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thought Mas McCloslSey might come
before the board If she desired,

Mr. fOSUleH moved as an am6ndmenb,
to Mr.. Adair's motion, that the matter
be referred to the committee on teachers
and the former visiting committee of
the school-Mr. Adair and Dr. Veasey.
MIR. Adair said be would rather have
the matter referred to special com
mittea, and be offered as substitute
that the matter be referred to special
committee compostd of Measrs. Ford,
| Cooper, Buokmaster, Brown and Baugh.
MIR. Baueh said he had never heard
Of member naming committee from
the floor, whereupon Mr.. Garter moved
to amend by having the president APP
point the committee.
DR.. Frantz moved that the wh0le
matter be laid on the table, which
motion was passed, although number
of members voted against the motion.
At the conclusion of the discussion
| President Shortlidge told Mr.. Adair
that he ought to be out of the board.
"Yon had better eSpel me- said
Mr.. Adair.
II would IL l could" the president
replied.
81 don u doubt it," said Mr.. Adair.
Mr.. O'Donnell arose to o question of
privilege aud made few remarks. He
said he wanted to ask few questions.
He asked concerning three appoint
ments made at the High School and
wanted to know whether they were not
IN violation of the by laws, and quoted
the following bylaw regulating the
committee's duties:
The committee on teachers shall, aided by
the superintendent, examine all applicants
for positions as teachers, and shall report to
| the board tho names of those qualified. This
/ SbatI all appn5nt-
merits OF teachers, but they shall make no
| appointments except temporarily during the
intervals the hoard. Appointments made
in these intervals shall be reported TO the
board at the first meeting after they are
1 made. When this committee believe that
any teacher Is not doing good work as II
teacher, they may, with the concurrence of
the wishing committee, cause this teacher s
name to be struck from its place on the list
OF any grade and entered at the foot Of the
list of that grade. or i'll any lower grade, OF
they may suspend such teacher; but in every
such case the teacher shall have the right OF
appeal to the board.
j Mr.. O'Donnell said he thought the
committee should aot in accordance
with the by laws. He said the teachers
committee had net informed the board
why they had not made certain appoint
ments. He thought the board should
know why. these new appointments hao
been recomn. ended.
President Shortlidge expressed the
opinion tnat the committee had acted
according to the by laws.
Mr., OfDonnell asked why the com
mittee had placed the new restrictions
upon student teachers, as given In the
, o-tmmttee'a report recently; why il
I was necessary to pass rhysical exami
nations and examinations of music
He thought it was an Injustice and be
lieved oil who passed should be giyer
: diplomas. a.
A letter was received from e. A.
Van Trump & Co., announcing tina
, the Manohester !. and /. American In
surance Cos. had .ceased to do business
/ in Delaware and they had re. writer
! the policies sof the board with thos,
companies-with the National insurance
Co. of Hartford, Conn. The old poicie
! would have expired, Treasurer Bartran
said, in about two or three years, bu
the new policies were written for fiv
years. The question was asked as t.
. who had authorized the change made
Mr.. O'Donnel, while unable to answe
. the question, said the agents had acte,
immediatelyIn order to save the board
1t was stated that the old policies ha,
: been Withdrawn. Some of the member
: wanted the insurance committee to tax
the matter up aud look into it, bu
: : others Thought the new policies ha'
! better he accepted at once and it wa
= decided to accept them. Both Mr.
O'DonnelI ard President Shortlidg
. called attention to the fact that tn
!, board could not he too careful how th
! insurance is placed.
q DR.. Veasey suggested, 10 view of th
!. fact that there Is in reality balanc
. Of about S3l, 900 in the new buildin
4 fund, that n mortgage uf $40, 600 o
4 the new High School be paid off. Th
Il matter was laid over until the mex
4 meeting.
A letter was received from Che
Justice Lore calling attention to th
!. unveiling OF the Cooch g Bridge me
Il mortal on September ID and askin
"a that the teachers and scholars be give
q an opportunity to attend. The matte
q was referred to the superintendent an
!. committee on teachers, to report at tn
n next meeting.
A communication was received froi
,s Mrs. Martha v. West Grinnage, ar
% nouncing that she had been Marie
IN aud resigning the position of teache
at the Howard School. The resignatio
a was accepted and the matter referre
t to the committee on teachers.
10 On motion of Mr.. Adsir, the supel
Is intendent WAS instructed to adyertis
d tho resolution prohibiting non-reaider
ID children from attending the schools
t. Chairman Frantz of the new built
to ing committee reported that the con
g. mittee deemed it ineXpedient to pu
m chase the George H. Huber propert.
m adjoining the No. A School propert.
D at present. The report was accepted
lee DIR. Frantz also reported that a
ID additional room at the High Soho
n, would be needed next term and ON b
v. motion the committee was empowert
rs to oiurnish the room so as to accon
modate AZ scholars
1T The committee was given authori
at to open an additional room at No.
School, the coloied school In Thatch
ne street.
,s Chairman Carter reported that r
it pairs are being made at some of Il
IT, schools. The report was accepted.
1e Chairman Fraim of the commits
ne on elections announced that during Il
10 next two weeks the committee will no
ny meeting relative to the Donoho
Green contest In the Second ward al
dr would present a final report at Il
ee next meeting. Mr.. Fraim informed
a. reporter of Every Evening that ii
d, contest had not been dropped and
re the near future the committee VI
ot have one or more hearings, when Il
oil merits OF TIE contest will be examin
M into and witnesses may be heard.