Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-05-28
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

The City Board of Education held special
meeting last evening. In pursuance with an
order of the Board passed at a previous meet
| ing, that the teachers of the first grade OF the
Sacramento Grammer School report the list
of pupils that they would recommend for
re.examination, Mr.. Mcdonald submitted a
list of twenty-five, including six that had not
been promoted by their examination. He
stated that as nineteen of these had only
fallen below the grade in one study they
would stand in the list of promotions without
this re-examination, but he felt it would be
but justice to them as well as to himself and
their teachers for them to haze another ex-
animation.
Upon motion, it was ordered unanimously
that they be given another examination.
A considerable discussion was engaged in
as to the reasons why this class did not pass
any better in its examination, and Mr.. Horn
blower stated that the RECORD u MON in an
editorial had treated the subject upon the by
pothesis of bad faith and conduct on the part
of some one or more of the members of the
Board Of Education, and he did not believe
such was the fact.
A gentleman present remarked that he
could give another hypothesis, and that was
that the questions were got from the printer
and into the hands of the Capital Grammar
class before the examination, and said that
was the current talk at the time, that they
got the questions from Rivett. He said he
did not know who Rivett was, but that was
what the boys said, the questions were got
from Rivett.
During further discussion by the Board,
Mr. Butler stated that the questions were
put into Prof Adams hands to get them
printed Upon being asked by MIR. Horn
blower where they were printed, he said at
Mr. Rivett's, on NJ street.
Considerable discussion was had as to who
should prepare the new set OF examination
questions, and several motions and amend
ments were made, including the names of
Professor Adams, State Superintendent
Campbell and others, after which all motions
upon the subject were finally withdrawn, and
upon motion of Mr.. Hornblower, the motion
previously adopted to give REORGANIZATION
was reconsidered by a unanimous vote.
Upon motion, the six in the first grade OF
the Sacramento Grammar School who had
failed to pass for promotion were unani-
mously ordered passed and promoted to the
High School with the balance of the class,
as Mr.. Mcdonald and the teachers of the
grade considered them fully competent for
such promotion, and the same was shown by
the credits in monthly reports.
Mr.. Lands stated that he had discovered
that injustice had been done to the first grade
in the Capital Grammar School, and that
they had not been marked up as high as
their papers showed them to have passed the
examination. He said that out of the class
of 27 he found seven should have been
marked 100, which were only marked 80 !;
and that out of the whole number 10 had
been marked 10 lower than their credits foot
ed up; four were marked down nine credits
and one was marked down Is credits. He
also called the. attention of the
Board to the fact that at the
top of the papers where the totals Were
marked pencil-rubber had been used and
gloss taken off the paper. These discoveries
made quite sensation, as 1t was openly ex-
pressed by one or more members OF the
Board that evidently the marking down had
been done by changing it after it was found
it would look suspicious to have these ques-
tious answered so well. Mr.. Landes was
asked who did the marking Of the credits
on these papers, and he stated that MIR.
Adams was chief examiner of the grade.
Much comment was made over the COM
plexion affairs had taken, but no further
business was transacted and the Board adj
journed.
The following is the list Of graduates from
the first grade OF the Sacramento Grammar
School, as corrected by order of the Board
last evening:
Walter Bassett, Byrdie Beggs, Kittie Bost-
wick, Carrie Bellmer, Mamie Barrett, Irving
Bentley, Emma Clark, Flora Carroll, Ernest
| Deuel., Chas. Doan, Frank Eaton, Ida Files
Maggie Fay, Chas. FIVE, BERTHE Groth, Alice
Greenlow, Lucy Gett, Della Griesel, Kittie
Hughes Frank Jurgens, Gertrude King,
| Charles Kleinsorge, Emma Lovdal, George
IittleGeld J. Miller John Merl>ley, Katie
Merkley, Pauline Meister, Robert Martyr
Eliza McCabe, Henry Nielsen, Mile
Parsons, Bonnie Plant, joey Richard
son, Willie Renfro Willie Ripley, Dudley
Reed, Mary Strachan, Harry Smith, Curtis
Todd, Lille Watson, Ella Waddilove, Alice
Woods.
1t was announced that the certificates to
the second, third and fourth grades of the
Sacramento Grammar School will be given
at 1:30 this afternoon, at the class-rooms.