New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-14
A WOMAN SCHOOL INSPECTOR
MISS ELLEN COLLINS APPOINTED.
TIL, FIRST WOMAN TO TAKE TIE pLAcE-wIiAT
IFS DUTIES ARE.

TIL, FIRST WOMAN TO TAKE THE pLACE-WHAl
IFS DUTIES ARE
Whom the agitation in favor of again appointing
,oue, as commissioners Of the Board OF Educa-
,ion began after Mayor Strongs election the SUE
eestion was made that women might p'
fitted for the work Of schoo! inspectors '''o'i
Commissioner Robert Maclay was one OF '"e n'''
10 urge this theory upon Mayor Strong a''e"''o''
II WAS agreed that the work Of Inspection was
$50 e,,ited "a the faculties Of women than the
administrative work of Commissioner inc
Navor EXPIRE sscd himself pleased Win me lued
and il WAS yesterday announced tnd' "e "o'
try the experiment by appointing MISS h''e" W
Inns of No IL West Eleventh-st. schoo' inspector
She will succeed J. q. Janewdy, who mas resigned
as an inspector for the Fifteenth ana hlsh'een'n
wards Her associate inspectors are Wright HOE
comb lawyer and eX-AssembIyln''h' ana ~
Frankcl There is 10 salary atiached 10 the o'"'o
but actual expenses are allowed.
Miss Collins who is the first woman 10 take 'he
place of school inspector, has been actively IN
terestod in the cause Of education, and has also
been a worker in the cause OF tenement-honse re-
form She was prominent in the New ork brah'h
OF the Sanitary Commission. ana was highI! com
mended for her wise ana ecohorhCai nh la
tion oF us affairs She Is member or inc mar
ward Annex Committee. and has for years been a
visitor to the institutions on me iSiahus' MISS VIZ
lins's term will expire January 1870 go,
school inspectors twenty-four III NUMBER anu
ab ~ he eghi school districts of the city They
81.
are required by law 10 audit ne accounts OF me
trustees of their wards. sign certificates 81 teach
ers examine into their fitness for the work ot teach
ing and inspect all the schools in their several as
trcfs AT least each quarter a. 10 the Iuhctudi
and regular attendance Of pupils and teachers. the
number fidelity and competency of the latter anu
the studies progress ana discipline OF the former
the cleanliness safety, warming ana Nenthau0h
Of The buildings. They must also examine me
provisions OF the school laws with respect to the
teaching of sectaran doctrines or the use OF sec
tartan books. once each year they are requireI
Ia renori 10 the Board of Education and 20 the
trustees on the condition. efficiency and wants OF
The district in respect to schools and school prem
II is probable that other women Will be appointed
IN The paceS both Of inspector and trlstee OF the
schools Mrs RansfOrd. wife of the Rev. DR.. W. >
Rainsford of - Georges Church, recently accepted
the office Of school trustee for the ward in which
she lives. , -
Mayor Strong Yesterday appointed Alexander
Matthews Republican. of No. lSll IleXiugton-ave.
a city Marshal for the Ninth judicial District
Court in place Of Joseph T. Weed. Tammany DEM
ocrat removed Weed had held the place only since
last summer. when he appointed by Mayor
Gilroy TO succeed John H. McCarty on the appoint
ment of the latter by the President as lnted states
Marshal for the southern District ~ New-f ork
Marshal McCarty Is uncle TO eX-MarShal Weed.
oscar s S;raus. ex-Minister 70 Turkey ana broth
or of tx Park Commissioner Nathan Strans, VINO
is under Indictment called on the Mayor yesterday
The ex- Minister'S visit said 20 DE onN OF per
sonal nature and without public interest.