Show to OGDEN GO EN TEACHERS HERS ARE INCENSED I Plan to Cut Down the School Year Causes Outburst of Protest The teachers and principals of the Og Os Ogden Ogden Osden den city schools are up in arms over the th action of the school board in cutting off offa a week at the end of the school year Through Superintendent John SL L Mills they submitted petitions at the meeting of the board last night signed by every prin principal principal principal cipal and teacher asking that the action be reconsidered They argued that the school work ork was based on weeks in school and that to cut off one week at the end of the term would crowd the work and prove an injury to the chil chit children children dren They The also said mid that they signed contracts with a distinct understanding that they were to have pay for Cor weeks of school and that to deprive them of the week w k would be unfair to them and injure the reputation of the city The board was divided on the matter Pingree moved that the action of the board be reconsidered and Coulter sec see seconded seconded the thc motion Browning who was wan in inthe Inthe inthe the chair decided that as Coulter had voted against the proposition he had no right now to second the motion to recon reconsider reconsider sider eider that the same SlIme rule that cut him out from making the proposition would cut him out from Crom seconding the motion to re reconsider reconsider reconsider consider Coulter thought It strange that as parliamentary rules had been violated at every eel previous meeting of the board they should be rigidly enforced on this occasion Browning admitted that the proceedings of the board were Informal and said he would put the motion if It it were insisted upon After further discus discussion discussion discussion sion and on motion of or Williams the mat matter matter matter ter went over oer for one week The finance committee submitted an es toS estimate estimate for the next school year calling for Of this amount Is la for maintenance including for tench teach era er salaries and for interest sites school buildings and sinking fund It is suggested that this amount be raised as follows from state school taxes state school lands interest and rentals by local taxation The finance committee also reported te re receipts amounting to 19 10 making Ine me cash on hand Of or the receipts is from Crom the tax levy lew of IMS 1908 and is from the state rental renta fund It Is recommended that this last amount be placed in the teachers salary salan fund One hundred bundred and fifty tin dollars was wa ap appropriated appropriated appropriated to defray the Ute expenses of If an exhibit of the city school work at the tile j fair Call A communication C was i received from the San Jose Cal school ol i authorities expressing regret over the em fm embarrassment rn caused the Ogden school board in the employment of ot Ira D Steele saying they employed him with the un understanding Understanding that he had been released relea cd in Ogden Superintendent Mills that after B H Cannon left the high I school Royal Douglas a student had ha taken charge of the manual training work i and conducted It for twelve days Prin Principal Principal cipal Cross thought the boy was entitled to pay pa at the rate of 60 a month He was voted SO O for tor the twelve days Su Superintendent Superintendent I Mills also reported that he I had written President John To A Widtsoe of I the Agricultural Al college to send an fX pert to check up on the commercial de tie department Ie of C the High school at the Ue ex expense e pense of the Agricultural college soe see sent Professor Goddard who made the inspection |