| Show CAREFULLY PLANNED 80 TELLS EDUCATION superintendent details to member the steps being taken to detect guilty parties from saturdays standard i the only matter of importance to corn before the board of education last evening was the report ot superintendent in alason on the attempt made to destroy the pingree school by fire tuesday morning the members of the board were familiar with the main features ot the attempted arson but were dyerly interested in learning what had been done toward discovering the colprice cul price superintendent alu son informed the board of the details of the fire and the evidence that made it apparent that it had been carefully planned and stated that the police and principal thomas had had two boys under suspicion although the evidence was entirely of a circumstantial nature he said that the boy who was suspected to know about the fire had been closely questioned and had denied any knowledge of the affair and that the boys parents were much provoked that lire lad had been even suspected it was the irion of the members of the board that nothing should be left undone that might lead to the discovery of those who guilty ot the deed and that ohp personal feelings of no one should be considered in the matter superintendent allison stated that detective fender and sergeant were wording on the case and that they believed that there would be some developments within a few days for the finance committee thomas reported that 1000 had been received from the couney treasurer which had been paid to the treasurer of the board leaving a balance of due the treasurer on an overdraft the of a small loan wag informally discussed but as receipts from taxes are expected within a few das it as decided to vait for revenue from hat source the report of the sanitary committee that but two cases of diphtheria as good news to the as it showed that ane epidemic the early fall has been practically st out two communications were received by the board bom teachers each askin for a raise in salary both were upon motion of mr gwilliam referred to the teachers committee clerk reported that he had examined the report of the treasurer made nt the last meeting and found the same to be correct ol 01 J head of the commercial department of the high school appeared before the board and explained the mork being done by hla department showing that he had not asked for that were not absolutely necessary gestated He stated that more books and supplies up plies wre needed in his department than in oher departments and that much of what vaa necessary was purchased by the students I 1 As 0 o the results that had been achieved mr stilwell Sli lwell pointed to the fact that he had yet to learn of a graduate of the department who was in need of work and stated that of the students from the commercial course all had showed themselves capable of filling the positions which they had secured the talk of mr stilwell greatly in te rested the members of the hoard and was greatly appreciated |
