Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-07
The Board of Education
Snubs the Council.
An Interesting Secret Session
Last Night.
The List of Teachers Selected for
Service Next Term.
Members of the Board Think the Council
Cannot Overrule Their Action.
Routine Business Transacted.

office up stairs to consider finances, etc.
From various expressions that after.
wards escaped the members the i'm
preston was conveyed that the
private session was for the pur-
pose of considering the councils
recent communication, on the subject
OF salaries. and that the conclusion was
reached that the board would stand tor
what it considers to be its rights under
the charter, and if the city council re-
fused to grant the necessary appropria-
ton, to either close the schools earlier
in the season, or institute mandamus
proceedings under the clause in the
charter which says that the school
board shall fix salaries and define the
amount required to run the schools, and
the council shall appropriate the re-
quired amount.
1t was very late when the regular ses-
sion commenced. Half past seven was
the hour appointed, but it was an hour
later before President Shafer's gavel
called the members of the board present
to order.
The minutes OF the adjourned meeting
were read and approved.
Prof Leroy Brown rendered his resig-
nation as teacher in the High school, in
order that he might accept position as
principal of the Santa Monica school.
The resignation was accepted with re-
grets.
The communication from the council,
formerly published in the HERALD, rela-
tive to further reduction of teachers
salaries, was read, as was also the reply
of the teachers committee. The coun-
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teachers committee without comment.
The reply of the teachers committee
was adopted as the sense of the board.
The finance committee reported favor
ably on numerous bills, which were Or
dered paid.
The committee on buildings recon-
mended the removal of the telephones
from all the school buildings. They also
recommended the accepting OF the bid
of w. R. Phelps for the raising of the
Breed and Temple street buildings.
Both recommendation were unanimous
ly adopted. The recommendation as to
improving the sanitary condition OF
Hellman-street school was also adopted.
The checks were ordered returned to
all the bidders whose bids were not ac-
cepted.
On recommendation of the committee
on rules and regulations it was decided
that all teachers be elected to serve only
at the pleasure of the board, subject to
assignment and transfer, and their sal
aries to conform to the grades to which
they were assigned. 1t was also de-
cided to open the schools on October 5.
The teachers committee reported the
following list of teachers, who were
thereupOn elected:
Mary B. Alexander, Fidelia A. Ander.
son, Helen O. Anderson, Cecilia Auld
Minnie S. Baxter, Mary E. Bear, Mar
garet L. Benedict. Eliza Bengough, M
G. Pettinger, Mrs. Ella j. Belts, Agnes
M. Blakelev, Maud Blanchard, Carrie
M. Blanford, Alma S. Brigham, Mrs
Dora H. Broadwell, Mrs. Kate Brodbeck
Kate J. Brown, Clara Bruere, Mrs. Fan.
ny H. Byram, Mrs. G. P. Bradfield, Mrs
Mary L. Chapman, G. III. Chilcote, Mar
garet S. Clark, Mrs. Grace B. Clarke
Mary F. Claypool, Mary A. Cook. Har
riet Cory, Estelle Cowan, Bessie NJ. Cox
Millie M. Cox, Mrs. Gertrude d. Croft,
Alice J. Cushing, Helen W. Davis, Olivia
Day, Mary Deacon, Alice DeHart, Kate
E. Desmond, Nora L. Desmond, Minnie
Devin, Nettie M. Dick, Ella M. Dixon,
Olga Ii. Dorm, Mrs. G. G.. Dubois, Chas.
L. Ennis, Mrs. May A. English, Nellie
M. Fitzmier, Mrs. Laura M. Fortson
Mary E. Foy, Mrs. Margaret J. Frick
Mrs. Mary Z. Garbutt, Cora M. Getch-
eli, Nettie Getchell, Elizabeth J. Glib
son, Margaret E. Click, Bertha E. Cor
don, Jennie G. Gould, Mrs. Minnie J
Greenman, Emma Griffiths, Anna S
Griswold, Ida l.. Hall, Mrs. Emma A
Hanchette, Rose H. Hardenberg, Fran
ces V. Harrow, Leonora Hassler, Mary
L. Hays, Clara M. Healy, Janet M
Henderson, Mary A. Henderson, Helen
Henry, Mrs. Maggie ]. Henry, Eugenis
L. Hobbs, Eta Hodgman, George D
Howland, Helen f. Hunt, Maggie A
\ Huston, Ada F. Hutchings, James w
Henry, Edith NJ. Joy, Eleanor M. Joy
Ella H. Kane. Emma G. Kane. Lizzie
f.. Keller, Louisa j. Kendall, Marths
M Knapp, Charlotte Knoch, Saraf
Laventhal, S. G. Lehmer, Blanche E
Leviele, Clara Lillibridge, F. E. Little
Corinpe Lynch, L. B.. Lawson, Mrs. Kate
L. Maiden, Mrs. Nora D. Mayhem, Kate
Mccarthy, Esther M. McCleave
Lucy d. McC Connell, Ida M. Mccormack.
Mary Mcdonald, Belle McFadden, Liz
zie A. Mckenzie, Agnes M. Mclean
Maud Miles, J. B. Millard, Miss N. J
Miller, Lizzie B. Moore, Mrs. Penn. Ii
Munday, Grace Murdoch, Marie E.Mur'
doch, Anna q. Murphy, Mary S. Muir
ply, Eliza P. Myrick, Mollie A. O'Con
nor, Maggie ODonoughue, Mrs. Ella F
O'Gorman, Lizzie B. Oliver, Vesta A
Olmstead, Elizabeth A. Packard, Mary
A. Parmelee, Mrs. Earl Parsons, Mary
N. Penman, Marie H. Perry, Margaret
F. Phillipson, Mrs. N. F. w. Pond, Mel
lie f. Ray, N. Ellen Reavis, Lima
X. Reed, Sara G. Reese, Alice
Reeves, Carrie Reeves, Mary A
Richardson, Carrie w. Roberts
Augusta Root, Mabel Rorick, Mrs. Mel
lie G. Rorick, Jeanne Ross, Marion A
Rouse, Belle Sharpe, Genevieve Sharpe
Nellie Shine, Alberta sihrimplin, Lizzie
G. Shultz, Cora s. Slack, Mrs. M. A. P
Smith, Anna Stewart, Mary E. Stewart
Clara Stoltenberg, Ella L. Stoltenberg
Esther L. Strauss, Mary Y. Swizer, Mrs
Jennie L. Throop, Mrs. Emma A
Thurston, Maggie Tracy, Nora Tracy
Susie N. Vaughn, Adelaide 0. Vose
Kate G. Wambold, Regina Weinshank
Mrs. Lizzie A. West, Mrs. M. A. White
Bertha S. Wilkins, Ida NJ Williams
Louise A. Williams, Louisa L. William
son, Matte H. Wilson, Helen M
Wooster.
New Teachers-Emma NJ. Angler
Frances A. Crowley, M. Bessie Davis
May Egan, Mary E. Hall, Mrs. Ida N
Harris. Jeanette Havemann. Anna h