Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-03
ULTIMATUM
Has Been Issued,
BY the Teachers Of the
Night School.
will Quit Unless Former
Salary Is Restored.
This the Board Refused to do
Compromise.
Mr. SIabaush Made q Few
Inquiries.

inquiries
The teachers of the High school
have struck for more pay. At least
they refuse to accept the cut in sal
ary administered ut previous meet
ing of the Board of Education.
The Board Tuesday night refused
to restore the former salary Of $3.50
per night and in SO doing, some Of the
members expressed the opinion that
the death blow Of the night school had
been struck.
DR.. Reed, chairman Of the Commit.
tee on Teachers and Salaries, re-
ported that Lee R. Knight, I. A. Gar
butt, L. p. Lilly. s. w. Krull, ]. +.
Barnhart and +. L. Brown had re-
fused to accept SO per night. DR..
Reed recommended the restoration Of
the former salary, urging that the
teachers named are all principals of
ward buildings and excellent instruc.
tors.
A heated discussion followed In
which Mr.. Slabaugh and Supt
Thomas INDUCED in an impromptu
dialogue. The former stated that So
was the prevailing price paid by
other cities for similar work, and he
wanted to know If the committee
had been dlllgent in looking for ap-
plicants.
The superintendent replied that
there were II applicants fof positions.
Slabaugh-"Have they certifcates?"
Supt. Thomas-"No, SIR"
/. slabaugh-"Have they had an op.
portunity to get certifcates?'
Supt. Thomas-"NO, SIR"
Slabaugh-"Why have they not
had an opportunity? Some weeks ago
we voted to hold an examination In
anticipation of holiday vacancies.
We voted to pay an extra 800 to the
Board Of Examiners for this purpose.
Two weeks ago we elected four teach
ers. some of them have no certifi-
Gates, or, IL they have, they received
them in private, star chamber examin-
ations. We do not know but II we
had held an examination two weeks
ago, we might have had 25 good teach
ers to draw from now.
Supt. Thomas stated that the
Board of Examiners had thought 1t
best not to hold an examination dur
ing the holiday season and the time
had been fixed for Jan. 13. This will
accommodate the city teachers who
desire to make better their present
certificates. Referring to teachers
recently appointed Supt. Thomas said:
"Their certificates date back to the
beginning Of the school year. Right
here / want to say that the 10 ques.
tions propounded by any examining
| board is the narrowest test of the
qualifications of n teacher. / would
rather know II teacher had sue
cessfully taught for one year, than
to know that that teacher could cor.
rectly answer the questions in an ex-
animation"
Mr.. sSlabaugh said It was news to
him that thes Board had authorized
the expenditure of 500, that teachers
might raise the standard Of their old
certificates.
The vote upon the recommendation
was lost as follows:
Ayes-Millikin, Kelly, Hartzell, Glib.
bons, Reed.
Nays Slabaugh, Tnlcott.
Messrs. Raymond. Otis, Frcse,
Diehm and Inman were absent.
COMPROMISED.
In order that the night school might
not come to sudden termination,
Mr. Slabaugh moved that the COM
mittee be empowered to fill vacancies
until the next meeting, at the best
terms possible. This practically
means $3.50 per night. Motion was
carried.
PRINCIPAL WANTED.
The superintendent asked that aprin-
cipal be elected for the night school. 1t
was referred to the teachers commit.
tee.
TIME Blythe. FORELocK.
Mr.. slabaugh brought up the matter
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