Show CHILDREN SENT HOME E Schools Closed While the Officials Talked ONE COMMITTEE J IS SUPREME Four Members of School Board Ignore the Rest I Gcoghegan and Nelden Propose to Investigate In-vestigate Teachers Institute at West Side High School In order that t the teachers In the public schools might bo regaled with an account of the obsuratlons and adventures of City Superintendent Chrlstcnsen In the Far East and cheered by an authentic explanation of tho Rhodes scholarships by Prof Byron Cummings the city schools were dismissed at noon yesterday yester-day and the teachers corralcd In tho west side htelj school Noticing the deep gloom that had settled set-tled over the countenances of the school maims as they listened to his comments on tho manners and customs of the eff to Easterners Superintendent Christensen suggested to Prof Cummings that he relieve re-lieve their dcspondonc with something oi a merry nature Thereupon ProC Qfiumnlngs cornerod the high school loachers and lold them of the efforts the Board was making to arrange for nine months school this year Even this however fulled to Impart the desired gay I cty to the meeting GKOGIIKGAN WANTS TO KNOW Certain members o the Board in common com-mon with the general public became somewhat curious when tho children camo trooping homo with tin report that there was no school to know who was responsible respon-sible for thc lose nf IIn t 1 linlf I I rlnvrt wnrlr L knew nothing i whatever i t about It snld Mr Gcoghegan of the Hoard until the children unmc home and said they bad bet Cn dismissed for the day I tuy lot know by whono authority the vaca tion was taken T have never missed a meeting of the Board no r am Hurt that the IJoanl did not authorize Il There arc so many funny things cone that It is pioity hard to tell who is responsible Do you suppose S be Board will Invcs tigato the cloning of the schools I know one member of the Board who will replied Mr GcoirSiccnn I WI was going to call the cal up superintendent to night and aak him about it but 1 1 heard he was out of town and decided to let tho 1 matter rest till morning BY ORDER OF COMMITTEE Prof dimming was better able to ex plain the half holiday I To said that the schools were dhmssud by I order of the t committee on teachers and school woik In order that tho tcachcrn mlffht attend ml31 an Institute and listen to a few re marks by Superintendent Chrlstcnaen and himself The other members of tho Board ho paid had not been consulted N15LDI5N ALSO CrRlOlS Mr Nelden like JIr Geoghcgnn knew nothing of tho authority by which the vacation had been declared but propopes to know more this morning JIu said The committee on touchers nnd school work his no authority to dlsmlsn tho tichools without tho consent of a majority of the Board Such actions ns this have been n llltlo loo frequent and I Intcn anc to Inquire Into 1L Inful tomorrow This committee com-mittee has frequently don uich things 101 as this I and after they t wero done reported re-ported to the Board and the Board al ways Hiwtalns the committee As a result tho committee his booomo so lathe pendent that It doe not take the I trouble to consult the other members of the Board about anything HENDERSON NOT TIIJ3RB Inquiry of Judge IT P TIemlorson disclosed dis-closed the fact that t lie was not present at tin meeting of the committee on teachers und school work which ordered tIme suspension of schools J am sure I do not know how far the authority of the committee does go In I that I respect ho nuid hut night i JlIlO I neer loolcr1 Inln III I 1I1nu p1 n b ellI Btich cases I am sure that I was not Ait the meeting at which this action was taken This narrows the responsibility to four men tho remainder oi tho committee Messrs Glauque Movie Cummlngs and Newman PROCEEDINGS AT INSTITUTE The exorcises at the west side high I school began with a brief talk by Super intendent Cbrlstenacn on time recent con vonilon of superintendents at the elty oC Cincinnati Afterward the different grades met in the various rooms and were addressed by I members of the train Ing school corps Prof StcwaiL Price of the normal school addressed the grammar grade teachers on the subject of Arithmetic At the same time Miss Rose Vlmotit spoke to tho beginners llrst and second grade teachers on Doing In the school In room 7 Principal Parrntt of the Uln trih school addressed time third and fourth grade teachers on the subject of geog raphy At 3 oclock the teachers repaired to different rooms i again Tho beginners llrst uid second pade teachers were en tertained by Miss Mjy on tIme subject of language Tlilrd fourth fifth and 1 sixth grade teachers listened to tho mibjeot of geography ably handled by Suprjrlntond ont of Orography Geotgc Thompson of Uio Training school I1Hi Quail t rtnigii of tho Oqulrih with her class of pupils gave a modfl reading lesson 1 before the seventh ami eight hi grade toaohors The principals princi-pals met In room I II I and Principal Mc Knlght spoke on The Training School The High I school section met In room 1C and was addressed by dlnorent speakers At I oclock the tuiiclers convened again and listened to IL talk by Prof Byron dimming of the Hoard I of Education 1 lie i spoko relative to tho I possibility of uloMng the schools jot month earlier this year and said that tic I board was doing everything In its power to avoid doing so At the close of time 1 meeting Principal Cross of the Wnbutch offered L resolu tion expressing the touchers thanks to the legislators for doing all they could to help tho tichools It was adopted |