The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-09-15

served Denluu Tie DdC anu director
Brewer put the curved ones across
the plate. Secretary Bronson kept
the score as usual. Supt. Hoke
stood ready to do bit Of pinch
hitting if required. Two regular
players, DR.. Armand and Mrs. Da-
Wis, were conspicuous by their alb
sence.
Director. Brewer was fervently
praying that the board wind up
It's business before any delegation
of patrons of the Cobb school ap-
peared. But the warriors at Wood
land, like Banquo's ghost, refused
to down. They showed up in
force before the session closed and
asked that the board reconsider it's
action in removing Miss House as
principal of the Cobb school. w.
E. Cowden, H. I. Gooch and j. A.
P. Neal were spokesman for the
delegation.
You could feel the thermometer
60 down after the delegation had
performed it's mission. The men,
bers were informed that it was the
policy of at least a majority of the
board to remove a principal when
a minority made enough of rum
pus to impair the welfare of the
pupils and the efficiency Of the
principal.
In the Smithville matter, the
board bucked the wishes of a COM
plete majority Of the patrons for
many, many months, backing down
only when displeasure of the peo-
pie was feared at an approaching
election. Now, in the Woodland
embroglio, an aggressive minority
fully and positively captures a
majority Of the board.
Human nature is uncertain
stuff.
1t was developed at the meeting,
however, that Miss House, as a
balm for her Punishment to the
bushes, will receive $50 a year
more for climbing the hill to Du-
luth Heights and still another $50
a year as a reward for attending
summer school, an aggregate in
crease Of 500 year in her sal
airy.
Prof. Wylie has been appointed
to replace Miss House at the Cobb
school. He will teach as well as
serve as principal and, through
this change in principals, the board
figures out saving of several
hundred dollars a year.
Disinterested observers express
the opinion that had the Woodland
majority simply demanded the re-
tention Of Miss House as principal,
instead of mixing in the matter of
her appointment to the Duluth
Heights principalship, their tao
tical position would have been
much stronger and effective. The
Duluth Heights end Of the matter
was one purely concerning Miss
House and the board of education.
1t has been a rule to open up the
windows of class rooms during in
termissions. Director Brewer in
troduced a resolution, which was
adopted, that schools having me-
chanical ventilation systems here
after refrain from opening the
windows, thereby swatting: the
coal barons,' saving the precious
fuel and helping win the war.
1t also was decided to take some
levels and report at the next meet
ing as to what is required to prop
erly grade and improve the addi-
tional playground recently Sc
cuerd west of the manual training
school above Third street.
Supt. Hoke's monthly report
showed a falling off in high school
enrolment but an increase in
grade enrolment. The heaviest
gains in enrolment are at the
Stowe New Dulufh) and the
Morgan Park schools.
Several designations of teachers
were accepted. Among those who
resigned was Miss Foster, daugh.
ter Of director Scott A.. Foster.
There was some question recently
raised as to the legality of her ap-
pointment, on account Of relation
ship to director, and it was
hinted that at least one of the new
members of the board would hold
up her salary the next time the
rolls were presented. Miss Foster,
in the meantime, secured a posi-
ton in Superior and resigned in
Duluth.
In the complacent, one-way days
of the school board, it was consid-
cred extremely bad form to bring