The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-24
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
PROCEEDINGS INTERRUPTED
M PROCESS SFRIER.
WhS Got There IN Tlme 10 Prevent Beard
From PTsmssIns Wan Teacher 10
Job . Womaa wants schedule Tcr
New school TlulldlngS ~ q. 300. OO0

The proceedings of the Board Of Edu-
cation wen' interrupted Yesterday when a
law clerk entered the meeting and served
an Injunction upon President Winthrop.
Wait a moment until I receive this
injunction which a young man il trying
TO serve on me. = the chairman said as one
of the m-mberS was discussing an item
ga the calendar
II was the first time in the history 81
the l,oard that a court order was served
while the meTn!rr- were in ss.ssiOn The
meeting cams, tn 4 halt until the president
had read the court paI-rs and made an
a'know i''dgrtuent.
The Injunction was said To be- further
evidence. thar the women tpa6flers had nor
abandoned their tight for an equal grade
with men teachers and thar the struggle
for equal nav for equal work was 10
20 on II was SAID that the lnterl sorOiIgh
Association Of Women Teachers was back
Of the Injunction. which was obtained
from Justc" New burger 81 the supreme
Court
Justice Nswburger ordered the Board
OF EdIcatIon to refrain from promoting
David Goldw asser until IN. matter had
bs-n threahed out IN the supreme Court.
The complainant ~ Mary n Fitzpatrick.
a teacher OF thirty three years experience
in the public schools. The injunction was
Yesterday and served ia time To prevent
action by the Board Of Education upon
am item ON the calendar. This item was
recommendation 10y the elementary
schools committee that David Ooldwasser
he transferred from Public School ~ 81
Manhattan To Public School ~ in Brook
Ign and that he he transferred from
schedule VI. 10 schedule VII. which
meant that he was To get 81 ~ more q year.
He has been teacher for six years.
Mary Fitzpatrick wants the same posi-
ton and the marlborough association
backs her mp II would be an Increase
II sian year ia her salary II sh" got the
job. She says she ~ entitled Ia " bssrauE'.
of her longer service and beraiIse she
holds a teachers license just as good as
IN" one held by Mr.. Goldwasser.
Abraham Stern chairman Of the ele-
msntary schools committee m speaking
about the Injunction before the meeting
sad that Miss Fitzpatrick was misln-
formed about her rights and didn't have
leg to stand ON IN legal SENSE | mean,
the speaker explained. He's a lawyer
and he said he knew Of no law thar could
compel the board 10 promote a woman
teacher instead of a man teacher. II
both candidates were women or both
men ia" matter would he different. he
said
4 schedule for building operations for
1910 and 1911 was submitted and approved
and will 90 beforp the Board Of Estimate.
il calls for an expenditure Of sil. S0O 40
for buildings and equipment. mostly for
the current year II takes into account
former requests for money from the
BOARD 1T Estimate
The trustees Of the Normal College got
into a tangle over the proposed change
an the name 81 the college. The trustees
had deCided 70 change the name To the
Women's College Of the City Of New York
and sent hill 10 Albany to that effect
The alumnP who have a warm spot in
their heart for Thomas Hunter. who was
president Of the college for thlrty-siX
years. got busy and asked that their alma
mater b. named Hunter COLLEGE Some
one sent hill 20 that effect to Albany.
The trustees had a debate yesterday
a. TO which name they should support.
There IN "A celebrated hunter on his
way home from Africa II We change
our Normal College TO Hunter College
At the time ex-President Roosevelt ar
riyes herr many will suppose We do u
IN his honor -aid Robert Harrison.
" Vas finally deCIdVd to favor naming
the school the Nomens College Of the
tlty 81 New York