Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-15
SCHOOL BOARD NOT
To BUY MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS NOW
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which the instruments were to be puf
ch,..d IT do contend however, that
we should have music in tho schoo'S
md feel also that they need toilets
wbv not have both? In the poor sec
t,ons of the city the children DO ho'
have music at their homes, so why
can't they have IL - their schools'
Dr Ranton next presented "A resotu-
,Jon asking that the bids be returned
unopened.
Stradley Puzzled.
At this junction Mr.. Stradley TOOK
the floor and added; 'aut u'
stand why the Board ef f-duca''"''
.bould advertise for bids and they re-
fuse to open them. | have heen on rec
ord as being impartial 10 one spccial
make and the dealers in WiiminEto"
bsvs not had square deal. This
cranhaphone for which bids have been
received has dropped II and | am IN
able to see where II VIII result IN any
better ways than before. | sec II" r'a
son whv this resolution should he
adopted
Addressing Dr Banton. the speaker
continued: Il am opposed to some
things and I want the members OF the
Board of Education who attended the
High School meeting December 10. I"
During the course Of the meeting at
The High School Mr.. Stradley was asked
concerning the settlement of a certain
hill and he there and thcn informed
The members that $1,000 was still stand
ms ~ tho credit of the Insurance ac-
count and that approximately Si3.ooo
vas etill credited to the plumbing and
heating account TIN question ot pur
chasing musical Instruments was
brought M AZ this meeting" said NJ
Sttadlcy. and il was decided that tn
schools needed musical Instruments and
which would cost approximately $4,000
| avn going through this detail. Nj
Stradlcv added. to show III. Eant"n
that | am right | expressed my "rp"
s,tior, to the program ~ that timr and
then left Following that meeting ~
I:antou came ~ mo and asked that
tri,k the matter ovcl and asked that
80 my way clcar to pnrchas, th" n
etrumCuts
ON the day II February IS met
tho chairman nf thr heating and fp,i
committee I.rdn,an Hoffman. and asked
him what the hoard intended doing anil
bo replied u saving h Thought ~"
hoard would uabo report
M Stradl.y fh.n as5od ~ have The
et.uoErarhb rcpmt road ~ tuaf what
u4s eaid At the last meeting af n"
raard tftcr tho report submitted ~
Tho st,nograiher the question n solicit
ing in IN rnhi. s,hnnis MAS brought
ur hy Nj Stppil,> ~ Ee'l ashoi
f1. il any ono was soliciting iu the rub
if schools, said Nr Stradl,, and L
lied by saving that soliciting Vas
h,iuE iunc in the schools
Nh, was tn. information sceHrcd
fr"u the principles of the schools ~
tho, had ~ intention whatevcl ~ huy
iag thcs. inetrun1cntes" Nj St1adlev
aekcd ~ What authority dtd Nr
Anderson enter the ssh,,nis to solicit
Who gave him the authority
Tho +, ,idcn,r is ,ur,rofc ami uot
hsarsay. fcol ,and I ann rfgnt in .n,
.on1irtionsf that this hoard did intend
- buy those pianos SHALL leave il
IN 10 the citizene whether ~ not Was
premature 7 feel that The evidence
shows that tho board ala interd to
transfer funds 10 provide music and
feel that IL was only puhIic resentment
that made the board change its mind
tonight II they had no Intention of
transferring tic furde bow is il the,
Iet mo get ~ at this meeting ard advise
them against il and accuse thcm Of
planning 10 do 81 without correcting
mo
II would soen1 to mo that ! had boon
staunrh for keeping tho mooney for
sanitation ard someone orf tho hoari
had gotten IN and announced the belief
.ii-,t vas going 10 san, tior ? trans
f.rral ~ the funds for n1uei, ! would
have then and there set htu right 7
row that certain people have solicited
Fl, 3 hoole for mus, ri Instruments and
an. IL necessary. name = teacher who
has hccn solicited Why would tho
teachers take if upon themselves to 20
INTO deal where the board would have
~ pav on"-half tho bill il there Wasn Z
someone in The hoard who know some
hing about IL
= don't Soc Why Tho board should ad
,-,srtiec tor bids and thou send thcm back
unopened and advertise again Nlr
Stradley continued If I have made
any mistake il has been in my cnthusi-
asnl 70 sec that no Injustice is done 10
am child iu the city
At this iuncturc Dr Rantop cx
claimed that there was mo- ont moro
Jealous in the interest of tho children
of the city than hc and that as far
as anv concurrence in any unjust gain
from any deals ne had never so much
aS used the pen and ink provided hv
the hoard He said that il was his
dearest ambition to keep his service
exempt from any undeThand dealing
which would he a discredit on the race
he represented. Of which he was the
only member on the board
He said The first I heard on the
question nf transferring funds was when
M Stradlcy announced that was what
the board intended doing. ] knew moth
ing Of Il before and would not have
been in favor Of such a move. In
CHASING me as a member Of the board,
as one who changed their minds be
cause Of public opinion. Mr.. Stradley
has done me an injustice and think he
should apologize. he owes II 10 me
Later on MIR Stradley did apologize
70 Dr. Bantom, still, however, maintain
ing that he believed that some mem
her Of the board had intended 10 trans
fer and had known OF the soliciting Of
the teachers
In explanation Of the resolution. Dr.
Eantom stated that he had formed the
resolution with the hopes that i would
satisfy the writer Of the letter which
was received from Chamber Of Com
merce.
Referring 10 the resolution. Superin-
tendent Scott demurred. inasmuch as he
did not wish to take the responsibility
Of securing the instruments, in view Of
all the comment that the subject has