The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-21
BOARD REJECTS
 LEAGUE PROVISO First Provisional Card Re- ceived Returned as Not Accepting Appoint
 ment.
BEEDE DIRECTED
 TO SEND ALL BACK
Special Meeting Takes Firm Stand and Issues Warn ing That Original Form
 Must be Used.

On the first of the acceptances from local teachers on the provisional card of acceptance adopted by the Teachers league the board of education has talk en issue with the teachers organization. The first of the cards, printed by the order of the Teachers league, in sub- stitution for the card sent out by the board of education, was received by Superintendent Beede yesterday morn ing from one of the women teachers at the high school. The card reads as fol- lows:
 New Haven, Conn, June 19, 1907. To I. H.. Beede, Superintendent of hereby accept my appointment as Grade '. at the salary stated in the notice of my appointment at $ per annum. Provided, That If at any time the board of finance of ths city of New Haven appropriate sufficient sunds for such purpose said salary shall be Increased to the amount stated in the schedule of salaries submitted to the board of education by the Teachers league on the 10th day of May, 1907"
 Name. ..............,.....
 Address. ..................
 Immediately upon its receipt the card was referred to the committee on schools which met and directed the superintendent to send to the teacher a notice to the effect that such a card was not an acceptance of the appoint ment rendered by the board The fol- lowing letter was sent to the teacher in the following form by special messen- ger before the school closed yesterday morning;
 Office of The Board of Education.
 S7 Orange Street My dear Miss ............: schools to return to you the enclosed card as not being an acceptance of ap- pointment.
 Yours very truly,
 s..,..... .......
 supt of Schools
 The other members of the board who were in town were summoned to a spe- cial meeting held at o'clock in the aft ernoon. The special meeting was de- cided upon by the school committee At this meeting the committee on schools reported on it's action on the first case and the board approved its action. By unanimous vote the following resolu- tion was then adopted stating the po- sition of the board as rejecting all such new cards:
 VOTED, That inasmuch as by the charter of the city of New Haven. the duty and the power of fixing the sala- ries' of the teachers in the public schools of the city is vested entirely in as, after careful, conscientious and impartial investigation, the board has unanimously voted an increase of sal aries, which it considers eminently fair and just, 1t hereby refuses to regard any acceptance of appointment of any teacher with the condition attached that the salary shall be increased, pro- vided a possible further appropriation be obtained from the board of finance, as an acceptance of appointment to teach in the schools during the coming year; and, further
 VOTED, That the superintendent of schools be directed to return all cards from teachers which do not comply strictly with the notice of appointment issued by order of the board of educa- tion, and again call attention to the following rule of the board of educa- tion:
 An appointment of principal, teacher or assistant not accepted with in two weeks from the date of notifica- ton will be considered as declined un- less special arrangement shall be made to the contrary with the superintendent of schools"
 Five more of the new cards were re- ceived late yesterday afternoon and &C., cording to the vote adopted Superinten- dent Beede will return them in the same manner.
 It was stated yesterday afternoon that between 75 and 100 acceptances on the cards sent out by the board of edu- cation had already been received.