Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-13
Board Of Education Holds Another
Secret Session Last Night.
CITIZENS HOLD MEETING.
hoard Again crisisisca for sts Att
'ude Towards mccoy, and Mas.
Meeting Talked Of

The board Of education held another
meeting last niFht. Eight mcinbcrs
were present. Mc-rrs. Neidcn, ulauque.
Newman. Henderson. Critchlow.
Moyie. and Wilson. At 4
o'clock word was tclephoned By Sir.
Young that he had spralncd his ankle
and could not attend the meeting. Mr.
Walker was reported out u town.
a large number u parents from tho
ouuirrh district were present out Of
sympathy for Principal Mccoy. and In
order 10 protest against his removal.
After delay tiii s.is o. m. the board
retired TO a private room a. they had
done on the previous "Wednesday cvcn-
Ing.
Judge Henderson moved that action
upon the Oqulrrh pfincipaiuhip b. post.
poned until Mer.rr. Walker and Young
were In attendance The motion pre-.
vailed. and Chairman critchlow con.
N,ed the Information to the assembled
mothers and fathers out In tho public
scrssion room. Mr.. Nelden stated that
probably on "Wednesday or Thursday
evening. N n full mcmbcrrhip u
the board could he secured. n public
meeting would h. held TO rstify what
had bccn agreed upon In private sea-
tion. AZ that time. he added. the Me
Coy matter would probably be settled.
CITIZENS MEETING.
~ thir announcement tho assembled
citizens held another indignation meet
Ing. Mt. y. A. Dix, on motion Of Fred
&. foufboouw. was elected chairman.
Mr.. J. y. Davel-r. In n speech that
elicit.d much applause. said the clti.
"a 40 80 Ia
pose ~ hcarinE what public action the
school boarf would take on the Oqulrrh
princiraiHhlp. and also to approve or
disappruve ~ the board holding secret
mectlngH on such matter of vital
public Importance a. this one. Then
Mr. Davcler declared IT
who, believe. IL ono Of the best prin,
cipais In the city m Mr.. Mccoy
should resign n would h. an admission
that he rr-orted 10 undue severity In
runishinR that boy who 80 much
n~rlted chau,isement. Some members
Of the board want TO transfer our
principal 10 some other school IN order
10 avoid n scandal. ! want 10 say that
any man who makes such nm uttorance
l. unfit to be a mvmber ~ the board Of
education. This Il like n large corpora.
lion. We own the majority ~ stock
and the board 81 dircctorr. the school
board. must 40 our will, the peoples
Will, or their win he trouble.
The following committee was ap.
pointed to ascertain what objections. n
any. other patrons ~ the oaulrrh
school mirht have Co PRINCIPAL Ne.
coy'n methof ~ Discipline; r. !. Lynn.
J. t.nof'icneyer. A. r Moon. Mrs. v. g,
kelssy, MR.. J. ~. Denny and Mrs. y.
L. Davis.
The meeting then adjourned ,ni tho
president OF the beard should announce
the open session There was talk 81
calling n mass meeting,
IN SECRET SESSION.
In the executive session a cOmmuni.
cation was read from the entire corps
Of oquirrh tcae hers. stating that they
had heretofore known OF No ease OF
discipline IN which undue severity Of
punishment was used by their plfncl.
pal. In the Interest 81 discipline In all
the schools % the city. they protested
against Mr.. Mccoy'n removal from tho
oqulrrh prinripalship, The comuni-
cation was filed. TO BE- considered later
with number ~ other docu-
mentn In Mr. Mccoy'a favor.
A petition from fifty-nine students Of
the chemical and physical scieno, de-
I@lrtmentH ~ the high school for the
fvtention o. Professor ". A. Mctlrllhnd
~ Instructor was received ana filed.
The names OF Mrr. 4. .. Ruydam and
Mir. W. Z. barnett. were addci to the
list 81 teachers 10 BE- retained for next
year.
This action IL due 10 rumor that
Prot, Clark. principal of tho High
hchool, has been requested To resign.
and thar the services % the present
tcacher OF chemistry are not Hatisfac-
tory. II Ia said that the purpose Is to
dismiss Prof. Mocleiiand To- place Prof.
Clark In the position OF teacher 81
phyzlca and chemistry. and 10 -nRaR.
y new principal. Tho board has no
defined procedure In view. and II II said
by Mr. Henderson and Mr.. Wilson that
such action. though possible. 10 linz
probable.
The name Of Miss l.. N. QualtrouFh
was substituted for that 81 Miss liol-
ton, ON the board Of examiners,
Tho beard has given out a letter ~
ecnsure from former President Iiald-
win ~ the school board. 10 Principal
Mccoy. for n case o. corporal punlah-
ment
Mr.. Mccoy has given out letters
from cx-Superlntendent MlllHpaugh.
directing him TO administer corporal
punishment In certain cases named In
the letters,