The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-14
DR.. THOMAS HUNTER RESIGNS
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NJ aer AMI nfty siSih yssf ~ my s~rvice
IN he pihlic educational syssem ~ ihia
rl'v I Respectfully fe1test M retlremen,
from tho presidency ~ tho Normal c'ollser
= position which I have hald fot nearly
thir'r.aeven ysara. tho retirement 10 take
sNec, Sep'ent~r l. with sratitude I can
any that s,cry board ~ trustees NJ tho
colleRn has treatcd mo with courtcsy and
kindness
Mr. Wilmer aald tha' Dr Hunter would
leave tho college In q high degree NJ pros.
rcri'y and had made N one ~ tho moa,
snccea-ful institutions n the kind In the
country, lie proposed that the retiring
head ~ the college br made president
emeritus.
Trustee Man, who In the past has fought
against city Superintendent Max wells
opposition to DR.. Hunters adminiat ration,
made some remarks about the retiring
president, saying that he was taken an
much by surprise that he had to express his
feelings without preparing a speech,
This resignation comes touA 30 suddenly
that | regret that I cannot speak with prepa-
ration and tell what is in my heart for
President Hunter he said. when I was
a schoolboy Tom Hunter-for 40 we used to
call him-Tom Hunters name was the most
prominent in educational matters in this
city. He has been at the head Of the largest
and most influential school in this country.
He himself has been a most extraordinary
influence upon teachers and pupils. His
heart was full Of love, simplicity and noble
ness
The resolution to accept the resignation
was adopted, and 1t was decided TO appoint
a committee to prepare a memorial. which
will be presented at the September meeting
Of the trustees.
During the past three or four years there
have been warm debates in the meetings OF
the Board Of Education over the administra-
ton Of the Normal College. City Supsrinten-
dent Maxwell was opposed to the way in
which the college was conducted, and on
several occasions his influence prevented
some OF the young women graduates from
obtaining teacher licenses. This gave rise
TO lawsuits in the Supreme Court, in all of
which the young women won.
1t was said yesterday that DIR. Hunter had
decided that he would not sub init to any
more nagging on the part of DR.. Maxwell,
and so made up his mind to get out. Be-
sides, it was asserted President Hunter was
proud Of the girls that went to his college, |
and it panied him very much to see them in
jured because of DR.. Maxwell's disa pproval
OF his administration He thought that by
resigning the City Superintendent might
take a more tolerant view Of his successor
and not make it 80 hard for the pupils to get
their licenses.
Hunter to a sun reporter yesterday. lam
not getting out under pressure"
leave the college?'
Il may write down my enemies and write
up my friends. My enemies are the enemies
of the Normal College. am happy to say
I have no known enemies because of my
personality"
He will make his last official appearance
at the college graduating exercises jun 20.
Thomas Hunter was born in County
Down, Ireland. and came to this country in
1850. A year later he became a teacher in
Public School IS. in West Thirteenth street.
Ee taught for six years and was principal OF
the same school. After being principal for
twelve years he was elected head OF the
Normal College. In 1855 he was the head Of
the New YORK Evening High School, the
first OF the kind in the United States. He
from the college since he became the presi.
dent of it. Some Of the daughters Of the
graduates have also graduated from the
: One Of the items passed at the meeting
of the Board of Education yesterday was a
resolution to increase the salary Of the
City Superintendent from $1,000 to $40 900 a
The salaries Of the A ssociate Super
intendents we're raised from $3.50 to SO 900
a year.
c q. J.. Snyder, Superintendent OF Sch ool
Buildings. submitted a long report in which
he declared that some of the public schools
were so constructed that the children were
deprived of fresh mir in the classrooms.
or the 5e2 public schools. he said. 2Se prao-
tically have no means whatever OF insur ing
change OF air in the rooms other than by
opening windows. In regard to ~ventila-
ton he classed 1877 schools as good. 81 as
fair and 344 as bad. The school ~janitors
know nothing about working a modern
employed by the board, and the board does
not know whether these men are attending
to their duties or not. He recon mended
that two prominent consulting engineers
be engaged to examine the schools with
to their ventilation.
The building committee also made a
report, saying that hereafter all plans for
Public schools in this city were to be sent to
Boston to have Judgment passed on them.
eetts Institute of Technology is the Boston
man who will look after our schools.
The board decided TO taxi charge Of the
teaching Of the crippled children at the
Crippled Children's East Side Free School, at
20 Montgomery street.
Principal Frank T. Harding OF Public
School ia, in Brooklyn, had been charged
with irving to convert Hebrew children
30 Christianity. The board said the charges
were not fully. proved, but it thought the
principal should be warned, and so went
on record.
Fleischmann a New York Life Trustee.