The Mayor has made his appointments to the vacancies in the Board of
Education. The proper assumption is that they are all good men and true,
able to read, write and cipher. It would be worse than libelous to give
houseroom to the rumor that any member of this responsible Board ever
“made his mark.” One would be properly horrified at the audacity of the
narrator of such a tale as the following: A member of a local committee
entered the class-room as the teacher was conducting the recitation in
spelling from the Reader. After listening for awhile, he intimated his
desire “to give out a few words,” which desire was politely acceded to,
and the book handed to him. A number of words were correctly and
promptly spelled, and he gave out the word “Egg-pit.” One child after
another was downed by the astute member until the teacher, in pity for
her flock, suggested that the word was not in the lesson. Smiling
disdainfully at her ignorance and presumption, he pointed his No. 11
forefinger to E-g-y-p-t. Tableau. The Directory for 1888 intimates that
we live in a city of nearly 800,000 inhabitants.
_PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES._