New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-25
REFLECT DR.. maxwell.
GETS 80 or 10 TOTES.
T,co for ". B. GunnisOn-SHPeHn-
fcndcut Strongly Criticised.


,er5e,7+ Of Schools TO succeed himself by the
BOARD Of Education yesterday. He received
tl,irty-sir votes Two votes were cast for wal
ter 3. Gunnison. principal OF Erasmus Han Hign
School. Brooklyn. and two votes were blahA'
DR. NIaxwell's term, FOR six years. begins on
March u .-.,
The special committee appointed to lnFesu-
gate and report on Controller CIRCUITS staJeihei'
that the board was wasteful in using money
made report OF general refutation "hich vas
adopted. 80
NJ ,5svyrau was nominated by Jacob ".
Mack. Of Manhattan, a veteran school Official
He said. IN part:
one Of the rerroaches laid at Dr. MaAweli : o0or
has been that there has been friction anu 49,
ton perhaps more than ever before, ~ ~ iI bar
me- ont ir HE assertion that any friction or oissat-
due 10 the absence Of stagnaton. A more rs
and inspiring force has never beeh Know NJ N NJ
wers regime. its academic progress mas neEsr
more pronounced than now. TINS city M Of a
scientific educational truth that u relulsS al -
II good.
Commissioner Frederick W. Jackson, oil. Inc
Bronx. was the first of several members 10 sec
ond Or. MaxweTs nomination. He said the
highest praise that could be given him was that
he was big enough TO be criticised.
Commissioner Nathan s. Jonas, OF Brooklyn
in nominating Mr.. Gunnison, said in part;
Mr. JoNAs's ADDRESS
believe the present city superintendent has de
tablishInt a system which has made statistcians
and clerks Of our principals anu oN - , 49,,
fact that they should be the real SUPERVISING
ers instead Of the many supervising and tsaGih a
specialists Principals formerly assn rrected
weak spots where found; now they are busy re-
teachers OF special branches and IN transmitting re-
ports headquarters Many OF the teaChels' -
nave IN ptIIS.e 70 i aiDinS Thai they are asked
to do Representatives, under the new heayyweighted
course OF study. Meanwhile the rudiments are
neglected: the children cannot spell well: they as
a rule write poorly and are deficient In arithmetic
or these things abundant proofs have been SHOWN
The present city superintendent believes in the
merit system fer minor places 1ut oiscoGL as Sc
promotion within the ranks by almost insI ,ig
going OF town TO fill the supeTylsins ana hlseT
people who have grown up ia our school system
The present City Superintendent believes in re
iat3 ,LsS reach the so-called age limit: others
who arc older may continue IN the service III MS
The present City Superintendent. while his own
books were being sold 10 the schools mot so nad
IN tselO. claimed the right under the charter and
exercised it. 81 recommending az textbooks and
scholastic supplies. thus putting himself IN posi-
subject only 10 the disapprovh Of the Board OK
Education. OF striking other and perhaps com
petitiye books from the list and adding what he
The present city superintendent has involved the
city and the Board Of Education IN much useless
and unnecess2ry ntsation Simply 20 "H w., 1uits
and best Of make errors. and consider Il not
In rs last repoft The CITY superintendent saws:
Even. however. where the ntgants are success
ful through technicalites. means have been found,
through the corporation OF tho toaud on EuI,d-
ton and the hoard OF 20 49, ~
ureecrye the rights OF the meritoriOus" DivcstCd
Of al SogastTE s = tRat ny e gre55e th tsa
law. and that legal decisions do not weigh with
The present city Superintendent has talked
ecoHeI.i 80 - rs - n iigp.' s5l,,, f.,
schools where females had always presided salts
factOry before.
SPEAK N FAVOR OF DIR. MAXWELL
Nobody seconded the Gunnison nomination.
Alrick H. Man. Of Richmond. Abraham stern
and NJ Dwight Collier. Of Manhattan; John C.
Kelley william Hardness, Frank Harvey Field
and John Green. OF Brooklyn. spok" in favor
Of Or Maxwell Commissioner Collier quoted
President Eliot or Harvard IS having said
recently: 'New-York Is one hundred years
ahead az its education system OF ten years ago.
/ consider DR.. Maxwell the head OF the public
school educators Of the country
The following officials we're reelected without
Associate superintendent Edward +. Stevens.
salary $1,000. straightforward Of Supplies Pat
rick Jones. salary $4,000. District Supcrintend-
ent John J. Chickeriug, salary 5000. District
Superintendent Cornelius T.. Franklin, salary
5000
The committee appointed TO investigate the
Controllers statements said that correspondence
with Mr.. Grout had shown "a reluctance ON his
part 90 present facts or figures other than those
published IN the newspapers and later sent 20
the board. THE acme Of absurdity,' the COM
mittee reported, lis reached in the Controller g
report on printing. iu which h declares too
many leads used I'm printing the board 8
minutes" Concerning Mr.. CIRCUITS suggestion TO
do away with the tweuty-six district superin-
tendents and TeaTrange the functions 81 associ-
ate city superintendent. the committees re-
port says.
THE charter. Section 1913 prescribes that
there shall be eight associate city supernten-
dents and tweuty-siE district superintendent.
The terms employed explicit and man
datory I'm character that the board i'm elccting
those officers was dscharging a function re-
0uired by law"