The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-11
THE SCHOOL SUPERVISORS
THE SYSTEM UNDER FIRE AGAIN
 BEFORE THE COMMITTEM

Pertinent Questions Ruled Out-Ex-
 Alderman Dewell Brings Out soms
 Interesting Points-WaIter Leigh
 Says There Are Too Many FrilIs.
 The committee appointed to inquire into the system of supervisors in the
 public schools met again last night. A
 large number of citizens were present to
 hear the testimony brought out at the
 hearing, the number including Maier
 Zunder and Walter Leigh, former mem
 bers of the board of education; ex-Al-
 derman Dewell, Thomas Hooker of the
 board of education, Charles G. Ander-
 son, ex-president of the common coun-
 Gil; Alderman Atwater and ex-Alder-
 man O. W. Pickett. Anthony Carroll
 was the first citizen to question mem
 bers of the board of education commit
 tee on schools. MT. Carroll said that he
 would like to ouestoin the three men,
 representing the board, who had appear
 ed before the committee-Messrs Mo- ran and Asher and Superintendent Ken dall. He was informed by the commit tee that MT. Kendall was not to be Ques- toned yet, and that questions might be asked of the members of the school committee and if they so desired they could call upon MT. Kendall to answer. MT. Dewell asked if citizens were to be allowed to go into all the details that had been gone into by the members of the board of education when they made statements to the committee. The com m1ttee informed MT. Dewell that only such questions would be allowed as had to do with supervisors
 MT. Carroll then began to question MT. Moran of the committee on schools, and his questioning was to show that, while the members of the school committee were now very much in favor of the present system of conducting the city schools, they were equally strong in support of the system advocated by Su- perintendent Curtis, who preceded Mr. and which was entirely differ ent from the system now in vogue, and that the men now on the school com mittee were the same men who were on the committee in MT. Curtis time and approved his system. MT. Carroll said that he desired answers to questions along this line to show that the board of education simply followed any recom- of the superintendent and to show that there was no settled sys- tenn, but that it varied with the super intendent. Mir Carrolls questions in this direction were declared out of order by the committee.
 Mr. Carroll then asked some other questions of MT. Moran, including one as to whether he knew of any teacher who had graduated from the normal school who was denied a position as teacher in the schools because she had been too persistent in asking for place. To this MT. Moran replied, "No.' MT. Carroll mentioned the name of teacher who, he insinuated, had been so treated, md asked MT. Moran concerning it, but the committee ruled the question out. Mr. Carroll then went into the question of supervisor of music and held that IS good or better service could be se- cured for the schools for less money han is now paid He said that the sl- of schools had said that he teaching of music raised the morals md had tendency to do away with 'orner loafers. MT. Carroll referred to he many well known stage singers and and said that their morals were no better than those of other per- ons. He said that there were on the ecords of the board of education bills rom the present supervisor of music or devotional music, in addition to his alary.
 MT. Moran explained that these bills were for merchandise, for music com- 'osed by MT. Jepson, used in the schools nd purchased from him by the board # education. In response to questions y MT. Carroll MT. Moran said that so ar as he knew there was no teacher in he public schools who could take MT. epson's place. and that he did not think hat there could be any improvement or the same price as is now paid, al- hough there are other systems and the tate board desired to use another sys- em, when it refused to have MT. Jep- on teach music in the schools of the ity, in which the state board has es- ablished teachers training classes.
 fter several of MT. Carrol's questions, pparently pertinent to the subject of he inquiry, had been ruled out by the MT. Carroll said that he ,ould ask no more questions He was 1ld that he would be given another op- to be heard.
 Ex-Alderman Dewell then asked umber of questions of MT. Moran and rought out the fact that the cost per upil for supervision as shown in the tatements of MT. Moran and MT. Ken- all to the committee included the cost . ,r superintendent as well as the cost or supervising principals; that the sacher of cooking ie teacher and not
 supervisor that MT. Moran thought
 within the province of taxation to K to pay for the teaching of cooking: nat MT. Moran thought that cooking lould be taught here because it is aught in other cities; that if more
 rls were instructed in cooking it -ould be better but that it would not 9 a matter of importance if cooking ssons were dropped from the school lrriculum. MT. Moran did not know ow much time was given to each upil in instruction in cooking. He lid that plain cooking was taught, 1t he did not know what that con- sted of. Mr. Dewell said that he de- red to show that not enough practi- u instruction was given to do any pod.