The herald., 1896-10-13
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Pupils of the High School Enter Vig-
orous Protest
Against the Suppression of the Lyceum
at the High School-Other
Business Transacted.

The regular meeting of the city board
of education was held in the board S
rooms in the Wilcox building last night.
Very little business had collected since
the last meeting, and the session prom
ised to be a brief one, until score or
more of the High school boys filed into
the room, to enter protest against the
action Of the board some months ago in
passing a decree against the holding of
meetings on the High school premises
by the Lyceum Debating society. E. G.
Baxter, who acted as spokesman for the
High school delegation, presented a
petition quite numerously signed by the
business men of the city, setting forth
the benefits to be derived by the students
from such a society, and asking that the
Lyceum be reinstated in it's former
standing in the High school,
A resolution touching upon the matter,
which had been passed at meeting Of
High school students in the afternoon,
was also presented and read. G. w. ST.
monton then pointed out the impracti-
cability of taking action that would
clash with the opinions of the superin-
tendent, principal and members of the
faculty, who had all strongly advocated
the discontinuance of the debating club,
on the ground that it was calculated to
IOSter d spirit Ol Observation-Disclosures.
Mr.. Baxter made vigorous appeal in
behalf of his society, dwelling at length
upon the benefits of the drill to be had
by being a member of such an organiza-
tion, and denying that the society had
ever in any measure been responsible
for any of the refractory actions COM
mitted at the High school, which have
been the subject of so much unfavorable
comment of late.
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tinent remarks to the board, after which
Mr.. Simonton moved that the matter of
reinstating the Lyceum be referred to
the superintendent of schools, the prin-
cipal of the High school and members of
the faculty, with power to act which was
done later.
The pupils Of the high school generally
feel greatly aggrieved that the school
board should ever have passed an ordi-
nance which interferes with their meet
ings and which they consider an in
fringement upon their personal liberties.
The only other matter of Importance
coming UP before adjournment was
the report of the finance committee,
which was approved and ordered paid
as follows:
J. M. Hale & Co., cloth, $1,93: o. G.
Bryant, labor, $3.50; o. f. Erickson,
labor, $780, c. H. Lawrence, labor, 400;
John Bloeser, labor cleaning carpets,
$6.32; ]. B. Fulton, labor, $3.50; r. M.
Robinson, labor, $500; T. c. Dougherty.
rubber stamps, $S35; l.. A. Holcomb.
labor, $40; L. A. Holcomb, labor, $39. 9.57;
Off & Vaughn, gum arabic, SIS; Off &
Vaughn, apparatus, H. S., s729.S3; H.
Roberti. couches. $21; Herman Kreim,
labor s21. .25; H. M. Lee & Bro, printing,
$22 so; Mcmillan & Cheever, printing,
$23; b. Story, labor, 1924; Jacob Niederer,
bench hooks. $25; John Augustus, labor,
$25; John Hayworth, labor, $26; Theo.
Zeigler, labor, s26; H. It. Mcclure, clean
ing furniture, $2S; G. F. Watson, labor,
s2S; w. c. Mathews, labor. $50; E. H.
Augustus. labor, $50; S. A. Wilson, labor,
$40; w. B. Axtell, labor, s32. so; T. E.
Converse, labor. $3.50; w. P. Fuller &
Co, paint, etc. s45,6s; L.C. Palmer, filling
lot Second street.! $685. l.. c. Palmer,
filling lot, Second street. s95; Gardner
& Zellner Piano Co., rent of pianos, $116;
c. L. Powell. sewer, Cambria street,
s12S. 90; Agency Wilcox building. rent, 2
months, $40: E. T. Cook & Co., supplies,
s145; G. G. Wickson &: Co, a Remington
typewriters, s27O; Foster, Wing & Rey-
nolds, paper and Densmore typewrit-
ers, $2S2; Clark & Niemann. cement
work $37s.58: Niles Pease, carnets, ETC.,
s4S1 80; w. II. Perry L. & M. 70, lum-
ber, s51954; Harper & Reynolds Co.,
plumbing supplies, etc, S62127: Crescent
Coal Co., coal, $451 5S; total, $4,9s5.00.