.. Cowen. B.
s.; Dorr, r. R.; Dean, w. B.; Doran.
+. B.; Dyer, W. j.; Fairchild. H. s. :;
Faulkner. William; Graves, William F. !;
Gordon, R.; Grant, George j.; Gilbert,
e. B.. secretary st. P. F. & NJ. Insur-
tendent of schools; Hodgson, Ell. How
ard, VIII. jefferson, R.C.; Z; ;Jaggard. E. A. :;
kreeh. A. W.:Kirk. Il. A. ;Langford, N.
f.; Livingston. Crawford; Lindeke, A.
H.; Ludden, }. D.: Lightner. w. H.;
Merwin, L. D.; Murray. William p;
Mum, MD; Morton. w. S.; Markham,
J. E.; Middleton, James; Noyes. Charles
F.; Power, c. NJ; Pagst. All; Peet, E.
w.; Rundlett. l.. W.: Squires, George
e.; Scholle, Gustave; Schumacher, Gus
tavT.; Scott, Thomas B.; Stevens. H.F.;
Suydam, James; Severance. Z. A.;
Smalley. E: "; Tighe, Ambrose; Tay-
lor, o. L.; Wheeler, Rush B.; Williams,
Henry L.; Weed, j. H.; WOIterStOrtf, j :.
H.; YerXa. Thomas E.
ROUTINE BUSINESS.
The committee upon manufactures, to
| whom was referred a communication
asking for the presence of a delegate
from the chamber at the international
congress on customs. legislation and
| the labor question, to be held at Ant
Werp July 16 to 81. reported that while
the questions to be discussed are of i'm
portance it is not practicable to send
delegate.
Director Peet offered the following
resolution:
Resolved, That the chamber of COM
| merce is opposed to the proposed i'll
come tax law, but should such law be
enacted it is the opinion OF the chamber
| of commerce that it should be therein
provided that the incomes OF life insur-
ance companies and associations should
be exempted from such taxation.
Under suspension of the rules the
resolution was adopted, the secretary
being Instructed to transmit the same
to the Minnesota members of congress.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
f. Under the head of unfinished busi-
ness the report of the committee upon
schools Which was submitted at the
| meeting of the chamber on May 81 was
taken Up. Upon motion the report was
P placed on file, and Director L. d. Mer-
|. win offered the following resolutions:
P Whereas. The moral. intellect ual and
material prosperity of the state de-
+ pends chiefly upon the character of its
F free educational institutions; and
Whereas, The publlc3 schools of this
t city are recognized by leading educators
liaS of first rank; therefore,
Resolved. That appreciative recogni-
stlOn and cordial support should be ac-
7 corded those to whose efforts this fact
lis due; to the public-spirited citizens,
I who. as members of the board of edu-
lScation, have sanctioned and fOstered
progressive methods and measures;
to the superintendent, who has planned
and executed. and to the corps of
teachers, who, under, his inspection,
have carried to practical success the
f'plans of their superors. -.
F. Resolved, further, That while our
schools should be managed with wise
F'ecenomy, they should not be crippled
nor embarrassed by short-Sighted and
petty parsimony.
Mr.. Merwin spoke cordially of the
| school system of the city and the high
| standard attained by the devotion of the
| educators cooperating with most
Jealous and weIl-equipped superintend-
| ent, whose retention he believed would
be the ideal of the survival of the fittest.
| the right man in the right place. In.
telligence has guided, and progress
been made in the work of the public
schools. Mr.. Merwin referred to some
features which he thought should be
brought prominently to the public 10
tice. Among these is the vital rear
rangement of the course of study, for
instance, in arithmetic nonessental
I points have been laid aside; in reading
historical and scientific matter has been
Introduced; history has been introduced
in the grade schools; more than twenty
kindergartens have been eStab ished
the manual training school has been
| developed, placing it in rank and excel
| 1ence on plane with the best institu-
tlons OF the country; the teachers have
organized for systematic training, secur.
ing lectures and books at their own ex.
pense. In fact. the school work has
taken Oh enthusiasm and interest
hitherto imperceptible and unknown,
scholars and teachers cooperating in
all respects.
The resolutions were unanimously
adopted. AT the meeting os the cham
| Der next Monday new president is to
be elected to succeed Capt. H. 4. Castle,
who, it is understood, Cannot serve
again. 1t is probable W. Z. Clough
will be the cnoice of the directors.
Other officers and the standing commit
tees will also be named.