The herald., 1896-09-15
Library Trustees Willing to Pay
for More Room
Mr.. GRUBB'S LITTLE JOKER
The Piano Question Brought Up 10 a
New Form
Mr.. Garland objects to Underhanded
Methods
Plano Dealers Given . Hearing-Bids for In.
strunlents Again Invited Vernon
School Districts Pro.
posaIs Rejected


The city board of education held a
long-winded session last evening, the
greater part of 1t being devoted to recon-
sideration of the proposition of moving
the headquarters of the department of
education from the city hall to the new
Olive street school house, and a wordy
wrangle over the question of renting
or buying pianos for the use of the
schools. The outcome of the discussion
was that 1t was resolved to go on with
the proposed removal, and to rent pianos
at the lowest bid offered, instead of pur-
chasing the instruments outright.
All the members of the board were
present.
The offer Of T. H. Duzan, passenger
agent Of the Burlington route. to fur
nish wall maps for the schools free Of
charge, was referred to the committee
on supplies. q.
The free use Of a room in the Spring
street school for holding the govern
ment civil service examinations, October
10th, was granted.
Alterations in the Seventh street
school were reported completed and
warrant for $1S25 ordered drawn in favor
of the contractors. Glencross & Dawson.
Citizens of Elysian Heights petitioned
for the privilege of using a vacant room
In the Grafton district school house for
Sunday school purposes. On motion of
DIR. Wills the rules were suspended and
the petition granted.
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The question of dividing the Vernon
school district property and funds came
up on a proposition submitted by the
trustees OF Vernon district, as follows:
The realty to be divided according to
the assessed valuation of the district
prior to annexation, the value of the
realty to be fixed at $4,000.
2. The state fund of Vernon district
to be divided according to number of
children on census roll.
3. All other funds to remain intact for
Vernon district.
a. The school library and organ to go
to Vernon district
Mr.. Kennedy, chairman of the build.
ing committee, explained that the COM
mittee had conferred with the Vernon
trustees and offered them very liberal
terms, which were rejected, and he
therefore moved that the proposals
made by the Vernon trustees be rejected
and the matter referred back to the
building committee.
Mr.. Simon objected to it's further re-
ference to this committee, as 1t had al
ready offered more to the Vernonites
than they were in equity entitled to. He
for one, would not renew the offers
made. The matter was, however, refer
red back
A petition from many patrons Of the
Harper school for the Reinstatement Of
Prof. j. P. Yoder as principal of that
schooi was referred to Superintendent
Foshay and the teachers committee.
A petition for the reinstatement of
Mrs. E. A .Thurston as principal of the
Custer street school was similarly treat
ed. go
A petition for the reinstatement of the
deposed janitress of the Union street
school was tabled. ,...,L
The report of the finance committee.
the payment Of bills ag-
gregating $522S.S4 was approved.
The building committee reported in
the matter of the new Macy street school
that the building extended twelve feet
upon property adjoining the school lot
and recommended that condemnation
proceedings be commenced or that the
matter be referred to the city council for
Upon motion it was refer
red to the council.
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Mr.. Simonton moved reconsideration
OF the motion to remove the city super
1ntendents Office from the city hall to
the new OliYe street school house. He
cited numerous objections to the pro-
posed removal
Messrs. Garland and Wills advocated
the new quarters and objected to the re-
opening of the question.
Messrs. Grubb and Kennedy favored
The latter said he
hought former action taken was in
taken and that the edu-
cational department should not allow
itself to be crowded out of the city hall.
On motion of DIR. Wills Henry w.
O'Melveney Of the board of public Ii
brary trustees was given the courtesy of
the floor in order that he might tell how
the library trustees regarded the pro-
posed removal. Mr.. O'Melveney made
an earnest speech in which he set forth
the disadvantages under which the IL
brary was being conducted on account
of inadequate quarters. He said the
two rooms now coupled by the city SUI
perintendent were badly needed for ex-
tension of the reference department of
the library. AS for the library giving
up Its present reference room for the ac,
of the school department.
IT would never do that. 1t would take
thousands of dollars to remodel and
iurn1Sn the attic of the city hall so as to
make it suitable for the use of the Ii
brary. and the council would not make
an appropriation for the purpose at
present. Mr.. O'Melveney appealed to
the school authorities to Inconvenience
themselves for the good of the library
which was as important factor in the
educational system of the city as the
public schools themselves He closed
his address by stating that the library
trustees would appropriate $40O toward
the expense of fitting up new quarters
FOR the city superintendent in the Olive
street school building, in order that
more room would be available for the H.
brary.
On motion of Mr.. Garland the offer of
the library trustees was accepted and
the chair was instructed to appoint a
special committee of three to furnish
within the next ten days suitable quar-
ters for the city superintendent in the.
Olive street school building. Messrs.
Kennedy, Grubb and Simonton voted
In the negative. The chair appointed
as the special committee Messrs. Wills.
Bassett and Kennedy.
MR.. GRUBB'S LITTLE JOKER
The committee on supplies and printing
reported as follows:
That q contract be entered into with
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