New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-30
SCHOOL BOARD AND FAN WICK.
COMMISSIONERS DISCUSS THE QUESTION OF
THEIR CONTINUANCE IN OFrICE

THEIR CONTINUANCE IN OFFICE
The last meeting for the year OF the BOARD q,
Education was held yesterday and one of the sub
Jec's oeiore the Board was Its future existence.
- committee appointed to investigate and report
10 the Board on this subject contented itself with
declaring that the Board should meet in the second
week OF January and elect president TO serve
during the month AS for the superintendent and
o'ner oHciais and employees of the Board. both the
bylaws or the Board and the charter provide for
their continuance in Office
Inc Committee on Sites submitted a report
.he letter or Corporation Counsel Scott hndng
rault with the Board because II selected certain
SITES Tor schoolhouses which were occupied with
valuable buildings that had TO be condemned at
much expense. whereas. the letter declared. vacant
property could have been obtained ir the same
neighborhood at less expense. The report said the
letter spoke of site on the block bounded by
one hundred and fourth and One nd fifth
sts. and First and Second No such site had
ever been selected by any Board II difficult
10 understand what site the Corporation Counsel
meant. the report said. because Il II presumed
mat the one In One-hundred-and-fourth and One
hundI red -and-ffth St was the one meant by Mr.
Scott. his mistake placed him In the position OF
recommending the site ne condemned. Another site
the letter charged being needless'y expensive
was the one In One-hundred- and eighth and One
hundred-and ninth SITS. near Seoond-ave. The
site the letter spoke of being less expensive was
too near the rtver-front. and rreguarly shaped
10 he suitable for schoohouse purposes. The site;
recommended in the letter were either he beds OF
watercourses or their marshy margins. The re-
port protested against the attack Of the Corpora
ton Counsel. mentioned the fact that public
Official he mad approved the sites he aferward
found fault with. and contained many sarcastic
references to Mr. SCOTS course.
Commissioner Little objected an approval Of
this report. he had found the Site Committee to
be In error more than once. he se.d. Commissioner
ASdr promptly and somewhat bitterly replied TO
Commissioner Little. saying that the latter had
always approved the committees recommendations
and that II rather late date TO find fault
now. The report was approved
The Committee on Bylaws submitted an amend
ment 20 the bylaws providing tnat the parents
French instruction and obtain ii for thei1 childfen
Tnis amendment has been source oil mucn CON
Germ TO the many German societies III TINS CITY
The Board adopl ed the amendment. II also. ADOPT
ed the recommendation that the pupils OF other
than public schools may he admitted TO the new
high school aHnexes on February !. after accom-
modations for public school graduates mao hrst
been provided.
School hours were so altered as 10 allow the ses-
sions begin promptly at o'clock ana dismiss
after O'Clock At present school begins mttie
before A few minutes Will be saved ny ln.s
ARRANGEMENT for study: There is TO he no wenty
minute recess eXcCYt In ,he first and second year
Pres den: Hubbell made a speech Of thanks to
the Commissioners, superintendent, Board OF Su-
perlntendcnts, and principals. and wished mem
Commissioner Mack to preside over \ resolution
of appreciation Of the president was adopted ~ nc
poard. II resolved thai the Board ADJOURN
10 meet again Monday next. which action W.
taken as a preliminary a possible legal struggle
between Mayor Van Wyck and the Commissioners
10 retain their positions