The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-09-01
PUPILS ARD FALLING OFF.
But the Crop Of New Teach
ers is. Abundant.
Members Of the Beard. Of Education Indulge
8. in the Usual Ri Monthly .:ExcAargs
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:. President Hyde presided at abe meeting
of the Board Of: Education last evening.
There were present: Directors Brooks, Gull
yeri French. Decker, Duhn. Bennington,
Sewell, Woodward; absent, Sabin and put-
!: The president appointed Director French
70 I'LL the. vacancy on the Finance Commit
tee, caused. by the.resiGustion otDr. Decker.
=. On the Recommendation Superiutend-
emf SWEET, it was decided TO enlarge the
Boys High School. by an eXteaSiOn*0f the
west wing, so as; 10 nlSke two additional
claSSr0 oIns; also TO set apart 'OUt. of the
$50. coo furniture fund the sum of 5000 for
the purpose OF eouippIpg The schools Tor
physica culture: 49,:
superintendent SWEET presented his re-
portfoTthe monthol August, and from this
it appears that the number Ot-FupilS enrol ed
for tie school month ending August was
IS, $50, falling of from last year OF les.
TIE average daily: attendanee Tor the month
was 81, 40l.
Tie number Of teachers in. the depart:
ment is 907, an Increase 0f28 over tue num-
Der in 1891. !:
The average daily. number Of pupils TO.
eacT teacher is 81. Tie superintendent
recommends that the maximum should be
45 instead of 20 10 each teacher.
He recommends for the thirG time that
I q t
cisco School. to take two small classes out
Of unfit halls and consolidate them.into one
and save the expense of enc teacher. He
also recommends the enlargement of the
Boys High school BIZ the addition Of two
elsssTOoms. .......--. -
He advocates the setting aside OF $4,000 to
equip the department. with. waDds. dumb
bells and necessArieS in physical culture.
He suggests that the members Of the
Board OF Examiners be allowed eompensa-
ton for the services they render
a letter from President HYDE was read
modifying his accommodation as TO the
completion Of tie Girls High School, as
follows: That should the Board Of Super
Visors consent 10 the transfer OF $40, eco of
the money IN hand tcom the income of the
scbOol properly Oh Market and Fifth streets
$4,000 Of It be appl ed TO new building for
the Redding School; $500 TO furniture fer
the SAME; $500 fer balance due on original
contract for com ieti0n OF the Girls High
= School; $500 for Introducing appliances
Tor establishing physical culture in the
schonis5 $1,000 10 the equipment for The
Girls High School. In the presidents
opinion the $500 appropriated by the Board
of Supervisors is not sufficient for the in
troduc;inn Of physical culture in the
Schools
The Committee on Qualifications reported
the following eligible nominees Tor vacau-
cies ia the corps of teachers: Day school
May H. Lawrence, Miss Emily Nhailey,
Miss Maggie J. 0Brien; evening school
substitute class, Mrs. ". +. Bronson, Mr..
W. G. Hyde, Miss Daisy n. Wilson, Mrs.
Anne Par!in; for teacher Of the physical
culture department Robert BaTth.
The following probationary teachers were
elected regular teachers: Miss Gertrude J.
Cutter, James Lick GTammer School; Mrs.
! a. l.. West, Whittier Primary School; Miss
| i. Levison, Hearst Glammer School; Annie
! I; Coughwel, Hearst Grsmmer School.
/ The Committee on Class fcation recon-
mended that the action Of the Board taken
! August 10, 1892, ansierring Miss Gertrude
/ j. Cutter from the: James Lick Grammer
| School TO the North Cosmopolitan Grammer
| School, be rescinded..
That Miss Susie NJ. Kingsbury be
| elected 10 The position Of assistant and
teacher in the Boys High School.
That the full time of Miss Maud Rodder,
! teacher OF Kindergarten music aud kinder
| garten work in the normal class connected
with the Girls High School be employed,
and that her salary be increased to $50 a
| month.
That teachers be transferred as follows
i Miss +. Rosenfeld from Hawthorne Pri-
:, mary School to Fremont Primary School,
Miss l.. Z. Ryder from Jefferson Primary
| School to North Cosmopolit n Grammar
| School, Mrs. 5. c. Baker from Sheridan
| Urinary Scho0lt 70 Jefferson Primary School,
Miss a. NJ. DIVER from Horace Mann Gram
mar School 10 South Cosmopolitan Gram
| mar School, Miss Martha Calvert from
| North Cosmopolitan Grammar School to
| Cleveland Primary School, Mrs. Z. NJ.
Bonelli to Hawthorne Primary School.
The committee further recommended that
teachers in the DAY school substitute class
| be appointed as probationary teachers and
! assigned as follows: Miss Mary ID. Tan
! toran to the Sheridan Primary School, Miss
Florence Fairchild to the Horace Mann
! Grammar School, Miss NJ. c. Kelly to the
| North Cosmopolitan Grammar School; also
| that teachers in the evening school substi-
| tute class be appointed probationary teach
ers and assigned as follows: Dir. j. X.
| Danlelle to the Commercial Evening School,
/ Mrs. NJ. +. Bronson TO the Lincoln Evening
! School, Miss Daisy VI. Wilson to the Hor-
/ ace Mann Evening School, Mr.. ". G. HYDE
/ to the Washington Evening School.
The recommendation were adopted after
| protracted discussion and the usual nbiec-
tons from Dr. Decker and Director Wood
ward. Superintendent SWEET lost patience
at the time when 1t was left to be inferred
| that the position OF assistant teacher in
the Bows High School had been created
| expressly to furnish position for the young
| lady beneficiary. Mr.. SWEET diselaimed anV
such motive and charged the directors with
] green-eyed prejndices.
The following additional nominations
were announced: To the day substitute
| cass-Miss Lottie Lavery, Miss Annie
Grozeler, Miss Eva Mckee; to the evening
! substitute class-Miss Beulah KoZinsky.
Miss Kate A. McGovern. Miss Mary A.
| Harvey. Miss Belle McBoyle, Mr.. +. l..
| Weaver. Jr.; for hoard appoinrment-Mi
! Mary McAuliffe. Miss Virginia Heath.
| 1t was resolved that the Superintendent
be requested TO carry out the sugges tons of
PRESIDENT Hyde at the City and County
| Teachers Institute on the goth inst. and
that the pupils in the department be al
lowed to make voluntary cont buttons for