Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-08-22
NEW PRINCIPAL AL
IS Chosen

E. S. Bream, of Gettysburg. was
elected principal of the local high
school on Saturday night to succeed
W. Taylor, whose resignation was not
ed in these columns last week.
The principal was elected at a
special meeting of the board, at which
the following directors were present
Pursel, Swarts, Orth, Burns, Fish,
Cole and Heiss. The board found itself
in position which left it in some
doubt as to what course of action in
the premises was for the best interest
of the schools. There was a bare
quorum of directors present, while of
probably dozen or fifteen applica-
tions received there were only cou-
! pie that seemed at all available.
Whether the board should proceed to
elect doing the best that it could un-
der the circumstances or postpone the
election until some other date hoping
| for fuller attendance of the school
board and the receipt of additional
applications was the first question
/ that the board set about to decide.
Chairman Pursel was of the opin-
ion that the duty the board was called
upon to perform was of such nport-
ance as to require the voice of the
whole body of directors, even if it
were not advisable to wait a little
longer to see whether additional ap-
plications might not come in.
Mr.. Burns took the view that owing
to the lateness of the season further
delay might result badly for the
schools and the probability was that
we would lose the applicants at pres
ent on the list. Notices had been sent
ont to each of the directors and if any
of these were absent it was their own
fault. Speaking for himself he had made
some sacrifice in order to be able TO
attend.
Mr.. Cole.thought the board should
proceed slowly unless there was an op
portunity to make good selection
from applications on hand.
At this juncture Secretary Orth ex-
planned that in the large batch of APP
plicants there was one at least, which
he believed would fill the bill perfect
". This was +. S. Bream of Gettys-
burg, who had visited .Danville prev
ious to the election for assistant in
the high school and had made a very
good impression Besides, he had the
endorsement of Borough superintend-
ent Gordy.
Borough Superintendent Dieffen-
bacher being called npon for an opin-
ion said that he met Mr. Bream and
that he was very favorably impressed
with him. He described him as a
young man of scarcely thirty, who has
had five years experience in teaching.
He is graduate of Gettysburg coll
lege He is master of German, latin,
Greek and French in addition to high.
er mathematics. During last year he
was principal of the high school at
Grampian, Clearfeld county.
On motion of Mr. Burns, seconded
by Mr.. Heiss, it was decided to pro-
ceed to elect a principal
First in order, J. W. Taylor's res
ignation as principal was taken mp.
The secretary read the letter received
from Mr.. Taylor, which was as fol-
lows:
Eaglesmere, Pa, August l3, 1907.
Board of Education,
Danville, Pa.
Gentlemen: l have just received no.
tice of my election to a better posi-
tion and therefore resign the princip-
alship OF the Danville high school.
have notified several agencies so that
you will soon have plenty of good men
on the ground. Sincerely Yours,
John W. Taylor,
On motion of Mr.. Heiss J. W. Tay-
Ior's resignation was accepted.
On motion of Mr.. Orth the salary of
the principalship was fixed at one
hundred dollars per month.
Mr.. Swartz nominated Mr.. Bream
as principal of the high school. Mr.
Burns seconded the nomination. A
vote was taken. each of the directors
voting for Mr.. Bream with the excep-
tion of Mr.. Pursel. who declined to
vote. The six votes falling short of a
majority, there was no election.
A second vote was taken, when each
OF the directors, Mr.. Pursel in the
number, voted for Mr. Bream. The
seven votes constituting the majority
of the school board E. S. Bream was
declared elected as principal of the
high school for the ensuing term.
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