The morning call., 1890-10-30
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Contract Awarded for the Girls
High School.
Leaves of Absence Granted and Recommen
dations for Diplomas Voted - Removal
Of the School for Chinese.

The Board of Education was called to or
der last evening by Chairman Dalton. with
all in attendance except Messrs. Wilson and
Denman. The meeting was inclined to be
somewhat lively, but nothing more than
words disturbed the assemblage.
The principal point under discussion was
upon the bids received for the erection of
the new High School for Girls, which were
as follows:
J. W. Smith, s77,245; j. P. Mccormick. S74.-
521; j. r. Whalen. sS7, 423; l.. I. Green, SS4,
473; Riley. & Sloane, ssS.40o j. J. Conrad,
$4,000; MCGOWAN s Butler. SS6,77o; Richard
Mccain, 100000 Thomas Ii. Day, S82, 76S F.;
Shan & Holman, S92,3OO.
Bids for heating, sewering, etc., were re-
ceived rs follows:
Harniy Heating Company, heating s12, 500;
j. J. Donovan, painting, S695; j. w. Shilinger,
painting: $3.50; H. Williamson, plumbing
1924; j. Il. Mckay, carpenter aud brick work,
$4,000; Peter A. kerrigan. plumbing, S4175;
w. b. Glen, timing, ironwoIk and stating.
$500; J. DouGherty, plumbing. S4495; Conn
& Roberts, stating. Timing and gaivanzed.iron
work, S10,240; Fritz u Ream, plumbing and
gasfiltng, $500; William Winter, painting
$3.50; William Cronin, stating, tuning aud gal
yanized-iron work, S1O,090.
AWARD OF THE CONTRACT.
A motion was made to award the contract
for the erection of the building Immediately
the supplementary work to the Committee
on School-houSes and Sites. Quite a dis
cuSSion arose on this point.
Director Woodward claimed that the pro-
posed building would not be large enough
to accommodate the pupils and advocated
that the plans at first presented should be
adopted.
Director Stone presented report from
Mrs. Kncaid, the principal of the Girls
High School, stating that the total number
of pupils on October 10th was 339, and he
maintained that twelve class-Tooms would
be sufficient 10 accommodate this number of
scholars.
After great deal of argument on both
sides the resolution was carried by the fol-
lowing vote:
Ayes-slone. James. Ford. Wempe, Mcdonald,
Noes Flint, Woodward and Gibbons-3.
The bid was therefore awarded to j. P.
Mccormick.
Leaves of absence were granted to Miss
Celme Flewry, assistant teacher of the Long
fellow Primary School, until October 3lst;
NJ. A. Gibson, assistant in the Peabody Pri-
mary School, October 3lst; NJ. I. Ready,
assistant in the Mission Primary School,
November 18th; Mrs. Nj. J. c. Cooper, assist
ant in the SaDchez-street Primary School.
November LIST; Miss Rosalie Lichtenberg.
assistant in jefferson Primary School, De
cember 18th; Miss c. H. Cabin, princi al
of the Peabody Primary School, October
30th; Mrs J. j. Connolly, assistant South
Cosmopolitan Grammar School, November
Sh; Miss Bessie Bunner. assistant South
Cosmopolitan Primary School, October 9th;
Miss A. y. Early, assistant Paramount Pri-
mary School, November Sth Miss S. L. Dom
nelly, assistant Pacific Heights Primary
School, November Sth.
THE SCHOOL FOR CHINESE.
The Committee on SchnolhousPs and
Sites recommended the removal of the
school for Chinese, now located on Stock
ton street, to 916 Gay street. and three
years lease of the premises was authorized.
A. A. Mcpherson. janitor of the Washing
ton Grammar School, was dismissed and N.
O'Keeie appointed IN his stead.
The following designations were received:
Georgiana Pierce of the Bernal Heights
School; Mary E. LaiIeney, assistant teacher
in South San Francisco School; Mrs. Il. A.
Campbell. Lincoln Evening School.
Applications for educational diplomas
were received from Katie j. Riley, EsSie
Schmitt, and for life di Tomas from Mar
guerite Moore and Evelyn X. Ashmead.
The following recommendations were
made:
For life diplomas-Miss Lizzie McCuskle,
Miss Carrie 5. Fairchild, Mr.. Claren ce Land.
For State educational dipl0mas-Nary c.
Kelly, Charlotte d'Ancona, Isabella Brown,
Tile X. Piper, Emily l.. Hammond.
For regular teachers certifcates-Miss j.
A. Dryer, Mary E. Regau, Charles A. Noble.
F. Ii. Clark, NJ. f. Blanchard, George y.
Mitchell and Miss Emma j. Onyon.