Show WILSON IS PRESIDENT Succeeds Nelden in Board of I I Education I I I OTHER OFFICERS REELECTED 1I I 1I I XV J New n VicePrcsident J 1 Moreton Clerk Josiah Barnett Treasurer Resolution Calling Special Election to Enable the Board to Borrow 20000 Passed Resignations and New Appointments Appoint-ments of Teachers Superintendent I Cooper Granted Leave of Absence t I At the regular meeting of the Board of Education l last night new officers for the next two years were elected The only change was In the presidency to which E W Wilson was elected to succeed President Nelden who refused to accept a rcnomlnation Crltchlow nominated Wilson Moylo named Barn berger who dec ined and seconded the I nomination oC Wilson Young named Newman who declined Walker suggested sug-gested n renomlnation for Nelden who declined The vote was Wilson 8 Newman Young 1 The rules were suspended and the clerk instructed to cast a unanimous vote for Newman for vlceprcsldem which was done Bamberger named J B Morelon to succeed himself as clerk and spoke In I eulogistic terms of loreton The rules I were suspended and the president by instruction cast the unanimous vote of the board for Moreton Bamberger said Josiah Rarnclt had agreed if i reelected treasurer to furnish fur-nish the board with whatever overdraft I It might leriulre free of Interest and act as heretofore without compensation ton The rules wore again suspended and the clerk by instruction rust tho unanimous vote for Mr Rarnett President Nelden thanked t the board for the courtesy and consideration I 4 S S LI S LIN K 4 S S E W Wilson shown him during his term of ofilce and vacated the chain In favor of the new president who asked similar consideration I con-sideration for himself as had been accorded ac-corded the retiring president A vole of den thanks was then passed to Mr Nel President Wilsons term expires In n year but the members thought that was no legal bar to his being elected as president for 0 term of two years ELECTION RESOLUTION PASSED I the board decides lo close the schools for a month on account of the smallpox epidemic it may obviate the necessity of the board borrowing money mon-ey However that may be the resolution resolu-tion calling an election for January 20th to empower the board to borrow 52n 000 to enable the schools to be kept open the full school year o nine months was unanimously adopted The resolution Gets forth that the boards funds will fall short of its necessities ne-cessities owing lo the lowering of the assessed value of property in the city and that without 20000 more the schools can only be kept l open eight months Instead of nine The qualified electors al the last city election will be entitled to vote There will b five pollIng Ing places one In each precinct o the city The date Is fixed as Saturday January 20th mid the hours from 7 ain a-in to 7 p m The Committee on Finance Fi-nance Is empowered to designate the polling places to name the judges of election and advertise the election according ac-cording to law The clerk under the supervision of the Committee on Finance Fi-nance and School Law Is instructed to prepare the ballots NEW FRENCH TEACHER The recommendation of the Commit Comml tee on Teachers and School Work that ProC Milliard be employed to teach French In the high school two class periods a day at a salary of 10 a month was adopted n RESIGNATIONS AND APPOINT MENTS The resignations of the followlngr COlowlng named teachers were accepted Mrs Mamie Kecler Oqulrrh school ls Hilda Flick Hamilton school Miss An nft T1i it i Yohlnrlnn AI 5 5 b UVVI The followingnamed new teachers were employed Miss Louise Harrison at 370 n month Miss Louise Shlell S70 a month Miss Jlulcla 0 1ss Youngberg 15 a month Miss Alice Martin SGO aMiss month a a-Miss Lena PraJt 10 a month J W McGrath Eureka called the attention of the board to an apparatus for disinfecting and fumigating pur which he said poses possessed unusual un-usual merit and of which he was the owner He thought II would be a good thInS for use In the city schools and suggested that the board make terms with him to do the fumigating Mr Crllchlow would suggest that Mr McGralU use thc apparatus a little lit-tle more at Eureka Referred to the Committee on Build Ings and Grounds TREASURERS REPORT The treasurers report for the month of December was received and filed IL showed n follows December Igt balance on hand KU7S72 Pull warrants 131tS Llalanco on hand Jam 1 J90Q5 55OMSlJ balance jluo June SOUi 1tr3l I Receipts for six months 2iu370oo Total < il M I 70 Disbursements t for six nontiisni24iSl tllJRncc S 5506 jSG COMPLAINS OF COLD ROOMS Bamberger made a complaint that the hoard rooms were not heated and the clerk was Instructed lo use his Influence Infuence with the man who runs the heating ap paratus to have sulllclent steam turned on to keep the rooms comfortably warm Superintendent Cooper was granted l leave of absence for ten days In February Febru-ary for the purpose Of attending the meeting of the department of superin I tendents of Chicago The storekeeper WflH Instructed to burn nil old hchool books worn out and unlit for use which have accumulated In the schools and the storeroom were Appropriations made alCu t rnt I to 376972 V |