Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-06-22
BOARD or EDUCATION.

The last regular meeting of the pres
ent City Board of Education was held
on Wednesday night.
With the first meeting in July the
new board to he appointed by Mayor
Swift will he In charge of the cduca-
tional department of the city govern.
mcnt and therefore 1t was incumbent
upon the present board to rcappoint all
its employees from superintendent to
office boy. including teachers and priilci-
pals. mt that nights meeting. should
this action not be taken before July I
there would be no employees of the
board us the year expires on that date.
Not all of the work was done that
night as the lists of teachers were not
ready. but they will be appointed for
the next year at an adjourned meeting
next Wednesday evening. Wednesday
the superintendent. the office employ
es and the engineers and janitors were
all named
a lively fight occurred over the re-.
appointment of Charles e. Chase rs
school agent. For thirty years Mr..
Chase has looked after the real estate
of the School Board and no hint of a
change has ever been made until this
year. II appears. however. that 10.
| seph w. Errant favored the appoint
mcnt of II. De Roode to succeed Chase.
and Errant moved that the election Of
Mr.. Chase be postponed for one week.
Mallctte promptly moved that the clcc.
ton of all be deferred and then there
was trouble.
Thomas Brenan arose and said that
he thought II there were charges
against Mr.. Chase they should be stated
openly. He had been u faithful ser.
want of the board for thirty years. and
Mr.. Brenan declared he would not vote
for any man in Chicago except Chase.
This brought Mr.. Rosenthal to the
front with a declaration that he had
heard charges against Chase and could
not vote for him without Investigating
them. Mr.. Trude holly defended Chase
aud said:
''Illc only charge I have heard
against Mr.. Chase IL that Father Time
has silvcred Ills hair. That IL an of.
Tense easily palliated. forgiven. and
con,loned. He may not receive the
vote of Mr. Rosenthal. but by extraOr,li.
binary care lie may survive that ca.
lamity. The people who are opposing
him merely want to put In their own
candidate. ana only u few days ago
was at Il table with Mr.. Rosenthal when
u saturnalia of reasons was set forth In
favor of De ROode."
After q few more speeches Chase was
reappOinted by u vote of IL to 3. On
the same ballot DR.. Theodore J. Blut.
hardt. superintendent OF compulsory
education. was made sanitary inspec.
tor. ana his salary was Increased from
~. 500 to $500.
A proposition submitted to the com.
mittcc OH school fund property by Caro-
line +. Wilson concerning the lease of
the property on which the Evening
Journal building IL situated. was mp
proved. 1t provides that the property
be appraised at u valuation of S133.OOO
for ninety-nine years ana on this the
Journal Company IL to pay u rental Of
$3.50 per annum for the first ten years
OF the lease. and $500 per annum for
the balance Of the term.
a report of the committee on school
management was adopted. by which
the principals Of twenty-seven schools
received the regular advance In salaries
provided for under the rules OF the
board. The schools were placed In new
groups" according to the length Of ser.
vice of the principal ana the salaries
were increased In that ratio.