The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-17


He Northumberland VIII Meet
Again Today to Decide - List OF
Teachers for the Next school
Years at Last Made Up.
Although it sat from $50 yesterday
morning until 1870 yesterday afternoon
the board Of school inspectors was I'M
able to solve all the problems that con-
fronted it, and chief of all the impending
problems is the future disposition of
Prof j. c. Bryant, which 1t will meet at
4 o'clock this afternoon to determine.
That Prof Bryant will continue In the
city teaching force is promised; that he
will not remain as principal of the Cen
trail high school appears to be equally
certain
1t is possible that he will be made as
sistant superintendent of schools, or, if
the arrangement seems more desirable
for any reason, then Prof Bond may be
brought down to the assistant superin-
tendency and Mr.. Bryant given the Madi-
son principalship That the board has
practically agreed upon q principal for
the Central high school there is little rea-
son to doubt, although as to his identity
there was the utmost secrecy yes;er-
day.
ABOUT NEW SCHOOLS.
This is another problem which was left
unsolved and which it is the present In
tention of the board to dispose of at
session Monday evening. That the needs
of the southern end of the Eighth ward
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in the board, and 1t was the consensus of
opinion yesterday, in the discussi n
which did not really get much beyond
this one point, that new building should
be built to relieve the Neill, Webster.
Jackson and Madison districts, and the
board seemed in favor of location On
the center of the square, the four sides
Of which may be easily marked by these
buildings.
President Zimmerman, indeed, said he
knew of an ideal site, although he did
not reveal it, and he also declared that he
was in favor Of the city securing a site"
and not merely space enough to lay
foundation on. He wanted future schools
In this city built with room enough, and
not bounded by sidewalks, as was the
Central high school and not to mention
other buildings.
Carroll or Rondo streets, or st. Anthony
avenue, and in the vicinity of Western
or Virginia avenues, was apparently
agreed upon.
1t seemed also to be agreed that the
school to be erected there should be at
least a fourteen-roOm structure, If not
sixteen, and estimates were made that
such school could be provided, including
the site, for $35 600.
If the board has the $4,000 for new
buildings when it gets through with its
financial calculations, 1t will build this
school If it has not it may have to- be
content with smaller school, although
the construction of q building less than
twelve rooms at the inside is considered
by the inspectors as inadequate.
HOW MUCH CAN IT SPEND?
Just where the, board will be situated
financially is the problem In this connec-
ton. 1t has, however, maximum pos
sibiHty, and this gives $780, coo on the
the basis of so per cent of certificates Of
Indebtedness issued against the first
years collection under the additional mill
and a half tax, which on an assessed
valuation of 500, 100000 would be $4,000.
If the board gets this, and the hope
was urged by Inspector McNair yester-
day, 1t makes a prospective amount
set off the following items:
Salaries of teachers (outside) $500. $3.50, 600
Engineers and janiters, office force,
improvements oi on schools (sani- ''''''
New buildings and additions ...... 70'00O
Total .. 1882, 600
II the board should have $4,000 for
new buildings 1t would also like to biuld
an annex to the Grant or a new school
to accommodate the needs of the First
ward, and an annex to the Lengfellow to
accommodate the pressure there Mr..
E. o. Zimmerman said a new building
should also be built in the lower end
of the Second ward.
But until some definite information can
be gotten at In regard to the finances of
the ward this problem will not be dis
posed Of.
SELECTING THE LIST.
The selection of the list of teachers was
disposed of in executive session. BY a
vote of 5 to l the board elected Miss
Laura Williams as supervisor of drawing
to succeed Miss Gertrude Stoker, resign
ed. Miss Williams Is a st. Paul girl, but
has lately been teaching drawing in the
Austin schools.
Then a delegation was heard in ref
erence to the Bryant case. There came
a party consisting of George F. Dix, E..
E. Mcdonald, M. P. Ryan. ]. v. L Dodd,
Edward Vanish and others, and they pre-
scented a petition asking Mr.. Bryant
return to the Humboldt high school, but
they accompanied the written petition
with a protest, viz: that they did not
know why he should be removed from
the principalship of the central and they
did not like to lose Principal Baker.
Messrs. Dix, Vanish, Mcdonald and
Jacobson, spoke on the petition, but the
board, after struggling with the prob
lem in secret session, could not reach a
decision