The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-25
TO ABOLISH SCHOOL BOARD?
PLAN TO SUBSTITUTES PAID COMMITS
SION FOR PRESENT SYSTEM.

Mayor Said to Favor the Scheme-Bill May
He introduced in the LeRislature-City
Club Has Given Up Idea of Indicting
Members of the Hoard of Education
The salary muddle and the financial tangle
In which the Board of Education and the
different school boards Of the city have be-
come involved led to revival Of the talk yes
terday Of proposed Legislation In regard to edu-
oational affairs here. Several bills IL Is said,
will be introduced In the Legislature this win
ter to reform the present system. Three plans
have been proposed So far. one OF which Ia the
abolition OF the Board Of Education and
the borough boards and substituting for them
q paid commission OF from one to three
members. Mayor Van WICK is said to favor
some such scheme IA this. Another plan Is to
centralzc the power in the Board OF Education
and practically do away with the local boards.
Tho bill which Senator Elsberg has said no will
introduce, will 1t Is understood. be on these
lines. The other plan. which has the support
OF many members Of the present central board.
Is to do away with tho latter body and have
each borough manage it, own affairs.
COMPTROLLER Coler said yesterday that he
favored any plan by which rod tame would be
done away with. He wants the school system
80 altered that all responsibility for official
action can be- placed without trouble.
The Comptroller approved yesterday the re-
viscd payrols OF the teachers in Manhattan
and The Bronx. the rolls having been made out
in accordance with tn agreement made 10y him
with the Manhattan and Bronx School Board
pending settlement OF the salary muddle in
the courts. The teachers will receive their
pay for October on Monday. the money being
accepted 10y them on account. The increases
made mandatory under the Ahearn act would.
Il was stated yesterday, be paid some time In
December.
r1 L.
suit and The view taken 10y som" legal experts
that tho case IN BrONklyn may collapse. led to
n conference Yesterday OF thosu representing
tn" interests nj the teachers IN Manhattan and
The lironN. II was decided In view Of the state
q AFFAIR IN Brooklyn to call meeting u tho
iay Al which action viii Ice taken toward bring
ins a selarPPte suit in Ma, haitian 70 recover tho
teachers IN this borough
James ". Frs or and Oswald Willard. members
Of III, rommltter appoin'. 10y the cry club TO
ton IN hanging w Guy SUPERINTENDENT Max.
Relieve there wsf" sSeirSt rr our" ' Tor n an
iLdictm"nt 1Gaius, the mem bers oi the board:
nj, Willard sail b" did not believe the board
Thought the committee would decide simply to
tGsc steps To get the report printed either by
"% S" ne. t s9 sad &T Try"2 RRS an
indi'tw, , 81 Snr ErnG"r. 81 NE h "a, would
i q" a, tG iT Tno ~ r9irFs "h'S the mu''a-
Presto NJ Li;,ir % tn. Board u Education
SAID Nt-fVrihy tnlt tina Cllb = act on appeared
&C. ir only u threat and AS such was too
ri !ir Ipu- 'Ur cOuSt !Cra' ton.
II" P"rn, Code said Mr. Little. provides
n punishment Tor any one who conccal- Il pub
lIc 4 "um"ut There is no punishment 'Or ia
suppression. however. Az FAR u, our act ON on
Wednesday Is concerned. ~" neither sup
pressed nor concealed Mr Maxw~ls report.
Their" have been some $50 copies o. this re-
port printed ami any on" can g-t one oi thrse.
'Ih" rcpoltt- N lie ant any one can look at
II or even cory II. My own personal feeling In
regard t. the DISPOSITION o. the report would
have been 20 print about l.NOOl copies. enough
{ supply lihTar - In that case think "a re-
port rom the brooklyn hoari might accom-
Iduy Dr NlNw"lIS report ~ a denial 81 the
charges | vu'"l a. i,i h"cnus found that
the report o. the com itte. To- uihc" IL gu illr
was unanimous. l. there had been a minority
relor, might have MAKE these Suggestions
member ~ the -r"r al committee which
truuSht in III" resolution tu hhN" 'he rSIurt
Ilu'"i ou II -. q Intends that the report was not
JGt.lc document
TN" committee decided not 10 publish tho
r"v"r'." -ta Mr q Bgi-n, "beclu-, u con-
"a u,,i accusations which i's author had not
sul,tantiatei, Or. Maxwell has perfect
h. has no right to make direct charges
AGAINST schoo, board Of nature which, II
they yer" true, would stamp the members Of
that board unit far Va to asso" Ate tn.
The 'ummI't"" asked Mr.. Maxwell To- sub
s'hutIA'" 'hr-e charges ami he SAID h. woull
Then tN" ta}S 'H'er he wrote letter which
4 y" n very weak tx use for not trying TO
T." Board o' Education and. accepted as Il was
! 30 not think II can be considered ruOlic
document any more than a lot VI other REPORTS
Received by the board