THORNY QUESTION
EDUCATION BOARD REPRESENTATION
A somewhat thorny question was raised at today's meeting of the Education Board when Mr. L. J. McDonald moved that future appointments of representatives from tho board to other bodies be confined to board members unless the board, by unanimous vote, approved of tho appointment of some other person or persons.
The motion was seconded by Mr. J. J. Clark.
Mr. W. H. Jackson said that tho motion would mean the turning down possibly of the best man in the district, simply because he was not a member of tho board. It entirely belittled the board, he added.
It was suggested that if the vote had to be unanimous it might mean that one member, from spite, might sit back and prevent the election of an outsider. It was therefore agreed to alter the motion with tho substitution for "unanimous vote" of "a two-thirds majority." In this form it was passed.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 93, 17 October 1934, Page 12
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156THORNY QUESTION Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 93, 17 October 1934, Page 12
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