The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-11
A STORM BREWING.
Serious Charges Against Thomas
E. Kennedy.
Superintendent SWEET Gives the Board Of Ed
ueation Another Shaking Up-An
Investigation Demanded.

AL.
Quieted down without violent outbreak FOI-
lowing is the report in full;
TO the Honoru0l- the Board Of Education
CFNTTFaIEN: In accordance with the require
nieuts OF The Consolidation ACT L herewith SUD
Nit my fflh monthly report
DnriDe The month l have visited nearly every
class iu the following schools The LongteliOw,
Lincoln Grammar Reddlng. Emerson, Sanchez,
Pacific Heights Clement and Denman-in all
seyenJy-sM classes. During the past four months
have visited coo OF The 760 classes IN tile
school Department. 1 have done the best l
could do visit them all. The remaining 100
. classes viii have TO 60 over into The next school
year. During the same time have held nine
MEETINGS of The teachers OF the different grades
and TWO meetings OF PRINCIPALS. At these meet
iugs ali OF The tails OF the course OF study have
been thoroughly discussed Tor the purpose OF
getting lie judgment Of the teachers upon fe-
Vised course OF instruction.
During the past two months have worked
from o'clock in the morning until 10 and II
O'Clock at night. 1 propose DOW 10 strike Tor
Ten hours a day during the vacation.
Duiing my visits and examinations nave been
locking out for the swarm OF - incompetent
teachers that the head inspectors were sup
lOsed 10 be hunting down during the past four
wears / have failed 10 find them. There are
three or four teachers suffering from illhealth,
who are not quite up 10 The fun discharge Of
their duty. There are three or four that have
evidently mistaken their occupation. There are
perhaps d dozen thai are IN the wrong grade
they ought 10 be transferred 10 places WneTe they
CJn 60 better
Wien lie ward politicians and the place
hunters ely ont against the Weli-dlSclptIned and
competent instructors in the department, they
should be told that lie cry Of Incompetent
teachers" is q libel on the men and women that
have built up the public schools.
When The members OF a PeStilent school
l0bby7 iii your ears with whispered libels
against teachers, tell them 10 stop lying.
During lie four years OF The reign OF the head
inspectors the burdens OF their cry against the
old re- chers Of This city was "they are sci Of
- old foSSilsH
Ills tine mat such classic language should no
a ia, "a lHf DHaraF
There is no longer any need Of official ''noWllug
defYlsBes'' 10 vail about incompetent teachers"
THE SCHOOL CENSUS.
The school census bias been thoroughly and
carefully taken, Mr. helghLey, the head Census
Nalsba, is entitled 10 great credit Tor the able
and systematic manner 10 which he has directed
Tie large force OF Deputy M2rShalS and for his
Intelligent supervision OF Tie returns. de ought
90 b- al ones engaged fer next year.
The returns OF The number OF children between
ana II years OF age % which tho State School
money Is appOriUBed, foot up %, 456, an la-
ease over last year OF 1872.
aided by The distribution OF census blanks among
parents, 10 be filled out al home and handed 10
lie Census MarshHls or returned by mail 10 the
Superintendent
Idesite 10 acknowledge the courtesy OF Arch.
bishop kiOTdaH 10 Issuing a crcular-letIer 10 the
teachers OF tie paTOcblaI aud convent schools
requesting them 10 distribute among their pupils
lie home census blanks IA lie same manner that
they were distributed among the pupils OF The
public schools.
1t is sale TO say that this general distribution
OF blanks has added 10 the roll at least 500 chill
Oten THAT otherwise would not have been aiken.
This addition viii give US $500 that would
Otherwise have been lost. In other words, the
home blanks have more thaa paid the entire cost
Oi taxing The census.
Tie head Census Marshal has a list OF expert
euceu, disciplined men, whose efficient work has
enabled him 10 have tie census we'll taken,
trust that here VIII be found some members OF
The board WHO VIII set aside the question Of
patronage and re-engage them al once for next
year.
Il IS a good time 70 make beginning Of civil
service reform
NAMES OF SCHOOLS.
recommend that tie Valencia street Gram
mar school be named The Horace Mann Gram
mar School," Ia honor Of the most distinguished
Of American educators and that the TUrk-stFeet
Primary School be uamsd The Henry Barnard
school, iu honor Of another distinguished
American educator. / recommend further, that
the POWeli-stfeet Primary School be named
The lie Coute Primary school,, IN honor OF the
Two lie COate brothers, John and Joseph, the
death Of one Of whom We have recently been
called upon 10 mourn.
IfuUher suggest mat he Point Lobos School
be called TIE SujrO SehOOi, and the LUDOS Ave
Lu- school be named The Richmond School on ae-
count Of Tie desire OF the people ia that vicinity.
THE COGsWELL MISSION SCHOOL.
Il seems desirable 10 have prepared high
school course Of study for the coming year dur
ing which Tie lease OF the Cosswell POlyIechuIc
College Is supposed o hold good. The reasons
for TnIs viii be made evident by the following
bIief summary OF the facts IN the case.
Tie building and grounds OF the COEsWelI Poly
technl cai College were leased By The Board OF
Education, July %, 1889 for the term OF three
years a. one dollar year, on condition that the
Board OF Educat ion should Sf4bii>h and main
tJlu lu said bun ding "a high school,"
CA The 2lst Of August 1883 c. b. Stone,
Chairman of The ComIlttee on Classification, re-
DO ljeu hal Tie committee had opened the high
school IN The COgsEel College building aud
placed 90 charge James q. Kennedy Ptinci-
Pal his report was adopted HE only men,
Der OF Tie board thai saw through this scheme
aud lad the nerve 20 vote agalnstlt was Raphael
Well.
For some time previous to this action. the
"CogsReil POlytecnuieal College" had become so
involved financially that IL could 10 longer be
carried on. {. B. stone, the leading member OF
the Boaid Of Trustees Of that mlSmaHaged col
lege, devised the scheme Of allowing the Board
OF Education, OF which he himself Was evidently
tie Dictator, lie privilege OF assuming the run
ming expenses OF this bankrupt College"
IL WAS clIristened The "COgSwel Mission High
ScLOOi." a course Of study" was attached 10
the report OF {. B. Stone, Chairman Of the Com
mtee on Classification, together with opinions
from George FlOurGOy Jr.. CHy and County At
tOuey; Ira q. HOltt, State Superintendent; u
A. Johnson, Aforementioned, and J. d. Page,
District Attorney.
Tie opinion seems 10 be based mainly on the
power Of The board TO establish high school
with an attachment OF a special course in man
uai training.
The opinion Of City and County Attorney
FlUuruCy JT. closes a follows:
lily opinion heretofore addressed 10 Hon.
Raphael Neul upon the subject OF the power Of
the board TO rent The COgswell property for the
sole purpose OF establishing "a pOlytechule train
Ing schOOP was based u on the fact that the
Board OF Education had not then established Il
IS nigh school, as required by Article 9. Sec
lion Ut the Constitution, but pufpOSed to make
II only polytechnic training school"
From all the Information that 1 can gather
from the records OF the board and the teachers
Uf tile school the COgsWeN Polytechnic College,
Notwithstanding It's change or name TO that OF
Tie COgswell Mission High School, was con-
tinued without any change whatever in ITS col
NJ rfrrfa. Al
study filed with The report OF Chairman Stone
was never printed aud never used. The leading
professors Ia the college have assured me they
never saw II. Inc school continued the even
= tenor OF It's old way as a pfetentiOus college"
That course OF study" was evidently intended
ouly as legal blind. II was charaete ristic Of
Board OF Education that attempted 10 make
guerrilla Superintendent masquerade under the
name OF Head Inspecting Teacher" The whole
mailer IS now under legal examination for an
opinion. call the attention Of this board to the
Tact that, as matter Of self-prOtectiOn against a
possible Injunction SUIT, IL might be advisable
for tile board 10 Instruct the principal elect of
that school, together with tie professors OF the
coileg-, 10 draw up bOna-hde High School
course Of study, bearing some resemblance TO
lie course 10 the other high Schools. Ii this Is
not none lhet6 VIII certainly De trouble ahead.
Ihe school has cost during the past year for
salaries alone S20,7G0 What the Incidental eX-
penses have been have had 10 time 10 find out.
The salary list Of The two High Schools, the Com
mercia School and ihe COgswell Mission High
school DOW sums up 10 s90,624 year. With
49,. 80 a. - et'aU9 "uueu ~ anlOuui ~ dt lcdst
SlOOUOO. HE cost per pupil in The COgsweli
School greatly exceeds thai of The two HIGH
Schools II IS possible that some Of the ex-
lTavagant expenses IN that school can be cut of
J herewith submit with this report a cUpy OF the
lease Of lie C0gswelt College and Of the opinions
and documents attached 10 the report OF c. b.
Stone, Chairman OF The Committee on Classified
ton made at the time OF its adoption. / CAL
your attention TO them as matter Of oficla
duty.
COST OF TIE HIGH SCHOOLS.
COggWeii Mission High School $50 $50 ga
Glrls' HICb School.........-.. 4OS 29454 u
Boys high School. ........... 43O 24324 ST
Commercial School. ........... 3O5 l6O85 50
Average. 1893 $9O624 sos
In the C0gswel School there have been during
the year twenty-five special pupils who have
taken only lessons IN drawing and art work thus
reducing the number IF pupils TO 225. The aver
are cost per pupil on the regular members Of the
school would be $50.
The cost Of the ellis High School has been in
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