New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-28
MR.. JASPER'S ASSISTANTS.
THE BOARD OF sUPERINTENDENTs STILL
INCOMPLETE.
TWO OF THOSE NOMINATED ARE SCHOOL PRlN
CIPALs WHO FOUGHT AGAINST THE RE-
FORM BII.I-THEIR ELECTION oP-
PosED-RECoRDs OF THE
NEW APPOINTEES.

NEW APPoINTEEs.
At last weeks meeting Of the Board or Educauoh
thirteen assistant super.ntendents or schools were
anno,nted for terms ranging from one to six years,
in accordance with the provisions of the Compro-
mise School bill OF the number nine ASSISTANT
superintendents were reappointed and four were e"
tirey new selections. complete list OF these ap
polntments has already been published IN Inc Inv
une In the full Board of superintendent OF "hich
Sunerlntendent JASPER Is the head there are to pa
aftecn assistants and Commissioner John L. n.
Hunt chairman of the Committee on instruction. III
submitting TO the Board Of Education the nominal
t,ons of mis- committee for assistant sperintendeh0s
recommended for appointment the full nunoer OIL
candidates.
Tbare were two names however, which met re-
ceptton that was far from being unanimous in favor
of their election The names referred to were those
of Matthew j. Elgas, principal Of Grammar Schooi
No &c. and Edward II. Boyer. principal OF 1raih-
mar School No. ST. The opposition TO THESE men
came largely from those members of the Board or
Education who have been 50 jealous IN ther sup
por, of the compromise measure
II may he remembered that when the supporters
of the Compromise bill were doing everything IN
their power secure the enactment OF the REFORM
measure many of the school principals joined Win
the opposition TO defeat the BILL seemingly through
fear of losing their places should they remain silent
and the school trustees win their cause ana retain
their power. Prominent among the principals Ill '"'
opposltion were Matthew J. Elgas and Mr.. Boyer.
the former particularly so. In fact. 20 much Valu-
able time did Mr.. Egas devote to getting up Pc
titions against the bill, TO which he instructed the
school teachers to secure signatures in calling cit-
zens mass-neetings and in circulating literature
in general calculated to defeat the reform measure
that many people wondered how Mr.. Elgas could
find any time at all to attend 10 MS duties d uie
principal Of Grammar School No. SO.
But the refusal of the Board to elect these two
men as assistant supcrintendents at its last meet
ing and its decision to refer the matter back to the
Committee instruction to report further on THESE
names next Wednesday, some OF the commissioners
say is based on entirely outside OF and IN
addition TO the opposition OF Mr.. Eigas ana MT
BOYER to the Compromise bill.
Commissioner Hunt was seen by Tribune re-
porter Yesterday and asked If any information he
had received regarding the two candidates had lhnu-
enced him alter his opinion of either OF them MI
Hunt replied that he and his committee. on more
than one occasion. had spent hours in considering
the reasons put forward by some members OF the
Board for opposing the two candidates. He declined
to say on what grounds the opposition was based
He remarked however, that SO far as the stand
taken by Mr. Elgas and Mr.. Boyer on the Com
promise bill concerned. nearly every school pr1n-
cipa in the city had assumed like altitude toward
the measure and that If this objection alone were TO
exclude principal, very few school principals In the
city would be eligible to election assistant super
intendents. Asked whether or not he would still
recommend 10 the Board the election of the two
candidates. he replied: When | make up my mind
TO a thing. seldom change 1t unless there is some
very good reason for my 50 doing"
The Board will take definite action on the matter
Wednesday and lively time is looked for as both
Mir. Egas and Mr. Boyer have friends in the Board
who will support their cause
Yesterday Superintendent Jasper was coscted for
than hour with his newly formed Board OF
Assistants. 1t his first conference with them,
hall fo1lx 81.
provisions Of the law and to give the Superin-
tendent opportunity 10 instruct his assistants
TO the duties of their office.
Brief sketches OF the records made in educational
work by the four assistant superintendent APP
pointed for the first time Wednesday follow:
Albert T. Marble, appointed for a term of two
years was born in Maine. He entered Bowdoin
College, but completed his at Colby Univer-
sity. being graduated in 1861 on the recommenda-
ton OF the United States Commissioner of Educa-
ton he received the degree of Pm. d. from his
alma mater in 1880 Mr.. Marble began to teach
when an Undergraduate. Since then he has fiji,
several important places. among which the
following: Teacher in the High School at Water
vile and at PASSPORT, Me; professor OF mathe-
MATES in the Wayland wisconsin, Academy, prin-
cipal of the Worcester NIass.) Academy superin-
tendent of schools in Worcester Mass. for
than twenty five years. from 1868 10 1884, superin
tendent of schools in Omaha for one year
He is trustee of Worcester Academy, and for
six years a member of the Board of Visitors
of Wellesley College He twice president of
the Massachusetts Teachers Association, president
Of the National superlntendents Association at the
New-Y York meeting about 1880. and president Of the
National Educational Association, Nashville. in 1889.
cev e1T h app5n Gsn pa
jasper presenied to the Board in his behalf
Seth l. Stewart. the principal OF Grammar School
cinnati, and was graduated from the High School
IN he apa rit In he hnat cd FRI
Yale University, having taken the prizes in both
hhema;ics and astronomy Ali through his course.
Ing Yale ' he ne % % ' AND in PS t@sk
the degree Of LII 3. at Columbia University. He
in The grammar schools For five years after this
he taught in the grammar schools OF this city.
CITY High school. while in tha; place he super
he T te IN has bsn and %
School No IS in Brooklyn.
graduated from the Maine State University in ISIS
Soon after he became school principal in Quincy.
Were he held like place and for five Years was
principal Of schools in Paterson. n. j.. Mr.. Meeny
years he was the experimenting of schools. For
the last three years he has been professor at the
as member Of the faculty of philosophy Of co:am-
ba University has been especially successful While
Board of Government OF the New England Confer
enee Of Educational Workers
School No 49, in Brooklyn. was appointed to serve
for four years MI Gannson was sg from
ceived the degrees OF A. NJ. and Ph d. from the
Years be eaS He w hn fE6 n
be most successful career as an Instructor In the
professor Of Latin and literature in he St. Law
renee University. In lssS Mr. Gun1is9n went 10
school named ever since
AN ALTAR BOOK GIVEN TO TRINITY.
John H. Caswell, a member OF the Standing Com