Show greater new york chases froin our midst an instructor prof sweeney formerly principal of the madison school elected to the same position for the long island aramar school no other city in the ain region can boast of so able a body of teachers as ogden wednesday morning THE STANDARD exclusively announced the resignation of professor T sweeney as principal of the madison in order that he might accept a similar position in long island city Y at a salary of 1800 pr year professor sweeney ranks a the best grahamer gr anamer school teachers employed in this city left some lonba bince for the east and retained ret arned but a few a ays aso to let the board of education know that he could no longer act as principal of the madison building and to arrange for his departure the appointment of one of teachers to so important a position by greater new york much credit upon the schools and instructors of this city and no doubt any other city in the anier mountain region would appreciate being so honored while people certainly appreciate preci ate the acknowledgment of their instructors ability they exceedingly re gret the subtraction 0 so able a gentle man from the force of teachers knowing well ehst the vacancy wilf be bard to till wath as capable a person as professor sweeney with a view of ascertaining the real reasons for professor sweeneys departure from ogden a STANDARD reporter after several attempts succeeded in getting a few statements from that gentlemen he said that there is no city in which be would teach than bat the very low salary paid makes it impossible for him to stay here when he has a position of almost double the pay tendered him the professor stated that the public schools had a system excelled by very few cities in the united states but that unless something is done in the way of increasing the salaries and inducing the firs class teachers to remain in this city the system must necessarily all to pieces professor sweeney says that no other city with abe same population as ogden pays its teachers such email salaries and be thinka it would be economy in the long run for abe board of education to increase them and retain the first class instructors prof sweeney accepted the offer of THE STANDARD to express through its columns jua of abe kindly feelings shown lim by abe parents and pupils of abe city during here and to regret that abe conditions are such that he can no longer hold abe of abe madison school |