| Show BOARD OF EDUCATION Trustee Colon Succeeds Charles Baldwin as President NEWMAN VICE PRESIDENT T ART DEATT OF TH SCHOOLS ORGAD J T Iood Employed As Instructor stctor I the High School and M P R Elliott A Supervisor of DrwigTe Committees Are Also Reorganised At last the board of education has arranged ar-ranged for the introduction of a neW method of teaching drawing and art studies In the public schools to take time place of the Augburg system agmdnst whIch the local artists have waged such strong and successful objection ob-jection Tie new scheme proposed by the committee on teachers and school vorlc commended that James T Har wood be employed as art instructor in the high school three hours daly a t a monthly salary of 80 and that Mr p R Elliott of Aurora Ills be ngag ed at 130 a month for nine months as supervisor of drawing in the grade schools The committees recommen qaUons were finally adopted after a spirited discussion ann several mel factual efforts were made to modify the personnel of the plan proposed HOME TALENT FAVORED Mr WhIne opened the debate by announcing his opposition to the Im portaton of a drawln teacher when home talent of the highest excellence is avaiable He favored the substitution substitu-tion of John Hafen now employed in the Ogden schools for Mrs Elliott and made a motion to that effect Mr Newman concurred with Mr Whiney Only in Dart did 1r Giaulue agree with the two members mentioned He moved to substitute the name of 1r Hafen for Mr Harwod and 1r Har cods for Mrs Elliott The amendment amend-ment was accepted DR MILLSPAUGHS EXPOSITION In rconse to a request from Mr Wilson for his views Superintendent Mlllspaugh stated that teaching drawing draw-ing in the schools and teaching art to art pupils were two separate and Ide ly distinct maters The 8uperlntenuent 1 demonstrated that a drawing teacher should have a thorough knowldge of geography mathematics hlstQry literature lit-erature and kIndred subjects in order to vIvlf the study of such branches A person might be a fine artist but on account of his lack of pedagogical knowledge and want of experience asa as-a teacher In drawing his work would be a failure TAKING THE VOTES J The motion to employ Mr Hafen in place of Mr Harwoo and Mr Ear wood In place of Mrs Elott was lost AyesGiauque Moyle Newman and Whitney NoesBamberger Colon CritchloW Nellen and Wilson On being assured by Mr Moyle that Mrs Elott taught the correct system and not the Augsburg method Mr Newman announced himself ready to support the committees recornmenda ton committees report as presented was adopted only Mr Whitney voting in the negative NEW PRESIDENT AND VJCE Pfll IDENT Mr Simon Bamberger was present for the first time as Um successor to Charles Baldwin who recently resigned member of ed us president and as a the board llr Nelden proposed that Mr W F Colton the vice presldnt be chosen president Mr Crichlow seconded and amended to include 1r Newman as vice president 1 Mr Iol0 l wanted the mat r post pond a week and Mr Whitney who ezoressed deferred surprise also wanted action In reply to a query from the hiter Mr Nelden said the election of new f I ficers was not necessary now but I tcers bo payIng a deserved compliment I to the vice president Mr Moyle proposed Mr Newman for vice president This remark caused Mr Nelden to I say that I Mr Newman were already I the vice president he would readily support him for the vacant presidency I The motion to postpone the election I was lost by a vote of 7 to 2 A ballot resulted In six votes for Mr Colton for president and one for Mr I Newman The rules were then suspended and the clerk cast a unanimous ballot for Mr Newman for vIce president CHANGES IN COMMITTEES On resuming his scat and after thanking his colleagues for the honor President Colton stated that by rca son of the new membership of Messrs Whitney and Bamberger and his dee tion to the presidency It became necessary neces-sary and advfsable to reorganize the boards connnltces The president therefore announced the reorganized committees as follows the president being be-ing exofcio 1 member of each com mitten and the first named In each case being the chairman Committee un HulesThe President Moyle Gauque Nelden Whitney On School LawIorle Critchlow BrIgham Newman Glauque On Teachers and School VorkNel den Brigham Ioyle Crtchlow Whitney Whit-ney On Buildings and GroundsWison Glauque Newman Whitney Bnmber ger erOn FinanceCritchlow Nelden Newman New-man Wilson Bamberger Mr Mole questioned the authority to appoint committees of the president commitees anw after they had once been designated desig-nated for the term and after a protracted pro-tracted debate between the attorney member of the board Mr 1oyles mo ton to refer the question of authority to the committee on rules for investigation investi-gation was carried by a bare majority vote votePERTAINING PERTAINING TO BUILDINGS The following actions recommended by the committee on buildings and gounds were ratified That until the completion at the Riverside school the corridor ot the ranlUn school be seated for the accommodation ac-commodation of the pupla In the two higher grades and that the pupils or the two lower grades be kept out of schools until accommodations arc provided pro-vided for them In the new building That the Davis school building be used until the Jordan building is completed com-pleted and that the Taggrt building be rerented for school purposes The committee on buildings and rounds recommended the reemployment reemploy-ment of the janitors of last year Adopted TEACHERS EMPLOYED AND TRANSFERRED On recommendation of the committee on teachers and school work the following fol-lowing teachers were employed Carrie ErlckQn RIverside 55 Luella Lu-ella Btner Tal art hal 55 W H Tawney BonnevIe 55 Ia D Travis High school 95 In the same report the committee recommended the a opton or a reso luUon providing that the resignation or A W Smith of the HIgh school be accepted and that time following assign mentR at teachers be approved Miss Ruth Winters Washington schoO Miss limes Peak Lowell Schol I as assistant In beginner grade Miss Mary Ball transferred from Wasatch school to the High school and her salary sal-ary fixed at 60 per month Miss May Peare transferred from Lowell school to Vnatch school John Holt trans Leered from princlpalshlp of Bonne yule school to seventh grade at Lowell school Mrs Wilkins transferred from Lowell school to Jackson school r Bledsoe transferred from Jackson transfered school to Grant school and Miss Alice herman transferred from Grant school to LoWell school SCHOOLS AND THE EISTEDDFOD Reporting upon the petition at the Cambrian association asking that the schools be closed on Oct 5 in order that he school children may participate in the eisteddfod the commitee on teachers teach-ers and school work recommended that such pupils as participate In the musical mu-sical festival be granted a leave at absence ab-sence for the occasion 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