Show THE CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION ION THE city board of education at its session on thursday august 28 did some good things first it decided to refer jo the auditing win corn cittee the dispute between treasurer walden and the trustees of the eleventh school district second it endorsed the action of the trustees ot of the nineteenth school district in agreeing to purchase from the nineteenth ecclesiastical ward its interest in the joint property for the sum of third it decided to expend the funds raised by special taxes in the districts in which they were levied until the immediate necessities of those districts shall be supplied it appears that the trustees of the eleventh ward made a report of their financial doings to the dis erict which was adopted by the meeting and a small sum was voted 10 to each of the trustees as demun r i tion for their services tre treasur asur er walden made a demand upon these trustees disputing their statements and their right to this appropriation in a scurrilous letter full of personal and id insulting allusions likely to provoke a serious conflict by referring the matter to the auditing committee the board has very adroitly placed the matter in the way of peaceable and legal settlement the nineteenth ward and the nineteenth school district have have had some complications thu property occupied by them in common for ecclesiastical and school purposes justly the whole property clearly belongs to the latter lattur day saints of that ward it was originally their property the house being built by their voluntary donations no taxes entering into the work the deed from the mayor was wan not made out as it should have been in view of the facts and so there lias has been some dispute as to the rights of the two organizations the settlement made by the school trustees true ees appears to be the easiest way out of the difficulty although it may not be strictly just to the ward corporation the board wisely endorsed the settlement the decision to expend in the several districts the money raised therein we also think equitable and prudent of course it may be argued that the city is now only one district for school purposes but the old lines will not fade out in an in instant and while the taxation is not uniform and the needs of the several sections are arb different aud and there is 1 so much feeling over the unequal special taxes assessed the board has clearly taken the best beat course to allay ill III feeling and deal out equality it is desirable that the educational affairs of this city shall progress without needless obstacles while the board of education exhibits a desire to act fairly and for the beat interests of the people it is entitled to the support of all classes of the community let us have good schools well attended and thoroughly taught tau glit while on this subject it is well to tg mention that next tuesday in the twelfth district schoolhouse ata at 9 it a na there will be an examination of applicants for the position of schoolteachers school teachers in this city the law makes no discrimination as to the faith of school teachers ond and it is not to be presumed that this will cut any figure in the examination there are many competent preceptors precept ors among our people and some of them have kept nick lack since the change of affairs ha bau taken place we advise all wh who desire to follow this profession to present themselves for examination and if they do not meet with justice and fairness it will then be time to object school teachers come to the front |