Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-13
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
New Teachers Appointed by Superin-
 tendent Tinker.

given another blow by the board of education at the meeting held last evening. A typewriter vote was read to the board by Clerk F1tzgerald to the effect that Superintendent or Schools Tinker instruct and notify } the principals and teachers to admit children to the schools whether or not they have been vaccinated. May or Elton at first declared the matter lost, but Commissioner Wooster, the leader of the anti-vaccinationists on the board. was on his feet in mo- 1hent, declaring there could be no kdoubt about it and that 1t was car
 lied. So Mayor Elton asked for etanding vote and Commissioners
 Phelan, Lawlor, Mcdonald and Wooster stood up, giving the. motion
 majority Of one.
 Tn response to Commissioner NC Donald, Superintendent Tinker stat
 led that in all the schools except In
 Waterville children not vaccinated
 were not allowed at school. Commits sioner Larkin declared the vote was
 out of order and Illegal and he would Rappeal from the mayors decision Tn \ declaring it carried, because 1t was \ in conflict with a rule of the board. He held that a change in the rules could not be made without first consulting the committee on rules, and that was not done in this case.
 It developed that the rule Commis-
 sIoner Larlzin referred to was not a permanent one, and that the rule re- I lating to compulsory vaccination was
 repealed some time ago.
 Mayor Elton said he thought it was up to the board of health now to 1see that children are not allowed in Ythe schools unless they have been 2 vaccinated, but Commissioners Phelan said the board of health could make no rule compelling anybody to be vaccinated. It may enact any rule a it pleases, but that would not neces- sarily make 1t operative. He asked z how could the board of health make 8 any manufacturing concern, for in- stance, employ none but help that have been vaccfnated.
 This closed the discussion on vac- cfnation for the time being, but tow
 ard the close of the meeting Mayor Elton asked a number of men who
 were sitting near by all the time if they desired to say anything, where {upon 1t developed that they were party of anti-vaccfnationists who had come to see that children not vaccinated are allowed to attend school. The speaker of the party said he had nothing to say in view
 of the action of the board, neverthe- less he spoke a while and intimated Ehat an Injunction would come In handy now to prevent the board of health taking any action contrary to
 the vote passed by the board of edu- cation.
 This question will soon be decided by the supreme court.
 A communication from the board of finance stated that the boards re- commendation that the salary of Miss Etta M. Hagar be increased to $950 was not approved, but the re- commendation making Miss Eliza beth s. Kane's salary $875 was ap- proved. This caused some surprise, for Miss Hagar's predecessor, Mrs
 Hooker, received $95O, and 1t was
 with the understanding that she be
 paid the same salary she accepted
 the appointment. Miss Hagar is
 teacher in the commercial depart
 ment in the High school The mat ter was sent back to the board of fi-
 nance with certain rules of the board governing this matter of salary.
 Superintendent Tinker said Miss Hagar is one Of the best commercial teachers the schools have ever had. She is college graduate and a first
 class teacher.
 The following transfers of teachers
 were also made: Miss Sara K Smith
 from grade 4, Porter school. to grade 8, Barnard school; Miss Daisy Lord
 from grade 4, Barnard school, to
 grade l, Barnard school; Miss Marie
 Corcoran, grade 4, Barnard school to grade 1, Croft school; Miss Lillian Arthur, grade 8, Barnard school, tc grade [, Driggs school; Miss Mary Charters, grade 8, Walsh school, to grade ?, Driggs school.
 The following teachers were re ported as engaged by the district
 committeeman for the, various
 schools: Miss Daisy Perry, Bucks Hill; Miss Martha Cowan, Miss Gar oline Boden, Miss Susie Chambers Bunker Hill; Miss Lillian Bronson East Farms; Miss Matilda Peterson East Mountain; Misses Margaret Hunter, Glenci Chase, Fanella Peck 1 Minnie Norton, Carrie Clark and |j Marjorie Rigney, HopeviIle; Misses F. May Tatem, Elizabeth Ives, Clart Marshall and Mary Kershaw, Mil Plain; Miss Amelia Coe, Oronoke Misses Mary Kelley, Mary Mahaney Helen Devfne and Helen KieIey
 Town Plot; Miss Anna J. Bergin Park road: Mrs Jennie c. Phillips
 Misses Viola Davis, Mary McGowan
 Josephine Dillon, Mabel Powers
 Lena Winship, Mary Reilly, Emm,
 Manville and Jennie Lyons, Spragu
 district.
 There were several application
 made for teachers among them be
 ing the following: High school, Mis- Julia T. Goodrich and Miss Lena [ Cowan; evening schools, sewing de pertinent, Miss Marian s. Vaughn science department, Miss Amelia A
 Cooke. Miss Mary A O'Connol
 teacher at the Lincoln school, wa
 granted leave of absence unt
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