Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-19
SCHOOL BOARD REORCANIZES
Emmett FINLEY iS Elected President fer the
Ensuing Year.
RESERVATIONS OF TEACHERS ACCEPTED
Motion 90 Suspend the Rules and
Elect superintendent and Prtn-
cipaI of High schOI for AM
other Year Defeated.

The Board Of Education reorganized last
evening by electing Emmett FINLEY president
for the ensuing year. The newly elected
members, T. ]. Shugart, W. H Kilpack
and s. s. Elliott, took their seats, Mr..
shuRart succeeding himself and Messrs.
Killpaclt and Elliott taking the places Of
G. W. westerdahl and w. 9. Cooper, the
retiring members.
In assuming the presidency, Mr.. FINLEY
congratulated the board on the absence OF
politics from any Of It's deliberations OF
actions. He said: while members are
elected through the medium of political
parties. ali politics vanish once the mem
hers are on the board. In making It's ap-
pointments. political preference OF ahilia-
tons are not considered by this board"
President FINLEY named the following
standing committees:
Teachers and Rules-Hess, Shugart
Janitors and Supplies-Shugart, Rillpack
Buildings and Grounds-Anderson, Schoed-
sack.
Text Books, Course of Study and Print
ing-Schoedsack, Elliott
Fuel and HeatinR-Elhott, Anderson
schoedsack and Killpack were appointed
q special committee on identifying the
school grounds by cultivation Of flowers and
plants.
The old board met frst and canvassed
the vote cast at the recent election. the
result showing the figures already published
and that Messrs 5hugart, Killpack and
Elliott the republican nominees, were
elected over the democratic candidates.
Keppner, Bellinger and BarteL and that
the proposition to purchase the Clausen
property for the Pierce street school was
defeated, while the proposition to erect a
Cd 10 0nh
street school and to purchase a site and
erect new school building in the territory
north Of Broadway, bounded by Thirteenth
and Eighteenth streets, carried.
Some Teachers Resign.
The resignation Of the following teachers
were received and accepted: Miss Edith
Hubbell, Thirty street school; Miss
Lizzie Bohn, Twentieth avenue school, and
Miss winifred Sunderland, Second avenue
school
These were elected teachers: Mrs. Jean
cite OFT. Bloomer school. salary $50: Miss
Margaret Atkins Of Essex, Ia. Second ave-
nue. school, salary S55; Miss Rebecca Hut
ton, Thirty second street school, salary $50.
Mr. Kulpack offered a motion changing
the rules governing making up of grades
for special promotion so that any pupil
finishing a semester with an average OF
90 per cent or more in the studies pursued
should upon the application Of his parent
or guardian have the right to take an ex-
animation in the work of the next semester,
no matter whether he has done any special
study or not. The motion was defeated by
the other six members of the board.
The following rules governing this matter
which have been in force for several months
were formally adopted:
Any pupil who has made 90 per cent or
above In each OF the studies for the pre-
ceding semester may take outside of school
during the following semester half q sem
ester's work, one quarter as II Is called
The examination on the semester's work
IN school shall be taken first, and II 81
per cent Is attained in each of the studies
then under the direction Of the superin-
ditional work shall be given and a pei
cent OF IS must be attained.
II these grades are attained the pupil
may skip a grade, making the uncompleted
quarter under the same conditions as the
first quarter.
During the summer vacation a pupil may
make up the equivalent OF one quarters
work. The written examination for sum
mer work win be given at the superintend'
ents once the first week In September
and q per cent of IS must be attained.
Before the examination shall be gtver
for the work done outside OF school a GER
tihcRte shall be furnished the superintend
emit showing that the work of the quartet
has been carefully studied under the di
Tection of some competent person.
Examinations may be given at the Gloss
OF each semester and the first week II
September.
Mr.. Kirpack opposed electing the superin
tendent and principal before the April meet
ing. as provided by the rules, so the motion
OF Member Hess to re-elect Superintendent
CLIFFORD and Principal Thomas was lost.