The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-05


drawing and manual training, Miss
Jeanie Lea Southwic6 be appointed
teacher of drawing in the high school
at a salary of $1,000 per annum. The
report was signed by Rev. Austin S.
Carver and DIR. John T. Duggan.
When this report was introduced the
board was precipitated into a discuss
sion that waXed warm and personal at
times, and lasted for more than an
hour. Messrs. Duggan and Eames
favored the adoption of the minority
report, which would mean the appoint
ment of Miss Southwick. Prof. Hodge
argued against the appointment of
Miss Southwick, first because the city
is already paying S5515 a year for in
struction in drawing, and second be-
cause he claimed there was no need Of
an increase in the corps Of teachers.
Mrs. Lincoln. Messrs, Hague. Eames,
Gallagher. Duggan, Johnson, Brooks
and Phelan all spoke on the question,
and then the yeas and nays being
called for, the minority report was re-
lected by vote of 10 to IL. as fol-
lows:
Yeas-Messrs. Brooks, Comins, Dug
gan Games, Gallagher, Carver, Harris,
Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs. Morse. Messrs. Nc
Gllltcuddy and smith,.
Nays--Messrs. Alden. Finn, Mrs.
Foster, Messrs. Hayden, Hague, Heron,
Hodge, johnson. Phelan, Sullivan. I'm
derWood, White and Wilson'S.
The following designations were ac-
cepted:
Alice J. Hildreth Woodland street,
grade VII, to take effect Oct Is, 1898;
Helen Nj. Parkhurst classical high
school; Elmer II. Wilmarth, manual
training department; Charles H Sib-
ley, evening high school
Requests for leave of absence were
granted as follows:
James Fl. Underwood, principal
Providence street evening school, to
jan 2, '99; Louis Friedman, Provi-
dence street evening school, assistant,
to Oct. 1, so; Thomas F. Moran Bel
mont street. evening school, assistant,
to Oct. l, '99; John l. Tierney Quinsig-
almond evening school, assistant, to
Oct. 1, 49,
The following appointments were
made as recommended:
Everett Kimball. classical high
school; Bertha Brainerd, high school:
Jacot Loesberg, high school; Mary
n. Barker, supervisor of kndergartens,
and principal Elizabeth street kinder
garten; Emily d. Tillinghast, cooking
school department.
The following assignments were
made; Herbert e. Buxton. Valley
Falls, principal; Mary E. Hackett,
Greendale, grade 1; Abby Calista Hale,
- 'NAAAiiS SAlGCls EIdue Anna lie W.
Pearce, Quinsigamond, grade /, assist
ant; Susie l. Ross, Woodland street,
assistant; Mary L. seavey, Canterbury
Street, grade /; Jane NJ Wheeler.
Woodland street, grade 8. Nancy C.
| Wood, Abbott street, permanent assist
| ant.
The recommendation Tor the follow
ing transfers were adopted; S. Eliza
| beth Goddard, Quinslgamond kinder
| garten, to Dix street, kindergarten;
Anna L. Callahan, MiIlbury street, 8,
to Cambridge street, g.; Sarah e. Ear
| ley, Millhury street, Z, to Ward street.
| = Winnifred G. Crane, Abbott street,
! permanent assistant, to Winslow
street, 6; Mary e. O'Neil, Upsala street,
permanent assistant, to Salisbury
street, 6; Amy Murray. Webster
square, q to Salisbury street, 8; Mel
lie 1. Truchon, Elizabeth street, 80, to
Elizabeth street. SO; Florence ]. W.
Leisure, Adams square, 6-6, to Oxford
street, s.
The committee on teachers recon-
mended that Everett Kimball receive
a salary of $500; Bertha Brainerd re-
| serve salary of $780, Jacob Liesberg re-
ceive salary of $500; Mary H. Barker
receive salary of $1,000; Emily D. Til
linghast receive a salary of $500 These
recommendations were adopted.
The committee on teachers recon-
mended that the following teachers be
elected, and that their salaries be fixed
at $1,000 each: Albert Gray, English high
school; Charles A, Harrington, high
school,
| That the following teachers be elect
ed, and that their salaries be fixed at
$500 each: Mary A. DAILY, Cambridge
street, grade VI; Della NJ Eagan,
| Greendale, grades TX, VIII, assistant;
susan e. Fisher, Lake View, gradesIX,
I tcsf TFa4z
mont street, grade VII; Elizabeth G.
McHugh, Lamartipe street, grade 1;
Nellie L. Truchon, Elizabeth street,
grades V, "; Florence A. Woodice.
Adams square, grades V, w; NJ. Imo-
gene Whitney, Adams square, kinder
| garten, assistant
The teachers were elected at the sal
aries named
| The committee on teachers recon-
mended that the following additional
| appointments to the corps of teachers
| IN the evening high school be made
the salaries to be 81 per evening for a
full evenings employment, or at that
rate for any portion Of the evening that
| they may be employed: Nellie M
Brown, Elmer c. Potter and Peter j.
Mclaughlin; that Ida l.. Feiga be en-
| ployed as a special teacher for Hebrews
| at Providence street evening school,
salary to be 81 per evening.
| These recommendations were also
adopted:
The following transfers of teach
ers in the evening schools were
made: Eugene A. O'Connor. Chandler
street, principal, to Providence street
acting principal; Thomas F. O'Flynn,
| Quinsigamond, principal, to Chandler
street, acting principal; James F. Nc
| Govern, GAINESVILLE, principal, to 'Quin-
| sigamond acting principal
The recommendation of the commit
tee on teachers that Thomas f. Dono-
van, acting principal at the Valley
Falls evening school for six weeks,
from Feb. 4, 1898, to March is, 1898, be
allowed so cents per evening during
that period, for his increased duties,
was adopted.
| The recommendation of the commit
tee on teachers, that Eugene A. Cope
land be employed as substitute in the
manual training department at the
rate of 500 a year, was adopted The
further recommendation that Henry s.
Lancaster be similarly employed at a
salary of $500, was referred back to
| the committee on manual training as
but two members voted in favor of the
| recommendation at meeting which
was attended by but three members.
The following recommendations of
the committee on finance were adopt
ed:
THAT the salary of Will A. Gray be
increased from $500 to $500 per am
mum.
That the salary of Anna I. Taft be
increased from $1.25 to $3.50 per day.
That in pursuance to chapter 3, sec
ton g. Of the rules, the appropriation
by the city council for the support of
the schools be divided as follows:
I-Instruction:
Appropriation. Allowed.
Salaries of teachers ...... $4,000 305,955
OTHER salaries .............. $500 1876