The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-29
SCHOOL HOARD FIGURING ON HOW
TO RELIEVE THE OVERCROWD-
ED BUILDINGS.
ANNEX FOR THE WEBSTER.
ENGS TO RE FINISHED
OFF.
WORK OF LAST NIGHTS SESSION.
Cause of Miss Judd, Champi0ned by
Rebecca Taylor, Meets With
Little Success.

There was a special meeting of the
board of school inspectors last even
ing. Miss Rebecca Taylor was there,
but Inspector McNair, he who used
very naughty word under what he con-
sidered great provocation at a recent
meeting, was absent. Possibly had he
been in attendance last evening. he
might have repeated his offen3e.
Miss Taylor was very anxious that
a friend of hers, Miss Lydia Lee Judd,
be engaged as a teacher. Miss Judd
taught for couple Of years III the Sib-
ley school; this was two years ago. and
for some reason she was not re-engag-
ed Miss Taylor presented the usual
petition, but the board did not take
kindly to it, although Inspector E. ..
Zimmerman moved that Miss Judd be
placed on the list for appointment, for
whichever grade she was lifted TO teach
Inspector May declared that it was
the duty of the board tc appoint only
efficient teachers, and not those WHO
had shown them selves incompetent to
teach.
William Silcox also appeared rs a
champion for Miss Judd, and Said, 1T
seems to me that petition of taXpay-
ers and parents has 10 waght with the
board"
President Zimmerman mildly vouch-
safed the opinion that the parents and
taxpayers did not know always
whether a teacher was competent or
not; that that was one of the things
a superintendent was there for and it
was not in the province of the board
to appoint teachers who, IN their jUdg-
ment, were incompetent
THE superintendent does rot know
anything about it, was Mr. SilcoX's
| retort
! At this juncture, Inspector Wilkes
wheeled around in his chair and said
very decidedly: Miss Judd has lot
taught school in this city Cor two years,
if 1 am on the board she will not teach
| for two years more. I do not consider
her qualified to teach"
| This ended the trouble temporarily.
as Inspector E. o. Zimmerman's mo-
ton did not meet with a secoGd, but
few minutes later Miss Judd glided
into the room and asked what had
been done with her case. She was in
/ formed and then she asked for al op-
portunity to clear herself of any charg
es which might be brought against her
!
| board was always ready to hear any
one at any regular meeting, and she
left with the announcement that she
would be on hand at the next meeting
Last nights meeting was called for
| the purpose Of considering the sanitary
! condition of the Ericsson, Hendricks
and Douglas buildings, the common
! council and assembly having set aside
| the sum Of $7,513.83 for sanitary i'm
| provements and plumbing, in school
houses where needed. This money
| comes from the insurance fund. AS It
! is necessary to have the sewer con-
| nections made before cold weather, the
real estate committee was authorized
! to have plans prepared for automatic
| closets in the buildings named.
a petition was presented, signed by
| twenty-five residents in the Quincy
| school district, protesting against the
closing of that school several days ago
| by Supt. Curtis. The petitioners
claim that the enrolment is larger
than in the Mottocks school; that, if it
is not kept open, the property will re-
vert TO the original owner, and the
| donor, NJ. A. Luby, and, further, that
| the children in that district are unable
| to pay car fare TO another school. The
| board decided to reopen one room IN
! the building. .Supt. Curtis gave as mis-
| reason for closing it that the attend
| ance was very light, not over nine Du-
| pills being enrolled, but the explanation
was made that, with the coming OF
| winter, the attendance would be much
| larger.
| Many of the school rooms are badly
| overcrowded. and the board is devising
| plans to increase the capacity The
! committee on real estate was author
| lied to open an annex of one room If
! the Webster building, by finishing off
! the attic, if possible, and to finish off
! the attic in the Honcock building for
| one or two rooms more. The same
| committee was instructed to visit the
manual training school and the Madi-
son school to see what plans can be
made for accommodating the surplus
! pupils at the latter, who now occupy
| four rooms in the training school.
The same old question of adjusting
| the salaries came up again. 1t ap-
| peared to the board that the only way
! they could be adjusted would be to go
right down the list. and Inspector
Yoerg insisted that they all be treated
| alike. He was positively opposed to
anything that seemed like favoring a
! few teachers. The president appointed
| Inspectors Corning, Yoerg and e. 0.
| Zimmerman committee to investigate
| the matter and report.
| The use Of the assembly hall and
| three other rooms in the central build
ing was granted to the Minnesota Ed
vocational society to hold it's annual
| meeting on Dec. $3.50 next.
| ATTORNEY GREEN AGAIN.