The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-26
THE NEW BOARD ORGANIZED
THE NEW BOARD OF EDUCATION
HOLDS IN IMPORTANT MEETING.

THE NEW BOARD OF EDUCATION
HOLDS IN IMPORTANT MEETING.
Harry w. Asher Elected President of the
Board--The Various Committees Filled
Recomm e endations of the Distric Meeting
Approved-Sile for a New School to be
Purchased-The Composition of the Pres
ent Board.
The board of education held meet
ing last evening for the purpose of or
ganizing with the recently elected
members and of electing a president
of the board and members of the various
committees for the ensuing year.
The meeting was called to order by
the secretary, Mr.. Day, and Mr.. Nor
gan was appointed temporary chair
man. Mr.. Morgan announced that the
next business in order was the election
of a president of the board, and Mr..
Moran nominated Harry w. Asher for
that position. A ballot was called for,
and Mr.. Asher's election was found to
be unanimous. In taking the chair Mr..
Asher said that it was with deep graf
itude for the honor conferred upon him.
He said he felt somewhat reluctant
about taking the office ON account of his
youth and lack of knowledge of
school affairs. He would, however,
promise to perform the duties of the
office as we'll as he knew how. The
selection of the various committees then
came up, and the usual custom of ask
ing the various members their prefer
ences for places on the committees.
Messrs Moran, Stoddard and Con7
nor were appointed a committee to
select members of the regular commit
tees. They were out a few minutes
and then reported the following list
of committeeman: Finance committee,
Messrs. Morgan. Hooker and Asher;
school committee, Messrs. Moran, Hook
er and Asher buildings committee.
Messrs. Belts, Common and Manson;
committee on books and supplies,
Messrs. Farnsworth, Stoddard and
Belts; committee on special instruc-
ton, .Messrs Manson, Morgan and Con-
nor The secretary was ordered to cast
ballot for the committees as reported.
| The committee on schools then recon-
mended that Miss Katherine Condell
be appointed to teach in room 4 of the
Welch school. The recommendation
was adopted. The salary has not been
decided upon as yet
| The matter Of appointing instructors
| in the night schools was brought up
| by Mr.. Moran, and he moved that the
committee on special instruction with
| the superintendent be empowered to
appoint the instructors. The motion
| was carried, as was also one ordering
the building committee to open such
school as requested by the COM
tee on special instruction.
The recommendation to place the
| classics of children series and the
| Riverside series" was taken from the
| table and approved.
| AT the request of the building COM
mittee it was ordered that the forge
room in Boardman Training School be
| closed for repairs for about eight days.
This will only interfere with four half
sessions in this line Of work for the pu-
l
pills.
| The various recommendations of the
district meeting were then taken UP
| and either approved or referred to the
proper committees. Messrs. Morgan,
| Manson and Moran were appointed a
committee to purchase a lot for a
school building to be erected upon in
| the western part of the city, the
cost of the lot not to exceed $4,000. 1t
was also voted to empower the secre-
tary to ask for the annual $12,600 from
| the town for free text books. The COM
| mittee on special instruction was EN-
powered to buy equipments for Board
| man Manual Training school Is recon-
mended at the district meeting, the
sum expended not to exceed $4,000. On
motion of Mr.. Belts a proposition to
| change the time of meeting of the
| board from o'clock on the evenings OF
| the first and third Fridays of each
month to 7:30 o'clock on the second and
fourth Fridays of every month was
| tabled to come up for consideration at
the next meeting, according to the
| rules. The meeting then adjourned.
The board is now composed as fol-
lows: William E. Morgan, Frederick
| A. Farnsworth, Henry Hooker, John ].
Manson, William J. Connor Harry w.
Asher. Ezekiel G. Stoddard, James T
| Moran and Fred A. Belts
| All the new members seemed to drop
naturally into their positions at the
| boards tables and went at the work on
hand like veterans, especially Mr.. Farms
| worth, who, when asked as to what
committee he would prefer to act upon
! loosely replied that if glory went with
those committees which did lots of
| work, he would be satisfied with less
glory.
Catholics in Caucus.