Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-07
EDUCATIONAL.
Regular Meeting of the
School Board.
OF TEACHERS
Various Matters Discussed by the
DirectOrs-A kindergarten
Glass Established.
EDUCATIONAL.
APPOINTMENTS OF TEACHERS

Messrs. Cox, Ellis, Frew, Gosper
Powers, Woodbury. and Whaling present
A communication was received from
the parents of one hundred and two
children, residents Of that section Of the
city east of Alameda street, between
Also street and Mission road, stating
that they were practically deprived ol
school facilities; and praying that at as
early day as practicable school be
established in the center of said district
and in the vicinity of Date and Macy
streets. The matter was referred to the
Building Committee.
The applications of j. J. Ireland, Mrs.
r. A. Watson, /. A. Hanchess, A. Arson
and w. F. Eaton for appointments as
janitors were reported to the Janitors'
Committee.
A communication was received from
A. s. Frew questioning the legality OF the
consolidation of the school and public
libraries and the transfer of the books
rendered necessary by such consolida.
ton. 1t was referred to the Library
COMMITTEES. Major Frew, of the latter
committee, asked for further time in
which to confer with the Book Commit
tee of the Public Library, which was
granted.
Superintendent Friesner reported that
during the month of December last
6,692 pupils had been enrolled, of whom
1851 were girls and 3,341 boys; the
average daily attendance was 1856, and
during the month there had been 8O3 of
the pupils sick.
Tho Es,,opoo ~ skkoo -n---tzJ L
there was balance Of $47. 739 8S on
hand in the treasury, and recommended
the payment of twenty-eight bills,
amounting in the aggregate to about
$3, 100. Adopted.
Governor Gosper, of the Building Com.
mittee. recommended that door be cut
through the south line of the building, be.
tween the Offices of ofSuperintenden Fries
ner and his assistant, as matter of con-
venience. Mr.. Whaling vigorously
objected to equandering go much money
in fixing up the Superintendent's office
at time when lots of the school chill
dren were actually suffering because the
schools were unprotected from the
storms. He thought the board ought to
direct it's attention to the children's pro-
lection before alternating" the Super
intendent's office. On motion of MIR.
Woodbury. the recommendation was
adopted.
Mr.. Ellis, of the Teachers' Committee,
reported the designations of Mr.. s. III.
Moore, Misses M. L. Pinkham, Allie M.
Felker, Lucy Grant and Mary II. Rem
ME, and recommended that they be &C.
cepted with regrets. The committee
recommended the appointment of Misses
B. Cox, 0. Dav, E. B. Reynolds, L.
Reed and Mrs. N. D. Mayhem as regular
teachers; Mrs. A. H. Koffe, the Misses
M. Murdoch, II. M. Mead and M. 1.
Fitzgerald as substitute teachers; and
further that the salary of Mrs. L. P.
Wilson be raised to $50 from January
Sth, and that of Miss o. Day be placed at
$S5. The report was adopted.
Mr.. Woodbury., of the Committee on
Classification, recommended the follow
ing appointments: Miss H. Davis, to
be assigned to the eighth grade of the
Spring-street school; Miss F. P. Wright,
to the fourth and fifth grades; and Miss
l.. j. Kendall, to the seventh and eighth
grades of the same school; Miss E.
Griffiths, to the fifth grade, and Miss B.
Cox, the third grade of the Hellman-
street school Miss Lima X. Reed, to the
second and third grades of the CASTELAR,
street school Miss M. Murdoch, to the
first grade of the Breed-etreet school ;
Miss 0. Day, to the Railroad.street
school; and Mrs. N. D. Mayhem, to the
kindergarten school on Bonsallo street.
The report was adopted.
Mr.. Ellis reviewed at some length the
ideas Of the board in the matter of the
kindergarten system, and stated that
Mrs. Mayhem had been appointed. as
teacher of a small school on Bonsallo
street in the Fifth ward, in which there
were already forty scholars, and he asked
that until proper accommodations be
provided for the school the Building
Committee recommend that the room at
present occupied by that lady be rented
at 500 per month. The recommendation
was adopted.
Mr.. Cox, of the Finance Committee,
reported against the purchase of flags fol
each school house, on the ground that
the condition of the finances at the dis.
posal of the board would not Justify the
same. Mr.. Whaling opposed the report,
but was voted down.
The City Attorney was instructed to
bring suit for the recovery of land be.
longing to the Spring-street school lot.
Mr.. Whaling offered the following res
olution for the approval of the board
"Rcsolved, That it is the sense of thil
board that the Secretary furnish thu
board with list of the school buildinpl
insured, with the names of the com
panies with whom they are insured. an(
the rates of the same, 60 that it NAV de
termine whether the same is sufficient O,
not, and that such a report be made a
least once year." The resolution wa
adopted unanimously.
Mr.. Powers then gave notice of his in
tention to move amendments to th,
rules. N
Mr.. Whaling offered another resolu
ton to the effect that the present systen
of selecting teachers was not to the bes
interests of the School Department
which met with opposition on the part O
Messrs. Ellis and Gosper, the latter as
serting that there was no sense to il. a
it was already covered entirely by til,
present rules. There being no second {,
the resolution it passed unnoticed.
Governor Gosper moved that the Hipf
School building be placed at q distanc,
of fifty-fve feet from its front to Castela
street and twenty feet from the west sid,
of the lot, which was carried.
Messrs. Cox, Frew and Gosper wer,