The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-12
b0ARD MEMBER
ASKS QUESTION
MIR. Van PeIt Wants to Know
Why Rawlings Was Made
Principal.
ON RECOMMENDATION OF
SUPERINTENDENT, ANSWER
That This Recommendation Was
Made Is News TO tie
Public.

AS a result pl llc uttloA Va 'i' lN1Nh-
ers and school work committee in APP
pointing w, s, Rawlings. principal oi
the Jackson school. TO take the place OF
Principal T.. :. HaIlock. who was trans
fcrred TO the Hamilton sChoo! 10 fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation ot w
w. Barton, warm discussion took pace
among various members OF the board
and City superintendent D. II. ChrIsten-
sen AT the monthly meeting OF the board
Of education Tuesday evening
The committee recommended TO the
heard that its action in naming Rawlings
he confirmed, but several members nj
the board were opposed 10 Ii; Rawlings.
who was formerly superintendent OF the
Provo city schools, has only been I'm the
salt Lake schools since the beginning OF
the present school year. and Ii. V. van
Felt asked why il was tnat Il teacher
who had been In the schools only fe"
months was chosen In preference To
teachers who had been in the service
for a long time and were already In the
inc OF promotion.
The appointments were made on the
recommendation of Superintendent Chris
lcnsen." s. G. Park answered.. "and il
was apparently the plan to appoint such
men as would necessitatc the least shaF-
ing, up among the teachers and mus IN :
tcrferc the least with the school WORK
The appointment of Mr., Rawlings, how
ever, was simply on the recommendation
of Mr.. Christensen,
Question as to Custom.
Has IL not been the custom OF this
hoard To appoint teachers VINO nave
showed merit and have Uecn In the lime
vf fromotlou?" asked Mr.. Van lelt.
Yes answered superintendent Chris
tvnsen. "it has always been the custom
10 give teachers within The system prefer
cnte. and all the teachers who were con-
sidered for the position were within the
system
''Why was not Il teacher appointed who
had been longer in the service?' Nj. Van
IcIt quericd. He further asked why 1t
Was tnat Principal III. j. Stcarns OF the
Poplar Grove school had not lcen given
the position
Superintendent Christensen answered
that he did not understand that Mr.
S'earns desired the position until after
The decision had been made. Mr.. Chris
tensen further stated that he was Of the
understanding that had Mr. Stcarns
tcen appointed, IL would have been with
The hopes of going 20 school on the cast
Car slense9 declared that had he known
that Mr.. Steains wanted the position he
would have recommended him
Mr. Van Pclt declared that it was his
opinion that the committee had made II
grave mistake and that the teachers Of
tne city were not satisfied with It's ac-
tlon in The matter. The action Of the
committee, however. was affirmed by a
Yotc OF seven TO TWO Mr.. Van Pelt and
William j. Barrette voting against the
appointment Of Rawlings, Al others
Thomas, who Was absent.
Salary Mater Postponed.
The board again put off the linal action
IN the matter OF the recommends ton OF
the teachers and school work commit
lee. presented last December. that the
salary of l.: NJ. Gillilan. a vice principal
AT the high school be increased from
$1,000 to $1,000. To take effect the begin :
ming of the second semester, and that
action on the. salary of Ira S. Travis. also
deferred until the end Of the present
year. This matter has been continued
from time To time. and Mr.. Van Pclt de-
clarcd Tuesday night that IL seemed AS
bers of the board TO put off action until
1t was too late TO make any effect this
school year. Messrs Van Pel,. Douglas
sarrette and Park voted in favor of TAX
Ing. the matter UP and settling IL last
night, but the other members voted
against II.
principal OF tho Hamilton school. was
accepted ON the recommendation of the
teachers aud school work committee.
Jenkins Offer Accepted
On the recommendation OF the build
iugs and grounds committee the hoard
accepted the offer Of Ashton & Jenkin:
to, sell five acres OH the corner Of Eiev.
entb South and Seventh East streets 10,
new. school building site. The LAND
was offered for s1250O. II Is proposed
TO erect a new building OH this site tc
relieve the. congested condition Of tn,
Emerson. Hamilton and other schools il
ille southeastern part Of the city and t.
take care OF city students now beinr
maintained In county schools owing ty
the lack Of building facilities
The board decided TO join with tls
University OF Utah in petition TO lin,
Utah Light Railway company for {
loop line TO the new high school buidin;
past the university.
On the recommendation OF the build
ings and grounds committee the boar,
decided to pay g; w. Eldredge. archltec
Tor the new high school building s100
to apply on competitive plans
On the recommendation OF the commit
tee on teachers and school work fl wa
decided that all city schools should clos
today at ~ o'clock noon To permit TN
children 10 attend the aviation meet
The following were appointed teacher
in the city schools: Miss Willie McDon
aid, Litia Windsor Lenore King and Jes
sic Harroun. Andrew S. Gibbons an
Mildred Powers were appointed teacher
In the high school.