The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-02


words ana show at once the neccssitF Tor
the resolutions aud explain the reluctance
OF the hoard TO compiy with thom.
Another thing. II does not seem 20 me-
TO become this board TO make 50 much ius'
anil n6isc about teachers salary. have
understood that When the present supern'
tcndont Of schools took charge last sprlng
months SALARY for teachers and Janitors
had Just fallen due. Instead OF lnaklns y
Il point OF honor To see those salaries pau
on Of the earliest possible moment ~
very soon began IL d.ass hints % 'he 's'''s'
crs that made some Of them tn'lk NV
stood a good chance TO lcse those salar'es
altogether Tho object was I" h'dAc We
own administration cash paying one ~.
he was not looking after those salaries pue'
due
Willie | know, the rest Of tue city eVui
Ell knows, every wage GARNER from Wy
one In the ditch 10 the man al the u''A
knows, that the teachers salaries ShV"'
be paid when due for there II nor ohe' ~
matter how well they are s'tuoteu' N"o
does not have some Que dependent up"n
him OF her for q living | hope, regnruipss
OF the past record OF the school 'o"'u'
that the sudden change Of heart - siiee''
Again. rejecting upon the past ana Ut
the beginning Of the present school po"''
some of the janftors who perchahc' n"p
pcnc,l TO be active politicians. wore p'u'
az and the teachers were left to hold re-
undated warrants for those salaries uu'.
Those salaries were included IN me ce'''
mates submitted by the Cadc bpafu anu
the appropriation made by me cou"'"
based npon those estimates. MI. SHapo
| rcport nftcr June 30 1890 when the scH"'i
had been closed for q month ana all otior
snlarirs paid he turned over ia the present
school board Treasurer $685.. THIS money
had virtually been appropriated %
council for the payment Of those salarl' D.
yet the president deliberately refused 10
max those salaries and applied the money
to other purposes
Furthermore when the council. upon my
resolution some months ago, provided tof
taking up those old salary warrants In
payment of taxes, upon condition that 'he
secretary Of the school board would IN
dorse them, even that was refused. Final
w. for the sake of the city's good name
and in the interest Of simple honesty, lit
troduced a resolution which the council
odopted without dissenting vote, direct
i
Standing warrants for tnAes
The board is not candid with the puolc
upon another point | understand that inc
teachers who have been working on'S h''i
the day have had their hours of service III
creased since the adoption of my last reso-
| luton. Yet the school board SAYS moi Il
word Of this TO the mayor or In It's report
/ to the journal committee. On me con
trary, IL pretonds to believe that the chii
drcn have been doing better on halt'doN
sessions than they did when they Went u
school all day. If this Is SO. then the
problem Of cutting down the expenses "
The school Is solved. Instead Of having
teachers 10 work half the day ha't inc
teachers can be dispensed with ANA the
others given fun work. This VIII save
permanently half the teachers salary ana
Will obviatc the necessity of building more
4 school houses for instead Of renting room'
as now for the accommodation Of our chi
| dren, tho school board will he in position
to rent out rooms and receive instead Of
lpaying rent Again. it this startling state
Il ment TO Mayor Woolford. under date q
March 20 contains facts what isthc neces
sliy of an additional $1Gs,0oo for schco
houses and furniture as required Ivy tn
/, demand of the present school board?
A do not believe that the parents of TIL
children viii accept the statement mail
to Mayor Wooiford by the secretary of tn
school board that the children do rs wei
with halliday sessions as with the regula
sessions 1t may be that by throwing Ia
pupils into large classes the teachers rusl
through the rectations in . half day. Blu
merely hearing lessons Is not all the teacn
rr's work, nor is It his best work. Nor l
the saving of lessons all the pupils work
or his most important work, The state
mcut Of the secretary Ignores all the deep
or and truer meanings of education, tn
formation of habit, Of thought and nvcsti
CATION. the moidng OF character, the ele
walton of sentiment the fixing of princ'
pies Of conduct, the inspiration to nobl
aims. These results require the teacher {
reach the individual pupil in a way that
is impossible In uotting forty or ffty pu
nils all in one class through four or hy
I lessons one after another, and thus hurry
ing them out of the school room.
In conclusion, will say that as some Q
the members of the school board have see
fit to criticise my resolution, which wa
, pronnted Inv no other motive than jlistic
to the citizens and the council, believih
that public officials hold no private right
In transactions Of public business, proud
10 say that with the number of teacher
on the pay roll and with their skill an
ability equal to any In the state, the SUI
jcct Of our school should be mastered, NJ
merely touched But as long as the scho'
board holds cut the Idea that half day
u schooling is MS good as whole day, II
. schools are not likely to become models
= thoroughness. Education is one thin
Finding an easy way TO the city's stror
box is another. ii. A. haiNertoh'