The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-08
School Board Selects Part of Ed
ucators for Ensuing Year.
SALARY QUESTION POSTPONED
Special Meeting to he Held wednes-
day Night to Consider Financial
Condition of District and Teach
ers' Application for More Pay
Bonds to He Issued to Pay
for New High School Building.

Two important matters were considered
by the board of education at it's regular
meeting last night. One of these was
the election of approximately 40 teachers
passage of resolution ordering the issu-
ance of proposals for bonds amounting to
$4,000 for the new high school building.
The board received from Chairman Pat
terson, of the finance committee, state
ment Of the finances of the district, a
summary of which was published in the
Post-IntellRencer OF Sunday. This report
was placed on file. II was decided con-
sldering the large amount Of routine bus-
ness to be Transacted, TO defer the con-
sideration of the matters contained in Mr..
Patferson's report as well as the ap-
plication of the teachers for an increase
In pay to wednesday night, when a spe-
cia1 meeting OF the board will be held in
the office of Director Hughes, In the Ban
The board received from Melody Choir.
meSnf,er of The park commission, and a
weii-known resident. y. communication
relative to the application OF the teachers
for more pay. Mr.. Choir's letter Is char
acteristic. In it he SAYS:
"As comparisons have been attempted
by those eager to more deeply fleece the
worried taxpayer let us notice the able
bodied men from Is to SO years of age who
must toll in rain and shine at most la
borious work ten hours per day for only
81 day! Who pites them? They, too,
must live. but cannot afford to eat as
expensive food (many eat at ten-cent res
taurdnWSD nor he III bS Ine, SoIt DtQS az
school teachers. Why are not school
teachers paid by the hour, the same as
they are, and promptly locked when they
don't work?
This excessive coddling of female
school teachers has become craze in
this country, until they imagine them
selves veritable goddesses and something
altogether too good TO marry any man
(unless he be a millioneire). which is caus-
Ing many men of sense and average ac-
FOUNDATIONS at least dixie MYSELF to live
If ct. .rtA 10. w.tl
filing the land with sour. cranky. loveless
old maids!'
Directors Smith, Calhoun and Patterson
were named by resolution introduced by
Mr.. Hughes as members of committee
empowered TO draft a call for special
election of the voters of the district to
vote on the issuance OF siT5,000 bonds to
pay for the construction Of the new high
school.
The board also considered the report of
Superintendent Barnard. containing a list
of names of teachers recommended for
election for the ensuing year. By reason
of the short time allowed for considera-
tion OF the names IL was decided TO defer
action on the principals of the various
schools and the teachers in the high
school. The following were elected;
Harriet M. Beecher. Anna Nj. Brown,
Maggie J. Beatty, Ellen NJ Creelman,
Leila J. Chisholm, Sarah Cameron. Mary
~ Cook. Anna l.. Cole, Elinor A. Condon
Cora p Dopp. Lillian w. Donaldson. Fran
ces r. Dougan. Edith b. Fisken Stella l..
ford. Esther Hyde, Elizabeth A. Howarth
Mary II. Hyde, Emma G. Hart, Martina
Johnston. Josephine lacking Jennie G.
lombard, Grace NJ. Lung. Alice Lamb,
Martha Mikkelsem. Llnnie A. Moburg.
Jennie Mcclure. Margaret l.. Mccartney.
Hattie 7. Morse. Letta Mason, Blanche
Pelton. Emma X. Parker. Mary G. Ramm.
Ida NJ. Reese, Georgia A. Sydney, Carrie
". Shnmway. Huldah L. Wauehop, Lillian
Wheldon Margaret NJ Widmer Lille T.
White. Essie s Young SADIE T.. Young,
Willamette Allender, Julia E. Anthony,
Emma J. Anthony. Florence NJ Adams,
Ellen T. Armour. Evelyn Ayerst, Meta s.
Armour, Odessa Allender. Lottle Blum.
Anna l.. Rerray. Clara NJ. Bruner, Vesta
Baldwin. Margaret Baldwin, Katherine
Anna u Grain. Josephine q Crane MARY
/. Downie, Henrietta Eisenbeis. Sarah b.
Foley. MABEL L. F1sken. Mary l.. Gerard.
Amy y. Gardner, Isabelle Gregg, Kate $.
Hopkins. Alice. ], Hart. Viola Hawkins
Rachel llyland. Matte Hallock c. S
Hyatt. tlinor A. ingersoll. Ethelda John
ston. Abhie $. Jones, BERTHA Johnston,
Lester Alice Leslie, Edna NJ. lie Roy, H.
II. Mills. NJ Jane Morris, Alice Mnnday
Mary +. Mcconnell, Helen Malson, Myrtle
q, Maynard, Belle Orr, Alice Perrine,
Alice Penheld. Esther l.. Pelton. Anna j.
polton Florence g. Prince. Olive L. Par
ker. Gertrude Reltze. Alice Staempni, Es-
ther Sutherland, Lilas Sutherland, Flora
Sutherland r. A. Stephenson, Jessie NJ
Steele Alice g.. Turner Carrie |. Thomp-
son. Edith NJ Thornton. Rena II Tai
padge, Birdie A. Turner. Regina Thomp-
son. Nette NJ Taylor Sarah p. Warren.
Gertrude Widmsr, Gertrude Wheeler
Maud Walker Isabelle Wallace. Anna NJ
Young, Margaret Baldwin. Flora Il. Aus
tin, Belle Ayerst. Grace f. Albright. Anna
II Allen. Alice Blake. Mary S, Bruce. An
ME v Bell, Myrn y. Clarke. Malinda A.
Castillo. Jennie Cook. Kate a. Campon.
Mary Jane Clugston. Ellen NJ. Camplou.
laura cade. Carrie q. Davis. Josephine
dyer Helen G. DE Voc Zlpha r. Fcnton
Adeine G. Fields. Fannie r., Giles. Helen
r. Gleason, Olive NJ Hubbard, j. Belle
nopwood, Alice Hitehings, Viola II. Hum
phries Ida HensleEh. Charlotte L. Ham
mer. Edith NJ Johnston Matte y, keene.
Lydia y. Lowering. Agnes McGinnis. Har-
riet McCulloch, Estoila c. Nero. Hester a,