The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-17
END OF MCCOY CASE
0quirrh School Principal Will Be
Retained.
VOTE OF SIX TO THREE
SCHOOL BOARDS ACTION ON
CELEBRATED CASE.
Probably the Final Vote Will Be
Unanimous Conclusion Reached
Will Please the Pupils and Pat
rons of the 0quirrh and Promote
Discipline in the Other Schools.

The unpleasant controversy involv-
! ing Professor w. ]. McCoy's principal
ship of the Oquirrh school reached a
conclusion last evening that is believed
to be satisfactory. to the teachers, the
pupils and their parents. Professor Nc
| Coy will be retained on the list of
principals, and without question he will
be continued in charge of the Oquirrh
the coming school year as formerly.
This conclusion was reached by the
board of education in committee of the
whole in executive session. All the
matters bearing upon the chastisement
of Robbie Mulhall for violation of the
school rules. and the subsequent oc-
currences, with which the public is IA
miliar, were reviewed and discussed Tor
about an hour.
Mr.. Walker suggested that the final
disposition of the matter be deferred
until Professor Mccoy could be cited to
appear before the board, but to this Mr..
Giauquc objected, on the ground that
the board had denied the professor s
request to be heard in his own defense.
/ The Error Confessed.
Judge Henderson reiterated his senti-
ments expressed last Wednesday even
ing, to the effect that the committee
on teachers and school work acted I'M
wisely in calling for the Oquirrh prin-
cipars resignation. Judge Henderson
had some doubts about the wisdom of
the action, and while he voted with
his colleagues for it, he said last even
ing that a fuller investigation and
more mature elaboration upon the
question convinced him that the only
consistent course now open would be
to sustain the principal and to reassign
him to the head of the Oquirrh school
Mr.. Young took the same view of the
case and expressed the belief that
proper discipline could not be main
tanned in the schools if Principal Nc
Coy should be dismissed.
Messrs. Giauque, Walker Wilson and
Newman pointed to the mass Of petit
lions from the Oquirrh pupils, their
parents and from teachers generally
for the retention of Principal Mccoy, as
worthy of the boards favorable con-
sideration. Beyond this they believed,
too, that the maintenance of discipline
in all the schools required the uphold
ing of Mr.. McCoy's methods.
President Nelden, Chairman Critch-
low of the committee on teachers and
school work and Mr.. Bamberger agreed
with their colleagues only in part. They
expressed the belief that Principal Nc
Coy was guilty of INSTRUMENTATION in
not placing his resignation at the COM
mittee's disposal when requested so to
do. Subsequently, however. Mr.. BAN
berger remarked that IL Principal Nc
Coy were to be retained in the schools
he should be kept as principal of the
Oquirrh.
President Nelden entertained the
opinion that his colleagues were sitting
down on him, but the others begged to
assure him that he was putting an I'M
o,.1.ar tod rc4i
tons and votes.
Reconsideration Carried.
Upon the question of resembling all
former actions of the committee with
reference to calling for Mr.. McCoy's
resignation and re-employing him as a
principal for next year, only Messrs.
Nelden, Critchlow and Bamberger
voted in the negative. Mr.. Moyle was
absent. Some night this week prob
ably, the action decided upon will come
before the full board in public session
for ratification, and there is ground for
belief that the unemployment of Prin-
cipal Mccoy will be authorized by
unanimous vote
According to rule and custom, the
principals are assigned in the month
of August to the respective schools,
upon recommendation of the superin-
tendent and the committee on school
work, and it was stated last evening
as almost an assured fact that Mr.. Nc
Coy will be given the principalship of
the Oquirrh next school year.
Why MI. Mccoy Hesitated.
AS reason why MIR. Mccoy refrained
from rendering his resignation, as
urged by members CT the committee be-
fore the request was reconsidered, it
was stated yesterday by friends of the
principal that he was in possession of
a petition signed by many of the
Qquirrh's patrons requesting him to
withdraw ii if he could do so consist
emily with his own interests. The ne
titioners were of the belief that his
resignation would be injurious to the
best interests of the Oquirrh school
and also that if his resignation were
desired it should be called for only by
the board of education, after public
hearing, and not by the committee on
school WORK.
Previous to going into executive ses-
sion, the committee considered several
less important matters pertaining to
school work.
superintendent Cooper's action was
ratified in accepting the immediate res
ignation on account of illness of Miss
IneZ Peak as teacher in the Lowell
school and substituting Mrs. Gibbons
NE VI ddOplllS MISS MI
Manus' system of vertical penmanship,
as proposed by the lady in a commune
cation, she agreeing to pay the years
salary of Miss Powers as supervisor of
instruction, was referred to Superin-
tendent Cooper for investigation and
report.
Not knowing definitely how or whom
to nominate as beneficiaries of the eight
free normal scholarships at the state
as allotted to Salt Lake City |
the matter was referred to Chairman
Moyle of the committee on school law
for advice and information.
Whether or not to designate the Fri
day or the Monday afternoon preced- |
ing Tuesday, the goth inst, as the day |
upon which to hold memorial exercises |
in the schools, in accordance with Gus |
tom and the request of the Grand Army |
Of the Republic post, was referred to |
Cooper to confer with |
Colonel NJ. NJ. Kaighn, the department |
On the request of Chairman Wilson |
Of the committee on buildings and |
the board will hold special |
session this noon to open and consider |
bids for the erection of the siX-class |
room addition to the Emerson school |