New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-28
THAT TEACHERS MEETING
SCHOOL COMMISSIONER ROGERS GIVES
HIS VIEWS ON THEIR PROTEST
HE THINKS THAT THE DEMONSTRATION AGAINST
THE COMPROMISE BILL AT THE GRAND
CENTRAL. PALACE WILL NOT AID THE

THE COMPROMISE BILL AT THE GRAND
CENTRAL PALACE WILL NOT AID THE
CAUSE OF THE TRUSTEES.
The public mass-meeting. so-called neid II inc
Grand Central Palace on Thursday night 10 protest
against the passa &c by the Legislature OF the com
promise School bill. which has as its main OBJECT
the abolition Of the school trustees Is considered o
the promoters Of the meeting to have been great
trumph Some of those prominently connected with
the school system who have been strongest IN ther
opposition seemed to think yesterday that the erect
OF the meeting would be to public opinion IN
favor Of the retention Of the local boards OF truS
tees and to the support OF the Strauss oI
School Commissioner II. A. Rogers expressed MINI
self a differing radically from the foregoing opin-
ions respecting the effect OF the meeting when seen
by Tribune reporter at his office, NO ~ John-s,',
yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Rogers said' ooii
think that this demonstration Will nave a paruc'e
OF effect 80 far winning supporters TO the cause
OF the trustees goes especially when 1t becomes
known that the meeting was planned FOR ana sot
I'd entirely BY the trustees and principals or our
schools Ii can be readily understood that 1t re-
qured no great amount OF effort to get up the OH
meeting in the interest OF the trustees when
nearly all Of the 1000 schooleachers in our system
were working with them AS 1900 tickets OF invita-
ton 10 the meeting were circulated through the
principals Of our schools It would be very poor
showing 10 say the least II those interested IN the
meeting had not been able to secure an attendance
OF 3.Vrl.
zone Of tho speakers at the meeting attempted 10
give his audience the impression that those OF us
who favor the compromise bill did so for political
purposes by saying that the people would not allow
yo.itcs to interfere with the prevailing schoo sys-
tenn The principal object of the compromise DILL
a. every fair-minded person must admit Is TO drive
politics from the schools by the abolition OF the
trustees. 49,,
"Tho people who Interested themselves In tbs
meeting made a great deal Of tax before tle
demonstra, ION took place about having Frederic ~
Coulert there. but have not heard anythns ABOUT
OF his making an address. do not doubt
that the few prominent men who signed the call
for the meeting were Influenced more by feelings OF
friendship they may have had for the teachers or
the trustees than by any actual knO"ledse OF the
workin~s Of the preser school system.
Il cannot understand how the teachers have been
so deceived contrary to their own best interests
can only think that they have been blinded 70 thelr
own interests upon the supposion that II the com
promise bill should not pass those VINO nag re-
fused stand with the trustees could not look Tor
much favor from them In future. no matter now
d-eerying they might be ana how competent 10 III
h.ir postions az teachers If this concus on Is cor
rect il only brings out one more OF the many NUS
trations OF the evils Of the present trustee sys-
TEN. 49,, H..
"The compromise bill has had its third reading
before IN. LEGISLATURE a .bsny. and have little
doubt that with the Governors recent morse
nent the measure vii. soon become law