The sun., 1898-06-28
TEACHERS
Win THE RAISE.
Motion in Board Of Education to
Reconsider Increase in
Salary Killed. .
QUESTION CONCERNED TWO
Miss Corbit and Miss Lewis Will
Get Larger Salaries.
CHANGE HIGH SCHOOL COURSE
Resolution Introduced to Make the
Term Four Years Instead of
Three--Fight Over Election
of Delegates to National
Educational Conven.
tiOn Next Week.


The Board Of Education met in regular
session last evening. On motion OF Mr..
Morrow the rules were suspended and
Robert C. Fraim, the hewly elected
member from the Sixth ward was sworn
in.
Considerable discussion took place
over a motion to reconsider the action
taken up by the board in raising the
salary OF Miss Corbitt, clerk to the super
intendent, from 5000 to $500, and that
of Miss Lewis, teacher OF Pedagogy,
from 500 to $500 After the mem
bers had consumed some -half-hour
in expressing their views relative to the
increase, President Shortlidge ruled the
motion out OF order on the ground that
the rules and bylaws Of the board dis
tincty stated that salaries OF teachers
could n 1t be altered after the teacher had
been notified Of appointment and had
accepted the same at certain figures. The
secretary stated that such was the case
with Miss Corbitt and Miss Lewis and
they will be employed from September
next at the salaries named by the
Teachers Committee.
Mr.. Morrow moved that Professor A.
II. Berlin, OF the High School, Miss Will
liams, assistant superintendent, and Miss
Mendenhall, principal Of the Teachers
Training School, be sent as committee
to represent the Wilmington schools to
the Natioual Educational Convention to
be held in Washington, d. e., next
week. This brought several m nlbers
to their feet With the suggestion that the
names Of several other teachers be added
to the committee as long as these three
had been presented. Mr.. Morrow
thought that the members We're trying
to put his motion in ridiculous hight
and rose to explain why he made it. He
stated that it had been the custom OF the
board to send Mr. Harlan to the conven-
tion but that this year he did not care to
go, and therefore he had presented the
three teachers as he thought it would be
OF great benefit to them especially.
Mr.. Mprrow's resolution recon mend
ing "Baldwin's School Re sders by
Grades and ''Radway's Natural Ad-
vanced Geography for use in the
schools, was adopted. Mr.. McCausand
asked for an appropriation of 5000 or
$500 to put in folding doors between two
rooms in the second story OF school No.
19 to make an assembly room. Was re-
fcrred to the New Building Committee
to ascertain the exact cost.
The Teachers Committee reported the
following communication: Gentlemen,
your committee on teachers respectfully
report that an examination of teachers
was held or June 10Th and 1lth. At
this examination Anna A. Fell made an
average OF IS and Emma A. Strickland of
S5. These averages make them eligible
to promotion i'll a grammar school.
Fifteen colored teachers took the ex-
OF these Lillian M. Byrd and
Caroline B. Williams passed.
To fill vacancies in school No. Is the
committee recommends that Caroline B.
be appointed fourth assistant
in the grammar department at a salary
OF $500 per Year.
That Lillian NJ. Byrd be appointed
fourth assistant in the primary depart
ment at a salary Of S4U0 per year, and
that Alice Ash be appointed eleventh
assistant in Il e primary department at
salary Of $500 per year. The report was !
adopted by the board.
The following resolution offered by
Mr.. McCausland was referred to the
Committee on Teachers:
RESOLVED, that the course in the High |
school be extended from three to four
years and that the class promoted from
,he grammar schools begin the new
course in September next. but that
pupils above the B junior class be per-
nitted the course as already prescribed.
Bids were received and opened for fur
lishing coal and wood for the schools for
The coming winter.
Mr. Adair made a motion, to amend
Mr.. Morrow's m ,tion by striking ont the
lame Of Miss Mendenhall. This was
carried, bnt Mr.. Morrow, not being er-
irely satisfied with the vote, moved that
Miss Mcndenhall be added to the COM
nittee. 1t was lost by an aye and nay
,ote Of eleven to five.
A communication was received from
". j. Savers, secretary Of the United
labor League, requesting the beard to
postpone the opening OF the scllools to
he first Tuesday after the first Monday
II September, instead Of the first Mon
lay as customary, as the latter day is
..abor Day and a holiday. The request
vas granted.
A communication was received from
lie Street and Sewer Department, stat.
ng that unless the board had the east
ide OF Union street from Sixteenth to
seventeenth streets curbed and paved
within ten days legal action would be
aiken in the matter. The secretary
tated he thought the work was finished
" this time. |.
It was decided to close all schools in