Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-05
WHOLE NO. 1O,829.
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
fie state ext-Books-Tmportant Reso-
Iutions

The State Board of Education, at their
meeting Saturday-all the members pres
ent-aiter issuing the life and educational
oipiomas, list of which were published
IN this paper yesterday, transacted the fol-
lowing business:
State Printer Ayers presented his report
OF expenses since October 1st which was
read and placed on file. Amount expend-
ed, S74S 90 "a
Section 20 Of the rules and regulations
OF the public schools of California was
ailiehded so as to read as follows: " The
lrus'ees are required to employ a suitable
PERSON 70 sweep ana take care of the school
house, and they shall make suitable nro-
vision for supplying the school with water.
In case they fail to do so, the teacher shall
pave power to require the pupils to per
form such Gu!ieS in turn, in such manner
as may, in the teachers Judgment. be best"
The following resolutions were passed
unanimously
Re,oired, That an additional sum of $500 is
MeIe9y My p!acei at the disposal of William T.
Neicker FOR the purpose of continuing the work
OF preparing readers aud spoilers; and an addi
tonal sum of $500 is hereby placed Mt tho dis
posai OF Professor Ira More Tor the purpose OF
continuing the work Of preparing the arithme-
ties; and that the sum OF $500 is hereby placed
at the disposal of Professor G. III. Allan fnr tha
purpose OF proceeding with the work of prepar-
ing grammar; all these sums to be accounted
ior at the next meeting of this Board
IteS0t,td, That any questions of detail arising
uhder the proVlso TO Section 7of the Act of ap-
preparation approved February PC, 1885. relating
70 points requiring immediate attention in or
der TO facilitate the work OF the preparstion of
text text DOCKS, are hereby referred to the President
and Secretary of this Board for dceision and
within the aforesaid limits their decision shall
be final.
Reso'ced, That the President and Secretary of
this Board are hereby authorized to draw on the
State Controller for the salaries of Mi ners ms
employed by the Board.
Resotrtd, That the manuscript COMPRISING 81
pages of arithmetic, presented by Professor Ira
More, be printed for criticism, and that if the
printing can be done promptly Professor More
be requested TO remain and read the proof of
the same.
The Secretary reported that out of the
$4,000 appropriated for compiling a series
OF textbooks the sum of 81 800 for sala-
ries as follows: To W. II. V RAYMOND. as
editor-in-chief, six months at 5000 per
month. $1,000; W. L. Willis three months
at 500 per month, $500.
The Secretary was authorized 10 pay to
Martin Steimitz IS 30 per month for addi-
tonal labor as janitor, caused by the com
pllauon ofteXt- books, said salary beginning
October !. 1885
Bills We're audited and ordered paid as
follows Professor Ira More, Sl57; w. II.
v Raymond, SD 70; artists for drawings
as follows A. Randall, six drawings, SIS:
Mrs. NJ. Weeks, three, $36 e. Wytten-
bach, three, $22 80; T. Hill, thirteen, $3.50
Carl Dahlgreen, seven, $50.
Yesterdays SESSION.
The Board reeonvened yesterday morn
ing at 10 A. NJ. Present, Governor Stone
man, Professor Welcker and Professor
More.
This having been set as the time. .Sor
the investigation of the case of Professor
Gano Kennedy, the latter appeared with his
attorneys and documentary evidence, and
the Board went into executive session.
Under oath he denied in toto the charges
made against him by the citizens of Wood
land. A letter was also read from his wife,
who says she does not believe the charges
are true. After granting him full hearing,
Professor More moved, and the motion was
adopted, that action on the case of Gano
X nnedy be postponed till next meeting,
and that in the mean time the Secretary
OF the Board request the Board OF Educa-
ton OF Yolo county to furnish us with the
evidence upon which they formed their
opinion in that case"
The case is one where the State Board is
considering the propriety of canceling his
life diploma on the grounds of allie ged
immoral and uDprofessional conduct while
engaged in teaching in Yolo county. The
county certificate was revoked by the Coun-
ty Board after an investigation of the
charges
Prof. Welcker moved that the portion of
Prof. Kinne's Suggestions to Teachers
which have been italicized in the printing.
on page 3 of proof sheets of the first
reader be retained. Lost.
1t was resolved that the title of the text
books to be prepared by the Board shall be
so amended as to read. California State
Series of School Text Books"
The total number of pages in the first.
second and third readers are 92s, divided
as follows; First, 12S; second, 2SS; third,
512
The Secretary was authorized to employ
an extra proof reader, TO read the readers
with reference to the diacritical marks, ac-
cents and syllabication, at an expense not
to exceed $50 per book.
It was understood that the speller, which
will embrace word analysis, shall be
volume not to exceed 200 pages
Board adjourned, TO call of the Char.