The morning call., 1893-07-06
THE LINE DRAWN.
School Districts Must
Govern.
Chinese Rights to Public Tuition
Transferences and Leaves of
Absence by the Board.

There was just a quorum present at the
special meeting of the Board of Education
last evening.
Two committee reports were adopted as
below and the only other business was
some discussion as 10 the rights of the
Chinese to be admitted to the public even
ing schools. The matter came up on a
resolution offered by Director Ames.
urging that representatives of the race ID
question should be admitted on the same
terms as the japanese. and that .he prin-
cipals should be notified &c that effect.
That the resolution was regarded with
considerable favor was sho%n by the vote
on a motion to postpone, Carew. Decker
and Dalton voting aye and Ames, Burke,
French and Hyde no. The original resolu-
ton. however WIS finally defeated, Pres
ldent Hyde showing that it was unneces-
sary, as the law laid it down that the
board must provide schooling for all chill
dren be- wuen and 81 years Of age Of all
races. lie remarked that if any Chinese
had been refused admittance to the public
ever ing schools by the principals the latter
he'd done so without the authority Of the
BOARD.
The following recommendations of the
Committee on Classification were adopted
First-That principals of schools having
pupils from outside their districts be in
structed to order such pupils 10 the school
In their own district, except in cases where
otherwise instructed by the Committee on
Classification.
Second-That parents of children of deli
cate health who desire them to attend
schools outside their own district be re-
Quirei to furnish the Committee on CLASH
hcatlOn with medical certificate bearing
on the bodily infirmity of said children.
Third-That the attendance in the nor
NAL class Of the Girls High School be
limited to bOna-fde residents of this city
q years and under.
F0urth-Tnat teachers in the depart
ment be transferred as follows: Miss NJ.
McManus. from the Lincoln Evening
School, to class In the South Cosmopoil-
tan Grammar School, now held by Miss S.
Kobicke. Miss S. Kobicke Of the South
Cosmopolitan Grammar School TO a class
in the Lincoln Evening School. now held
by Miss NJ. McManus. Miss Z. A. Wick
pan, from the Everett Primary School 10
the Webster Primary School Miss A. j.
Gracler, from the Douglass Primary
School, to the Everett Primary School
The Committee on Rules recommended
that leave of absence should be granted
| TO teachers in the department as follows
Miss K. E. Whitaker, special teacher In
the Franklin School. from July 10 to Au-
gust s; Miss j. Lewis, Clement Grammar,
| July 10 to Anguish; Miss r. Hardy. Croker
! Grammar, July 10 to August Z; Miss j.
| Hariigan, Marshall Primary. July 10 to
August z; Miss A. NJ. Smith, Potrero Pri-
mary, July 10. 1898. to January TO- 1894
! Miss G. j. cabler, James Lick. July 10 tt
September 4; Miss Ida n. Kervan, Wash
ington Grammar, July 10 to August Z
| Miss Elsie Schmitt Pacific Heights
Grammar. July IL. 1893, to January
1, 1894; Miss Z. Greenhood, Henry
Duraut, July 10. to August Z; Miss
l.. Booth. Edison, July 10 to September II
Miss L. NJ. Broadfeld, Edison. July 10 II
October 2; Miss r. l.. Ash. Lincoln Even.
ing, July 10 TO August II; Mrs. NJ. T.
Cambein. Henry Durant. July 10 to Au
gust Z. Miss Margaret c. Sutherland
Marshall Primary, was granted an extern
sion of one months leave of absence.
The position Of janitor of the Laguns
| Honda School was declared vacant, anC
| Mrs. Chadwick, formerly janitor, was
! elected to fill the vacancy.
| The Building and Grounds COMMITTEES
was instructed to report at the next meet
| ing Oh the matter Of bids for the proposed
| Ocean View schOolhouse.