Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-01-12
WILL ASK CITY COUNCIL
TO MAKE UP SHORTAGE
Proposed Increase Of Superintendent
Jenkins Salary Voted Down After
Lively Debate-.After Summer Nor
NAL schcoi-Arraneement for Com
mencenent.
mencenent.

According TO the report OF the IL
nance committee. made last night, the
board of school trustees faces q de-
felt of $4,000 this session and UNI
less the city council makes an ap-
preparation 10 cover the shortage. II
will be necessary to close the schools
in April. The committee estimates
that the total cost of the conduct OF
the schools this session will be SOD
000 n round numbers and TINS
amornt does not include the sll,vVO
spent in erecting the new school build
ing in the Second ward.
Accompanying the committees re-
port on the deficit fer the session.
was recommendation that the salary
of Superinte ndent of Schools Willis
A. Jenkins be inci ea.sed $500 4 year.
When the matter was first brought up.
President Pickett ruled that the
board had no authority 70 increase
the salary. but Prof. jenkins produced
the acts of the last assembly ana
showed that the school board alone
had the authority to provide for an
increase OF tue salary.
Increase is Voted Down.
The question of the salary raise
provoked long debate, but the board
finally voted the matter down by fiye
to four. the vote being recorded as
follows: Ayes-Batchelor, Biylns.
Moore and Sutton. four; nays
Packet. Christie, Huffman, LEM and
Richardson, five.
Curing the course OF the discussion.
it came out that when the State
board of education elected Mr.. Jen-
kins members of the school board
promised State Superintendent OF Pub
lie Instruction Eggleston TO increase
the superintendent salary. COL HUI
man said that only recently the board
furnished Mr. Jenkins with a clerk
at $50 a month. which was an In
crease in his salary of $500 a year IN
that it relieved him of duties which
the superintendent has heretofore per-
formed. President Pickett opposed
the increase on the ground that the
board could not increase any salaries
when it faced a deficit of $4,000.
Ask Council for Appropriation.
Before the report Of the finance
committee was disposed of. the board
directed that committee to appear be-
fore the city council and ask that the
council make an appropriation OF 49,
600 TO keep the schools running fer
the full term and to provide the neces-
sary funds for repairing the schools
and paying the jaairors during the
summer vacation
Upon the recommendation of Supt-
Jenkins. the board adopted a Tesolu-
ton instructing the superintendent 10
use his best efforts to have the state
summer normal school held in New
port News this summer and asking
the city council TO appropriate 5000
to secure me school. Prof jenkins
said that the holding Of this school
here would result in a lasting bes M
10 the city schools as wen as TO Sns
city as a whole
Arrangements for Convention.
Supt. Jenkins reported that prac-
ticaIly all arrangements have teen
made for the commencement sxer-
cises OF the High school class OF Feb
rusry. 1910. When the trustees
learned that IL woatd cost s7s 10 Sc
cure the Academy Of Music for the
comm ncsmenf. 81 was unanimously
dec ded 10 hold the exercises al inc
First Baptist church II the use Of the
chr.ch could be secured. The exer-
cises vii start OF Thursday. January
q. with the public cntfrtainment by
the High school literary 90
c.eiy. and the class DAY exercises viii
b. held on the following DAY. o.
sunday. January -. the baccaiaureafe
sermon wiz be preached BY Rev.
Thomas G. Darst AZ St Pants Episco-
pol church. The final commencement
exercises viii be held or the follow
Ing night
For contirUaton Schools.
SIT. jenkins made = rcpc-t on the
conference between the members OF
he school hoard and the shipyar1
foscmes MONDAY night relative 10 coz
tinuatiou schools for the apprentices
AZ the shipyard. Supt Jenkins ana