The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-25
SCHOOL MATTERS.
CnimpOrtant Changes Ordered
in the Department.
Sc Principal for the Girls High School This
Year-PIopossd Overhauing Of a De-
L1qusnt Contractor,

TIE business before the Board Of Eduoa-
ton last night was quickly dispatched. d.
rector Sabia was absent
When the usual batch Of demands was
submitted f.r approval. Woodward Oh
f.e.ed to the one presented by Henry Jacks
in Sg03-Grst payment On the contract for
LIE construction Of the new school building
IA NcAnis.er street Mr.. Woodward has
opposed the commencement Of this building
1T tLis time because Of a shortage Of funds.
Ills opposition in this case, however,
.yaled him nothing. as his vote was the
only one recorded against it.
As recommended by the Classification
Committee. Hiss Maud RJdden viii be en-
pOyed 10 teach regular Kindergarten work
a addition to kindergarten music IN the city
normal class. The salary was fixed at SO
month,
TEACHES CHANGED.
Miss Eliza D. Keith Of the day school sub
sttuje class was appointed probationary
teacher 10 the Humboldt Primary.
new class was ordered formed in the
Horace Mann Evening School
Miss Veronica Harold was transferred
from the Hamilton Evening 10 the Horace
Mann Evening School.
Both divisions Of the city normal class
wifi be called in Immediately after the
March vacation, and Mrs. :. ". Mcpherson
assigned to the charge Of one division
The position Of janjt0r Of tie Cooper
Primary School was declared vacant and
1Irs. K. 4. Hunter appointed 10 Gil the
place.
Miss Alice C. Vincent was elected to the
day E9ol substitute class.
W. j. g. Williams, probationary teacher
In he Washington Evening, and Miss Anna
Wolfe, probationary teacher ia the JeffeT-
SON Primary School, were elected regular
teachers.
Miss Molly g. Mcdonald was nominated
10 the vacancy in the day school substitute
class.
a SPECIAL MEETING CALLED.
Il was decided to call a special meeting of
The board for tomorrow evening 70 consider
the ACCESSIBILITY Of TevOkiDg the contract for
. acIug heaters in the Girls High School.
The firm, it was reported By Director Wood
vaEd, the author Of the motion, had utterly
failed TO comply with the contract and the
progress Of work all over the building was
being DELAYED in consequence.
Woodward moyeG that The Superinten-
dent Of Construction Of the Girls High
School be requested to report at each stated
meeting the progress Of the work.
Dunn fought the measure and it was de-
Ieated.
Decker moved to have a principal ap-
pointed for the Girls high School, declar-
ing that as now arranged, PRINCIPAL Morton
the work is sadly neglected.
Brooks replied with a fat contradiction
lie said Principal Morton was doing
spienddly and the department was saving
$3.50 a month salary. He was no5 in favor
Of making any change now. The motion
was finally tabled
Mr.. sWETT'S REPORT.
Superintendent SWEET read his second
monthly report for the present year, as
follows:
lave visited during The past month The follow
my schools: Commercial, Irving, Deuman,
Cleveland, Bartlett, Broad way. Starr King
EMERSON Normal, Washington Evening twice,
Lincoln Evening Qhfee times.
lie average daily attendance FOR the school
nl nh that included two weeks In December and
$50 weeks ~ January was only 81 ,319. a falling
on ON TIE November attendance OF 1913, ana
from tie nrst month Of the school year (JHly) OF
1914. Tie attendance for the month ending
February y was 32.GI3. an increase on the
bieylOus mouth OF 1884. lie large decrease In
December and part Of January was unaoubt-
edY Owing 10 the diseases prevailing among
children. The attendance at the three High
schools was 1910, at The Commercial school 1856
al The Lincoln Evening II %, at the W ashingtOn
Evening 2o4, at the other evening schools 383
simmons Liver Regulator. bear ia mind, is not
Al experiment II is Endorsed by tb0ussads