The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-09-13
ISSUANCE OF DIPLOMAS.
The State Board of Education Trans
acts important Business.
Work on the State Advanced Geogra-
phies-High Grade, Grammar
Grade and Other Diplomas.

The State Board of Education met in
Pierce and c. w. Childs and Superin-
tendent j. w. Anderson present.
w. II. V. Raymond reported in regard
to the work on the advanced geography
of the State series of schoolbooks that
$4,000 copies of one form eight pages) had
been printed, eight more pages were on
the press and about printed. The manu-
script of the book through the general
subject of the United States was in his
hands and the completion of the book
was insured as fast as the type could be
handled. Mr.. Raymond reported that
the authors of the work and himself were
sparing no labor or pains to prepare a
work to compete with the most skillfully
prepared and attractively issued publica
ton extant, and that the management of
the State Printing Office and the men
engaged on the work are taking an in
terest equally deep and sensitive.
superintendent Anderson presented a
long list of books which he recommended
for school libraries, and on motion his
selections were concurred in.
A communication from Houghton,
Mitflin q Co. of Boston inclosing a bill
for copyright privileges was considered
and allowed.
Applications and qualifications for di-
plomaS were then taken up. The appli-
cation of A. w. Jones for a grammar
grade life diploma was indefinitely post
poned, his papers being incomplete. The
Secretary was authorized to return the
papers and fee of Miss Ida NJ. bennett as
she was DESTROYS of withdrawing her APP
plication. The application of E. How
ard for an educational diploma Of higher
grade was not granted. The Secretary
was authorized to issue a certificate to
Louise B. o. Brien, showing that on Sep
TENDER 10, 1890, an educational diploma
was granted her, certificate to issue on
the filing of an affidavit of loss of her di-
ploma. A duplicate life diploma was or
dered issued to Mrs. Frances Leavy and
Thomas H. Slaven.
Life diplomas of the high grade were
granted to the following: w. IL. Adam
son, Lake County; Karl Heinrich, Daniel
Modoc County; Merritt r. Troce, San
Luis Obispo; L. ]. Updyke, Tulare, and
to j. r. Parker and Lee HOSmer.
Grammar grade life diplomas were
granted to the following: Rose V. Winter
burn, Lizzie Armstrong, San Diego;
Septina Baker, Monterey County; Mrs.
frankie T. Barker, Fresno; Fannie Ben
Luis Obispo; Oliver I. Bonestell, Hum
boldt; G. ". Campbell, Los Angeles;
May S. Carey, San Diego; Samuel A.
Chambers, Oakland; Florence A. Chap
man, Dora A. Davis, Laura Z. Hess,
Mrs. Annie E. Sheets. Nellie L. Todd,
Sacramento County; Carrie Claypool,
Lou Farmer, Frances a. Peters, Sonoma
County; Mrs. L. Q. Dickson, Marietta w.
Ellis, Hattie r. Gloor, Phebe l.. Parker,
J. Anabel Read, t. A. Ross, Mamie NJ.
VIM, San Diego County; Annie E.
Dowell, Santa Cruz County; Mary A.
Dover, Calaveras County; Celesta
Easton, San Bernardino County; Grace
E. Everett, r. j. Fitzgerald, Nevada
County: Rose A. Fitzsimmons, Martha S.
Galloway, Mary McHugh, Anna T.
O'Brien, San Francisco; Annie E. Green,
Annie NJ. Hare, Yuba County; B. w.
Griffith, John M. Griffith, San Bernar-
dino County; Ida S. Hall, Mrs. NJ. Wen
dell, Contra Costa; S. Hendy, J. E. Hodg-
son, Humboldt County; Lillian Hanson
L. f. Herrod, San Mateo; Ida b. Her.
man, Amador; Alice B. Hobbs, Fresno;
NJ. McGlashen, Butte Ella G. McNeely,
Alameda; Annie Z. McPhillips, San
Mateo; Ella Logan Neubarth, Shasta:
Ella Phellan, Marin County; Mary b.
Price, Yolo; Hattie V. Stanfield, Mendo-
cino County; NJ. +. Webster, San joaquin;
Eme1lo Herman CrOWl, trinity County;
Josie Nolk, Kate 4. Finn.
The following were granted educational
diplomas of the grammar grade: j. Pearl
Afford, Mary ANYWAY, Rebecca Bailey, B.
Jannette Barrows, Cora L. Beam, Grace
Campbell, 0. II. Campbell, Lottie Caul-
lin, Bella Cassin, Lizzie A. Costh, VIM.
a. Chapman; Cassie Cook, Mrs. F. NJ.
Cromwell, Edith II. Crowley, w. S. Dear
ing, Fannie NJ. Edwards, Maggie c.,
Fahey, Mary E. Fancompre, D. w. Finch,
Agnes Fine, Lou Ii. Graves, Mary Grit
fin, Mrs. l.. B. Haywood, Annie l..
Helmke, John Hennessy, Marguerite
Huey, L. j. Jones. Minnie joy, Laura
Kern, Georgia A. Knapp, Jennie D. Luce,
I. E. Mccarthy, Rachel Meyer, S. J..
Murphy, Annie O'Conner, Lizzie Penny
packer, Lizzie Digges, Kate Polsey, Julia
RumriIl, G. Runckel, Addie j. Samuels,
Sophie Litchfield, Mrs. Kate G. Schafer.
Daisy Sharp, Clara E. Shaw, Mary E.
Shine, A. h. Shumate, Samuel f, Smith,
Annie Stewart, IL. Tremper, Mary p.
Wall, Annie l.. Wells, l.. E. Westfall,
Daniel Ii. Whise.
A large number of applications for
diplomas were not granted for the reason
that the applicants had misconception of
the time they were required to have
taught. The ten years means that they
shall have taught for ten calendar years,
and not, as many understood, ten ''school
years" Of eight months.