The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-24
CITY TEACHERS SALARIES
INCREASES VOTED BY BOARD OF
 EDUCATION.


 pal Thomas to be superseded-Professor Hadiey Speaks in His Behalf-Board Still Holds Its Former OpInion-Year's Financial Report.
 The board of education at it's meet ing fast evening fixed the salaries of all the teachers in the schools, as rec schools.
 The question of the reappointment Of Principal Thomas of the Hillhouse high school also came up for consideration. Mayor Farnsworth sat with the board. MT. Manson of the committee on spe- cial instruction stated that at special meeting of the board last March there had been a vote of to against MT. Thomas retention as principal of the school. In view of this attitude of the board the committee on special in- struction had deemed it best not to recommend MT. Thomas reappoint- ment and had instructed Superintend- ent Kendall to look out for new prin- cipal to take his place. No man has yet been selected.
 MT Stoddard said he had not been present at the special meeting of the board in March and desired to know as to just what position the action of the special committee left him in whether, according to the recommends tion of the committee, MT. Thomas could be reappointed.
 Several petitions from citizens were hxyt ha O clyine that Mir Thomas be retained
 MT. Hooker said that he saw no rea- son why Mir Thomas should not be re- appointed He had been an efficient principal of the school and had given general satisfaction.
 MT. Moran said he thought that the question of MT. Thomas reappointment ought to be determined by the board at this meeting for the benefit of all par ties, and to accomplish this end he moved that the recommendation of the committee on special instruction, that Mr. Thomas be not recommended for reappointment. be adopted. The mo- tion was adopted, MT. Hooker alone voting against it. He said that he felt that he must vote in the negative.
 The matter of Principal Thomas re- appointment came up at an earlier stage of the meeting, when Professor Arthur T. Hadley and MT. Edward C. Cole came before the board and spoke in favor of his retention. Professor Hadley spoke as follows:
 q come here representing a number of citizens who have requested, by peti- tion, that MT. Thomas be reappointed principal come somewhat reluctant ly because I do not know fully the facts in the case nor do l know MT Thomas personally.
 However. I thought that perhaps this board might want to hear from citizen representing nearly three hun dred citizens who desire MT. Thomas retention I have known in genera way of the affairs of the high school but never of the details until shor time ago, when I began to look then up. found that the facts as given tt the public were not such as to warran MT. Thomas dismissal.
 ''In the first place, the conduct of th' school has been success. In Yale col lege the Woolsey is the highest priz' given. and for three successive year it has been awarded to graduates of th' Hillhouse school
 'tThe success of the schools graduate is not confined alone to Yale, but il Bryn Mawr college girls from the NeV Haven high school have taken highes prizes for three years in succession Of course it may be said that these ar examples of what bright girls and boy can do. but have found that the stan' taken by the pupils has been general, high in Yale college, in Sheffield, Il Vassar and in Bryn MaWr. From tn latter two institutions I have receive letters stating this to be so Much O this success is doubtless due to the as sistant principal and teachers, pu much must also be attributed to tn principal as an active working man.
 His teachers universally, l believe attribute the schools efficiency to hin Besides this success the school has bee @ constantly growing one.
 .In the second place, no charge have been preferred against him. A least no public charges, and certainl none which should prejudice the publi against him. Every efficient admins rrator is such to have such charge made against him.
 "If in Hartford such charges shoul be made against a. man we should nc think less of a man. Of the charges ( partia ality the probability Is that sue charges are made by those who aF nreiudiced and so are entitled to lltrl credit.
 Charges of lack of straightforWard ness and truthfulness are apt, Whe sifted to be found to be based on miG understanding. I should do myself 1T justice if I should say that these Wel all the charges against him. l rt aIize that a man may be inefficient, an vet it may be difficult to point out tf particular points of his efficiency ] al free to admit that it is possible to secul q man who,in addition to splendid exec utive ability, has the faculty of gettin along smoothly with every one. sue T man is worth s25,O00. l should say have heard of only one such man pr Mckenzie of the Lawrencevil school. New Jersey. and he gets abol that.
 ''Whether we can get these qualitit with the salary we pay is very doub full If Mir. Thomas is not reappoin cd 1t will be a notice to all the teacher in the school, as we'll as to MT. Thoma that the school is not up to the stand ord of work and would then result damoraIization of the schools wor Again. we are on the eve of a munictp ,aform from which We hope for mar