The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-05
Old Trustees Mustered Out of
Service Last Night.
Prof. Q. NJ. Leib Formally Elected
Superintendent OF the Public
Schools of Paducah.
FIRST WORK OF NEW BOARD

wound up its business. President
Leake presided over the old board
with several members absent. Retlr-
ing Superintendent Hatfield was not
present, but his regular monthly re.
port was read
The report of the treasurer showed
balance now on hand Of Sl3, 460.O5.
President Leako then thanked his
associates for the assistance they had
rendered him, and said that he hoped
the new members would find every
thing pleasant. and that he would al
ways be willing to render them any
assistance in his power.
The names of the new members were
called, and having already been sworn
IN, they were given charge.
Captain Herndon, while the out
going secretary was preparing the
minutes, asked who had been signing
warrants for money paid out and was
told that the president and secretary
Of the board signed them. He then
called attention to a provision of the
second class charter overlooked by the
old board. which requires that the
president of the board and city clerk
shall sign the warrants for school
money, ard il was ordered that here
after they do 1t.
The minutes being finished, they
were adopted and the new board took
charge. DR.. ]. X. Coleman, on behalf
Of the new. thanking the old members
for their kindly expressions and offers
of aid il needed
The caucus nominees were then for
mally elected as follows: J. X. Cole
man, president; O. W. Morrison, vice
president; Frank b. May, secretary.
The rules Of the old board were adopt
ed temporarily by the new, which in
time will make a number of changes.
The rule requiring . certificate from
the board before . person could be
elected superintendent was temper
arily suspended in order that Prof. q.
NJ. Leib could be eleHted superintend-
ent. IL would have been amended but
for the fact that amendments have to
| lie over for thirty days and il was De.
sired to elect Prof. Leib at once. The
latter was then elected superintendent
of the schools unanimously.
President Coleman appointed the
following committees, the first being
chairman of each:
Finance-Overbey, May and Hern-
don.
Salaries and upplies-Msy, Renfro
and McFadden.
Buildings-Cole, Msttison and Rob
ertson.
Iusurance-Jones, Overbey and Rob
ertson.
Course of study-HerndoD, May and
Morrison. -,,-------s2gss
District schools-M attison, Herndon
and Morrison.
Grievance - McFadden, Cole and
Renfro.
Rules and revision-Renfro, Matti-
son and Herndon.
Printing Morrison, Fuller and
Jones.
Music and neutrality-suspicious., Nc
Fadden and Cole.
Sanitation-Robertson, Overbey ana
Jones. ss ss z es.SSi1kP:s s.:s
Boundaries-Fuller, McFsdden and
Renfro.
The demand Of Janitor Archer, OF
the nigh school, for an increase over
$50 in salary, was referred.
Request Tor oil on floors at Franklin
and Lee buildings was referred.
The board declined to make any APP
preparation for an exhibit Of the,pub-
lilo schools at the st. Louis exhibition.
A request was received from Mrs. NJ.
b. Tucker of Louisville, who is pre-
pairing an educational exhibit.
Superintendent Leib, in response to
request for his visws on the schools
SO far as he had observed, made few
remarks. He opposed the rule requir-
ing corporal punishment to be admin
istered always by the principal of the
school, and never by the teacher. His
position was conourred in by Profs.
PAYNE, Ross and Alexander.
After general discussion it was
oriered to have the rule regulating
corporal punishment amended to CON
form to the state law, which gives
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