The morning call., 1891-02-12

tee be also instructed to effect the consolida-
lions recommended by the Superintendent.
Brooks opposed the proposition to CONSOLE
date the Chinese classes.
Harvey then moved that the committee
be instructed to make all the consultations
recommended, except in the case of the
Chinese classes. Regarding these the conf
mittee shall investigate and use its dis
cretion. Carried without objection.
Brooks wanted to know which teachers
should be consolidated out.
The board decided that the junior teacher
in the department of the two teachers con-
cerned would be the proper one 10 CONSOLE
date out.
Superintendent SWEET was instructed to
provide the Office of the Board of Education
with four daily papers.
Upon the Recommendation of the Classif-
cation Committees report life diplomas
were granted to Miss Elizabeth NJ. Craig,
Miss Ada Goldsmith, Miss Alice A. Fisher,
Miss III. Lalande, and State educational
diploma to Miss Annie B. Shea.
TEXTBOOKS ON HISTORY.
The action of the board at the previous
lions and Greece" and ALIENS Rome" as
Textbooks for use in the Boys and Girls
High School in place OF "Smith's Smaller"
textbooks, and "Meyeys' Medieval and
Modern History" in place of Barnes
General History" was. rescinded and the
further consideration.
The Finance Committee next reported
that the allowance for the month of JAN
uary was ST. 500 &c, but the expenditures
had been S73,742 "a. an excess of S2O75 49,
The present shortage is S17,295 10 The
| committee is of the opinion that the de-
| partment cannot be maintained on the an
preparation and that the monthly overdraft
| will be at least $1,000. BY the end of the
! fiscal wear this will result in a total deficit
Of In adH M ha to-, ~
there would be a further shortage in the
| State appropriation, probably about SIT. 600
The report of the Board OF Examiners was
| adopted without change, granting a first
grade certificate to Miss Clara X. Witten-
| never on her California life diploma, to J.
| S. Hunter on his State life diploma, and to
Miss Mamie E. Moore on her Nevada State
| educational diploma.
| High School certificates were renewed to
! D. c. Sloane and Miss Mary NJ. Cox.
| First grade certificates to Miss Julia B.
| Short, Miss Louise Marriott, Miss Luella Gill
lespie, Miss Mary Batten, Miss A. Zwey-
| bruek, Professor a. HerbSt, Miss Z. NJ
| Craig, Miss A. c. Karatar.
Second grade to Miss A. E. Sutherland.
| Miss NJ. Il. SIaven, Miss n. A. MaIoney
Miss NJ. Dwyer, Miss Annie Love, Miss
! Leah Rosenberg, Miss Katie McClan.
| First grade certificates were renewed to
Miss Jennie Burge and Miss Nora Downing.
| teachers not in the DEPARTMENT.
Second grade to Miss Gertrude H. Carl
ton, Miss 5. Lhote, Miss Grace S. Williams
and Miss Clara Baily.
LEAVES OF ABSENCE.
Upon the report of The Committee Cd
| Rules and Regulations leaves of absence
were granted as follows: Miss D. Tiede-
man from February 18th to May 9Th, Miss
| A. A. Garland from February It'll 10 March
| 14th, F. 5. 5. Buchanan from February I'd to
February 18th. Miss Ii. Phillips from Feb
! ruary 18th tokebruarv Dist, Miss f. Cullen
| from February 9th 10 February 10Th, Miss
| c. Fleury from February 1st to Nav ist.
The Committee on Credentials aud Quail
fcatiOns reported that Miss Elizabeth l..
| FrederickS, Miss Annette l.. West, Miss
Sarah Boukofsky and Miss Eliza ID. Keith
are eligible to election as teachers III the
day-scnool substitute class.
The action of the board at the former
meeting disseminating the use of the filters
supplied to a large numberof schools by the
| Rapid Safety Filter Company was rescinded,
| because the board had entered into a con-
tract with the company and could not
| legally back out of it.
| Director Harvey asked to be withdrawn
from the Committee on School-houses and
| Committee on Furniture and Supplies, ex-
| planning that as Chairman of the Finance
| Committee he is required TO pass upon his
own acts in the other two committees. He
was allowed to withdraw
Dutt0n next introduced resolution that
| the substitute class be reduced to twenty
| and that an extra substitute class of sixteen
DE formed, the members of which shall
draw no salary except when on duty
After an hour or two of fruitless argIl-
| ment II was referred to the Committee on
Rules and Regulations.
| Hyde eSSayed TO have a motion carried
| that tie committee be instructed to embOdy
| the sentiment of the Directors resolution in
the rule, but that was likewise defeated and
the committee was left to report without
| instructions.
IN THE INTEREST OF ECONOMY.
Hyde proposed a resolution, as he ex.
| planned, in the interest OF economy, to re-
duce the salary of the head carpenter to 81
a day and the assistant j0bber 20 So a day,
! but a protest was raised against ii by Dunn
and it was lost.
Hyde then introduced another resoluti6n,
If not in the interest of economy" he re-
| marked, AT least in the interest of good
government" to declare vacant the position
| of janitresS in the Mission Primary School,
| now filled by Mrs. Casey, aud to appoin,
Mrs. Ii. A. McAlIister. His reason was that
| Mrs. Casey had never been near the school,
| for three years, and her work being very
badly and Enthusiastically done by heI
! young daughter.
! Dunn moved that the resolution be re.
ferred to the Committee on ,anltors, and
here followed the most acrimonious contro-
versy that has yet taken place in the board.
Hyde said that if it went to that commit
| tee the appointment desired would not be
made. The appointments, he said, had all
been made by faction of seven in the
| board, without consultation with or the
| slightest regard paid to the other five This
appointment was asked by the five referred
to and they insisted upon it.
| HARVEY VERY MUCH INFLAMED.
Hyde's reference TO a fractional division in
the board intamed Harvey, and withou,
waiting for recognition, order, good man-
nerS or anything else he jumped to his feet
and shouted that the speaker (Hyje) was
| out of order He did rot propose to hear
any more talk of that kind, for ii implied
that there is n ring in the board. and he
wanted it distinctly understood that he ia n
member of no ring.
Hyde smiled patiently until Harvey fin
| iShed shouting, and then proceeded even
more pOintedly than before by intimatino
plainly that the faction did exist. and thai
the five were Ignored in all matters of pat
ronage-
The wrangle went clear around the board.
and resulted as first proposed, in sending
Hyde,S resolution to the Committee on Jan.
ltors, to which Hyde remarked arcastically,
well, that's the end of our appointment
Ames introduced resolution to rescind
that portion of the Finance Committee's
report adopted at the previous meeting pro-
posing to take half months salary off the
June pay of the teachers to meet the de.
| ficiency.
This proposition, after another wranrle
was also defeated.
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