New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-02
HIGH SCHOOL COMPROAlSE'
DIR M1cKLEBoRouGHc CONSIDERED A WISE
CHOICE.


SOMETHING ABOUT HIS CAhhhh-ro
THAT PROFESSOR HULL WILL COME TO
BROOKLYN ANYWAY
Tho long controversy over the prlncpa'snP Oh
the BOYS High School. in Brooklyn mas D -.
tually settled and in a way that VIII 40, MI,
accepted as satisfactory The report U, ~ 80
School Committee is made IN the first instance ~
the Committee on Teachers. ana the ~
Teachers reports in turn to the Board OF Euuca.'oi'
Tho regular monthly meeting Of the board Will DC
held on Tuesday afternoon when II 10 p'oD"o'
that the unanimous choice Of the Hlgh Schooi Co'n
mtee will be ratified.
Tho, choice foil on DR. John marlborough. who
has been the principal Of Public Schooi NO 'o' the
last ten years The agreement on MN was ~
nror,,sc between the supporters OF PROFESSOR Law
renee c. Hull the one hand ana fr'no'pa' va
tor r. Gunnison the other. rive n''I""''' va
the committee favored Professor Hun rum '"c
start but the other two resolutey refused to vote
for any one except Brooklyn man. aitho"s" ue'
frankly acknowledged the superior auaI'"ca''o"S
az Professor Hull II ought 10 be PLAINLY "nu''-
stood that the latter never canh'da'e lot
the place He refused to be one. III was inc oo'''-
nittee or the majority OF II. who sought MIN ne
responded to their invitation 10 come 10 p'o"
vn and give the committee an opportunity 10 J"use
Of his fitness for the vacant princpalship ah' sa'h
that n he were elected the place he would accept
IT, At the time ne offered to resign MS posi-
ton in the Lawrenceville School but the trustees
OF that institution refused to accept his resignation
This shows the high regard In whi'h ne II "''u
there After numerous ballots nj the meeting oi
the committee last Tuesday night. in which the
advocates Of Hull and Gunnison stood hrInIy by
their guns DR. MiCkleborough was proposed as
compromise candidate. and then became the unani-
nous choice OF the committee.
II is understood that he himself was not greatly
surprised NJ the result. although there Ind been
general impression that the committee would agree
TO disagree and that the question OF the High
School prlncipaship would go over. and be decided
by the new committee appointed after the re-
organization OF the Board OF Education carry
in July President Swanstrom Will In all
probability be reelected Mt that time pn'
II could not be known in advance how he
would make I'D the committees for the next
year II is said that he refused absolutely
to commit himself on the question. or to give any
indication OF his action respecting the committees
Hence the High School Committee determined that
decisive action OF some kind better than doing
nothing
DR. MIckloborouch f. hfty-nvc years old and has
devoted his entire lie 10 teaching. II has been
enormously said TINT he was preacher In MS carry
days He SAYS that. while he has nothing against
the preachers. he cannot In any sense claim 70 DE
one 81 them: IN fact. h" never preached sermon
in his ne the nearest approach TO IT being nm adj
dress which he gave a Sunday evening year
or two ago before the Epworth Lcagt" ~ the Nos
trand Avenue Methods; Episcopal Church Prob
ably the story that he used 20 be a preacher grew
out Of thu fact that Or MARLBOROUGH is somewhat
clerical In appearance. lie Is tall with sober
even stern. counienance. AMI looks much Ike the
typical schoolInaster. Before coming to BROOKLYN
about ten years ago. he had been for eighteen
years I'm the public school system Of Cincinnati
During tho last part OF his stay there h. was prn-
cpal Of the Normal school. and his resignation was
profoundly regretted. on leaving Cincinnati b.
started private normal school In Indiana. but did
not find the climate cong"nial
Soon aftcrward h. visited number OF the
larger cities. making special study % their school
systems. and IN this way he found himself ir
Brooklyn. In a little while an opportunity 20
teach in tho oil Central High school then AZ Court
ana ilVinFst"n SIS. pres nt"i !is'i ana NJ d.
ccp'ci "A place as 4 class teacher Meantime %"
underwent severe examination and secured
principals certificate. and when IN" nrs' vacancy
occurred al The head OF a school ," was apv'.nici
principal He won his appointment; on hi- merits
cnce 20 the Hlgh School vacancy !, l. true that H.
though h" was one OF n .ieht or nine PRINCIPAL
who made applicn iion tor u and apIcarci before
., i,e,,y,ar. ONO ana laisr won IN. ie,r.c o., IN
suit Of his scientific work He Is a student ana
Or MlcklehOroughs home f. IN Putnam ave- two
miles more from SchoO. 40 .. but only short
distance from ne High schoo. of which BE- vii
whom friend sussestcl that possibly h~ hal he
High school In mind when be selected hl~ plac" ~
residence several years ago. bat would not deny
that there Was something prophetic ln The cir
from the IIlgh school pr M.ckchorough expects
attend the educational convention IN Denver this
summer. ami aftrrwari 20 max" 'rp through 'hr
Rocky Mountain region and Visit Yellowstone PARK
and next year he hopes to make his nrst visit 20
Europe
II Is no, impossible. after all hat Professor Hun
may become the head of an n'hiionaI institution
In BROOKLYN Or. Cochran. fh- president % ~"
Polytechnic Institute. has been In rather i""bi"
viii soon feel tina; The best interests of The nsiitu-
ton % which ne has been al IN" head Tor many
years VIII demand his resignation. In mat case
Professor HUI might possibly hr chosen - ~
successor. at least that Is the opinion Of som" OF
who know Professor Hun and his work
\ well known citizen who has favored the s"l"c-
ton OF BROOKLYN man for the High : hooi hal
this say the other day after IN" chOic" Of The
committee was made public. 'Th"r" Is on" di"S-
ton which I wish som" one had pat 80 Professor
going on. As everybody knows N BROOKLYN. the
lrooklyn Institute has always been on m" h."rt
what part OF IN" country they cam" nom ""
have had men here from Boston and Chinbrlig"
and Washington and many other places men VINO
are leaders In their departments. Now how Is N.
n Professor Hun Is such "A wonderful as Pro
fossor Hooper and other members Of IN" committee
would make out-sO far superior To all the pr!n-
cpais Of the public schools - brooklyn how * II
thnt the institute never discovered him ana r"v"r
had MIN deliver a lecture or a cJurc OF lecture here?
reasonable curiosity satisfied. Take Dr. Lever.
more. for example: We did not have 10 walt until
some discovered him as a candidate" Tor the
princpalship Of tn" Adeiphi Academy before hear
ing Of him and hearing him In brooklyn. While
he was sill I'm Boston the institute FOUND MN ont
and he delivered n number OF lectures mere Ihit
was his Introduction 10 brooklyn. and. suppose.
opened the way for him at the Adc.phi. How Is H.
/ repeat. that IN. institute has meyer known any,
thing about Professor HUI II he Is In reality all
that he has been described TO be IN the last Few
weeks"