New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-28
TEACHER. MOTHER
ACTION DEFERRED
Board of Education DIAL
lies While Pay of Sus-
pended Goes On.
ALSO VOTES AGAINST
REDUCING ITSELF
Relnstates Mrs. PeiXOttO as Re.
suit of Superintendent Fin
ley's Decision.

The Board Of Education again de-
ferred action on the teacher-mother
question at its meeting yesterday AZ
ternoon. The fifteen women who are
under suspension will, therefore, be
kept in idleness for another two weeks
at least, while they continue TO pile
Up salary bills against the city.
Friends and foes alike of the teach
er-mother theory joined in a last des-
perate effort yesterday to save the city
from paying salaries for no work, but
the orderly and decent process Of the
law decreed that the matter be again
referred to a committee.
Even Commissioner Wilcox, i'm
placable opponent of the teachermoth-
crs, assisted DR.. Ira Vile in his mo-
tion 70 withdraw the suspensions
against the women and to restore them
10 duty. Commissioner Egerton l..
Winthrop said there was no reason
why the city should pay substitutes
to do the school work of these women
when there was no doubt that Com
missioner Finley would order their re-
instatement.
The board voted to reinstate Mrs.
Bridget c. PeiXotto, the teacher in
whose case Commissioner Finley has
already made a favorable decision.
Mrs. Peixotto will see Superintendent
Maxwell to-day. and will probably be
assigned to duty then. DR.. Maxwell
said last night he did not know when
or where Mrs. PeiXotto would begin
teaching.
The storm centre OF yesterdays
meeting was the resolution concern
ing a smaller board Of education. The
board went on record as opposed to
reducing itself The first vote was
on the general proposition Of reduc-
ton TO smaller number, with the
exact size unnamed. This was opposed
by a vote Of 10 to %. Then they
voted on the specific question Of re-
ducing the number TO nine members.
The vote here was s to 30.
The eight who were in favor OF the
board of nine members were Commis-
sioners Flexner, Fosdiek. Giddings,
Greene. Pink, Sullivan, Wilcox and
Winthrop. The new members OF the
board were generally in favor OF a
reduction OF some sort.
President Churchill voted mo" on
roth resolutions. lie explained his
vote by saying:
81 am Of an open mind as TO whether
the size of this board should be forty
six or not. One thing | am certain
about is that it should not have nine
members. either paid or unpaid. IL the
nine were unpaid they would not De
sufficient to do all the work, and II they
were paid officials | am afraid OF poll
tics and other considerations which the
board should be devoid of. | shall pre-
sent nv views, as an individual, before
the Board of Estimate this morning.
The members who were in favor OF
the general policy of reduction were
Commissioners Bamberger, Bennett,
Draper, Dreier, Flexner, Fosdick, Gid
dings. Greene, Martin, Mullan, PINK,
Sullivan. Vile. Wilcox and Winthrop.
Walter L. Hervey was reelected to
succeed himself on the board of exam
iners, thus bringing to an end a con-
troversy which has ragged for many
months.
The board will meet on Monday to
@. CT a president. There is much oppo-
sition TO President Churchill, and wee.
President John Greene is being doomed
for the place.
A meeting to champion the cause OF
Miss Henrietta Rodman was held yes
terday at the home of Mrs. o. h. +.
Belmont, AT Madison av. A society was
formed whose Official title is The AS
ISOLATION for the Protection OF Teach
ers in Such Expression of Opinion as
Shall Have for It's Motive the Best In
terests of Pupils and Teachers" Mrs.
Belmont was appointed chairman. The
society will defray the legal expenses
of Miss Rodman's appeal to Commits.
gioner Finley against the action OF
the Board of Education in suspending
her because of her mother batting
letter 20 F. p. A.
Miss Rodman has written a letter to
Henry Linville, president of the Teach
ers' League, declining the offer of the
members to pay SO each for Rodman
relief fund.