Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-03-15
TO TAKE NO ACTION.
Leicester Academy Trustees viii Let Mat
tiers Take Their Course.

Leicester, March IA Spy reporter
asked several members of the board of
trustees of Leicester Academy tonight
whether they would take any action on
the order of the school committee at
their meeting on March 10; that the
trustees of Leicester Academy be re-
quested to send counsel to meet with
counsel for the town of Leicester, in
order to prepare and agree upon a plan
whereby Leicester Academy may he
used as high school within the mean
ing of the law.
President Joseph Murdoch told the
reporter that they had made no effort
to secure counsel and implied that they
would take no action on the phase OF
the matter.
DR.. C. G. Stearns was seen, and
agreed with what Mr.. Murdoch had
said. Further than that, neither would
discuss the subject.
The board of trustees seems to intend
not to expend any money, but to let
matters take their course. They seem
reluctant to give out their side and are
willing to let the high school scholars
seek instruction at some other institu-
ton besides Leicester Academy, if the
town so decides.
|
Academy, it has averaged $4,000 to
$4,000 per year for the past five or six
| years, to cover the expenses of running
| the institution. The town paid a bulk
| sum of $500 during 1897, tuition
amounting to about $3.50 at So per pupil,
and supplies amounting to S47S4 for
! books purchased, about $25 for books
| sent back or exchanged, of which the
bills are not settled, and $31.55 for sup
Nit s.f,n Itr u TN~a A CTNaif n
auditor Of the school committee. This
| foots UP a total of $2085 in round num-
| bers, so that the balance of about SIS
at least is paid from the interest on the
endowment of the institution. If no
| satisfactory agreement can be made
| between the trustees and the school
committee, the Academy will very prob
| ably revert to a strictly private institu-
| ton supported by it's endowment.
One stumbling block TO an agreement
ia the different opinions in regard to
| Principal G. F. Palmer serving as one
| of the trustees. The charter of the in
! stitution provides that the board of
trustees shall consist of II members, in
Guiding the principal. Therefore, the
trustees cannot comply with the state
| law, which provides that no teacher
shall be a member of the school com
mittee without violating the terms of
the charter.
The chief topic of discussion in Leices-
ter is the outcome Of the matter, and
the efforts of the school committee to
secure their legal rights with the agree
ment of tbs trustees, are eagerly fol-
lowed by all.
FOR SUMMER RESIDENCE
A. A. Austin's $100 house on Paxton
street has been bought by Mrs. c. G..
Crane, and will be set up on her land
near Winslow avenue as soon as posi-
Bile. The house vas built in sections
so that it could readily be taken apart,
and is already in pieces.
Mrs. Crane has set out variety of
small fruits in her garden on the farm,
and as there is no building within a
quarter of a mile or so, the fruit has
frequently disappeared affording quite
a considerable loss. Some member of
the family will be in the house all the
time to watch the garden, and it will
become a summer residence with a good
location.
ACADEMY ATHLETES PRACNCING.
Leicester Academy athletes are prac-
ticing in the gymnasium for the track
events. Indoor marks of feet inches
in the pole vault, and feet II inches
in the high jump, with better work com
ing out of doors, have been made.