Evening journal., 1920-02-10
BOARD AGAINST
School SURVEY
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ment OF a committee TO comprise mem
bers OF the Board OF Education. City !
Council and citizens. the latter to be
named by The mayor.
DR.. Banion said he considered Mr..
Mlller's letter Important and encourag-
Ing. lie referred To- dlsagreemenis. out
said he believed all were agreed as to
need Of new schools. II not as to meth
DDS Of acquiring them. He moved that
President Romm appoint a committee
TO act in conjunction with committees
10 be named by the Mayor and presi-
dent Of council which should meet wfih
The State Board and consider the city
school problem.
Or. BantOn's motion was adopted and
he then added he had seen Mr. Miller
and had anologlzed for an attack by
him on the rsOnncl OF the state Board.
lie said he now wanted TO publicly
make such apology.
Mr.. Stradey then introduced his rcso-
llution for a survey OF the city's teach
ing plants and OF the professional side
OF the school system. Mr. Campbell
got into action at this. saying the reso-
luton was lite more than "an en-
largement" OF the plan alresdy adopt d
on motion OF Or. Banton. lie thought
such a survey by the board should be
premature bestowed lavish praise upon
Mr.. Miller and conclude d he couldn't
see how the building program Of The
board cOu'd be helped anywhere when
the board had no money. He said he
favored Mr.. Stradley's suggestion OF
survey. but thought lt ought TO be or
dcred by The general committee TO be
named an not by the school board.
Mr.. Slradley ret0rted that the sur
vey was more directly The business OF
tho board than OF a general committee.
and that II the board should order II
made al once. The survey could be
rtady In time for consideration OF the
general committee when the latter fnal-
ly was organized. Isn't II better for
this board TO go before the COMMITTEES
with an intelligent statement OF us
needs than TO go with empty hands and
walt for the committee 20 have the sur
vey nader" ne asked.
Mr.. Stradley praised the work OF DR..
Clifford ]. Scott. superintendent OF
Schools, and said his resolution meant
no reflection upon him or the teaching
STATS OF the city. lie referred TO the
declaration made last August by Or.
Cooper. OF the board that the teaching
standard OF the city schools was equal
10 that OF any city In the country. Mr..
stradley said he doubted this. because
n was hardly likely teaching stan.
no matter how good. could maintain
the same standard with poor building
eoulnment as those with good. At any
rate the survey could not lniure anyone.
lie cited surveys made In Omaha, -.
Paul. Butte, Framington, Mass; Pei
ham. n Y. and Greensboro, y. C., by
The research bureau OF Columbia Uni
versity as showing the latter's expert
ence in handling such subjects.
Mr.. Campbell agreed that a survey
would vlndlcate his JUDGMENT that the
schools were an rieiit, but this was no
time for a professional survey Such
survey just now will be unfair ne
declared. because many ieachers are
working double time and ihe schoois
are so crowded they cannot 40 their
best work"
Mr.. siradley reiorted that the survey
would be by no means "either narrow
minded or prejudiced.'
Here Or. Scott, supervisor, reao a
letter rom a number Of school princl-
pals protesting AGAINST such a survey.
Mr. Siradley replied he did not want
the board shift its responsibility thal
was all"
The vote on the first resolution was
called and Il was defeated. Mr.. Strad-
lev introduced the second resolution
and n. too. was defeated.
At this iuncture the bugaboo OF the
board-"nO money'-made It's regular
appearance. Dr. Bant0n, chairman OF
the committee on repairs, sd recent
storms had played havoc WIN roofs
/ OF many OF the schools and repairs 10
them were urgently needed TO protect
/ the properly. He asked what the
/ board was going TO do about X.
Mr.. Siradly retorted that he didn't
| know, I'm view OF the fact that ihe
board was broke Earlier Mr.. Strad-
ley hod introduced resolution trans
/ ferring some cash balances from ac-
counts which wee In passable shape
10 account urgently needing II. He said
he didn't know what the board could
do unless II cut out the telephone ser
vice. That would save 1925 a year, he
said. Dr. Banton suggested going into
more debt. Mr.. Stradley said he
doubted II supply firms would further
trust the board. President Rommel
said he thought the board would have
10 20 a-begglng again to City Council.
Nv. stradley replied Council already
was facing a deficit OF $4,000 to $4,000.
The problem was left very much up
/ In the air.