Bloomington Telephone, Volume 5, Number 6, Bloomington, Monroe County, 4 June 1881 — Page 2

4 From the Official Report! Sow the County Supermiendent is !Pqyed fork's Work! ANOTHER BLACK CAT SKINNED TO THE TAIL! "READ AND PONDEE! To the Editor of the Telephone: The following is the Claim of John . McGee, for service as Superintendent for seventy-seven clays: "QUARTERLY KEFORT OF COUNTY SUP't. To the Honorable Board of County Commissioners, Monroe County, Indiana, the Connty Superintendent submits his report of services rendered and expenses incured during the quarter ending, March 5th, 1881: Sal- ExDec. 1880. days ary 'ses 5,6,7,8,0. Visiting schools, Beanblossom tp. 5 $20 $00 Dec, 11, Office Day, 1 13,14,15, Visiting schools 16 & 17, in CLearCreek tp. 5 Dee. 18. Office day, 1 Dec. 20.. Preparing & msilMS to State Sup' t 1 Dee. 21, Preparing writ'ng 22 & 23. circulars of instruction to teachers 3 24 &25. Prep'ng and writing questions for examinations, 2 Dec. 27. Conducting an ex. 1 28 & 30. Grading applicants M. S., 2 Dec. 31, Mailing circulars & license to teaehers,2 Jan.3,4, Visitiug schools in ,5,6 & 7 Indian Creek tp. 1 Jan. 8. Office day, 5 10,ll,12,Yisifcing schools in 13 & 14 Washington tp., 5 Jan. 15 Revoking teachers License 1 17,18,19, Visiting schools in 20 & 21, Marion tp. 5 Jan. 22. Office day, 1 24,25,26, Visiting schools in 27&28. VanBurentp. 5 Jan- 29. Examination dajT, 1 Jaa. 31, Visiting school in Feb.l,2:3,Riehland tp. 4 Feb. 4 Hearing trial & revoking L, O. Fergason's license, 1 Feb. 5. Office day, 1 7 & 8 Making record of teachers' reports, 2 Feb. 9,10, Grading applicants M. S. 2 Feb. 11. Issuing, mailing & making record of teachers' license 1 Feb. 12. Office day, 1 Feb. 14. Making record cf proceedings & evidence in. the trial of 4. 00 20 4 00 00 00 12 00 8 4 8 8 4 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 4 20 4 16 00 4 4 00 00 8 CO 8 00 4 4 00 00 L. O. Fergason, CO Feb. la. Mailing & wrung notices to trustees of 1 4 00 Feb. 16,Preparing and writ 17 & 18 irrg questions for a plia ti, 3 12 00 Feb. 19. Conducting an examination at Harrodsburg, 1 4 21 , Marking and mail 00 Feb. ing blanfcs for trustees report, ' 1 4 Feb. 22. Making record of the revocation of S. D. Coon's license, 1 4 23 & 24 Grading papers and mailing certificates to pupils, ' 2 8 Feb. 25. OtfieeworV 1 4. Feb. 26. Conducting an ex. 1 4 00 00 00 00 00 Feb. 28. Ar anging applicants M. S. & pieparing ans. to questions, 1 4 00 March 1, Grading applicants MS, 3 12 00 Feb. 4. Issuing & mailing teachers' license, 1 4 Feb. 5. Office day, 1 4 00 00 Whole number davs service 77 $4 $3C8l00. 77 308 00 Expense room rent for examinations $1 The State Board provided questions for two years, 3,80 Whole' amount, 312.80. The bill was tiled by the Auditor

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and marked "Allowed 312.80." This claim has bee:ft paid in full without it being sworn to as required bylaw. It starts out by charging $4. for vising schools on Dec. 5th 1880, which was on Sunday, and a day on which we think our County Supt. ought not to work. If the date is a mistake, then it shows the importance cf the Superintendent and County Board, complying with the law which emphatiety forbids such claims being allowed until each item of actual service is sworn to and the nature of it given. (See Section 43 1st R. S. 1876 page 792.) The account begins on a SUNDAY and ends on a Saturday, extending over, just ninety-one daj-s of time, and if it had commenced on Monday and ended when it did, it would have exactly included every day except Sunday, as it is it. takes in one Sunday and leaves

out one Friday. The tax pavers of this county are always friendly and generous to the public schools, and will submit to more on that subject than most any other in the wsvy of wrong, tut because they loe the schools, they ought not to be imposed upon by such outrageous bills as the above. The law says the Superintendent shall have $4. per day, for every day actually emplor-cd in the discharge of his duties. By examining the above bill it will be seen that there are sexes day denoted as "Office days." amounting to the aggregate sum of 8. These are days we understand that ' he does nothing at all except to stay in his office. Another item of $4, Feb. 25th, denoted "OiSee work." We don't know but presume this was for sweeping, as it seems that everything in the imrnagination has been specified but that. Of the 77 days charged for, there are 34 days for visiting scliools, and 43 days about his office. These 43 da'sco$t the tax-pavers during the ninety days, $172. For what kind of work and how ? Let us take a few examples : One itom, '"Grading applicants MS, manuscript $12." This took 3 days, and we learn that there were about 6 applicants, at the time the charges were made. $2 per applicant Rather "slow" work but "suie." Take another 2 days work. "Mailing circulars and license to teachers." Two days, $8. Any business man in the county could do the work charged in this item in two houks, but as the people pay for it, it took two days! In another item $4 is. charged for mailing and writing to Trustees. Another for "Makking and Mailing blanks for Trustees' Reports," Think of our over worked Superintendent marking and mailing twelve blanks to twelve Trustee all in one day, and only charging $4 for it! The word "mailing" appears so frequently in the enormous bill that we conclude it was a handy term to make out a day with. Let us now take a group of items, commencing Feb. 25ih, and f ee what the Superintendent can make in examining six or seven teachers Office day, $4 00. Examinations, 4 00. Grading License, 12 00. Issuing and mailing, 4 00. Office day, 4 00. Arranging MS, 4 00. Total, $32 00. All this, we understand, was done in the examination of six teacher.'? or less. So we pay him four dollars for staying in his office one day, four do! lars tor examiumg one day, twelve dollars for grading License 3 dajs, pour dollars for issuing and mailing, four dollars for arranging sticking them in pigeon hole one day, and finally $4 for staying in his office another day. How, this is business with a ven.eauce-aseach one of these teachers cost the Ounty more than five dollars a piece in obtaining a license to teach school, the people ought to know it. There are many things which are peculiar in this bill. One is that twelve dollars is charged for "writing questions for examination," also he charges and receives pay for the State Board for the same, and says that they have printed these questions for TWO years, a matter which is well understood by verybody. We have not space to further analyze this account, but ask those who may feel interested to examine the matter, for sooner or later the entire people will investigate it. The total amounV$312 80 is but for one quarter salary. Other similar bills have been presented and allowed., but j none, wc believe, so enormous as the I

above, bid they all seem to be on the increase. This one has reached its climax, however, as the Superintend ent of the largest county in Indiana can't charge any more than our own did during the last quarter, although there are counties in the State whose inhabitants will number twenty to our one. The law forbids any perquisets being allowed the Superintendent and yet in this bill everything has been dragged in it in the reach oi'the imagination under the head of salary. We don't believe that 43 days work can be done in the office out ide of visiting schools, in ninety-one days, and as a tax -payer we demand that these claims by whomsoever presented shall be itemized and verified as required by law, and that they shall be examined and passed honestly and fairly with reference to the spirit and meaning of the law. We do not believe the law intends that the Superintendent may mail a few circulars one day to the township Trustees and then charge for a day, and then the next day send a license to teac hers and get another day allowed him for that, and then when ther. is nothing to do at all set down in his office and do nothing and call it "Ofiice day," and so on until he gets four dollars for every work day during an entire quarter. This question ought to be earnestly considered. Tax-payer.

No services will be held in any of the churches tomorrow eveuing owing to the Y. M. C. A. exercises at the University chapel. Prof. J. C. McMillen, class '74, and wife, '75, are in the city for commence ment. Prof. McJdillen i superinten dent of the Ceclarville, O., and is re garded as one of the most efficient in structors i n that part of the State. Dr. J. G. McPheeters received from Columbia, Mo,, last week, the photo graph of Hon. James S. Ko'dins, tht oldest living graduate of the Indiana University .having graduated m IhrfU. It was the intention of Mr. Kolhns to be present in pi r-ion this jjtoinmen' e ment but circumstances fori; id. The picture is being framed and will be presented to the Association bv the oldest, graduate here aucl accepted bv the youngest. Reduced Price-list! FINE Commencement Cards! 1 Doz. Shell Rose cards (bevledge,) 30. 1 Doz. Bevel Edge, (assorted) 1 Doz. Oblong Bevel, 1 Doz. Turn down Corners, 1 Doz. Silver bow, 1 Doz. Bevel Edge, (assorted) 25 Plain Gold Edge, 25c. 25c. 25c. 25c, 25c. 25c 15. 15c. 20(. 20c. 20c. 20c. 25 Transparent, 25 Favorite Bristol, 25 Chromo, No. 17, 25 Chromo, 18, 25 Bon Ton Chromo, 25. Chromo, No. 2U, 25 Chromo, No, 32, 20c Printed by EXCELSIOR CARD CO., I'loomingtou, India na . Ofliee over City Drug Store.

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Events Cast Tbtre Shadows Before. COMMENCEMENT PROGRAMME AND NOTES. In all college towns the Commencement week is always looked forward to with renewed interest from time exercises are over one year until they come again. It is a time to .recieve visitors, and take a short vacation, storing the thoughts with valuable information from a literary standpoint. The fifty-second anual Commencement of the Indiana University will begin to-night with the class reunion of '76. The term just closed has had no equal since the University was founded, for the amount of work done and the thoroughress with which it has been executed. Duiing the year the Faculty have been in perfect harmony, and laboied as one man for the welfare of the institution which they represent and form a part. The complete pro gramme of exercises of the week, is as follows: Saturday 8 r. m. Reunion of elis '76. Sunday 3:30 P. M. Baccalauratf Sermon by President Moss. 7:45 p. m. Address before the Y. M. C. A. by Dr. Stott, of Frankvin College. Monday 8 a.m. High School Commencement. 8 p. m. Address before che Literary Societies by AttorneyGeneral Baldwin. 10:30 p. m. Annual Social and Banquet of Phi Delta Thtta fraternity. Tuesday 2:30 p. m. Alumni exercises. Address by Hon. James Baker, of Indianapolis. S p. m. Mendelssohn Cantata. Wednesday University commence miiut. 8 p. m. Alumni levee. The names of the gradnates from the High School next Monday, an as follow?: Lizzie S. Allen, Bloomington, Ind. ' Jebsie A tlison, Bloomington, Ind. Minuie Bryan, Bloomington, Ind. Philemon H. Clugston, Larill, Ind. Nellie B. Coffin, Bloomington, Ind, Dow B. F'tsscr, Whitehall, Ind. Victor F. Foster, Bloomington, Ind. William H. Holland, Leesville, Lid. Mattie B. Holtzman, Bloomington.Iud Fro.uk H. Hughes, Bloomington, Ind. Mihon W. Ihicto, Kokoino, Ind. , Waiter C. Lindley, Bloomingtou, Ind. i Eveline Lvon, Bloomington, Ind, Inez C. McKnight, Bedford, Ind. Jennie Mistier, Bi om.ngton, Ind. William Neil, Newark, Ind. Delia L. Parker, Grand view, Ind. Kate Pearson, Bloomington, Iud. Aldie M. Slues, Bloomington, Ind. Winona E. biaith, Rose Creek, Ind. R. Spencer, Portland Mills, Iud. William D. Terhunc, Linton, Ind. James R. Wilson, Botuville, Ind. Grace Wixulburn, Bloomington, Ind. Lewis I, Wylie, BloomingU n, Ind. . The following persons compose th class that will graduate from the University next WVdm s lay: Charles B,auta, Franklin, Ind. Wm. E. Reach, Lnfavettc, Ind. Charles Burnett, Washington, D. C. Daniel G. DuBois, Oak Farm. Ind. Robert Gillum. Rockville, Ind. Frank Hood. Gvy.i. ns'mnr, Ind. H..raco A. Hoffman, Aid-urn, Ind. J. P. Lindiow Eldora, Iowa, Mice l ong. Colmnbs, Ind. Abii-v E, Lvon, Bloomington, Ind. M::it B. M'-C;.l!a, do. 'i'vv'wio B. ;!nxvi'l, dt. W. V..-id. Fort Branch. In-1. '.i 'car MklmcT, Connersviiic, Ind. 0. bsmati Mm Iky, Hhumiuig-'-n, in ! ? n L-. IW-m.' Muncic, 1ml. Alfred W. Sc d , Cornier :-vilt, ind. John ( Shirk, l.rookvilh iud. llr.rrv 1L Sims, Uicn, Ind. . Krnn'k P. Tavl. ; WoUottvilh, Ind. A. K. YanFu'sM ii, AlecUunicstown, O. rhiU'li's W. Wiiic, Kdgorton, O. Frunk Who-hud, ( alamo, Ind. To bort A. Woods, Princeton, Ind. N;: miic W. Woods rd, Bucna Vistajnd Gov. Porter will attend Commenceijifnt. The Cily Qnintttc club is to f uratel the Commencement music. The Class ol"7vdll be tendered a banquet at the mideico of Prof. Beck after the college performentv: this evening.

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