The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-19

Coust1c illusions in the Letters OF
Resignation Which Might Be In
terpreted to Apply to the City
| COmptrOHer-E. e. Mcdonald Sits
I for the First Time as "a Member
of the School Board.
The school board, at special meeting
held last night, appointed Miss A. A. Nor
row, principal teacher Of the Ramsey
| school, to succeed Miss C. F. Saunders.
whose resignation takes effect next
! Thursday. The position left vacant by
the promotion Of Miss Morrow will be
| filled by Miss E. Thuet, an eighth grade
! teacher, at the Madison school
| Miss Morrow, who will assume charge
| CT the Neil school, has filled the position
! OF principal teacher of the Ramsey school
| for number of years and her appoint
ment was made by the board as merited
promotion
The resignation of Miss Ella Hawk. OF
| the Irving school, and Miss Jessie Strong.
OF the Franklin, were both accepted by
| the board. Both date their RESERVATIONS
the same as Miss Saunders. and assign
| the same reasons for their withdrawal
| from the schools, namely that they feel
| the stress of the financial situation. and
| believe that the teachers have not re-
| ce1ved fair treatment at the hands of the
| politicians-or who ever 1t is that Is re-
| sponsible for the situation that is CAUSING
! so much hardship, with no immediate re-
| lief in sight
| Leave OF absence was granted Miss Mel
| lie Toodhue, Of the training school from
Jan. to the end of the school year; Miss
Ahce Kelly, Adams school, from Jan.
70 END OF school year, and Miss Clara
SIotterbec, Of the Douglas school. for
| twenty-seven days in January
manager Freely, of the Northwestern
ielephone company. asked permis-
sion TO place automatic telephones
n ~ several Of the schools. He
explained that no guaranty was re-
CURED of the board. If the telephones
PAID the experiment proving successful
phones would be placed in all The
schools. Supt. Smith thought phones
would be great advantage on cold
days. and convenience for the narents
as well as the teachers. The names Of q
uoNeh schools were selected where
| phones were most desired and Mr.
Freely was authorized to go ahead.
| The committee on engineers and iani
TORS brought in a report which embodied
| resolution asking P. Powers, ianitor or
| the Jefferson school, to resign, and named
! =. Stephanius as his successor. Mr. Pow
| ers met with an accident some time ago
and was not thought strong enough for
| the work.
Prof. H. s. Baker, of the Humboldt
complained in a communication that the
| scholars Of his school were not permitted
( to attend the art lectures at Central
school In as much as the board allowed
| the free use OF the high school audi
| forum, he thought his pupils should be
accorded privileges equal with those Of
| the Central high school,
Elmer e. Mcdonald was named TO in
vestgate the matter. 1t was his first
| meeting, but he bore it bravely
A short tempest in the tea Dot was oc-
! casfoned by resolution introduced by
DR.. Fry, providing that the teachers be
| not paid for Christmas and Easter vaca-
ton. He thought that the schools should
be run as long as possible, and In this
| way, the period would be extended a
| couple Of weeks. After a long discussion
Or. Fry withdrew his resolution, upon the
statement of Supt Smith that the teach
| ers had never received pay for Christmas
| week anyway.
President Zimmerman presented the
subject OF having the school children
| furnish the equipment for two rooms in
| that at the Central high school very
good library was maintained and this
| might be merged with the school chill
| dren s department Of the new city library.
| \ committee consisting of President Zin-
mermann, e. o. Zimmerman, H. c. Nc
Nair and Dr. Wallace was appointed to
| investigate the matter.