New-York tribune., 1896-01-19

each district to consist Of three or more trustee
school districts ana three inspectors to be appointed
In each district
To remove. far az is possible under the trustee
system the element Of patronage from the trustees.
an eligible lis - teachers Is provided for and no
appointment is - b. made by the trustees except
from this eligible list. Furthermore teachers can
only be placed upon the eligible list after they have
passed regular examination and have obtained
certificate 10 that effect from the Superintendent
Of Schools. Then probationary trial is given
them and II they prove themselves capable and ef-
nclcnt the trustees are empowered to appoint then
permanently TO positions - teachers.
There has been considerable opposition 10 the
bill on the part OF OF the Board. who are rad
ically opposed to the trustee system, but the ma
jorlty OF the Board have said all along that II was
impossible to uproot the od-estab.ished school
trustee system and institute reform AL AT once
by removing this Objectionable element OF patronage
and by placing the appointment Of teachers In the
hands OF a central board made up Of the superin-
tendents and their assistants. The majority Of the
Board therefore have regarded their colleagues
desiring immediate and radical reform as theorists.
and Notwithstanding the heated discussions at the
Board meetings the conservative element. as they
style themselves has finally prevailed None OF the
School Commissioners say that there Is any hnallty
about the bill In It's present FORM but they say that
It is as good can be put through the LEGISLATURE
and that Il is IA step in the right direction
The bill will 20 before the Legislature at Albany
and most Of the Commissioners say that they VIII
be satisfied If 1t passes that body ana becomes
law in It's present form. The Bill II Is said COM
bres all the best points OF the Bell Dill, the
Committee OF Seventy bill and the laws governing
the present school system
The Committee on School System that Hameu
the bill consisted Of Commissioner Charies strauss
chairman and Commissioners Charles H. hoit' 'o"h
L. n Hunt william II. Hur.but ~ T. Moh'ah''
Charles Bulkley Hubbe and ~ +. ketchum'
II was learned last night after the meeting u.
the Board that six of the commissioners had s'oou
out against the bill when the final vote was taken
They wore Commissioners Charles L. huppc'' "a
coh W Mack Prentlss. Edward H. Peasiee.
philin Neirowitz and II. A. Rogers All 'iie otnel
rnmhers of the Board present voted lor & tne
measure, though some OF tne cuii''"
absent when the vote was taken Lac, r,ght nv Z,
commssioncr Hubbell was seen last nigh. hhuy py "a a
Trhune reporter with reference 10 IN" OIL ~ ,o
said: ~ regret very much that we were ui,,oe ~ ~
nresent a blll that would carry the uhahilious i ai
pprovai ~ our Hoard The bill contains sr.era
ar d,irahle features and II 1t did not perpe.ud'e
IA ,,,s,ns svstem would. in my opinoh' y" W., d
vaiuahi" contribution to school Legislation. init m
- ~ rocL ,,non which split. Some ol NY W
lea aoues believed that administrator Wy t,u'huo no,
the democratic American system Den -, Xii co,,Sd
nonicsrIne in that view. think that no Dll oo.u s
he nassed that proposed to abolish the tru, t ,Si
tom and therefore, felt justlhed III ~" ,o "n
h as the best thing that we wouin , p ~ LEU
euro in the line of reform Men no'"..s ,,r ~, poarI
included some of the best members oi Jul ''o""