Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-19
BOARD STANDS PATTON FRATS
sohOOl Directors Insist on Original Order
Since Pupils Resisted Il
WILL ENFORCE DECREE TO THE LETTER
Contemplated Modification Had Stu
dents shown Disposition 60 Ae-
cept the situation with
Degree of Resignation.

II was the expressed sense OF the MEM
bers OF the Board Of Education Monday
evening that the recent order against the
high school fraternities and sororities shall
he enforced to the letter. as the stand
the "frats' have taken makes 1t impossible
for the board members to recede from
their position. II was the disposition of
the board not to work any unnecessary
hardships on the fraternity members and
the members were inclined 10 modify the
order II the fraternity members showed an
inclination to listen to older heads The
board members agreed not TO make the
order retroactive IL the ''frats' would cease
recruiting. conference held last week
at the high school between a COMMITTEES
from the fraternities and the school au-
thoritles was with a view to talking the
matter over. but that conference proved
fruitless.
President McCague OF the school board
went over the situation with his confreres
Monday evening. when he said the high
school fraternity boys had defed the
school authorities and would have 10 stand
the consequences. He declared the "frats"
had expressed a desire to stay by their
fraternities even at the cost of losing class
honors promotions and other advance
ments, which are incentives in high school
life. MIR. McCague said the fraternity evil
| in high schools must be crushed out to
preserve the democracy of the schools and
he stated the school authorities had the
support of most OF the parents in the
movement. 1t was the sentiment Of the
board that the frat" situation is a closed
! incident.
students Must Give In.
The situation is that high school pupils
holding membership in the high school
| fraternities or sororotles and in line for
honors or promotions will not be eligible
for such honors or promotions.
| Eighth grade pupils from East Omaha
will be admitted to the Omaha schools, a
| satisfactory settlement for tuition having
been made with that district
The annual increase In the salary Of
teachers will hereafter be made at the
beginning and middle of the school year,
instead of the old way of basing the raise
on the end of the teachers year.
The Clifton hill annex will be moved to
! the Druid Hill school site. An additional
lot was bought for the latter site. The
| Druid Hill promoters stole march on
their opponents last night, when they
| slipped in at the board meeting and pushed
their scheme through.
For each days absence from school
| teachers are to charged with one-twentieth
| of the monthly salary.
communication from a boiler insurance
company requesting that check valves be put
on the school boilers precipitated some dis
cussion. the result of which was that the
whole matter will be carefully investigated
with view to determining whether the
valves might not be installed and the in
surance dropped altogether.
Report of Secretary.
Secretary Burgess rendered this report:
| OMAHA, Sept. Ito the Honorable
Board of observation-disclosures: Herewith
/ / present a statement of the amounts APP
| portioned for the various departments for
| the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901; The
! amounts expended during July and August.
1905" and the amounts remaining September
1 /, 1906; also a comparative statement of the
/ Iiilv and Aur.Iaf lA0h