The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-13

dent OF the board OF control, announced
the various standing committees ap-
pointed by him at last evenings meet
ing of that body. 1t will be seen from
q perusal of the subjoined list that the
members comprising the faction which
elected Mr.. Jayne are very much in the
majority on all Of the really important
committees and the chairmanshipJ Uf
all committees, with but two excep-
tions, go to members of the same class.
The high and training school commit
tee Is composed entirely of members OF
the Jayne faction. There is minority
representation of two, Mcssrs. May
and Schriefer. on the teachers COM
mittee, and of one only, Mr.. Francois,
| on the important building committee.
The finance committee numbers among
| It's members two Of the minority, DR..
O'Malley and Mr.. Langnn, while H.
| j. O'Malley Is the only representative
| Of the under crowd on the supply COM
mittee.
There are three members of the MI
| nority on the text book committee,
Messrs. Francois, Schriefer and Walsh
| giving them control Of this body. Mr..
Jennings Is the only minority member
on the insurance committee, while on
the kindergarten committee the fight
ing ten has both a majority and chair
manship, Mr. May being chairman and
Messrs. Barker, Jennings and H. j.
| O'Malley being also represented.
RULES COMMITTEE.
| The rules committee is entirely con.-
posed of minority members and the
auditing committee, which by the way
exists but never audits anything. las
also a majority Of minority members
in Messrs. Schriefer and Langan. The
personnel Of the committees is as fol-
lows:
High and Training-D. I. Phillips. chair
man; John Gibbons, Peter Neuls. Louis
Schwass, Elias T.. Evans.
Teachers-Louis Schwass. chairman
Jacob Schaefer. John Gibbons, w. A.
May. A. b. Eynon, o. b. Schriefer, Den
mis- j. Roche.
Building-Dennis j. Roche. chairman;
Jacob Schaefer. d. !. Phillips. John Glib
bons. George H. Shires, Patrick Golden,
Alex l.. Francois.
Finance-A. b. Eynon. chairman; Elias
f. Evans, Louis Schwass, DR.. John
O'Malley, p. J. I.a'ngan.
Supply-Elias f. Evans. chairman
Jacob Schaefer, Peter Neuls, John Glib
hons. A. b. Eynon, Patrick Golden, Fl
J. OMalley.
Text Book--George II. Shires. chair
man; D. I. Phillips, o. B. Schriefer, A
l.. Francois, Anthony Walsh.
Insurance - Peter Neuls, chairman
Dennis J. Roche. George H. Shires, ID. l.
Phillips. T. ]. Jennings
Kindergarten-W A. May. chairman
Files Z. Evans, T. j. Jennings, +. :. Bar.
ker II. J. O'Malley.
Rules.-F. s. Barker. chairman; w. A
May. Z. J. Leonard.
| Auditirg--O. r. Schriefer, chairman
A. B. Eynon, P. J. Lengan.
| PRESIDENTS REMARKS.
Before announcing the committees
President Jayne made a few remarks
in the course of which he said:
/ would like to impress fully upon tn,
members of this board the necessity fo
| the practice Of rigid economy during thu
coming year. There should be no reduc
tion of salaries for to my mind that 1.
| poor economy, but there should be
great reduction In the matter of genera
expenses and new buildings. i hav,
been lately approached by prominent bus
mess men Of the city who complain tina
their school taxes are too high and whit
| ask for reduction.
that end in view. l will probably b.
called ungrateful but for that I do no
care. l am taking care Of the men VIII
elected me and / don't intend to deser
my friends now or at any other time.
think there should be no new building
erected during the coming year as tina
account Is already largely overdrawl
should be obtained by bonding the dis
trict and not by a direct tax which prop
erty owners would have to meet tmme
diately.
There should also be rules adopted reg
ulating the duties of janitors. Just le
me cite q few instances that came unde
my own observation last year. The jan
tor of No. 10 school. who is paid sal
ary Of $50 a month. had some whitewash
ing to do during the summer month
| and he got q brush and did 1t himself
The jaIitor OF No. 25 school, who get
SIS a month, had sCme whitewashing t
do and he went to the building commit
tee and they had the work done by out
| sido parties at large expense. Jus
think of that, the janitor of this building
getting the same salary as the principa
of it, yet too good to do little white
washing
SHIRES INTERRUPTED.
!, Mr.. Shires, the chairman Of the re
tiring building committee. was on hi
feet in a minute at this juncture, an,
shouted:
1.-THE janitor of that school don't &c
as much as the principal"
, Yes. he does" replied Mr. Jayne
, land If the gentlemen desire to sa
anything let them use a little courtes
, and wait until I'm through" Thi
silenced Mr.. Shires. and after tellin
OF how some janitors painted fence
and how Others didn't Mr.. Jayne re
sumed:
There should he some action taken re
garding this matter so that the janitor
, will become the employees of the boar
|. and not as at present the bosses of tn
controllers. In conclusion l desire to sa
; that ] will refuse to countersign order
! : when the appropriation they are to b
, taken from has been overdrawn excer
|. in cases of absolute necessity. !. as pres
|, ident Of this body. am willing to risk m
reputation in the hands of the commit
, tees appointed tonight.
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