Los Angeles herald., 1891-11-03
SCHOOL MATTERS.
BAD WATER SUPPLIED TO THE
HIGH SCHOOL.
An Irregular Salary Schedule-Report of
the Building Committee-A Contractor
Found to Be Derelict- Other Mat
tars.

At the meeting of the board of educa-
ton last evening there was quite dis
cussion in regard to the salary schedule
adopted by the board, and which in the
minds of some of the educators is very
peculiarly arranged.
DR.. Kierulf and Mr.. Gaffey brought
the matter up and in the course OF the
discussion it was stated that the salar-
les from the lowest to the highest grade
differ about $40 per month. In the third
grade one teacher might receive $65 and
another $75. Mr.. Gaffey could not see
why this could be the case. He thought
the schedule should be 30 arranged as to
make salaries in each grade equal and
then the dissatisfaction which now ex-
lists among the teachers would be done
away with. He wanted a committee
appointed to revise the salary schedule
and report by January 1st, but upon the
statement that the salary list was
adopted for year, the matter was
dropped.
Mr.. Gaffey moved that Miss Dunham,
who was appointed teacher in the
high school, be paid $l15, the amount
paid her last year. The motion was
lost, and the recommendation of the
teachers committee to fix her salary at
500 was adopted.
The building committee was instructed
to confer with j. B. Lankershim in re-
gard to the sale OF the old Seventh-street
schoolhouse. The same committee was
empowered to have board sidewalks con-
structed where necessary, before the
rainy season. The same reference was
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mace be constructed back OF the high
A communication from o. J. Mutch.
stated that he has found that w. r.
the specifications on the Temple-street
schoolhouse, some portions of the build
ing being uncompleted and the specif-
cations having been violated in finished
parts of the building. For these reasons
Mr.. Mutchmore has refused to approve
the work and recommends that the
board withhold payment OF the final in
stallment.
A report of the teachers committee
recommending the appointment of Mr..
Lawson as teacher of writing in the
night school was adopted.
Upon recommendation of the finance
committee bills aggregating $2S99. 10
were approved.
1t was decided to allow the Turn
Verein Germania to introduce its system
Of physical culture in the Spring-street
school under the supervision of the
teachers committee. without expense to
the board.
DR.. Hitchcock demonstrated to the
board that some measure should be
taken to purify the water furnished the
high school. He showed by series of
very simple experiments that the water
now being drank at the school contains
from three per cent. upwards of organic
matter. He had sample taken from
hydrant in the school, also bottle of
filtered water, one of distilled water
and one containing water impregnated
with sewage. By the use of liquid
which when precipitated in impure
water loses its color, which is retained
If the water be pure, he demonstrated
that the water at the high school, and
even the filtered water, contains as
large percentage of impurities as the
water containing. the sewage, as the test
liquid was rendered almost colorless
when dropped into the bottles.
! DR.. Hitchcock stated that there is no
system of filtration by which water can
be freed from organic matter. The only
way to purify water, he said, is to
boil it.
A Huntsman's Predicament.
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out of me mind that have forgotten
something.
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implements, shell extwactor and me
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