The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-26

The board Of education of this city
viii from this time on ignore the order
of the board of health in the matter
of excluding unvaccinated children
from the schools. BY a vote Of I'VE TO
four the board at q special meeting last
evening adopted a set Of resolutions
the effect Of which viii be to ADMIT an
children to the schools on an equal
footing. regardless Of whether they
have been vacinated or not 1t was
claimed that its action OF the nighl
before was not sufficiently definite ana
clear for the guidance OF the teachers
and school officials
Yesterdays meeting originated IN q
meeting of the committee on teachers
and school work at the Office On -. W.
Movie. The other members or the
hoard had been invited 10 meet with
this committee and when 1t was learn
ed that a committee had no power 10
issue instructions to the teachers a
meeting of the board was brought
about And then il was discovered
that a legal meeting Of the board could
not be held except in the Office OF the
hoard of education. and the nine mem
bers ''treked'' through town to the city
and county building An effort was
made TO pick up Simon Bamberger, the
one missing member, on the way, but
10
before and refused to show up.
O. w MOyIe presided by common
consent over the meeting in his Office
He So ii that some thought the lnStruc-
lions of the board to the teachers ana
others should be mo definite For
his part, they were definite, the teacher
had no authority under the law to de
rermine whether or not the child was
yaccfnated. He did not think that the
board of education should longer act
as the agent Of the board of health
Superintendent Cooper's Statement.
SUPERINTENDENT Cooper said to Mr..
AIoyle that the point he spoke o. here
was the very one he wished to bring
out by a question on the evening be
fore.
Il had no intention Mr.. Cooper said,
'.tO interfere with the work of the
board but when it came TO admins
rerinE the action of the board i could
see that there would be grave embar-
rassment to the teachers and princi-
pals in trying 10 determine what the
board meant. It's action removed the
prohibition so far as the board of edu-
cation was concerned, but not as to the
board of health. To whom, then. were
the teachers to look for instructions?
If they were to receive children I'M
vaccinated, the board should say so. 1
understand that it is my business to
carry out your instructions, whether L
se-rrz with them or not. If I were not
willing to do this ] should resign The
teachers should know what they are
10 co in case they are enjOined, and
whether or not they viii have the pro-
lection of the board
Mr.. Moyle Explains.
Mr.. MoyIe tried 10 square himself in
tire matter of having refused to per-
init superintendent Cooper to ask
ruasriou the evening before
Il did not attribute any Interior mo-
tive to Mr.. Cooper he said, and I
think to- much has been made of the
incident. 1T was a matter of prin-
ciple with me; 1 wished to carry my
point and we had all the opposition we
could handle at that time
You ought not to have assumed
that I was in opposition to YOU" re-
torted Mr.. Cooper.
Mr.. Movie said. II thought that the
question you would ask would be an
argument for the other side
You said i iuUeTfered.' persisted
11r- Cooper, and L did not intend 1t
So
Mr. Geoghegau stepped i'm at this
point as a neacemaker. He said all
had the interests OF the schools at
heart. 81 was deeply panied he said,
lat the modification nut upon Mr.
Cooper last night. We should be toll
Grant and broad in handling these
problems"
Mr.. Newman said that it was the
custom in the early life of the board
10 refuse to entertain questions, if that
were any consolation To Mr.. Cooper
Mr.. Branting brought the discus
sion back 20 the subject that had call
cd the members together and after an
informal discussion the following SET
of resolutions We're introduced by Mr.
GcOghegan and passed by the votes
OF Messrs. Newman, GeOghegan. Bran:-
ing. MOyIe and GiaUque against Messrs
Walker Critchlow, Young and Mel
den
Resolutions Adopted.
Resolved, That il is not the duty
OF the superintendent or thu medical
advisor, or ans principal or teacher, or
the board OF education, to inquire into
or attempt To pass upon the question
Of whether or not any teacher, pupil