The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-22
DAVIS AFTER january |
MACALESTER MAN WILL BE SUPER.
INTENDENT OF CITY SCHOOLS
THEREAFTER
AID INTERIM APPOINTMENT
That Is the Question That the
School Board Has Been Un--
able to Agree
Upon.

AS the committee on schools the board
of school inspectors was in session for
two hour yesterday afternoon and wres-
tied with the superintendency problem,
and later in open meeting again tackled
the subject with the result that the pub
lie at least knows where the board
stands with reference to the election Of
a successor to Supt. Smith. The board
is practically agreed upon DR.. George w.
Davis for superintendent, as stated in
the some time ago. DR.. Davis
has signified his willingness to return
to st. Paul after January 1, 1901, and
the detail that seems to be giving the
board the most trouble is the election Of
some one to fill the vacancy during the
interval. Five members of the board
favor the retention of Supt. Smith until
DR.. Davis is footloose to accept the
place. Perhaps two members of the
board believe that Assistant Superinten-
dent ]. D. Bond should be assigned to
fill the the place temporarily.
The matter came squarely before the
board by the following resolutions, intro
duced by Inspector E. o. Zimmerman.
Resolved, that We hereby elect Dr.
George w. Davis as superintendent of
schools, to take effect and be in force
from and after January /, 1901, for the
term ending May 81, 1902.
Resolved, that Assistant superintendent
]. D. Bond have charge and act as
superintendent meanwhile and until such
a time as the superintendent-elect shall
report, qualify and enter upon the dis
charge Of his duties.
II move the resolution be adopted
declared Mr.. E. o. Zimmerman, while
all the other members of the board tried
to talk at once Evidently Inspector
Zimmermans action was not anticipated,
and several asserted that they were not
pepared to vote for a superintendent.
IT believe" said Mr.. Mcdonald, '1f we
are going to give Mr.. Bond charge of
the schools until next January we
might as well elect him superintendent.
At any rate, I think we could elect Mr..
Bond for short period and then elect
DR.. Davis"
"Why not let Superintendent Smith
act during that time?" was B. thinner
mans solution.
81 am prepared today to vote for
some one for superintendent" said Mr..
e. o. Zimmerman.
''Wen, my understanding Of the mat
ter was that Superintendent Smith would
hold over until DR.. Davis can take the
place I believe Mr.. Smiths resignation
does not take effect until his successor
is elected" said Inspector McNair.
In the absence of DR.. Wallace action
upon the resolution was deferred. After
the meeting the members present ex-
pressed themselves as favoring DR.. Dav-
is, and it is morally certain that he will
be the next superintendent of schools.
1t also seems very. probable that Super
intendent Smith will return to st. Paul
next September and remain at the head
Of the city schools until the first of the
year. Mr.. Smith stated yesterday after
noon that he expected to leave st. Paul
Saturday for an extended European trip.
Regarding his future plans he stated that
he was undecided, except that it was his
intention to take a long rest.
Inspector E. o. Zimmerman offered the
following resolution regarding teachers
salaries, which was adopted.
Resolved That in the event Of the
common council of this city adopting an
ordinance, audited by the comptroller, at
their next meeting. authorizing and ap-
propriating from the school fund the
amount of $4,000 for the use of this board
for paying teachers salaries, in accord
ance with the recommendation OF the
mayor, that the secretary is hereby in
structed and directed to make out the
next teachers pay roll for the balance
Of the annual salary due them.
No decision was reached regarding
teachers salaries There seems to be
no probability that an agreement on the
general proposition will be reached, that
of providing for advances other than
the regular schedule increase. 1t will
require one,o and perhaps two, special
meetings to adopt the schedule for next
year, as well as to prepare the budget
for the perusal of Mayor Smith and the
common council. The question Of salaries
will be taken up item by item and dis
posed of in that way.
Inspector E. o. Zimmerman presented
a voluminous petition, signed by about
half the voters in the Second ward, peti-
tioning for the early construction of
new school house at Pacific avenue and
Hester street. Three years ago the coun-
Gil provided for construction of school
for the Second ward, and made an ap-
preparation for that purpose. The money
was later diverted to make up short
age in the teachers salary account.
Mr. Zimmerman explained that an adj
ditional school house in his ward was
three years ago an absolute necessity
and today the need was even greater.
B. Zimmerman protested against the
passage of the resolution on the ground
that new buildings were equally in de-
mand in the Eighth, Tenth and Fifth
wards. The resolution was referred to
the real estate committee. The follow
ing appointments of teachers were made:
Miss S. Olson, third grade, Jefferson;
Miss Margaret Jenkins, fourth grade,
Lincoln; Miss NJ. Zahn, first grade, HaW-
thorne; Miss X Morgan, sixth grade,
Douglas; Miss F'urlong, Garfield The
matter of the selection of an elocuti0n
teacher for the Cleveland and Humboldt
High schools was laid over until the
regular meeting in July.