Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-19
SCHOOL BOARD IN WRANCLE
Acrimonious Debate Over Resolution to
Advance Clerks Salaries.
MEASURE FINALLY SECURES ADOPTION
superintendent Pearse submits Hts
Annual Report, in which He
Makes strenuous DEFENSE of
the Kindergartens.

In the course Of proceedings at a regular
meeting last evening the Board OF Educa-
tion became involved in an animated and al
times acrimonious discussion as to proper
application Of its own rules OF government,
and even en- appeal to Roberts Rules OF Or
der failed to completely restore harmony.
The question arose in connection with a
report of the committee on salaries, set
ting forth, In substance, that the commit
tee was Of the opinion that the amounts
allowed by the rules for the salaries Of
clerks In the ofices Of the superintendent
OF instruction, the secretary Of the board
and the principal OF the High school were
not sufhclent to get the needed help In
those ohioes. and. while the committee
would not recommend at this time any
change in the rules, 1t would recommend
that the superintendent and secretary be
allowed such additional sums for clerk
hire. respectively, as taken In connection
with the amounts now paid would make the
total in each instance $50; and that the
principal OF the High school be allowed
an additional sum to make the total amount
to be paid In his office $40.
Barnard Warns Up.
When this report was presented Presi-
dent Barnard declared that he considered
the plan which 1t proposed to be merely
beating the devil about the stump" as
its adoption would be practically a sus-
pension OF the rules.
Robert Smith took the floor to protest
against the remarks OF the chair, which
he declared to be in bad taste since no
question had been raised on the floor. He
advocated the adoption Of the report as a
perfectly proper manner OF correcting
what he believed to be an injustice which
had been done in the rules fixing salaries.
Mr.. Wood questioned the privilege Of
the chair to enter upon discussion OF a
measure before the house when his dis
cussion of that question might prejudice
him in ruling.
Mr.. Howard said that the evident pur-
pose Of the report was to avoid a euspen-
sion OF the rules, and as far as he could
see no attempt had been made to disguise
that fact. He was in favor Of the adop-
ton OF the report.
Mr.. Mcintosh thought that II the board
believed the salaries Of the young women
In question to be insufficient the proper
course would be to suspend the rules and
increase the salaries in the regular way.
wood Charges Discrimination.
Mr.. Wood suggested that the president
had Disseminated in his rulings upon en-
soscenent Of the rules and had even voted
to expend money in the manner now pro-
posed. He argued that the board could
expend the funds Of the board in any man
ner 1t should deem proper by a majority
vote.
After some further discussion the chair
ruled the report out Of order and Mr..
Wood appealed from the decision, which
was upheld by a vote of Eve ayes and seven
nays. A motion to suspend the rules was
then lost by a vote Of Z to S.
A substitute resolution by Mr.. Mcintosh
to fx the salaries OF the clerks in the Of
fees Of the superintendent of instruction.
the secretary OF the board and the princi-
pal OF the high school was lost.
President Barnard entered into further
discussion OF the matter and Robert Smith
questioned his right to discuss a measure
from the chair, whereupon the president
declared 1t to be an outrage that a mem
Der Of the board should so question the
presidents right. A second motion to put
the previous question was ruled out by the
chair, and on ar appeal this action was
overruled by a vote of s to 8.
Report Finally Adopted.
The question on the adoption Of the re-
port was then put by the secretary and
carried by a vote of 8 to 8, the president
not voting.
A resolution by Mr.. Wood providing that
inasmuch as the board had found 1t would
have 1900 more at it's disposal than was
supposed. the salaries OF employees should
be restored to their former figures was re-
ferred to tn. committee on salaries.
On recommendation of the committee on
II 49,
Misses Edith Ewers, Mary Chapman and
Helen Edwards, having fulfilled the re-
quirements. should be placed upon the list
of assigned teachers to be used as their
services may be needed.
The high school committee was authorized
to employ W. w. Roberts or Jasper Robert
son as teacher in charge OF the commercial
work at the high school at a salary not to
exceed $1.1OO per year.
Some Appointments.
On recommendation OF the committee on
heating and ventilating the following APP
pointments were made: Joseph Cornaby,
engineer at the high school, at a salary Of
ss5 per month; Phil Foran, fireman at the
high school at a salary Of $50 per month;
Mrs. Cruise, present janitress at the Mon
mouth Park school, TO be jenitress at the
high school gymnasium at a salary Of $40
per month; and Mrs. Emma Emerson TO be
janitress at the Monmouth Park school.
A warrant was authorized in favor OF
A. Schall & Co. in tine sum Of S1s1.10 as
payment In full of all claims for labor per-
formed and material furnished for the new
high school.
Claims and expense bills aggregatins
S4,43O.07 were allowed.
On recommendation OF the judiciary COM
mittee the oficers Of the board were
authorized to sign contracts for the year
with Carl e. Herring. attorney; z. =.
Gaines. custodian; and Duncan ~Finlayson,
superintendent OF buildings.
By Recommendation Of the special COM
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