The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-07-03

The election of teachers and substi-
tutes for the vacancies, as reported by
Superintendent H. G.. Weber, and 9th
er matters of minor Importance, was
the business transacted Monday night
at the regular meeting of the Board OF
Education. Those present were DR.,
r.. B. Lees, Maj. e. B. Stahlman, DR.,
G. A. Lotion, l.. Jonas, Simon Lieber-
man, A. B. Hill, A. w. Akers and John
H. Dewitt.
Those placed on the probation list
and elected as new teachers are Misses
Westella Burns, Sophia Overstreet
and Mittie White Substitutes, Misses
Annie Allison and Eva Murrell
The monthly report submitted by
Superintendent Weber was as follows:
"On account of the high reputation
these schools bear, together with the
security in place now felt by the sue
cessful teacher, positions in the city
schools have been sought for as desira-
BILE, but when successful and expert
enced teachers learned that they had
to begin with us at the same salary
the novice received, the advantages of
engagement with us were Offset by the
sacrifice required. The result was, as
stated to you in a former communica-
tion, that our list of applicants was
largely made up of the inexperienced
and unemployed.
Your action in changing the date of
the examination for applicants for po-
sitions in the city schools to a time
when teachers employed elsewhere
could conveniently attend, together
with your action allowing outside ex-
perience in our schools in determining
a teachers salary has been entirely
justified by the result of the recent eX-
animation you held for applicants for
positions as teachers. Some of the
best teachers in the county and many
teachers of experience who live here
but have been teaching elsewhere, at
tended the examination held on June
90. A greater per cent of applicants
passed this examination than has been
the case for years.
"'The wise selection of eligible appli
cants to fill vacancies as they occur
will slowly but certainly increase the
efficiency of the teaching force.
"In the white schools there are four
teen vacancies in the class of proba
tion teachers and in the coloreC
schools the vacancies are three in thu
probation list and two in the list o
substitutes"
The report was passed over to b.
called under the head of new business
and postponed until other matters wer
dispensed with.
The presentation of accounts by tn
Finance Committee aggregated $6.441
OF. and was approved and ordere
paid.
1t was reported that fire escape
had been installed at Howard and Ta
hoX schools, and that other improv
ments on the various schools were b.
ing made.
There was considerable discussio
rs to whether there should be furthC
installation of water stills in the v
rious schools until further invest
cation should be made with referen'
to the purity of the city's water
its present state Mr.. Lieberman su
ported the contention that nothir
further in this line should be atteml
ed at this time from the fact tn
should the Reyer system Of puritiC
tion prove as efficient as is general
reported that further installation
the water stills would incur needle
expense upon the city's school fur
He stated that while he was very ST
sitive to the demands as to the ca
of the health of the children
thought it the wrong time to take
tion in this line. After some disc