Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-08-05
THE SCHOOL
BOARD HAS.
BUSY Time

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At a meeting of the school board,
held Saturday night at the high school
building, business of considerable inn
portance was transacted. Bids for
furnishing desks for the two school
buildings under construction were
opened and referred to the supply
committee. The representatives Of
some Of the bidders we're in atend-
ance at the meeting and desired to
show samples of the kind of goods on
which the proposals we're submitted
After the board adjourned the sam
pies were shown to the members of
the supply committee, but no award
could be made until the bids have
been listed and the price and quality
Of the goods has had proper consid
Grafton. The committee will go over
the matter as soon as the clerk has
properly listed the bids, which will
probably be at the next meeting, which
will be next Saturday night.
At the meeting held July 20, a reso-
luton was introduced by Director A.
A. Lee, which had for Its purpose the
referring to the city superintendent of
all applications for positions in the
city schools. This, in substance, is in
tended to deprive the teachers COM
inittee Of the authority given of pass
ing on the qualification of applicants
for positions in the schools. At the
time 1t was introduced action was
deferred until last night, at which
time action was again postponed until
the next meeting of the board
| The much-talked-of teachers COM
mittee has been the source of much
contention and wrangling at the board
meetings, since II was first created
last winter. 1t caused a split in the
board that has continued up to the
present and at the meeting last night
the same feeling arose over the dis
posal of the refusal Of r. Earl Feike
to accept position in the mathemat-
ical department of the high school.
At the meeting two weeks ago Mr..
Feike was elected to the chair Of
mathematics, but upon being notified
of his election he declined to accept
for the reason that he had been elect
ed to a position at Oregon City at a
slight advance over 500, the salary
attached to the position here. In his
declination he advised the chairman
of the teachers committee that he
would accept the position providing
the salary was placed at 500 a month.
This Mr.. Lafky, the chairman, was In
favor of paying as was Director Holt,
another member of the committee. Mr..
Lee opposed his selection at the ad-
vance demanded, saying that he con-
sidered 1t a high-handed way of fore
ing an advance in wages. Mr.. Miles
was also of the same opinion and
upon the matter coming up for final
disposal. Miles and Lee opposed rails
ing the salary and Lafly and Holt
favored 1t. Chairman Millard held
the balance Of power and voted to adj
vance the wages to 500 a month.
Much the same feeling arose when
Chairman Lafky, of the teachers COM
mittee proposed the name Of Jacob G.
Schott for principal of one of the new
schools. Mr.. Lee said: 81 am opposed
to electing this man on the recon-
Inendation of one member Of the
board unless the superintendent has
examined and passed on all of the
applications" The superintendent was
called on for his report and recon-
mendatlons and spoke very highly Of
Mr.. Schott. Mr.. Lee then said; 81
am now satisfied to vote on his name. .
A vote was then taken, all Of the
members Of the board favoring his
election. Mr.. Schott is a young man
of three years experience in teaching
one year of which has been in high
school work His salary was fixed by
resolution at $3.50 year.
Mrs. Grace Blalock-Menane was
granted a leave of absence Of one Sc
mester on account Of failing health
Miss Florence Akin, primary teach
ed the East School, was granted a
leave of absence until December 9th.
Miss Akin has been in Boston during
the last month attending a school on
primary supervision. During her
leave OF absence she will attend teach
ers' Institutes throughout the state as
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