The Portland daily press., 1896-08-06
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Teachers Elected for the High School and
Manual Training Schools-Mesan. sever
ance and Richards Chosen.

A special meeting of the school COM
mittee was held yesterday afternoon at
4 p. m. In the presence of Mayor Bax-
ter. Mr.. W. H. Brownson was chosen
chairman.
A representative of Chicago publish
ing house appeared to urge the adoption
of political relief maps
The committee on the examination of
teachers reported that the following had
successfully passed the examination and
were entitled to reooive certificates:
Misses Florence M. Bailey, Emma o.
Kilby, Elizabeth M. Cronie, Joyce Lee,
Florence Hooper, and Leila E. Brough-
ton. Certificates were granted to these.
The election of a teacher in the High
school was next In order. There were
about twenty applicants. Mr.. Walter E.
Severance WAS elected by an unanimous
vote. at salary Of $1,000.
EMr. Severance is a native Of Lynn,
Mass. He graduated from Harvard re-
Gently, and has made speciality OF
Latin. He is twenty-five years Of age
and has been an assistant teacher in the
Westerly Or. I. High school. whence he
brings most excellent recommendation
from Principal W. r. Whittle.
Mr.. Arthur B. Deane, teacher Of man
ual training, handed in his resignation
several weeks ago. This resignation was
accepted; and Mr.. Arthur W. Richards
was elected TO the place. Mr.. Richards
l. -
educated in the Lloyd school at Mas,
Sweden. For the last three years he has.
been teacher of manual training In the
Central High school, at Minneapolis.
He is to receive $1,000.
Mr.. Deane goes to the principalship of
the Maiden Mass. Manual Training
school, where he has salary of $500
the first year.
The resignation of Miss Frances NJ.
Chaplin of the West End school, was
received and accepted.
The resignation of Miss Fife NJ. Foss
of the Smaller school, was received and
accepted.
Mr.. MCGOWAN brought up the question
of the system of bells for the North school.
The city government committee Oh public
buildings had not moved in the matter,
SO Mr.. MCGOWAN proposed that the
work be done under authority of the
school board. So Superintendent of
School Buildings Bowen was instructed
to put the bells in.
The election of graduates of the High
school for pupils Of the Practice school
gave rise to considerable debate as to the
method of selection. A proposition to
select from those having the highest per-
centage of rank was criticized on the
ground tisas 4h.sre were other qualities
needed IN teacher than those shown
by the attainment of high rank. There
were seventeen applicants, who had pass
3D. OF whom ten were to be elected.
1t was decided that each committee
man vote the names Of the ton whom he
preferred, and that the ten having the
highest number of votes should be So
lected.
The ballot resulted in the election of
the following: Florence M. Dole, Ethel
NJ Wescott. Flora Skillings, Annie M
Logic, Emma J. Weed, Clara 8. Pancost,
A ugusta II. Schumacher, Edna V. Brick
EFT, Mary Prince and Mary A. Porter.
The seven who were not elected to the
Practice school fare not prceluded from
asking for examinations for teachers
CERTIFICATES.
An application had been made for the
admission to the High school of boy
who had not quite reached the required
rank. 1t was voted to defer the matter
until the opening of the High school.