The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-17
LIVELY SCHOOL
BOARD MEETING
rltt&On Educators Become Excited al Regular
SeSSlIns.
SPIRIT OF CONFLICT REIGNS
The Appearance of Gentleman Who
Poses as an ATTORNEY and Citizen"
Creates a 5reeze-lnteresting De-
bate Follows eachers Located.
An Estimate of the Press Reporter.



high school building last evening for
the purpose Of hearing the report OF
the committee having In charge tn
placing OF the teachers for the Snsuing
year aud suoh other business as mtghl
come before 1t. Mrssrs Allen, ADbott,
Rryden, McCormie, Laugan, Miles,
Esgsn Hines aud Men mara
answered 10 the roll call. In the
absence Of Secretary Brennan. Direc
tor Hines wac substituted to act in tina
capacity. On motion OF Ltugsn, sec
oudsd by Abbott, II was decided to kal
somine thu walls Of the several schools.
". f. Mayors bid being the lowest,
$14S 20. he WAS awarded the contract
|, was decided on motion OF Director
MCNamaEa to have the directors room
In the oil William street school built
lag pSp-rsd
The report Of the committee to To-
cate tsaehsrs for the ensuing scholastic
year was presented, aud on motion tho
report was resolved aud thu committs"
WAS discharged. The teachers as they
re located follow:
High school building-High school
room, Misses Spencer and Coyle; eighth
grade, How ell: seventh grade, McHale;
sixth grade, Morrow: fifth grade, Drmp-
sey; fourth grade, Collier; third grade,
Patterson: second grade, Gordon; first
grade, Sharpe
Old building-First grade, Blewtt; sec.
ond grade, Battle.
Upper eittstoH-Room |, Burke; room
9, Jordan; room g. Gallagher; room 4,
Keatiug. room 8, Lavau; room 6, Carroll.
Wvlsn Hill Room /, K aruey; room 2,
Price; room 5, Martin; room 4, Cooiican ;
room 8, Clarke.
Ma ket Street-Room /, Gillespie room,
2, Cav ley.
OrrGOn-Room l, Fay; room 2. Cunning
ham.
NJ. N. Donn-lly. who WAS present
during the meeting, n-xt occupied ths
attention OF the board Upon receiy-
ing recognition, he said: Mr.. Ch,ir
man and Directors: l appsar beforr
YOU In dual capacity of attorney and
slIiz~u to prefer charges against thr
principal Of your schools. | propose TO
prove and substsutists by ah avits"-
'rofsssor Shisl. who was present,
| JuIpeu w Lis lNob nv luir
ONT Of the proceedings and
addressing the chair, requested that il
the sp Rksr had any ch rgss to prefer.
be propsr way to do it WA, to prsssnt
them In wiring At the sam, tims
he took occasion to remind Mr. Don
molly that be could no! appear bsfor"
the board as an attornsy for the rsaso :
| nd NnNN -
that lie was not dio!siing to a
manakiu, but man as was
his privilege wh sb in the oounci
chamber A hot exchange at reportree
followed and for time things looked
erious Mr. Donnelly finally requested
that Eim- be fixed whom hs could APP
pear before tas board and present his
charges. A motion made by Dir ctoi
Hines and seconded by AilsS prsvails
that the board would hold a msetin 4
or the purpose on Friday evening,
Aug "A
Tue awarding Of the contract for the
uilding of an addition to tne o esou
school was awarded I" q. Kor4h Wi.
sop, hla bid being $3,44S On motion.
b. was required tu IurniSa bond in
ths sum OF $5 900 Professor Saisl ap-
psarsd before ths board and said h,
desired to say that he regretted
the alleged lawyer whs hap
psnsd TO be prsssht earlier II
Ihs evening was not prssen
as he dssirsd TO say he oourtsd any In
veetIga,ios shat he desired TO- Di
rector Hines interrupted the speaker
by sayiBg that as the matter had bee
dlss~ssa Of he thought the discussion
was ancnlled for. Chairmsn Allsa also
took occasion to say thai ~ tners wsrt
several members Of the pres
represented there was no tellini
how their reports would sp
pear In print Professor Shie
responded by saying ''TnSrs ara news
paper men who are gentlemen, whiie
there are others who are Tiara IS
birth, instinct and profession" Thi,
ended the discussion. The awarding Ut
the contract Tor the furnishing Of sup
plies was deferred until the next meet
ing.
On motion OF director Langan th'
salaries of the old teachers w,re al
lowed to stand as last year The new
teachers salaries wers ordered regu
lated by previous rule governing
their case. After disposlng Of som
minor matters the board adj urned.
MINOR PITTsToN MENTION.
The Traction company sxpr CT 10 hav
their cars running to the juuctlon b,
today.
The walls Of the new Minprs' banl
tuilding are being constructed at a re
mark able lively gait
BY chimney topping over, upoI
which he WAS sitting, How ,rl, sou o
], H Rockets, Of West Piltston, ha,
the misfortune to break his left arm n
the wrist.
At a meeting of the Hughestow,
school board held wednesday evening
I. Foy, recently elected. resigned
1t was accepted and Miss F oreno
Ahbott was elected to fill the Vacancy
The complete list of teachers now I
as follows: Principal, J. p. Lord
xrap mar room, Ella Gillespie; inter
mediate, Josephine Gillespie; prim ,ry
Grace Morrow and Florence AbDott
The secretary was instructed TO haV
the teachers sign contracts previous /
the opening of the schools, and t
notify them that the opening will tax
place OIL Monday, Sept. 3.
The carpenters have started tn
fr ming of the new Reap building o
Wiiliim street,
Jane. H. Collier, of Butler s'rsst,