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Show HEW SCHOOL BID' MAY KEEP BARRETTE Though there is keen interest and some speculation as to just how the city board of education will be reorganized next Tuesday nljht when the five new and the five hold-over members meet for the first time, yet the various board members are keepinsr their own counsel as to their an-"ThatThere an-"ThatThere is a probability of the reelection re-election of W. .1. Barrette to the Presidency Presi-dency of the board is admitted feveia members of the old board, who continue in office, and one or two of the new ones are known to be In favor of continuing President Pres-ident Barrette In the chair. Though there has been some talk that some other candidate for the clerkship of the board would win out over L. P. J da, present clerk, no candidate has been audibly audi-bly named as having any ch chance. In the event that President Barrette should not be continued in his present Position dscar W. Moyle Is regarded as a probable successor. He has been vice president of the board tor the past two '"oP'the newly elected members of the board only one, Arnold G f iauque. has had experience to acquaint him wltn the detail of the work. Glauoue is regarded as a possibility for the position. There is apparently no open candidacy on the part if any member for the presidency. pres-idency. President Barrette has "pressed himself as looking forward contented y to a seat in the body of the board, with the privilege of occasionally making a speech fo the question before the house rat her than wielding the gavel to cut short the eloquence of his fellows The work of organization will be the first order of business next Tuesday night, in addition to the election of the president pres-ident and appointment of a clerk the various va-rious committees of the board must all be organized anew. It Is expected that the greater part of the meeting will be gh en over to the organization and such routine business a-s may be held over for the next regular meeting, at which time the new members will be In better touch with the wnrklnir affairs of the school system. |