The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-03
USE HOME CROWN
Board Of Education Frowns on
Outside Teachers.
VIII Employ Only the Kansas
Product.
HAVE LIVELY DEBATE.
Finally Voted Down RecOmmen-
dation Of Mr. WhittemOre.
Cottonwood Trees at Quincy
School Start Trouble.
HAVE LIVELY DEBATE.

There seems to be decided senti-
ment on the part of a great majority
Of the mem bers OF. the board of edu-
cation against going outside of the
city, or at least the state, for teachers
for the schools of the city. This was
evidenced at the meeting of the board
last night when 1t voted. almost unan-
imously. against the report of the COM
mittee on teachers in favor of the EN-
pIoyment of Miss J. G. Beehtel. Of
Rochester, n. Y, as an assistant
teacher for the sewing classes in the
high school.
This report of the committee was
made by its chairman, Colonel Nor
ton, on the recommendation of Su-
perintendent Of Schools sWhittemore.
It had been decided by the board
some time ago that in the event of the
establishment of a department of do
nestle science in the high school dur
ing the next school year. Miss Bechrel
was to have charge of it. But the
board decided at it's LAST meeting that
the domestic science department was
not needed in the school just yet, and
postponed its establishment until some
time in the indefinite future. This, of
course, left Miss Bechtei without the
position, but her engagement was only
provisional with the establishment Of
$500
derstoOd it.
According to the explanations made
to the board by Mr.. Whittemore, at
the suggestion of Colonel Norton, the
need for an additional teacher as an
assistant for the sewing classes is evil
dent as is the need for an assistant
teacher in some of the academic
classes. It appears that only two
thirds of a teachers time will be
needed as an assistant for the sewing
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that Miss Bechtel was fitted to put in
the other third of the time as an as
sistant in the academic classes. BY
engaging her, he pointed out, it would
not be necessary to get an additional
teacher to help out in the academic
departments
Mr.. Roudebush, who is a member
/ OF the teachers committee, opposed
the motion made by Colonel Norton
/ that Miss Bechtel be appointed to the
place, as suggested by Mr. White
more. He said that the board was
under no obligations to give Miss
/ Bechtel 3. place, because her appoint
ment as the head of the domestic sci
ence department was of a provisional
character. Mr. Whittemore agreed
with him in this, and said that Miss
Bechtel had not a. word 6f complaint
/ to make on that score but that he
/ considered her eminently fitted for
the position he had suggested she be
put in.
Mr.. Nicholson suggested that 1t
might be a good plan to appoint an
assistant teacher for the sewing
classes and another one to help out
in the academic work. He said he felt
sure there were plenty of teachers in
the city or state that were we'll quail
fed to hold these positions and
/ thought that there were also plenty
who would be willing to work for pay
commensurate with the number Of
/ hours they worked, and perhaps one
| could be secured to work a twO-thirds
trick for the sewing classes and an
other one-third trick IN the aca-
demic classes and get paid only for
the work they did fs
Il don't like this business said Mr.
Zimmerman, "of going all the way to
New ork for a girl to take a teach
| er'S place in our schools. 1t seems to
be a sore reflection on the teachers we
/ have raised in our own schools right
here that We have to go so far away
to get some one to be an assistant in
| the sewing classes and help out in the
academic work. I know of a couple
| of teachers of sewing in. the grammar
/ schools who are we'll fitted for pro-
motion to the place of assistant teach
er of sewing in the high school and
I who would be glad to get the place.
And besides last year We raised the
1 pay of the sewing teacher in the high
school on the understanding that If we
QlQ SO she NOui0 4I-NOlG llOTG time u
her work and an assistant would not
! be needed for her. and here three or
four months afterwards an assistant is
asked for
A viva vooe vote on Colonel Norton's
motion to employ Miss Bechtel was
lost by an Overwhelming majority, and
no further action was taken towards
| naming the assistant which Mr..
Whittemore declared was needed.
john r Fby Named.
On Colonel Norton's further report
from the committee John F. Eby was
appointed principal of the Quinton
Heights school and Miss Lena McNeal
was placed on the available list for col
ored teachers
w. ]. McNeal was appointed janitor
of the Garfield school. Arthur Harger
and James G. Baker were candidates
for this position also. Mr.. McNeal had
the endorseme emit of Engineer Holloway
and on motion of Judge Carver, which
was adopted unanimously and without
discussion. Mr.. McNeaI was given the
place
Reporting from the finance COM