The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-10
MANY TRANSFERS ARE MADE
AND SEVERAL NEW APPOINTMENTS
TO FILL VACANCIES BY RES
IGNATTON.
MISS TAYLOR rs ROT NAMED
Beard Thought 1t Would Be Inju-
dicious to EcinstHte the Lady
ct This Time.


accumulated business in connection
with the opening of the schools next
Monday. A number of new teachers
were appointed, but among the bright
and smiling faces which will greet the
little ones next week will not be that
of Miss Rebecca Taylor, who modestly
applied to the board last week for the
best position you have to offer
Miss Taylors application, the mem
bers of the board wish it understood,
was denied not because of any ques
ton as to her ability as teacher, but
-. a feeling that to reappoint her, even
+l,o1o-, Ter original removal had been
an Injustice ,,'ould be an injudicious
nocva at This Tins rs it would be. as
the members of the boaf..7 -
substantial justification of the Wae-
made by Miss Taylor on the board, ana
the former uperintendent, including
the publication OF a deluge of reading
matter which the courts had deter
mined to be indecent, and which, much
of it, must have found it's way into
the possession of the pupils in the
schools where Miss Taylor was seek
ing appointment.
So the application was turned down,
Miss Taylor presented letters of en-
dcrsement from Rev. S. G.. Smith, H.
S. Fairchild and Louis Nash.
The committee on schools recon-
mended that the following designations
be accepted:
Miss Marion Morrison fourth grade Grant
school; Miss Cecilia Adams, kindergarten d.
rectress Madison school; Miss Florence Hart,
kindergarten assistant, L0ngfeloW school.
Leave of absence was granted the follow
ing teachers: Miss L. NJ. Sanders, Lincoln
school, for six months; Miss Kate Kendall,
Van Buren, school, for one month; Miss J.
NJ. Eyles for year.
The transfers agreed upon We're Miss Mary
Mcclellan kindergarten directress, jackson
school, TO tie position of kindergarten train
er, teachers training school, vice Miss Ever
EFT, resigned. Miss Rachel Mason from Kin
dergarten assistant, Jackson school, to Kin
dergarten directress, same school, vice Miss
Mcclellan; Miss FrenceS Hoyt from Kinder
garten assistant, Harrison school, to same
position Jackson school, vice Miss Mason.
Miss Katherine Hancke, Kindergarten direct
ress. Hendricks school, to the same position
Madison school, vice Miss Adams. Miss Clara
King, from kindergarten assistant, Webster
school, vice Miss Burr. Miss Clara Burr,
Kindergarten assistant, L0ngfellow school,
vice Miss Hart. Miss Helen Williams, Kin
dergarten assistant, Hendricks school, to same
position Humboldt school, vice Miss Piecher.
Miss Clara Plechner Kindergarten assistant.
Humboldt school. to same position Franklin
school, vice Miss Riser. Miss Katherine RiS-
ser, Kindergarten assistant, Franklin school,
to same position Rice school, vice Miss Mac
donald Miss Emma Macdonald, Kindergarten
assistant, Rice school, to kindergarten direct
ress, Hendricks school, vice Miss Hanche.
Miss Grace Metcalf, kindergarten directress,
German school. to position Whittier
school, to open new Kindergarten. Miss
man school. to same position, Whittier
school, Miss Mary Ward, Kindergarten d
recress, Smith school, to same position Coz
man school, vice Miss Metcalf. Miss Mabel
Ian school, to open a new room. Mrs. +.
Higgins. S. s. Taylor schoo! to Linc-la
school, vice Miss Sanders Miss julia Thor
warth, fourth grade, Sibley school. wee Miss
Forsberg. Miss Katherine Grathwo, third
grade Smith school to fourth grade Schefer
school. vice Miss Schroer Miss c. E. Halo
we'll first grade Drew school to first grade
Jackson school vice Miss Sheriff. Miss Jen-
ME Sheriff first grade Jackson school 10 first
grade Drew school. vice Miss Hailowel. Miss
Edith Foulke, third grade Webster scho5l to
fourth grade Irving school, vice Miss Barna
by. Miss Bernie Forsberg. first grade Sibley
school to first grade Van Buren, school. vice
Miss Egan. Miss Nellie Goodhue, from fifth
grade Grant school to the position OF model
Elizabeth Virtue third grade Hawthorne
school to third grade Webster school, vice
Miss FOulke. transfer OF MISS 10Oy from
Jefferson to Hendricks; Miss Gauser from
Hendricks to Jefferson.
The appointments recommended were: Miss
Kate S.eppy kindergarten assistant, at the
Webster school vice Ciss King; Miss Mabel
Sidveland. kindergarten assistant, Hendricks
school. vice Helen Williams; Miss Louise
Hoyt kindergarten assistant, Harrison school,
wee Miss Frances Hoyt; Miss Anna Shaleen,
Mrs. Higgins Miss Genevieve Gervais, Adams
school vice Mss ThOrTarth; Nj Marion
Craig Smith school, vice Miss Grathwol; Miss
Elizabeth Mccain, TO reopen the Tilden
school; Miss Jessie Young, Webster school,
vice Miss Fou-ke: Mrs. B. K. Ward Haw-
thorne schcGl vice Miss Virtue: Miss zada
Judd jackson school, vice Mrs. kuester; Miss
A. NJ. McCaine, fifth grade Grant school
fourth grade, Grant school, vice Miss Morri-
son.
The board is having a slight diff
culty over text book disturbance.
There is a state law providing that
boards may not change school books
Oftener than once in three years. Nine
wears ago the normal music series was
adopted here. Less than three years
ago it was readopted, as a part of the
general scheme then adopted. Now it
is a question whether his readoption
binds the board to it for three years
from that time. as last week the beard,
on recommendation of Supervisor
Ccngdon, decided to adopt a new
series.
Superintendent of Construction Ger
ZACH reported that the new Whittier
school was not ready for occupancy.
that the contract was not completed
within the time specified Aug. II. Ac-
cording to the terms of the contract,
the contractor was to forfeit $50 day
for each day that the building re-
roainnd 1ncnmnletpd after the time