The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-26
TALK OF SINNER FOR
$4,000 SCHOOL JOB
Board Of Education May End
Long Fight by Filling Place
on Wednesday.
MISS STRACHAN STRONG

The election OF an associate supe-n.
tendent 10 Ali the vacancy caused hy tbs
death OF Dr. Edward L. Stevens lac.
spring is scheduled for Wednesdays meet.
Ing OF the Board OF Education.
Whether the election will take r,,a.
or be again postponed will depend u,o,
the action OF a secret caucus held by the
school commissioners last Friday cen .
sorship more strict than that exercise,
by European nations over war news WAS
maintained so that the clash OF the cauru.
OF the contendlng forces In the board over
the several candidates should not reach
the public.
The filling OF a supervisory position q,
the school system of this city has sell ION
caused so much electioneering The roy..
ton is one OF great honor among ain.
Gators. In addition 10 the salary Of 500
year
The election was to have taken p!'rA
last June. but to allow full time for the
selection OF the nttest person for the
position II was postponed from time n
time An effort was made to extend the
field of selection beyond the limits >,
New York. II was thought possible thi'
n superior man might be found In Great
Bend, Ind. Kalamazoo. Mich. or some
town far away from this city
But there was n home rule element IN
the board that declared FOR home talen,
NJ. S. Stern, chairman Of the special con-
mittee appointed to consider candidate.
was vehement In advocating the sele.
ton of a New Yorker and succeeded IN
having the choice limited 20 the loca.
school system as an encouragement go
workers who hope for promotion
More than dozen candidates have
been discussed by members OF the schoo.
board. one OF these was Miss Grace e.
Strachan OF Brooklyn, n district superb
tendent She IL backed by various women
organizations In and out OF tho schoo'
system.
Mayor Mitchell let 1t be known that ne
Is opposed 10 the selection OF Miss
Strachan not because OF her sex but
on account Of her campaign methods iu
the fight for equal pay for the women
teachers. Miss Strachan. however, has
remained in the field despite the Mayors
opposition.
At one caucus OF the school commits.
sloners Miss Strachan received 10 votes
the highest number cast for any candi-
date District Superintendent John Dwyer
OF Manhattan. who was reported 20 he tho
Mayors choice. received only votes
The Brooklyn members d!d Iot look
with favor on Manhattan having half the
representation OF the board Of superin.
tendents That proba bly, explains why ID
who. like Miss Strachan, is Brooklyn
educator. got IL votes at that caucus
Twenty-four votes will elect at the hoard
meeting District Superintendent ElTa~
d. Sinner OF Queens got votes lie
was an associate superintendent undo
Supt. Jasper before consolidation and has
an excellent reputation among educators
District Superintendenis Edward W St.'t
and Charles w. Lyon and jerome O'Cor-
nell, an examiner. were also discuss,d
at the caucus. Since then three NOR"
| candidates have been brought In. They
are William McAndrews. principal OF tho
Washington Irving High School John II
Denbig. principal of the Morris High
School In The Bronx, and District Super
| intendent Cecil a. Kidd
Since the first caucus District Superin-
| tendent Sinner has grown In favor with
| the school commissioners and there wcr"
| reports last week that he stood an excel
lent chance OF being the choice at The
| election.
When President Churchill OF the Board
| OF Education was asked yesterday II the
members OF the board had agreed upon
| the candidate TO he elected at Wcdnes-
days meeting he said that so far as he
| knew they had not