The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-12-28
B6kRD or EDUCATION
miss Msdara Elected Principal Of No. u
School After Spirited Discussion.

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Mise Amanda L. Medara Is principal Of
No. IL school. Tho Board Of Education elect
ed her to the position last night after one
Of the most lively sessions Of the board.
At the last meeting Of the Board tho COM
lnittee on teachers presented report re-
commencing the appointment Of Miss
Amanda Medara to the principalship OF
No. 10 school, The report was signed by
only three members of the committee,
John Pyle, Samuel =; Belts and u; Il.
Coyle which Is only half Of the committee.
Mr.. Morrow offered an amendment to
the report which stated that Miss Loney
should be placed as principal Of No. IL aud
Miss Mary j. McAlllster at No. II, from
which Miss Loney would BIO taken.
Mr.. Morrow opened the discussion by
stating that he had no personal feelings in
the Gaze, but with him 1t was simply II
matter of justice. All promotions have
been made according to tho roster and
when the ros or Ia changed 1t isa serious
mistake, as 1T opens tho door 70 lot politics,
religion or something else into tho man.
agement of The schools. The motion was
fur her discussed by Senator Pyle, Nor
row, McCausland, Belts, Baird and DIR.
ShortiGge.
DR.. Shortlidge in closing called upon
tho members to put Miss Medari back on
tho list where sho belongs and keep the
roster III lts regular Ofuer.
At this stage Of the debate some ore
called for vote on the amendment, which
was that Miss Loney BIZ made principal at
No II, l.. e. that tho limo Of the roster be
upheld,
The amendment was lost by a vote of 10
toS.
The vote on the original recommended.
tion Of the committee, that Miss Medara
be made principal of No. -, stood ID for
and 8 against, and the Board thereon de
cded that tho roster should not always
DO adhered to. Nevertheless the oppo,i-
ton is strong in its dcnunciatiou OF the
committees action and tho fight may lead
TO other developments.
Tho resignation Of Mr. Baynard as
member OF the board from the sixth
ward was presented and accepted. Dr. N.
G. Shortlidge, Mr. Morrow, Mr.. Pyle ard
President Baird spoke in very kindly
terms Of Mr.. Buynards services to the
board. He was efficient and punctual and
gave his valuable time to the work OF the
board oven to the detrimont Of his bust.
ness.
Mr.. Morrow also spoke highly of Mr..
Baynards ability End integrity both as q
citizen and as all official. President Baird
also paid IL tribute to the retiring mem
Der, paying particular attention to his
ability rs Il iinnncler in the board, and his
activity III enueaNorlug TO have INC Leg
islalure make an equal distribution of the
Statu school find State Senator Pyle
also made a few remarks, stating that tho
three finest shcooi buildings in the city
were the suit Of Mr.. Baynard's wel.di'
rected efforts.
The board rendered vote Of thanks to
the retiring member. An election for Mr.
Baynard' 5 successor was then gone into.
Mr.. Belts nominated Robert G. Frnim
and by request he also named William
| lnwt)n. fhe vote resulted in Lawton II:
| Fraim /. Mr.. Lawt0n was then declared
| elected and will be sworn in ut tho next
| meeting.
The committee on Teachers, reported
| that it had arranged to keep the schools
open during thu noon hours in order that
| the children can bring their lunches
Miss Gertrude Lightfool was engaged to
| fill the prospective vacancy in No rs school :.
| On motion Of Dir. SAort!idge tho superin-
| tendcnt was instructed to spsnd so for
| books SO tho teachers can instruct the
| children to no kind TO dumb animals.