The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-08
AFFAIRS OF nHE SCHOOLS.
Changes I'm the Teachers-Principal
of Mcclellan.

OF Mcclellan.
Assemblyman Arosin's name was
mentioned in peculiar connection at
| the meeting of the school board yes
terday. The board was considering
| the monthly budgat Of bills when one
was read for $22.30 from A. III. Simon,
Tor repairing clocks for the board. Mr..
simon has contract agreeing to do
all such work the board has for a
lump sum for the year When the
Dill was read Inspector Yoerg wanted
to know what Arosin had to do with
II. Some OF the other members sug-
gested that Arosin might have Sc
cured the job for his friend simon, but
Mr. Yoerg insisted that on the books
at the city hall the board seemed to
De doing business with Arosin. He
was sure that was the way the thing
looked on the books.
There was an Interesting discussion
over the condition Of things at the
mcclellan school,, complaint having
been made against Principal O'Con-
nell. 1t is charged that he has never
learned to obscure his Celtic dialect
and he is somewhat careless in his use
or the ldlomatic expressions Presi-
dent Abbott thought the board should
De very fnshsteEt upon marked pIilo-
logical capabilities in its principals,
and Gustave Scholle warned the mem
bers what would be said If the Mime
apolls papers found there was prin-
cipal in the st. Paul schools who said
trun' instead Of thrown Mr..
sOConnell. however, seems to be an
excellent dtsciplinarian, and a gentle
man appeared with petition for his
retention, experimenting 1t with the
remark that the records Of the pupils
who had been sent from the Mcclellan
school to the Cleveland high school re-
nected great credit ON Mr.. O'Connells
aolllty as teacher. The petitioners
dld not want a woman principal for
the reason that there were some UNI
ruly boys there, and Mr.. O'Cennell
had been very successful in their con-
troll
1t was suggested,that the Mattocks
ana T1lden schools IN the midway dis
tr1ct be closed thisiwinter, and that a
rig be hired to haulethe pupils to some
other city school, probably the Ram
sey 1t was figured that the two
schools named cost 81, 200 last winter,
and that a great saving could be eff
fected by this means. The proposition
was referred to special committee Of
Messrs. Scholle, McNair and Yoerg.
The committee on schools presented
the following report:
We recommend that the following resigna-
iions De aces pied: Miss Florence Webb, kim
las schools, and Miss Eleanor Deem of the
Mechanic Arts High School. -
we recommend that leave of absence with
out pay be granted Miss M. A. Anderson, of
the Central high school. for one year.
we recommend the following transfers: Miss
Helen lamar from the Drew to the Long
FELLOW school, M ss Otillie Lothman from the
Madison to the Drew, Miss Mary Casey from
the Jefferson to the Adams, Miss Martha Nor
colt from the Scheffer to the Jefferson, Miss
Il l,I BaTnaby from the Douglas to the Irving,
Miss Frances Hoyt, halliday assistant kinder
gartner at the Longfeliow to the position
OF all,day assistant at the Garfield and Doug
las schools.
We recommend the following promotions:
MISS Caroline Sargent from the Seventh
grace Lincoln school, to the Mechanic Arts
High School Miss c.. T.. Buell. from the Sixth
TO the Seventh grade of the Lincoln school.
we recommend the following appointments:
Miss T. Holden to the Lincoln school. in
place of Miss Buell. promoted; Miss Monnie
Cor Gordon %,, to the Ericsson school, Miss Lena
low school, Mrs. B. p. Mckinley to the Doug
trail high school.
1t was adopted