OCR Text |
Show MOUNTS FOR THE POSITION OF HE1D OF B SCHOOL Tho city Board of Education hold Its regular weokly meotlng last nleht and discussed several Important matters, mat-ters, among thom being tho question as to who would succeed Prof. Henry Peterson, an principal of tho Ogdoii high school. Superintendent J. M. Mills reported having received applications appli-cations from J. E. Beeson and W. H. O'Byme of tho Ogden high school faculty and said it was reported that D. H. Adams, principal of the Central Junior High was being talked of for the position. Following his report on the applications. appli-cations. Mr. Mills recommended that J. E. Beeson be given the position. Mr. Beeson, ho said, waa thoroughly qualified to fill It with success, as lie was well equipped educationally, having hav-ing graduated from Do Pauw university univer-sity and hnd much oxperlenco In school work. Mr. Beeson, he said further, fur-ther, has been a member of the high school faculty for tho past soven years and is well liked by the other members of the faculty and the students. stud-ents. Mr. O'Byme has been teaching at the hich school for four years. The matter was discussed to somo extent and then, on recommendation of tho superintendent, tho board decided de-cided to aslc that all applicants for the position submit their credentials to tho board through Mr. Mills bofore next Friday, at which time the selection selec-tion of a principal probably will be made. Tho superintendent also roported that two parents had made a complaint com-plaint to him regarding a boys' club said to have boon started at the high school. Ho Baid that the question involved in-volved the troubles of "frat" organization, organ-ization, which liavo broken the discipline disci-pline of a number of schools. He was ordered to "have a talk with tho boys who are said to be members of the club and to report to the board at Its next meeting, with a recommendation as to what action to take in the matter. mat-ter. The serious need of lockers at the high school was brought before the board through a petition of a parent, asking to bo reimbursed for tho loss of a book at the school. The petition, as a precedent, was denied, but the board arranged for a thorough consideration consid-eration of the locker question. It was also reported that one ot the local school principals had purchased an Incubator, without waiting for the action ot the board on his requisition. This brought up tho question of the making of purchases without authority author-ity from the board, superintendent or purchasing agent and, after discussing the matter, it was decided to notify tho firm from which the incubator was purchased that such orders would not be recognized as coming from the school district. Plans for tho May festival and High School day at the state university were discussed and referred to the superintendent. The health report of the schools for the month was also submitted to tho board and showed 11 cases of chlckenpox, 1 of measles and 2 of scarlet fevor, among the School children. After the mooting, President Hyrum Pingreo said that tho board, acting as a committco of tho whole, had given giv-en President Kingsbury ot the state university, Supt Milton Bcnnlon ot the state Normal school and P. P. Claxton, U S. commissioner of education, educa-tion, full authority to select three educators edu-cators to make a survey of the Ogden schools. |