The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-07
HUNTINGTON ROAD SCHOOL
 ORDERED IN TOWN MEETING
Tn Lengthy Session Replete With
 Virile Discussion Town School Committee is Repudiated.
STAMFORD
(special to The Farmer, ,

Special to The Farmer.) Stratford, Aug. 1.-The residents ot
 the Huntington Road district will get a four room brick school house. if the ! will of the voters expressed in the town meeting last night Is not thwart- l ed This decision was reached in the adjourned meeting held to consider the request of the Town School committee l for more room. The$meeting was one of the most enthusiastic held in years. The old guard which has controlled matters in, this town for years was
 completely routed, although fighting 1 to the last ditch.
 The presence of women in the meet 1 ing was an innovation and it marks an era in the conduct of public af- fairs in this town. Although the feeling was strong. there was no dis order. The men removed their hats, and only a few persisted in smoking. It proved the contention of women who are seeking the ballot that in- stead of politics lowering the women their influence could be plainly seen, for there has never been a more or derly or buSiness-like meeting fin the history of the town.
 The struggle was between the School committee and the voters of the town who believe the committee has not conducted the business of the schools in a satisfactory manner. pr. W. B. CoggsweH and Prof. w. B. Kelsey as- suned to be the whole School commit tee. The only member of the commit tee outside of the president, Dr. Coggs- well, was Samuel W. Beardsley, who voted and talked against the proposi- tions advanced by President Coggs2 well. The other six members of the committee were not seen or heard of
 in the meeting. It corroborated the
 general belief that the committee IS
 practically composed of the president
 and his creature. the superintendent
 of schools, and that the president has
 assumed to be the whole board act-
 ing without the least semblance of re-
 spect for the opinions of the others.
 Frank E.. Conine championed the
 cause of President Coggswell. He
 presented four typewriter resolutions
 which embodied the demands of Dr.
 Coggswell. The first resolution call-
 ed for an appropriation of $23,000 to
 be used in moving the Washington
 school and the erection of a brick ad-
 dition of four rooms. MT. Conine
 spoke for the resolution. He said that
 he had been opposed to the proposi-
 tion of the School committee at the
 last meeting, but had been converted
 in a conversation with pr. Coggsweli
 and Supt. Kelsey. The voters evil
 with suspicion, for they turned down
 the proposition by decisive majority.
 Dr. Coggswen and Supt. Kelsey also
 spoke for the resolution. Dr. Coggs-
 we'll dwelt at length on his service on
 the School board, saying that he had
 been 8 member for ten years and that
 since he had taken office the schools had been conducted in the best man. ner possible.
 Mrs Rosamunda c. Winton was granted the privilege of the floor, and opposed the addition to the Washing
 ton school saying that it would not be needed if a four room building was
 erected on the Huntington Road. She asked why the Washington school was
 discriminated against by the commit tee, as charged by the residents of the vicinity, and after, the meeting it was explained by the president of the com- naittee that the building was a 'tspite building because the town took the l matter of it's construction from the School committee. Mrs. Winton criti- cised the condition of the building, se- Everely. No one objected to the women in the hall voting on the question. | At the ballot box a lady was obliged
 ballot, as did her daughter also, to
 Mrs. Winton, who deposited all three.
 believing that she had the right to do so. The matter was reported to
 Chairman Judge Charles H. Peck, and
 he ordered another ballot The res | OluLlOn Ialled Dy vote or 64 70 A with two blanks.
 l MT. Confines second resolution speci- l fled that only local architects and builders be employed on the. work, and this was carried unanimously later in the meeting when the school house on the Huntington Road was ordered. His third resolution author 1 ing to be placed at the Sedgwick
 school and carried an appropriation of 1 $1 1000. It was adopted by a vote of
 61 to 13. with one blank. His fourth ] proposition appointing a committee to
 undertake the building of the new | modified.
 John Sinondinger offered resolu-
 tion appropriating $20,0O0 for q four
 room brick schoolhouse on the Hunt l ington Road. It opened the ways for
 a prolonged discussion in which Mrs.
 town reports, said it had cost the l town $12,42525 in teachers salaries l alone to graduate the eleven pupils who were given diplomas at the last commencement. A short time before
 the graduation the list of names only
 numbered eight when seen by one of 1 the board.
 | After discussing various sites for a
 schoolhouse on the Huntington Road, ! the sum of $500 was appropriated to purchase two acres of land from D. i c. Wood, who was present. An addi- | tional sum of $490 was added to pro- vide for the prepaFgtf5h, of the lot. A 1 four room hrssK school was ordered for
 the site and the sum of s15,000 was ap- propriated for it.
 | After the meeting President Coggs- ] we'll said that the committee would not have any use for the portable building, as the action of the town | n1QRflnGr r>I nf committee.
 STAMFORD BRIEFS. Court Liberty Bell, O. c. S., will give lawn party at the residence of Mrs. Annie Rudine, King street, | this evening. Those who attend are promised a pleasant evening with plenty of refreshments and other fea- lures.
 Mrs RicTharff Aue-,s+ .of ryino street