The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-29
EIGHT new NAMES
ON SCHOOL BOARD
Leo Arnstein and Edmund
Dwight Selected by Mayor
for Manhattan.
THREE ARE REAPPO1NTED

Eleven appointments TO the Board OF
Education. eight Of them new. were an
bounced yesterday by Mayor Mitchell.
The three reappointments are those OF
Miss bertha Lincoln Draper, Robert L.
Harrison and John whalen.
The new appointecs for the Borough OF
Manhattan are Leo Arnstein and Ed
murd Dwight. Mr.. Arnstcin resigned
only last week AZ assistant to President
McAneny Of the Board Of Aldermen.
From 1910 to 1914 he was borough sec.
.etary under Mr.. McAneny and as the
representative Of his chief has served on
several important committees Of the
5oa.d OK Estimate. particularly on the
budget committee. Mr.. Dwight was Tor
several years v1ce-preeident Of the New
York Juvenile Asylum. He Is an IN
surance man.
The Brooklyn appoin'ees are Walter
n. Gilpatric. a lawya'. who has served
three years as a member Of the local
school board Frederick Bruckbauer. a
merchant, who has been chairman OF
the local school board Frederick v. At
kinson. president of the Brooklyn Poly
techn!c Institute. and Mrs. Edward A.
Quin. a graduate Of Adelphi Academy
and Smith College. who Is president Of
the Civttas Club and of the Woman's
Branch OF the City Mission Society.
Thomas J.. Carroll, the appotntee from
The Bronx. is president OF the Stereo-
typers Union OF New York city and pres
ident of both the Allied Printing Tades
Council OF New York STATE and the Al
lied Printing Trades council OF New
York city. John Halpin. who Is APP
pointed from the Borough Of Queens, IL
a lawyer.
Most careful effort was made this
year" said the Mayor In announcing his
selections. ito obtain the So, vices Of REP
rcscniatIvc citizens who at the same tim.
had a sympathetic and practical under-
standing Of school matters.
The fact that som" Cr he ret,riir
nit MIXERS were not reappointed must n Il
b" taken as a reflection on chem. " WAS
fclt that In view OF the many specially
~momentois questions before the bJA,t
n fresh point Of view In the board would
lie beneficial.
1T must be borne in mind that under
the law appointments must be made by
boroughs, and | have appointed in each
borough n number corresp, ndirg viii
that Of the retiring members from that
borough.
Tne eleNen appolntnN nus are made
to replace or renew nine expiring terms
and 10 ill two vacancies that were
caused by the reeignations OF Louis II.
Fink and Paul Fuller"
The members OF the board will meet on
the first Monday In February to chooee
a president for the coming yea Presi-
cent Thomas w. Churchill has announced
that he will not be a candidate for re-
election because ne has found hat the
duties OF the Office. for which he receives
no pay. have made such inroads on his
private business that he can no longer
continue. Mr.. Churchill has a candidate
t. succeed himself. and inasmuch as ne
and Mayor Mitchell ave been at odde
for some time a. respects the policies
OF the Board of Education a hotly con-
tested election Is looked for.
President Churchill. whose term as a
member of the hoard does not expire
until January /. 1919. favors William
q. Wilcox Of West New Brighton. Staten
Island. AS his SUCCESSOR, and Mayor
Mitchell and his adherents on the board
are understood to lie partial 10 the al
d,Gacy Of George J. Gillespie OF l4S East
S.xty-second street Whethe, the eight
NV members OF the board will suffi.
GENTLY Increase the Mayors following
& make the election OF Mr.. Gillespie
p~sible is n problem.