New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-29
II FILL EDUCATION
BOARD VACANCIES
Only 3 Reappointments-
Mayor Thinks Fresh Point
of View Beneficial.
WILCOX TO SUCCEED
CHURCHILL is RUMOR
Present Head Will Resign. but
Remain a Member-WillcoX
Mitchell Man.

Mayor Mitchell announced yesterday
the appointment Of eleven members TO
,he Board o. Education. Three were
rcappoirtmentS. The new appoint.
men-s make the complexion Of the
board in sympathy and accord with
the pre-cnt city administration. which
has not been the case heretofore.
The board will meet early ia Febru-
AIRY TO elect new president in the
place OF Thomas ". Churchill. Will
lam G. Wilcox. q present member Of
the board from Staten Island. will
probably be the new president he
was appointed by Mayor Mitchell or
January /. 1914. Mr. Churchill has
candidate in George J. Gillespie. who
has been member since March -
1906. but the Churchill faction Is no
expected TO win.
While President Churchili and The
Mayor have differed radically on cGl-
catIonai matters. there Is no effort 20
force the present incumbent out. Mr.
Churchill will retire voluntarily. and
has expressed publicly his desire to be
relieved of the office. lie will remain
a member of the board He was first
appointed to the board on January 10,
1911. and elected president at the sug-
eestion Of Mayo. Gaynor. He was re-
elected with Mayor Mitchei's approval.
Mayor Mitchel's reappointments
we're Miss Martha Lincoln Draper, l25
East Th:rty-siXth Street, Robert l..
Harrison. 20 West Ninth Street, and
John Whalen. 45S West lj5th Street.
The new members are:
Fresh Viewpoint Desired.
Leo Arnstein. 755 Park Avenue. lie
has been closely associated with Pres!-
dent McAneny of the Board OF Alder
men for the last six years. From 1910
: TO 1914 he was Nh. McArcny's secre-
tary while the latter was Borough
President Of Manhattan. For the last
two years. until his recent resignation,
he has been assistant 20 the President
Of the Board Of Aldermen. He has
served on many important committees
of the Board Of Estimate as Mr.. Nc
Aneny's preventative, particularly
the budget committee.
Edmund Dwight, 324 West Seventy
sixth Street, q prominent insurance
man. and for several years vice-presi-
dent Of the New York Juvenile Asylum,
or the "Children's Village
Waiter II. Gilpatric, 2i7 Eighty
fourth Street, Brooklyn, a member Of
the law firm of Bassett, Thompson &
Gilpatric, and for three years mem
Der OF the local school board
Frederick Bruckbauer, Gil Eighth
Avenue, Brooklyn, a merchant. and for
several years a member and chairman
Of the local school board.
DR.. Frederick W. Atkinson, 30 Pine
apple Street, Brooklyn, president Of
the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute.
Mrs. Edward A. Quin, 500 Washing
ton Avenue, Brooklyn, a graduate of
Adelph Academy and Smith College
and active in civic work in Brooklyn.
Thomas J. Carroll, 1915 Clinton Ave
nue., The Bronx, prominent labor
man. lie is president Of the Stereo-
typers' Union Of this CITY. and holds
the same Office in the Allied Printing
Trades Council Of me state and city.
John Halpn, Far Rockaway, Queens,
a lawyer. associated with the firm Of
Bowers & Sands. Of this city.
In making the appointments the
Mayor said:
Most careful effort was made TO OBJ
tain the services OF representative citi-
zcns who had a sympathetic and prac
teal understanding of school matters.
"The fact that some Of the retiring
members were not reappointed must
not be taken as a I Election on them.
II was felt that in view of the many
especially mOmentous questions before
the board a fresh point of view in the
board would be beneficial