The herald., 1898-04-19
AN AVALANCHE OF wind
WRITING SYSTEM MEN AND
THEIR POWERFUL TALK
The Board of Education Hears Fiesta
Raised Maps and Penmanship
Talk for Three Hours

At last nights special meeting of the
| board of education the Fiesta committee
| was heard in an informal way, owing 10
the absence of Messrs. Conrey and Mathis,
| with respect to its desire to have pubic
school children's day during the Fiesta.
President Garland of the Fiesta manage
ment repeated his arguments presented at
the boards last regular meeting in favor
of allowing the school pupils to take part
in certain exercises at Fiesta park during
Fiesta week. He promised that they would
not be requested to march. Mr.. Patterson,
formerly president of the chamber OF COM
merce, also advocated the feature OF al
lowing the children to take part in some
patriotic exercises at the tribunes, and
suggested favorable action on the applica-
ton by the board. Several other. gentle
men of the committee were likewise heard
upon the matter.
Mr. Bragg said that the consensus of
opinion among parents and school teach
ers was opposition of the strongest kind
! to it, because of the excitement it produced
among the children and the expense for
extra articles of dress it imposed upon
parents who could i'll afford it.
Mr.. Webb believed that since we are to
have a Fiesta it would not be right to dis
| appoint the Fiesta managers entirely. But
he suggested as a compromise that such
| children as desired to go to the exercises
with the leave of their parents should not
be prevented from doing so by the board 5
taking a decisive action in the matter. The
Fiesta business was then shelved until
next Monday.
The business for which the special meet
| ;,or l,a1 la6 fak
G. O. Wentworth of the Chicago school
supply house demonstrated the advantages
of raised or relief over ordinary fiat maps
to teach practical geography in the
schools, especially with reference to at
mospheric phenomena, such as heat and
cold, wind and water currents, etc. Re
| ferred to the committee on educational
supplies.
The next hour was devoted to listening
to the representatives of writing and pen
manship system books who are anxious tc
get orders from the board and there was
an avalanche of words during that houi
that discounted the finest lip work eve,
done by the most expert book agent in tht
land. The natural, the normal review, the
California vertical, the Spenceran system
each was described in the most glowing
terms of praise by the gentlemen repre-
senting that particular mode of penmaa
ship.
Mr.. Braly moved that the matter be re
ferred to a meeting of the school prin
cipals to be called by the superintendent
they to report their views to the boart
hereafter.
Mr.. Webb threw cold water on the mo
ton, because, he said, there was altogeth
er too much wire pulling going on as it Wa.
with the teachers on matters which The
board should itself decide. Another hal
hour of desultory talk ensued on the sub
ject, when Mr.. Bralys motion was carrie,
by five ayes to three noes.
1t was understood that Mr. Webb ha,
come loaded for bear because he had ascer
tanned that School Census Marshal Pow
ellis appointees were of too Democratic
turn of mind. Mr.. Bragg had been toll
that Mr.. Webb said that Mr.. Powell ha
. thirty Democrats as deputies and only si
Republicans.
If Mr.. Webb came loaded for bear how
ever, his gun failed to go off and there wa
no roar. Mr.. McInerney was of the opin
ion, when asked about the matter tha
, Mr.. Webb's information was Incorrect
:, he had been truthfully quoted. He candid
" admitted that he failed to see that
was necessary to be good Republican i
6 order to make a good deputy census MAJ
shal, and all that he was sorry for wa
that those six Republicans mad got 1
at all.