The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-12

but during the past year, with only 160
pupils, every desk has been taken and the
present force OF teachers kept very busy
What is to be done is yet TO be decided
upon. A new High School building viii
have to be built sooner or later, but it can
not be done before next year.
ONLY A FORTNIGHT MoRE.-Only a
fortnight more remains to the town of
Berkeley, after which it will pass away
forever to live only in history. Two
weeks from to-day will be elected the first
city officers. and when these qualify and
enter upon their duties, then Berkeley will
nave grown to the full stature OF city.
Some twelve who didn't vote at the last
election on account of not having regis
tered have done that duty in the last fe W
days. The five hundred voters in East
ley who were too little Interested to
vote last time, it is thought, will be on
hand on the Goth. The polls too, will be
open at A. NJ, as the law commands,
so no one, IS in the recent election, will
be deprived of his suffrage by their not
being open sufficiently early.
DIRECT TO THE CITY.-The Board OF
Trade will meet this evening and discuss
means for obtaining direct ferry frnm
Berkeley to San Francisco. The present
ferry-b boat, the Mare Island, makes a daily
trip from West Berkeley. but that is no
service at all, and moreover she carries the
dynamite, powder, etc, for the powder
works, which naturally make passengers
avoid her. Though the construction of the
pier at Emeryvile still continues, no
signs of the promised change in the track
of the California and Nevada road yet APP
pearS. Since Oakland has cheap ferry,
Berkeley wants one more than ever, and
the Board of Trade will look into the mat
ter.
MATRICULATE WITH HoNoR.-Of the
thiriy-Sx graduates of the High School, of
whom thirty will enter the university,
only eight received recommendations in
everything. and will therefore enter with
out examination or condition. They are
Misses Pearl Hunt. Nav Hull, Bertha
Ketchum, Ella Small, Augusta L. Nye,
Messrs. Robert McCleave, Philip Smith
and Kirke Gilbert. The other twenty
two will have to take examinations, some
more, some less.
OF INTEREST TO CHURCH PEOPLE
Last evening Rev. i. l.. Writ began a
series of special services in the North
Berkeley Congregational Church. They
Will continue during this week, at least.
The Boys Brigade of the PRESBYTERIAN
church has suspended their drills until
the second Thursday evening in August.
Next Friday Junior Christian En-
deavor Society will be formed in the Pres
Dyterian church.
PoPULIsTs ACTIvE.-The PEOPLES party
followers at LOrlD last week met and formed
a Peoples Party Club. John Colder is
president. L. Moller. F. Wytten bach, D.
Dickley and c. Snyder vice presidents. f.
Stevenson secretary, and Albert Tn omp-
son treasurer of the said organization. A
plan of campaign was considered and
adopted. Special effort will he made to
elect h. Stats recorder and U. T. Whit
ing trustee.
For A THIRD OF A MILE.-The Grove
street electric line has started to build a
2000-foot switch. commencing at AlcatraZ
avenue, Lorin, and. paralleling the present
track, crossing the Southern Pacific Rail
road track and continuing some three
blocks farther. The long switch on the
other branch of this road, on Shattuck
avenue. along by Bushrod Park, is now
about completed.
BOUND FOR THE CENTER OF THE UNI
VERSA select carload of people from
Berkeley left on Saturday evening over
land for Chicago and the Worlds Fair.
L he car contained a goodly number of
sch0olmarms from the East End, the party
having been organized by Miss A. f.
keefer, principal of The LIE COute School
THE BUILDING OvERHAULED.-The
LoIln public school building is being over
hauled and the old roof replaced by a new
one. Two additional rooms are needed to
accommodate the school children in this
section. Rooms will be rented at the first
OF the coming year, until some better ar
engagements can be made.
LIE CoNTE IN Observation-Disclosures Jo-
seph LIE Conte. the noted teacher and
scientist, has gone to Chicago TO study at
the Columbian Exposition.