The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-12
E. II. DILLON & co.

report daily. '.six hundred dollars is small pay for any man at any trade. Some people," he declared, may say, If they don't like what they're getting, let them quit their jobs, but this can be applied to any position
 Judge Coughlin wanted the board to refer the communication to some com mittee so that he might later meet with them and endeavOr to further show why an increase is needed. On motion of Commissioner Brady, the communication was referred to the committee on schools, consisting of Commissioners Ravens, Lieberum and Brady
 To succeed Miss Margaret Tender son, now Mrs Franklin Clark, whose resignation as clerk of the board was accepted, the board appointed Alfred J. Eagen, who has been clerk of SUD- plies. His salary will be $1,050 a year and his duties will be increased by at- tending to the enumeration of the school children, which work heretofore has been in charge of Agent Ginand. The board left the matter of MT. Eagen's successor to- the committee on school supplies.
 D. J. Judd who has been an instruc- tor at a business college in Spring field, was added to the commercial department of the High school at a salary of $900. a year. A. J. Black stone, who was appointed to fill this position only last month, declined the appointment. The board appointed the following young women as teach CTS for the ensuing term at an annual salary of $500: The Misses Estelle c Hamilton, Margaret E. Moran, Judith Kennedy. Susanne E. Eckel, Mary fE West, Ann T. Walsh, Hazel Weed and Mary l.. Otis. These appointees com plete the class recently graduated from the Bridgeport Training School The board accepted the report oi the committee on school houses fixing the salary Of the janitor of the new Sheridan school in Tesiny avenue at $500 per year The report of the spe- cial committee on the .same school. that the school be accepted, was adopted by the board.
 Supt Deane reported that most everything was in readiness for the opening of the schools today. He expected that there would be slight overcrowdings in some of the schools, but that within few weeks these conditions will be eliminated. He ad- mitted that he was in a quandary with the situation at the Longfellow school in Bostwick avenue. Over 200 extra children will be thrown upon this school through the closing down OI |. GLCpH6I1 pdl OCIlldi SCIloOl CuSl how he will meet the situation he could not state at this time. Part of the congestion will be overcome by the removal of portable building which has been part of the Jane street school. There will be nine portable buildings in use in the city. One portable building has been located at the Myrtle avenue school for the past ten years. Another such building will be released from the Shelton school in about a month when the ad dition of new rooms at that school, somewhat delayed, will be completed. The superintendent said that he had 21 applications for admission to the junior class of the training school, and expected more.
 The report of the committee on schools fixing 30 per cent. as the mark necessary to be obtained as a passing mark from the training school, laid over from the last meeting, was adopted not without opposition from Dr. Monahan, who strenuously object ed at the last meeting.