The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-25

The board of control last night side
tracked a resolution directing an in
Vestigation into the diphtheria epidem-
ic at No. 2S school. A personal appeal
was made by the father of the resolu-
tion, Mr.. Jayne, controller from the
Thirteenth but a majority of the board
believed it was time enough for the
school board to act when the board
of health has made a report of the
investigation which it has under way.
Mr.. Jaynes resolution called for the
appointment of a committee of three
Ito investigate the epidemic of diph-
liberia at No. 2s school and report to
the board what action is necessary to
prevent a recurrence of the same.
Mr.. Jennings made a motion to defer
action on the resolution until such
time as the board of health had sub
mitted its report Then if it is neces-
sary to make any further investigation
the resolution could be brought up.
The board of health is the proper body,
he contended, to carry on the investi-
cation and the board can accomplish
no good as far as he could see, by
instituting a second investigation or
even by joining with the board of
The attorney of the board attends
each of the sessions of the board of
health when the investigation is on and
several Of the members are there also,
to see that the interests of the board
are looked after.
Mr. Evans thought the board should
be officially represented at the inves-
tigatiOn. but Messrs. Casey, Davis,
was no cause for the board taking
any further action than having its
attorney present at the investigation,
at least until after the board of health
has made its report.
UNDULY INTERESTED.
Captain May expressed the belief
that the action contemplated by Mr..
Jayne's resolution would give the i'm
preston that the board was unduly
interested. 1t would be much more sat
isfactory, he thought, to allow the in
vestigation to be made by dsinterest-
ed parties such as compose the board
of health.
Mr.. Jayne expressed surprise and by
his actions betokened not little in
dignaton at the opposition to his
resolution.
The motion to defer action on the
matter was put to the house and car
ried by vote of 10 to as follows:
Ayes-Messrs. Davis, Casey, May
Schaefer, Neuls. Jennings, Schriefer, Lam
| gan, Gibbons. Leonard-l0.
| Nays-Messrs. Shires. O'Malley, Phil
| lips, Roche, Jayne, Evans Schwass
! FrancOis-S.
Mr. Jayne precipitated another dis
cussion by asking some pointed ques-
| tions making insinuating remarks in
connection with the purchase of text
! books. After a motion of his own had
| carried directing that 900 Worcester
dictionaries be purchased, he called at
tention to a bill Just received for two
hundred and fifty new Webster die
tionaries at the high school and wanted
to know why these higher priced die
tionaries haG been purchased and what
need, at all events, was there for more
dictionaries at the high school when
there are six hundred there already.
President Francois begged to remind
the gentleman from the Thirteenth
that the dictionaries We're unQuestion-
ably bought at the request of the prin-
cipal OF the high school and that Mr.
| Phillips wasn't the kind of a man t.
order books that he did not need.
The following set of rules governing
the examination of Grammar A pupils
| compiled by the teachers committee
and the principles of Grammar A
schools were submitted by Mr.. Hangar
and approved:
EXAMINATION RULES.
To tho Chairman and Members of III
Teachers Committee of the Board o
Control, Scranton, Pa.
Gentlemen-We, the undersigned com
mittce, appointed by you at the join
meeting of your committee and the Gram
mar A principals Oct, 10, 1855, do hereb
most respectfully submit the following
rules regularly adopted by the teachers
committee and teachers assembled as ou
report:
We recommend that entrance to tn
high school of Grammar a pupils sha
be secured through ten examination,
seven of them to be conducted in Gram
mar A rooms, and three in the hig
| school building. The time for holdin
these examinations in the high schoC
building shall be at or near the end q
each school term. The examinations hel
in the Grammar A rooms with the ia
and winter term examinations shall coun
one-half the tenth or final eXaminatio
to be conducted in the high school build
ing, at or near the end Of the school yea
to also count one-half.
The questions shall be uniform for q
Grammar A schools.
Each question shall have a fixed cred
mark approved by majority of prime
pals of Grammar a.
Examination questions must issue fror
| the slpprint enlpnt'S office at tna sam