Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-05-01


title to the same," and that one
deed says it will warrant general
~ the title 20 the property hereby
conveyed"
On page IL one piece is convey
ed to j. +. Harris, NJ. D., for 1925.
On page 35 one piece is conveyed
to J. i. Griffith, Jr., for $40.
On page 76 the main body Of the
lot is conveyed to Fannie Massey.
colored, for 5000.
If Mr.. Jones. as member of
the committee. had informed Mr..
Foley that he would be given a
general warranty of title. the same
as was done to finat purchasers,
the sum of $500 would have been
quickIy>paid for the lot.
We had supposed the Academy
lot matter was closed incident.
but as MIR. Jones seems anxious to
take il up again, we have no OBJ
jrciirn.
In the. matter OF Professor
Wolff'~ salary. we confess that he
receives the salary of $45 (which
W. stated last week. and also an
uncertain amount of fees. The
iecs tas Mr.. Jones states) are 50
per month per pupil IN his room.
and $3.50 per month per pupil in
Miss Hcnson'S room.
or course he would receive S1l5
per months III" lac had 20 pupils
anil "ir' Miss Henson had 20
pupils; but neither ''il' is the case.
Mr.. Wolf at present has EIG HT
pupils in his room. Miss Henson
at present has THIRTEEN pupils
in her room. This brings the total
amount of salary and fees up 10
5000 per month.
Ii is also true that the term of
school teachers ends with the
school year. Let us suppose, for
the sake of argument, that Mr..
Wolff had not handed in his resig-
nation, and that, ON the day select
ed by the Board to choose a prin-
cipal for next year. he was re-
elected, and when the day for
opening school arrived. Mr.. Wolff
would be found i'm charge of
another school in another town.
MIR. Jones would probably be the
first man TO raise a loud and just
protest against such business.
The School Tax in this District
is 20 cents-l0 cents To the Dis
trict fund and 10 cents To the
County fund.
Our own opinion about what
the Principal of the Berryville
High School should receive as 4
salary is stated salary Of at least
800 per month. and the indefinite
fee system should be abolished. OF
course the Board does not agree
with US, or they would have long
ago made change. 1t is not too
late for them to change their
minds, however.
Mr.. Jones seems to intimate that
the attendance required is twenty
pupils Qle calls it n minimum
school') in each room of the High
School Department, when, as a
matter of fact. 4 first grade high
school requires an average attend
ancc of only eighteen in both rooms
of the high school department; 4
second grade high school Gn which
Berryyille. is claSSed, because the
Board has not raised it to the first
grade) requires only fifteen; and a
third grade high school requires
only ten.
So, if that 30" argument is
meant as a reflection upon the
teachers, it boomerangS upon the
Board.
We believe, from the special APP
propiation of $4,000 from the
State treasury for increased salaries
for high schools that the sum of
$3.50 was secured for Battletown
district. As the Berryville High
School is the only high school in
the district, the entire sum should
have gone to increase the salaries
in that school. We also believe
that the salaries in the high school
this year have only been increased
$292.50 over last year. We will
have to ask Mr.. Jones to tell US if
that is So; and, if so, why so.
The Board certainly couldn't