The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-24
FIRST MEETING OF
 BESSEMER BOARD
Dr, McTyeire Resigns Place As
 Secretary
BUILDING PLANS DELAYED
Mrs. William D. Taylor Entertains De- iahtfulIy-Medcal Society Meets. New Dog Catcher Is
 Appointed.

Bessemer, April Special. )-The l board of education held special meet l ing at the council chamber this even i ing. The board consisting of W. L.. 1 Rush. pr. J. H. Downing, pr. R. W. i Waldrop. w. H. Lewis and pr. R. P. l McTyeire was sworn in strictly in ac- l cordance with the last caucus held. i The oath of office was administered by 1 City Attorney B. G. Perry The officers l and terms to which they were elected are as follows w L. Rush. president, ! term three years Dr. R. w. Waldrop vice president. term four years; Dr. !. H. Downing. superintendent, term two years; pr. R. P. McTyeire. secretary term five years, and W. H. Lewis, term one year.
 The most important feature of the meeting was the resignation of pr. R. P. McTyeire as secretary. As soon as he was sworn in he stated that he begged to decline the honor conferred upon him by the board and he put in nomination for the position Prof. Joseph M Dill Professor Dill was elected and he will serve in this ca pacity until the expiration of his term as superintendent of public schools. which occurs at the close of this years term of school on May 2S.
 It was understood at the time the meeting was called by President Rush that plans for the new school to be erected would be submitted this even ing. but it seemed that some of the architects could not complete their plans and for that reason one or two of them had asked for further time in which to get them up. Under the cir cumstances President Rush stated that he believed it would be good idea to delay the matter for a short time. and give those that were not ready a chance to get their plans in.
 It was decided that the first regular meeting of the board should be held on the first Friday in May and a su- perintendent of public schools will be elected at a meeting to be held on the evening of the second Tuesday in May. which will be May 12.
 It was also decided that all bids and plans pertaining to the erection of the school building must be submitted not later than May 6, as after that date no other bids will be accepted. Another feature of the occasion was the sur render of the board of education books by former Secretary Lewis to the new secretary. MT Lewis stated that he would be more than glad to do any thing in his power to help the new sec retary along and it is more than prob able that he will be called upon to per form this feat
 Dr. McTyeire suggested that since the schools closed on May Sand there was always some work left over for the re- tiring superintendent to look after-that 1t would be a good idea to elect a su- penntendent to serve from July to July, as by this means one man would not be forced to put in some work for which an- other man was receiving pay This matter will come up al the meeting to be held on May l.
 There have been received up to date about p applications for the position of su- perntendent of schools, but the only ap- plicant on hand this evening was W. Frank Puckett of Anniston. Professor Puckett made quite a nice little talk and stated that if he should be elected to the position he believed he could guarantee to give perfect satisfaction.
 Professor Boyd was also heard with re- gard to the best methods to be pursued III erecting the new ScnOOlS. lie stated that one of the prime features to be considered in the erection of school was the matter of location and proper ven tilation and general comforts for the pupils who would attend. He stated that each and every member of the board should see to it that everything possible done which would tend to make the children take an interest in their studies, and he believed that the pres ent board would leave nothing undone which would in any way stand for the continued success and prosperity of the public schools of this city.
 A matter that may not have been men, tioned before was the fact that the orator for the commencement exercises to be held on the evening of May B at the First