Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-12
WIENER As HEAD
. Of CENTRAL HIGH
MOST PROBABLE
Scarcely Any Doubt That Edu-
cation Board Will O. K.
Committees Choice.
NEEDS BUT ONE VOTE PLUS
THE FOUR ALREADY GIVEN
President Guild Was Only One
= Who Opposed Him in Com
mittee Ballot

T. selection of Professor William
Central Commercial and Manual Train
ing High School, which was made by
the committee on instructions and edu-
cational supplies. at the meeting last
night, makes it almost certainty that
the entire board will confirm the gselec-
ton, since Mr.. Wiener needs but one
more vote to have a majority in the
board. He received four votes last
night. President Guild of the board.
voted against him. and Chairman
Brown, of the committee. refused to
vote. The meeting of the board will
be held april 27.
There were two candidates before the
committee for consideration, Mr.. VIE
ner and Morris l.. Barr. After a long
discussion on the relative merits of the
two men Mr. Wiener was nominated by
Commissioner Taylor. Gaetano Belfat-
to seconded the nomination.
Mr. Brown, in refusing to vote, said
that the committee was breaking a
well-established rule by ignoring the
recommendation of superintendent Po-
land Mr.. Brown declared that the
rules provide that the appointments
should be made from an eligible list
Recommended by the superintendent.
and as DR. Poland submitted but two
names and recommended neither. the
board should take no action on the
matter.
Say He Meets All Requirements.
The Wienerites said that they be-
heved the Barringer High School pro-
fa afat 10
In taking the advice of tn superip
tendent to go outside for a principal
the board would discourage home tai
ent
Up to 10:45 o'clock the committee had
been kept busy with other business. AS
soon as the question of the selection
of committee choice was brought up
an air of restraint seemed to settle over
everyone in the room.
"a motion is before the-house, ,n-ssid
Mr. Brown, "as put by Mr.. Taylor ar
the last meeting, to proceed with the
election of principal for the new high
school.
I'VE have always travelled together
peacefully in our connections as men,
bers of the board. gentlemen, and in
justice to myself l want to explain
! this situation as l see 1t. The rule Of
the board Is that appointments shall
be made by the board on the recon-
mendation of this committee, from n
| list of eligibles submitted by the city
superintendent. Now let us either fol-
low the rule. or lay it on the table, or
| else amend il to suit this situation.
"These rules were framed to cover
Just such a situation as that which
now confronts us. The selection ought
to be the professional choice, and if
that choice is not agreeable to us we
ought to ask for another opinion from
the city superintendent and make a
new choice. This is professional mat
ter and we should hesitate to take it
cut of the professional hands in which
! ii belongs
Mr. Guild Only One, to Oppose.
| When the motion to proceed with the
| election was put, Mr.. Guild was the
only one to oppose it, as Mr. Brown
did not vote. The application of Mar
| till L. Cox, principal of the Thirteenth
Avenue School was read. A number of
letters were read indorsing Mr.. Barr s
candidacy and several more indorsing
Mr.. Wiener. Three of the latter were
from the Rev. Lyman Whitney AL
len, James P. Dusenberry and Louis ".
Aronson.
In placing Mr.. Wiener in nomination
Mr.. Taylor said that he was a man
possessing prominently the qualiflca-
tions necessary for the filing of the
position. He said that evidently the
only question was the matter of the
candidates executive ability. and he
referred to the letters of Endorsement
in answer.
Mr. Guild. in explaining his negative
vote, said:
''I noticed while listening to these
letters of Endorsement that only one
of them was from a school man. The
rest are from business men, and
believe that they are not the best
judges of what a school principal
should be- AS your city superinten-
dent has told you, the position re-
auires a man who has abundant expe-
rience and Mr.. Wiener has not had
that. Dr. Poland refuses to indorse
either of the two local candidates, aud
Al