Show BACKWARD ABOUT AIRING CHARGES Board of Education Changes to Its Star Chamber Methods in Probing Scandal STOREKEEPER STOREKEEPER RESIGNS THOMAS IS FOR A FULL AND FREE INVESTIGATION A general all aU around housecleaning for forthe fo the board of education was suggested by byone byone byone one of its ils own members at the Ute meeting last evening The board opened bids for forthe forthe forthe the erection and for the plumbing of ot the tho new addition to the Wasatch school and referred them to the buildings and grounds committee It also provided for fer feran foran foran an investigation into the disappearance of tools from the tho board stores by the school work committee which will be held hold shortly The state of ot mind of ot the members at atthe atthe atthe the meeting seemed peculiar There were plenty of hints and that some something something thing was wrong TOng but none seemed emed to care to refer to any of ot the charges which have been recently aired though C S Martin MarUn did attempt to belittle the charges and say that the press had been barking u the wrong wron tree The only references to recent develop developments developments ments meats in connection with the business of the board came up when tile the committee cn en teachers and school work recommended that the resignation of ot H W Earl as us a astore store keeper be accepted and that he and his sureties be released when his reports are filed flied and accepted The report also recommended that Rodney Rodne Hillam Jr bo be appointed in place of Mr Earl at l IJ IJa a month effective from March Mareb 1 Land and that he be required to give a bond of 1000 Earls resignation was not voluntary though several members of the board ap appeared appeared appeared to make it appear that It was circumstances had arisen arsen which in the opinion of ot some of the members impaired the usefulness of ot the man as an of the board beard and an he was told tol 1 that he had better betler send in his resignation and send it in at once Committee to Investigate At the last me meeting tiis the superintendent had been instructed in to make an inventory of the school 5 hool property This was done by bythe bythE bythe the superintendent but the Inventory had hadnot hadnot hadnot not been checked check d tip up p with the list in the thc clerks clerk hands so it was useless so far faras aa as finding out oit if It anything was missing The committee was ordered to do this checking up This Tills was done one on motion of Oscar W TV Moyle seconded by Thomas Mr r Moyle foyle said that the wording of the report indicated that Earl had not filed flied proper reports and he suggested that lm h should not be released until such was done Mr Martin said that not more mere than 2 worth of tools were missing in all but that any discrepancies should be ad al adjusted Thomas stood out for a full Cull fulland Culland fulland and free investigation of the tho whole mat rant matter mattEr ter He referred to the many rumors which he had heard and thought this was wasas wasas wasas as good a place for the tho board to start its housecleaning as any other If there was any other matter affecting the in integrity integrity integrity of any member of or the board or fOr of any it also aleo should be looked into This he thought might be the be beginning beginning ginning of the end of ot many things that ought to be corrected No of ot the board he took It need be ashamed of ot anything he had done My conscience is clear said Mr Mar Martin MarUn Martin tin Un The committee will me meet t shortly for the Investigation probably privately accord according accordIng according ing to custom Bids for Addition The bids for erection of the Wasatch school addition were according to plans prepared by b Dallas Hedges architects They The were as follows For complete com pIe building Including plumb plum plumbIng plumIng Ing tag and heating apparatus J F H K E I O 0 Chytraus For building without heating and plumbing Black O 0 L Ii C Shaw Tenders for the plumbing and heating hooting were received from the firm firms Higson Rossiter company J C CHeesch CHeesch CHeesch Heesch Higham Bros The committee on buildings and grounds will consider these and the contracts c will willbe be awarded at a meeting of ot the board to be held Thursday at The bid of ot William McLaughlin for the theold theold old Vintah school building of ot was accepted The treasurers report showed total re receipts of with disbursements dl bur of oC leaving a balance of ot The committee on teachers and school schoolwork schoolwork work wod reported report adversely on th the resolution resolution tion Ion introduced by W J Newman at atho atthe atthe the ho previous meeting m to the effect that the superintendent bs be authorized to en engage engage engage gage the services of ot enough h male Instructors instructors tors ors to fill all the manual training de departments departments Favor Male Instructors When this cam cani up Mr Moyle remarked on the absence of Mr Newman and said that toot in this Ills he felt that s toon soon as lIB po pus sible male teachers should be employed though consideration was due lue the pres present present ent teachers who were undoubtedly com corn competent In this matter the board was open to o criticism and since the matter had been aired teachers had shirked giving some of ot the boys In the manual training depart departments departments departments ments certain kinds of ot work but hail had developed headaches when occasion arose to give it It was at generally generall agreed by the mem member born ber ers of ot the board that the thie policy should be ie In the direction of male ma teachers for these departments as soon as practicable Miss Mary MaT wa a appointed teach teacher er Cr in the tho art department for three pe periods Periods e nods a day C CEmIl Emil Josi Josl was appointed teacher In the manual training department The boundary lines between the th Emer Emerson Emerson Emerson son ani and Hamilton schools were ordered omere 1 modified to permit grade Tade children trans tram transferred erred fer red to the Emerson to return to the Hamilton if It individual cases caseB justify such action It was stated that a meeting must be within thirty days das according to law I but no time was fixed Though the pur purpose pose hose was not mentioned this is to elect electa elee a successor to tho the late Joseph Obern dorfer who represented tho the Fifth pre precinct precinct etheL It is the tho custom in such cases caes to the colleague of the deceased bern b h her r to name the appointee This will probably probably probably ably be followed and the choice will rest with Judo Judge H P Henderson It is not thought that tho Urn Investigation Inv tion to be held by the teachers and school schoolwork schoolwork schoolwork work committee will develop that tools or prop ty of any great value alue have b bee e lost but some irregularities in the methods methods meth methods of oC conducting business may maybe be shown |