school-committee

In a week's time, everything was reduced to order, and the school-committee were delighted.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 Various

Dennis went to every school-committee meeting, and sat through all those late wranglings which used to keep me up till midnight and awake till morning.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 Various

He was deacon of the church, chairman of the school-committee, justice of the peace, had been twice representative in the State legislature, and was in permanence a sort of adviser-general in all cases between neighbor and neighbor.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 Various

Whether the Student advertised for a school, or whether he fell in with the advertisement of a school-committee, is not certain.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 Various

Auchmuty had promised to speak late, and was at the school-committee.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 Various

Though I have never been on the school-committee, I accepted invitations to address the schools on these visits, and particularly plied the pupils with questions, so as to catch the tone of their minds; and I have rarely heard children answer with more readiness and spirit.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 Various

The new-fangled notions of a Yankee school-committee would madden many a pedagogue, and shake down the roof of many a time-honored seat of learning, in the mother-country.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 Various

He had been offered a large salary to take the head of a public school in Boston, and those two days had been devoted to arranging the affair; he had satisfied the school-committee as to his capacity, and made up his mind on several points of minor importance to them, -- but, perhaps, greater to him.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 Various

From that moment his ferule was broken, and the school-committee very soon had a vacancy to fill.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 Various

My contributions on these occasions were boastful accounts, I have no doubt, of what I did at school, and in the company of school-committee men, editors, and other notables; and Frieda's delight in my achievements was the very flower of her fine sympathy.

The Promised Land Mary Antin 1915