The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-27
Only Business Now En-
cages Attention of
School Body
PLAN FOR CHEAP
TEXT BOOKS LOSES
Mrs. OsbOrn's Sugges.
ton Gets Cold Shout
der From Men

ness. while the lone woman inspect
or. Mrs Laura r Osborn. looking
very comfortable In white shirt
waist. calmly interjected questions
aud kept up her end OF the discus
sion
II was not Ike that In the days OF
the old board when Al and Henry
and the rest OF the bunch were wont
10 Toll around in their shirt sleeves
on sultry evenings. putting black CT
CARS and making themselves gener-
ally az ease
Those were the days when the
board OF education was short on dig
nifty and long on oratory. Now the
conditions are just reversed, and
while the. new way is more BUSH
ness.llke II IS not nearly so demo
cratic The bimonthly sessions re-
mind one OF nothing so much as the
directors meeting OF big corpora
ton And there Is almost a total
absence OF verbal pyrotechnics.
With battery OF fans keeping up
continual roar, II was impossible
for anyone sitting 10 feet away.
Thursday night. 10. hear what was
going on
The matter OF precedent doomed
large In Thursdays meeting. the
second regular session OF the small
board II FIRST came 10 The fore
IN connection with request from
the Rev Carl r Hegel. pastor OF the
Zion Reformed church for the use
OF room in the Hillger school sun
day afternoons pending the erection
of new church at Fisher and Can
field ayes Supt Chadsey asked the
board 10 adopi some policy with ref.
erencc 20 such requests and the
members. on motion OF Inspector
Hall, promptly went on record
against the use Of schools for relig
.ous purposes b. denying the re-
quest The vote was unanimous
The board however. voted 20 open
the school auditor.ums for lectures
10 housewives on food conservation
and preservation in connection with
a city.wide campaign 10 be launched
under government auspices
The question of precedent bobbed
mp again when bin Of $50 from Or
A y Collins. for attending q boy
injured az the Russell school play
ground, came up tor discussion In
spoctors Hall and Riddle both physi-
clans themselves. were for paving
II. tut President Mumford pointed
out that there were no funds avail
able for such CONTINGENCIES Bust
ness Manager Gadd said that the
old board esta blished the practice OF
providing for first aid only In such
cases. Or Chadsey took the posi-
ton that the board was not respon-
sible for accidents on school grounds
and declared that the payment OF
this bill would establish costly
precedent. In the end 1t was laid
over Till the next meeting.
Establishment OF the Detroit Jun.
Tor college in Central high school
along the lines already outlined in
The Times. was authorized with
out discussion. the superintendent
recommendation being fully con
Cured in
ON the recommendation OF the
business manager. the board created
.hc position OF purchasing agent and
storekeeper and appointed William
f. Reid, No. i72 Merrick-ave. 10 the
position at $4,000 per year
Dr. Chadsey read communica<ion
from Fred l.. Keller state superin-
tcndent OF public instruction. calling
attention 10 the fact that the board
was not complying with the law re.
quiring submission OF plans OF school
buildings for the approval OF this
department There is no penalty for
failure 20 do this. but on motion OF
Inspector Hall the board voted to
comply with tho law In the future,
thus setting another precedent
The board voted down Mrs. Os.
born's plan 10 provide high school
pupils with text books at cost. In
stead Inspectors Mumford and Os-
born we're named committee 20 OBJ
tain agreements from the publishers
20 supply the books at a 10 per
cent profit.
At ne suggestion OF Or Hall. the
new school for crippled children be-
ing erected on the Arbeiter hall site
Russell and Catherine.sts.. was nam
cd the Nellie Leland school as a
tribute TO the woman. now deceased
who with her husband. Frank y. IL.
and. established the first open air
school for tubercular children in De
troit
The Detroit Real Estate board will
be asked 70 appraise several sites
FOR schools allowed by the board OF
estimates
Ia The course Of a general discus
sion OF new school facilities needed
i'r Cnad7ey remarked that the new
Northern high school. opened only %
few months ago will 10 overcrowc
next fall. so rapidly has the populs-
ton increased In that section II
will be necessary 20 relieve this con
gsstion ultimately with two new
junior high schools. hs said
Mrs Osborn complained that the
ventilation in thh Northern high il
so bad that every bofy is talking
about H." The board. she said.
ought 20 exercise care IN NJ future
20 see that such mistakes are no.
duplicated.
Ca'f1'u'a TO-DAY puts int. effect "a
neN law prohibtils tho scalplng %
railroad aud steam hip tickets