Block v. Tead

This is an application under article 78 of th'e Civil Practice Act for an order directing the Board of Higher Education of the City of New York to reinstate the petitioner to her former position of instructor in the department of philosophy of Brooklyn College with tenure upon the permanent instructional staff.

The facts are undisputed. The petitioner entered the employ of the respondent in 1932 as a tutor in the evening sessions of that college. Her appointment was for a period of one school term and her compensation was two dollars and fifty cents per hour. She continued there as a tutor on…