The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-11
TO BE NO FAV0RITE
SCHOOL GRADUATES
Board Of Control Rules Out an Old
Graduation Custom.
LINE DRAWN AT PUBLIC GIFTS
Flowers and Other Tokens Must BE
Bestowed in Private--Thus the
Poor and the Weil-to-do Graduates
viii BE on AN Equal Footing--A
scheme to Obviate the Appointment
of Teachers with IA "PulIo--Pay
Roll for April Passed.

There will be no public presentations
of flowers or other gifts before or dur
ing this years graduation of high and
training school pupils. That much was
settled by the adoption of a report of
the high and training school committee
at last nights board of control meet
ing. Following was the report:
That no pupil shall be allowed to grad
uate from any department of the SCran-
ton high school who has not made a gen
eral average of 20 in all his or her work.
That no pupil or pupils of the high or
training school shall publicly accept a
present or gift of any kind before, during
or at the close of graduation or COM
mencement exercises.
That the Training school shall have a
separate commencement to be held in the
auditorium of the high school the night
preceding the high school commencement; /;
That $50 be appropriated the training
teacher for commencement exercises, one
feature of which must be an educational
address by an educator selected by the
training teacher and superintendent;
That all teachers employed by the board
Of control be requested and invited by
special card to attend and hear the edu-
cational address to be delivered at COM
mencement time for the training school
teachers;
That the use of the high school be
granted Mr. Wintersten for his scientific
lecture on N-Rays; and, providing his APP
paratus be approved by the high and
training committee and five physicians
present al the lecture, we agree to as
sumo any deficit mot exceeding the cost
of the apparatus, sl0W that may arise
THE REPORT ATTACKED.
President Jennings called Mr.. Welsh
to the chair and debated for the adop-
tion of the report, when Mr. Barker
offered a motion that the gift clause
be stricken out Mr.. Wormser and Mr..
NotZ supported Mr.. Jennings. The
substance of their argument was that
many graduates whose friends and rel
atives are not well-to-do are embar-
rassed by the lavish presentation of
flowers and other gifts to graduates
more fortunately situated in a worldly
sense, but whose merit of scholarship
is no better and perhaps less than the
former class. The report was adopted.
The April pay roll was approved as
follows: Teachers, $14OSO.97; substi-
tutes, $225.7O; janitors, $1,576.
Alderman John T. Howe and Fred
j. Amsden We're present as representa-
tives of the joint Memorial Day COM
mittee of the city's two Grand Army
posts and asked permission to have
collections made in the schools for the
benefit of the Decoration Day eXer-
cises of the posts. The request was
granted.
Alderman Howe informed the board
that the Patriotic Order Sons of Amer
ice had a flag ready for presentation
to No. 1 school.
MISS COHEN'S RESIGNATION.
A precedent will likely be estab-
lished through the resignation of Miss
Rose Cohen as teacher at No. 36 school,
Miss Margaret SChimpff. The resig-
nation came direct to the board and
in consequence no opportunity was Of
fered for the appointment of a teach
er with a pull"
Mr.. Notz remarked that he was glad
the resignation came direct to the
board and offered a motion that flu
ture designations be so made. Mr..
Langan amended by a motion that res
ignations be given to the controller
and by him to the superintendent of
schools. Mr.. Wormser further amend
ed that the matter be referred to the
committee on rules to be reported at
the next meeting, and the motion was
adopted as last amended.
A large number of bills We're ap-
proved before adjournment.