The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-27
Director of Topeka Manual
Training School Resigns.
Also Viola TrOutman, w. H.
Livers and Minna Bauer.
A. j. STOUT is CHOSEN
Will Succeed II. L. Miller as
Principal of High School.
Supt. Whittemore will Get More
for Added Work.

At the regular meeting of the city
board of education in the board room
of the high school building last night
the matter of election of a new princi
Pal and teachers, supplies, receiving of
bids on the new Washington school, and
the consideration of plans and specifi-
cations for the heating system in the
new buil1ing occupied the attention
of the board until a late hour.
Before proceeding to weightier bust
ness the report of the committee on
supplies was heard. This committee
reported the need Of new desks in some
of the rooms and recommended those
OF the American Seating company which
will cost $3.50 each delivered. 1t was
instructed to purchase Superintendent
Whittemore then spoke to the board on
the need of fitting up another room of
the basement for a botanical laboratory
which would require four tables and
two dozen chairs. a sink and minor
details Two classes had tried to use
one laboratory combining both botany
and geology last wear he said and that
I'm a room where there was no sunlight.
The board voted for the equipment of
the west basement room as requested
and referred the matter to the COM
mittee on supplies and the superntend-
$500
Next, the most important feature of
the evening to the high school,, its pat
Tons and students came before the
meeting in the report of the teachers
committee. The RESERVATIONS of Princi-I
pal H. /. Miller and four instructors
were recommended to the board for ac-
ceptance. The four teachers were Viola
A. Iroutman, teacher Of history; W.
H Livers. teacher of English; Minna
Bauer, teacher Of mathematics, and
J. H. Mcbride, director of the manual
training school The designations of
these were accepted as recommended by
the committee but that of H. L. Miller
was not SO readily taken. Several of
the board members were in favor of
attempting to retain Miller and one
moved to telegraph him that we viii
duplicate the salary offered by Kansas
City, Kan, and tell him Topeka Kan,
Topeka Will"
Superintendent Whittemore spoke
highly of the work of Mr.. Miller and
added that he knew from personal eX-
perience that the position meant many
sleepless nights of worry. Yet it was
increase at this new position which in
duced Mr.. Miller to leave, said Prof.
WhittemOre for he said: without the
consideration of the salary still I would
accept the new position. 1t is a larger
field After a few remarks it was
moved the resignation be accepted and
the president of the board write Mr..
Miller an appreciation. The motion
passed.
Then the committee recommended the
former vice principal, Mr.. A. ]. Stout, be
advanced to the position of principal
with a salary of $1OO less than Miller
received or $500 per year. The services
OF Mr.. Stout in the high school work
were spoken of in highest terms and
his election was reward of merit. 9th
er applications filed with the committee
were brought forward but were given
but little thought. For vice principal,
there were a number of applications |
some from other teachers in the school. |
but the committee recommended R. w. |
Coppedge, a present teacher in the
school, and he was elected with a salary
of 1880
Woman Principal for Girls.
An enireiy new office was then crea-
ted to be called woman associate prin- !
cipal, the duties of which are to be
the supervision OF the girls of the
school, and long needed intermediary !
between the girls in the school and their
mothers. But the name of the position |
as recommended found some enemies
who thought that the lady might aspire |
to the principalshin, being an associate |
and some suggested that she be called
matron, preceptress. dean, and a num- |
Der of other things. Gallantry, how |
ever, preserved the name for it was de- |
cided that no lady would want to be |
nlatron of a high school or any of the |