Eberbach Is New President

EBERBACH IS NEW PRESIDENT

Elected By School Board Last Evening

THE FAREWELL SPEECHES

Of Retiring Members - Mr. Cavanaugh Tied Mr. Eberbach on First Ballot

Ottmar Eberbach was elected president of the Ann Arbor school board Tuesday and Moses Seabolt treasurer, while Grove Ray was elected its secretary.

Preceding this the old school board held a meeting and after the librarian's report, showing 8,374 volumes in the school library, had been read President Mills made a farewell address to the board, in which he spoke of what had been accomplished during his term, which he summarized as follows:

1. Manual training. Those who opposed it at first are now its most earnest advocates.

2. The building of the new Perry school, of which the city can justly be proud.

3. The securing of the Carnegie library, a proposition destined to grow in popularity in the future and one of which in time the whole city will be proud.

4. The appointment of a medical inspector in each of our ward schools.

In returning thanks to the board he took occasion to say that no board had ever been served by a more efficient, careful and tactful man than Superintendent Slauson. He spoke highly of the work of the board's committees, which, he said, although sometimes criticized, was after all work of which we may well be proud. He believed that a board the size of ours must do its work through committees and in this way the board comes to have far more intelligent ideas than would be possible without the work of committees. He thanked the board for their kindness to him in the past three years and said that no branch of public effort is to be compared with building up first class public schools.

Miss Bower said that nine years ago she had been first elected by the women of Ann Arbor, the first woman in many years on the school board. She wanted to thank the board and especially the older members of the board for the courtesies extended to her and more especially in the first year, when she was the only woman member on the board. She left the board without regret. Never was an act of hers on the board done without due consideration. She expressed kindly wishes for the success of the new board.

Evart H. Scott said that as he was the oldest member to leave the board he ought to say something. He went off the board gladly, but he regretted exceedingly leaving the associations and good fellowship of the board. He had served for 15 years and had never received one cent directly or indirectly from the board. The work done by the board was not done in board meetings, not one-tenth of it. The committees had done their work faithfully. He complimented Mr. Ray on the perfect way he had kept the books.

The old board then adjourned.

The new board immediately convened and on motion of Trustee Kyer, Mrs. Bach was made chairman. A roll call showed every member present. A ballot for president was taken without any words and resulted:

M. J. Cavanaugh....4

Ottmar Eberbach...4

N. J. Kyer....1

A second ballot was taken immediately without anything being said and resulted:

Ottmar Eberbach...8

M. J. Cavanaugh....1

Mr. Eberbach took the chair and Mr. Cavanaugh moved that Mr. Ray be elected secretary. This carried and in like manner on motion of Mr. Cavanaugh, Moses Seabolt was elected treasurer.

Mr. Cavanaugh then said: "In order to give our president time to select his committees, I move that we adjourn until one week from tonight."

This was the end of the session.