The morning call., 1893-10-26
TO OPEN AT LAST.
Birth of the i" Business
Evening School,"
MISS ii. M. FAIRCHILD'S CASE.
The Board of Education Trips Up on
School Repairs, but Guards
Against Pugiiism.

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ton last evening there were present:
Directors Ames. Burke, Dunn, Decker,
Culver. Dowley. Dutton. Rosewald Presi-
dent Hyde and School Superintendent
SWEET.
The following plan for the Business
Evening School, to take the place Of the
Commercial School was unanimously
adopted:
l. This school shall be named the "Business
Evening School,"
2. The studies pursued In this school shall be
bookkeeping, stenograpby and typewriting.
3. The standard for admission TO this school
shall be: Ql Graduation from grammar
school. (2) Graduation from The eighth-g grades
OF the evening schools. (3) Examinations equiva-
lent TO the standard OF graduation from e am
mar school.
4. Pupils in this school may elect to pursue
the following courses: (D Bookkeeping exclu-
sively. (2) StenOgraphy aud typewrlting.
5. The teacher of each class of book eeping
shall also give whatever instruction may De
necessary iu business arthemetic and forms,
penmanship and business laws.
6. No special teachers in penmanship, arith-
metic or commercial law shall be employed.
Z. The general rules governing other evening
schools shall apply 10 this school.
8. The principal of this school shall be paid
salary OF SEQ month.
8. The teachers OF this school shall consist Of:
Il A principal. who shall also teach class;
(2) AS many other teachers OF bookkeeping as
may be necessary; (3) Two teachers OF stem
ography; ~ One teacher of typewrtlng.
10. For the purpose of securing better
classification Of the Business Evening School
pupils shall be admitted at no other Time than
the following: Q) The first week aftrr the
opening of the school In July; SO Inc Inc @ arst
week in January; (4) The first week after the
September vacation.
A large numbe of ex-scholars of the
Evening Commercial School were present.
and A. FuhrmaD, having asked whether
all such would be entitled TO enter the
reorganized school without examination.
motion to that effect was adopted. 1t was
stated that the school would be opened on
next Monday evening.
The following appointments to the Bus-
ness Evening School were approved: 4.
C. Fitzpatrick, principal; Dora Kos
minsky and Miss B. LeviDgston. teachers
of sten ography; Miss Dora Warschauer,
Daniel, teacher of the evening schools,
and he assigned to the head of the substi-
tute class. The Committee on Classifiea-
tioO was authorized TO appoint tempOr-
arlly such teachers of bookkeeping as
might be necessary, the same 10 be select
ed from those formerly employed in the
Commercial Evening School.
The Committee on Classification recon-.
mended the following change which were
adopted: Miss E. l.. Hammond to posi-
tion of assistant teacher in the Redding
Primary School, to take effect July 26;
Mrs. NJ. A. Steele, assistant teacher in the
Edison Primary School; Mrs. NJ. l.. O'Neal.
assistant teacher Mission Grammar School,
July 49, 1898; Miss Susie Haas, assistant
teacher Marshall Primary School. Septem-
ber 5, 1898; that a new class be formed in
the franklin Grammar School; Miss r.
Alexander, assistant teacher Franklin
Grammar School; Miss Kate E. Whitaker
10 charge of cooking class in the Rincon
Grammar, the Committee on Salaries to
fix the salaries; Mrs. S. Holmes. assistant
teacher Pacifc-avenue Primary School;
Miss e. f. Rordan, assistant teacher in
the Hearst Grammar School, to take effect
August %. 1893.
The board adopted the following recon-
mendation of the Committee on Qualifica-
tons: That Miss May ii. Lawrence,
probationary teacher in the Richmond
Primary, be finally elected as regular
teacher IN the department.
Mrs. Mary Lavelle, janitress of Denman
Grammar. was transferred to the Harrison
Primary, and Mrs. K. RudKin, Harrison
Primary, to the DeDman Grammar. Miss
May Wits was appOinte ianitresS of the
Commercial Hail in place of Mrs. II.
Hartwigsen.
Miss Fannie l.. Soule's case was taken
up, and on the recommendation OF the
joint committee on qualifications of teach
ers and rules Miss Soule was dismissed
from the department for incnmpetency on
the ground that she is mentally and physi-
cally untitled to perform the duties of
teacher.
The case of Miss II. NJ. Fairchild was
the subject of the report of a joint commit
tee on finance and Judiciary. 1t reviewed
the facts already before the public and
was of the opinion that in accordance
with rule of the board Miss Fairchild is
entitled to a position of the same grade as
she held when the leave was granted,
whenever suitable vacancy occurred.
Director Decker tried to have Miss Fair
child Immediately appointed principal of
the PotrerO Grammar School, but failed.
When the new rules to govern school
repairs when the carpenter-shop is abol-
ished came up Director Culver showed
Discrimination to vote, whereupnn Director
Ames Immediately moved postponement
of the matter, which motion was adopted.
A resolution by Burke regarding a
special counsel for the board was charac-
teriZed by Decker as soft snap" for
some prospective appointee OF the board,
since no term and no salary were specified.
The CITY and County Attorney was the
proper person TO take charge OF the boards
legal affairs. The matter was finally laid
over for week.
A motion by Hyde that all recommends
tions for renewal of certificates made by
the City Board of Examiners be ap-
proved was finally adopted.
At the motion of President Hyde it was
resolved that only teachers holding first
grade certificates should be entitled to
teach receiving classes. No provision was
made for the present teachers Of receiving
classes. the readjustment being left to the
Classification Committee.
To prevent future tsticuffs. at the mo-
ton of Director Rosewald, seconded by
Decker. Officer 7. j. DugaD was appointed
sergeant-atarms to the board.