Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-18
PROF. THOMPSON STAYS OUT.
BOARD REFUSES TO REINsTATE THE
GARFIELD SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.
FOrty-six JanitOrs Appointed at Last
Nights Meeting-BOard Wants
No DictatiOn as to Inspect-
ing Contract Work.

Professor c. W. Thompson will not be
reappOinted to the principalship of the
Garfield school. He was not reelected at
the recent election of teachers by the board
of education and despite considerable pres
sure brought to bear, the board in execu-
tive session last night adopted the follow
ing resolution by a unanimous vote:
Resolved, That the board deems it un-
wise to recede from the position heretofore
taken in the selection of the principal for
the Garfield school"
At a long executive session the follow
ing janitors were appointed.
Adams schOOl-E. C.. Lockwood.
Attucks school-William Baker.
Benton school-John Wulser.
Bryant school-W. C. Raney.
Central school-P. r. Coll.
Chace school-Charles Sherman.
Clay schOol-Lizzie Uhl.
Douglass school-Preston Overton.
Emerson schoOl-W. ]. Hall.
Franklin schOol-John Herch.
Garfield school-C. p. Brown.
Garrison SCHOOL,. C. Granger.
Hamilton school-John Keating.
Humboldt school-William Van Pelt.
Humboldt anneX-Mrs. Uhlig.
Irving school-Arthur Mills.
Jackson schOol-William Bailey.
Jefferson sch9oMBernhard Walters.
Lathrop school-W. o. Glover.
Linciln school-Louis Tompkins.
Lincoln high school-HaIdy, Smith
LinwoOd school-Henry Coll.
Longfellow schoOl-ThOmas Cagney.
Lowell school-spencer harrington.
Madison school-LerOy Moon.
MoTtn Martin .sSo0fL sfh0Gl5I' H. GTi9F5S SaFter-
Oakley school-W. H. Bozzelle.
Phillips schoOl-Riley Robinson.
Scarrftt school-Thonas Watkins.
Sumner school-William Jacobs.
Switzer schOol-F'lorian Klee.
Washington schoOl-E. ]. Hatfield
Webster school Nv. II. Yocum.
whittier school-C. A. Wear.
Woodland school-E- E; Marshall;
Neager schOOl-GeOrge Knight Subject to
obtaining hcense).
Attorney r. L. Ball appeared before the
board in behalf Of the defeated bidders for
the manual training high school. to pro
pose" a settlement Of the alleged controver-
sy between the board and the defeated bid
work is not being done according to speci-
fications and submitted proposition" to
the effect that the board select any compe-
tent and reputable architect and have an
examination Of the brick work made. They
declared that the most casual investigation
would show that the specifications were not
Mr.. Karnes declared that the board had
made the contract and would see that Il
was carried out Nc organizasion ! @ need tell
carried out. If the work was not done
rightly, the contractor would have to make
It right. The same kind of talk had been
made about the library building. and If the
board had followed all the advice IL had re-
ceived, the building would have been torn
down. but ii was the finest piece OF stone
work ever done in Kansas City.
The board decided to have an investiga-
tion made in its own way and see II the
work was being done according to specih-
cations.
The question of smoke consumers for
the manual training high school and the
ward schools is giving considerable trouble.
Messrs. Brady and Hackney, the commit
tee to whom the matter was referred, re-
ported that no device on the market exact
iy suited the low pressure boilers In use.
The nearest approach to 1t were the de-
vices of the Hubbard Company, OF Chicago,
and Hawley Company, Of st. Louis. Bids
will be received two weeks from last night.
The board took action toward wedding
out those persons who take the teachers
examinations without any intention of
teaching. All graduates of the high school
and persons elected as teachers will be
charged no fee. but for others the fee will
Of the Kansas City school district.
The secretary was instructed to notify
all teachers who have not yet accepted ap-
pOintments TO do so at once. otherwise
their places will be declared vacant
r. A. Minckwitz, @. B. LOngan and Ger
trude +. Green, the board OF examiners.
reported that at the last examination for
teachers, 161 persons finished the examina-
tiCn; 81 passed and 20 failed. OF the 81
who passed. S5 got ward school, high
school and principals certificates; be-
gan the examination but did not finish 1t.
They will do 80 in the fall.
The resignation Of Arthur Gray, tanttor
Of the Scarritt school, and Miss Nellie
Morris, a teacher who has just been mar
ried. were accepted.
The janitors of all the schools were or
1ered TO keep the school premises clean
during vacation