The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-15
MISS BO|CE HAS Resigned
Board of Control Accepted 1t by a
Vote Of Eleven to Eight.
SOME FERVID ORATORY HEARD
Controller Barker Was in Favor of Abol
ishing the Training School Altogether.
Bids for Heating and Ventilat.
ing the New High School.

lShlnS the framing SchOOI AltOScthcT.
| Bids for Heating and Ventilat.
ing the New High School.
Only two members, George Mitchell
and II. j. OMalley, were absent from
last nights meeting of the board of
control. The curtain went up on the
scene where the fun came in, when Mr..
Wormser, chairman of the teachers
committee, arose to make his report in
regard to the investigation of affairs
at the training school, brought about
| by the suspension of twelve of the pu-
| pills by the principal, Miss Laura l..
| Boice. There was an ominous silence
| when Mr.. Wormser walked forward
and handed to Secretary Fellows a
sealed envelope. Mr.. Wormser said he
offered it in lieu of a report from the
committee. The envelope contained
letter, that read as follows:
Scranton, Pa, Jan. g. 1895.
To the Members of the Board of Control:
| Gentlemen-At the last meeting of your
| body action was taken, restoring to the
| training school, one whom l had sus-
| pended. While this restoration was sim
| ply pending investigation" l feel that 1t
was due my position as principal of the
training school that such restoration
| should not have been made until after
an investigation had been held. | cannot,
therefore, in justice to myself submit TO
| such an indignity.
| Thanking the members of the board of
control for any interest shown for the
| success of the school, and expressing my
deep appreciation to those who have al
| ways been so ready to assist in the ad-
vancement OF my work, l would tender
my resignation to take effect Tuesday,
Jan. 10, 1895. Very respectfully,
LAURA l.. BOICE.
Mr.. O'Malley, of THE Twentieth ward,
moved to accept the resignation, and
after the motion was put it required 4
call for the yeas and nays to determine
the result. The vote on the roll call
was as follows:
Ayes-Evans, Carson, Welsh Wat
rous Conrad. O'Boyle, Jennings, Will
Jams, Notz, OMalley, VonStorch-1l.
Nays-Mahon, Devanney, Jacobs,
Shriefer, Barker, Coar, Langstaff,
Wormser--S.
Opening Up the Fireworks.
Just for a few minutes the training
school muddle took rest, but the live
| iltol pdl VI tIlc piotttulIiSS NtlC ytt
to come. After a little routine busi-
ness, Mr.. Jennings took the floor and
made a motion that all the papers or
documents, stenographic notes of the
secretary, and all the transcribed tes-
timony, in short every scrap of paper
connected with the investigation, be
placed on file in the secretary's office.
II move they be burned" said Mr..
NotZ.
Tut, tut" said Mr.. Wormser. And
chorus of groans followed from the
rest of the members.
Mr.. Barker made speech and urged
that the testimony, as much of 1t as
was Transcribed from the secretary S
stenographic notes, be read a the meet
ing. Mr.. NotZ took the floor again and
wanted to know what was the use of
reading the testimony.
There is not a newspaper in the city
big enough to print all of It," he said,
"and if they did print any of it, they
would garble it,"
After much more heated debate, in
which amendments We're put and as
quickly voted down. the meeting
Gained to the degree that a vote was
= |
the papers in the secretary's office. The
motion passed with the added clause
that the secretary be instructed to
transcribe all the testimony and file
| it in full
There was till another chapter, and
, it opened when Mr.. Jennings moved to
take the report of the teachers com.
, mttee from the table. At the last
; nnacting the committee had report
recommending the creation of a junior
, department at the training school. and
into that department those pupils
, would be sent that did not show suffi-
! oient advancement after three months
| trial. This report was meant to smooth
over the resolution, giving the princi
pal the power to dismiss pupils. The
| report provided that a teacher for the
junior department be hired and tbs
! salary fixed according to the schedule
t now in vogue. The report was taker
3, from the table and Mr.. Jennings eX'
e pla.ned his reason for being in favor OF
tabling it at the last meeting was be-
, cause the clause in regard to salary wa.
! not fixed one. A good teacher at the
r training school is worth more than the
!. oTulIltls VI ssilstly paul ny tnt
4 board.
Mr.. Notz Makes Suggestion.
MIR. Notz was again in evidence. HI
a said that the way things stood at pres
E | ent, what ought to concern the boarC
was the appointment of principal
E He thought that, inasmuch as she wa.
. now gone, the appointment of some
. body in her place would obviate tn,
4 necessity of junior department.
Mr.. Wormser got on his mettle ant
: said Miss Boice had good reason to re
sign. She was treated very shabbil,
by majority of the members of tn,
board and he compHmented her inde
I. pendence in reslgnlng. 1t was not righ
n to reinstate a pupil after she had sus
4 pended that pupil, pending an exami
nation. Mr.. Jennings informpd Mr.
9 Wormser that Miss Boice had no righ
r to dismiss a pupil: she could only sus
v pend and prefer charges Miss Boic
r. herself violated the rules.
& Mr.. Wormser wanted to impress tn
3 fact that the recommendation of tn
II teachers committee favoring JUNO
q department was proper one, as ther
are thrty-three pupils enrolled, an
d that Is too many for one teacher.
= Mr.. Barker made a motion to discor
n tinue the training school for the ba
e ance of the school year. Mr.. Notz sal
e 1t was not right to make such a me
, ton. that a rule of the board insiste
A. on each pupils attendance for tw
:. years at the training school before he c
she would be fitted for the position {
J. teaching. Some of them are goin
y there now almost two years and
u would work harm to them.
a Mr.. Jennings made q speech agains
" Mr.. Barkers motion and insnuate