The herald., 1898-02-01
THE IRON HAND MANNED
MISS MAE OWEN REINsTATED AS
A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER
A Lively Session Of the Board of Edu-
cation-Appraisement Of the
Pico Heights Insurance

1t had been expected that there would
be an election of a secretary and super
intendent of buildings at the adjourned
rleeting of the board of education last
night, and the lobby of the assembly
room was crowded. There was no cleo
disappointed in the way of interesting
proceedings. for there were more wran-
gles than have characterized session
of the board for some time.
At 1880 o'clock the board was called to
lorder, but, as the committee on teachers
was not ready to report, recess was
taken. For nearly an hour the members
of that committee were closeted. The
reason for this delay was disclosed wher
the report was made and in the fight
which the remnant of the "Solid Six
made against its adoption.
The report of the building committee
was the first business considered. Chair
man Kubach reported that certain irreg-
ularities existed in the leases of the
school rooms used to accommodate the
children in Pico Heights, and the com
mittee was instructed to correct th
Itiloi sigh lIlt ltdScS lOl
the board
| In regard to the insurance on the PicC
Heights school, which was recent,
burned, Mr.. Kubach reported that the
insurance on the place was $1100 The
insurance adjusters had refused to pay
the full amounts of the policies but. after
several conferences, had offered to pay
S5760.46. This the committee did not fee
like accepting, unless the entire board
concurred in the action. Mr.. Kubach
stated that the loss on the building ha6
been total and he did not believe ir
accepting the adjusters' figures. Ht
asked that the matter be settled by ap.
lpraisement, the board to appoint one
appraiser and the companies one, thes,
two to choose a third. The matter wa
finally referred back to the building com
mittee, with power to act.
Chairman Bartlett, to whom was re
ferred the petition of the Army ant
Navy Republican league as to the prop
er instruction of the pupils of the pub
lie schools in American history, asket
| for further time in which to make re
port. 1t was granted.
The teachers committee then made its
report, which was as follows:
Your committee on teachers begs leave t.
report follows:
| Recommend that the resignation of Mis-
| Cora Gechtell be accepted.
Recommend that leave of absence b
~~'nted Miss Lily +. Prince to March q
1925.
Recommend that the leave of absenc
heretofore granted to Ethel Geddez b
terminated and that she be notified to re.
| port to the superintendent.
| Recommend further that at the begin
ming of next term Miss Luna Murphy b
! transferred from the Hays-street schoo
| and made kindergarten director of tn
Swain-street school: that Miss Ethe
Sandman be transferred from the Chest
| nut-street school and appointed kinder
| earten assistant in the Swain-stree
| school; that Miss Addie Doran be trans
| ferred from the Gates-street school an,
made kindergarten director of the HAYES
street school.
Recommend that Miss Mae Owen an
Miss Gertrude Horgan be elected teacher.
for the grammar and primary department
and that they be assigned TO duty by tn
superintendent.
j. II. BRALY.
n. p. CONREY
1t was the last paragraph of this report
which caused the wrangle which fol.
lowed the reading of the report MI
Poor's motion to consider the report aC
seriatim was lost. Then Webb took tn
floor in opposition to the adoption of tn,
report. This was not unexpected, con
sidering the fight that he had made O,
this very matter while he was under in
vestigation. He asserted that it was not
faac W. ho6