The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-15
BOARD DECIDES
TO ELECT SOON
To Name Superintendent
in Two Weeks.
WILL Then SELECT TEACHERS
Big Shake-up in Schools
Predicted.
Numerous Teachers to be Dropped.
Board Purchases New Material for
Numerous Teachers TO be Droppcd.
Board Purchases New Material for
Preventing Dust--IIopc to Secure
Competent Census Enumcrators
This Year.


be decided within the very near fu-
ture, was determined upon at a meet
Ing of the Board of Education, last
| evening.
On motion of Member Robert Pen
mel 1t was decided to take up the
question of a superintendent at the
| next meeting. Perhaps an executive
session will be held before that time
and great number of the candidates
eliminated. 1t Is the purpose of the
board to settle upon the several most
available men for the place, investi-
gate each one thoroughly and then to
commence balloting If the members
are unable to come to an agreement.
The teachers will be hired immedi-
ately after the new Superintendent is
| chosen. That there will be a number
of teachers dropped next year Is GER
tain from the talk of the board last
night. Considerable time was given
to discussion of the most suitable
| time for electing the teachers. Some
of the members thought that they
should not be elected until after
school has closed as teachers drop
ped from the corps for next year
might shirk their work during the re-
mainder of this year. Others took
the opposite view believing that
teachers who are to be dropped
should be so advised in order that
they might look Ior places else
where.
| Although no direct statement was
made, it was evident that the MEM
bers of the board plan a big shake-up
in the schools with the election of a
new superintendent of public instruc-
| ton. Just where the official axe is to
| fall no one seems to know. Develop
ments of the next few weeks will
be watched with the greatest interest
by teachers, pupils and patrons Of the
schools for IL Is certain that both
the high school and the grades will
be affected. M
The board desired to have the sup
erintendcnt of buildings 20 over the
various chool buildings and make an
estimate of the repairs necessary to
comply with the ,seport of the state
building Inspector About $4,000
was spent last year. according to Mr..
Jacoby and as the, board has use for
every cent of the money on hand this
year, there is no desire to spend more
suggested that the inspector might
be asked to come here and with a
committee of the board and the
buildings superintendent to go over
the ground and seek to eliminate a
part of the expense. The building
superintendent will prepare an esti-
mate of the Improvement and re-
pairs required.
The matter of having pianos at
each of the buildings was brought
lup during a discussion OF the necessi-
ty for repairs on several of the old
organs in the schools. The members
agreed that pianos are something that
is needed at every building and Mem
ber Dickerson thought that a type
writer rate might be secured on a
big purchase If the board went after
It in the right manner. When the
board sees its way financially to take
up the piano proposition 1t is likely
that each of the buildings will be
supplied with one.
| On motion of Member Jacoby II
was decided TO purchase 400 pounds
of "No-Dust," at two and one-half
cents n pound for sweeping the
school rooms. This Is a preparation
which | aid to do away with the nec-
essity for oiling the floor. Some dis
satisfaction has been expressed with
the oil as dresses are ruined and
children track the oil onto tho carpets
at home.
i Mr.. Dickerson was opposed to do
ing away with the oil. claiming that
while the janitors sometimes got too
| "A A..
dust down. "If we can keep the dust
out of the pupils lungs. we do not
care about the teachers dresses" he
declared.
The article purchased will be Civ
en- thorough trial at four of the
buildings and II the experiment
proves successful, II will be bought in
larger quantities and used at all of
the buildings.
p. 5. Wilson, building superintend-
ent, was asked for truancy report
which he promised to give at the next
meeting.
The manner and means of getting
the best results during the forthcom-
ing school census was discussed. The
schools receive a certain amount for
every resident of the city between the
ages of G and n years. hence the
board is anxious that as few as pos
sible shall be missed by the enumer-
ators. Despite the care exercised in
past years, the school census takers
have missed many OF school age. The
board will go into this more thor
oughly when the time comes for
making the appointments.
Mr.. Pennell brought up the super
|intendency question. He said that he
believed 1t due the applicants for the
place to decide as soon as possible and
that he. within the coming two weeks
would feel able to cast his vote. Mr..
Jacby said that he was hardly in a
position rightnow to make a deci-
sion but that he believed 1t would be
a good plan to eliminate all those who
have made application and who will
not be seriously considered This pro-
cess of elimination should be carried
out, he suggested, until but three or
four OF the most desirable applicants
remain Then the board should be
able to decide upon one of the num-