New-York tribune., 1901-11-17
MAYOR Low AND THE SCHOOLS-
HIS IMPORTANT DUTY IN APPOINTING
NEW BOARD OF EDUCATION.

HIS IMPORTANT DUTY IN APPo1N1lNG "A
NEW BOARD OF EDUCATION.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Since the highly gratifying result of the cleo
ton a good deal has been said in The Tribune and
other papers regarding men available FOR the hu-
offices in the gift of the Mayor Perhaps 1t
is only natural that attention should be focused
first on those offices which salaries attached
Be that 1t may. comparatively little mas beeh
said about appointments to the Board of Educa-
ton, local board created by the charter
and the Civil Service Commission. the members OF
which receive compensation but honor and the
possible gratitude of the community. 1t is not sur
prising that much ignorance prevails on these mat
seeing that only yesterday one of the borough
presidents had the knowledge thrust upon him for
the first time that il would De his duty TO appoint
the members OF the local school board in his bor-
ough-and he called these officials 'fnspectors'
(The office of school inspector is wiped out by the
revised charter(
It is apparently assumed by many of those inter
ested in the public schools that several of the MEM
Board of Education displaced by Mayor
Van Wyck (whose last appointee. by the way, was
the beef and OF Park Row will be restored
to office under the coming administrations but. un-
fortunately reports already In tion-only
well based. it is TO be feared-that some Of the
experienced and competent will decline TO
turn To the Department of Education. Among
those thus named are Charles Bulkley Hubbell.
Henry W Taft and Charles c. birmingham Mr..
much extended than that of either OF the
others mentioned. and the incoming Mayor would
do we'll to avail himself of his services II they
could be secured He member OF the board
for nine years and his work in behalf Of public
education is well known TO require rehearsal at
this time. He the last president under the
system in existence prior 1895 and the first presi-
dent of the board after consolidation To the duties
Of that office he devoted himself assiduously, spar
ing neither time effort
If it be true that Mr. Hubbell is not disposed 10
the Board of Education. II would be 10
the cttys welfare If opportunity could be found
in other department for the exercise OF his
abilities and the knowledse gained BY prolonged
experience. In addition TO nine years service in
the Board OF Education. II should be remembered
that Mr.. Hubbel Alderman in the city OF
Troy before coming to this city.
Mayor Lows duty in selecting forty-sfx members
of the Board of Education IS most important
The appointments TO be made the third
Monday in January. and the selected by Mr.
Low during his term of office will control the edu
cational system until Decembe- 81. 1906. Further
more. good lawyers say that Mr.. Low VIII have the
appointing OF successors 10 the seven members of
the School Board for the boroughs of Manhattan
next The men then named VIII have only month
and two days to serve. II IS true, but the new
Mayor would thus show his hand in educational
matters at the very beginning OF his term
New-York. Nov. II. 1901 y. Y. z.