Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-29
HOT TIME AT A SCHOOL MEETING.
Old Board Mt Crawford Resigns and
New One IL Elected.

CRAWFORD. Neb.. June as Special -
Last night was an exciting one here. Every
man, woman and child in the town, and
many from the country, turned out TO at
tend the annual school meeting. Never has
the school been as efficient as during the
last year The Eve female teachers and The
assistant principal were former 5radl1tas OF
the school and did excellent work The prin-
cipal was a man OF executive ability in the
sctool rooms. The school board about a
month ago re-engaged the principal and
assistant principal at an advance Of s25 each
per month In salary, and in srder to meet
this extra expense they decided to get along
with one teacher less in the lower grades.
which we're already rather crowded AS
this meant the letting out Of one OF the
female teachers, who were all equally com
petent, the board, not being able to agree
upon the one to be dismissed, did agree to
let all the female teachers go except two,
and hired in their place Miss Crone sister
OF the principal. solely upod his recon-
mendation and a woman recommended from
Iowa.
At a meeting last night a motion 10
rescind the action OF the board in the hir-
ing OF teachers as aforesaid was ruled out
OF order, and upon an appeal being taken
from the moderator's ruling he refused to
have a division Of the house. motion was
then passed, with scarcely a dissenting
voice requesting the board to reconsider
and rescind its action with reference to the
hiring OF teachers. The board refused to be
dictated to. motion to lay on the table a
previous motion for a levy for teachers
fund was passed almost unanimously One
member OF the board then arose and stated
that he was elected to his own discre-
- ~. 4. a1,r,1
in him he would resign. Immediately,
amidst great uproar, a motion was made
and seconded that the electors felt lack
of confidence In the entire board. The mo-
ton was put and carried amidst great en-
thusiasm. Then each member OF the board
filed his or her written resignation to take
effect Immediately. A motion was made
ard seconded that each resignation be ac-
cepted, but as the moderator vacated his
chair and the other officers of the board un-
tremendously vacated too, and a motion
was made about the same time on behalf
OF the board to adjourn and was without
vote declared by the mover TO have been
carried, the excitement became clamorous
especially among the women voters.
An elector. however, Immediately came
to the rescue with a motion that ". Fl. Fan
ming act as chairman pro TEN. 1t was
promptly seconded and put to the meeting
by the mover and declared to have beer
carried unanimously Order was soon re-
stored, and after the election OF a tempo
| rary secretary the designations of the old
members of the board were promptly &C
cepted and an entirely new board was ther
elected as follows: For three years, Lee
VanVoorhis and F. R. Wingield; for two
years. w. H. Tanning and r. G. Smith; fol
one year, n. c. Hutchings and E. c. Nc
Dowell. motion was then carried request
ing the new board to rescind the action Of
the old board with reference to the hiring
of teachers and recommending that home
teachers be engaged as nearly as possible
| considering their qualifications. The neces.
sary levies were then voted and the meet
! ing adjourned at 1 o'clock this morning
when the enthusiastic electors gave vent Il
| their feelings by exploding the assortment
| Of firecrackers, rockets, etc, which wer,
! intended for the Fourth OF July celebration
| The retiring members Of the board are
| F. 8. Shirley, ]. e. Hartwell, Mrs. Kat
Freeman, John Rowland, c. Linderman anr
/ G. Z. Gorton.