The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-29
question he made a speech against the

question he made a speech against the
present order.
Director Burke called for the ayes and
noes on the resolution, but Director Dow
ling moved the tabling of the whole SUBJ
ject. DR.. Clinton demanded the ayes and
noes on MIR. Dowling's motion to table,
with the result that only Messrs. Burke
and Bowling were found to favor IL. The
resolution to rescind the Burke resolution
was then put upon its adoption and only
Messrs. Burke and Bowling opposed it.
The board had just fairly settled down
to business when Director Decker spraDg
little surprise upon it by a resolution to
the effect that whereas the school apprO-
prlation of 81, 10000 decided upon by the
Board of Supervisors is 100000 less and is
barely sufficient. leaving nothing for
building purposes, the bids for the pro-
posed Ocean View school be rejected.
Both Messrs. Decker and Clinton eX-
planned that they were heartily in favor Of
school al Ocean View, but the small APP
preparation left the board financially
favor devoting the $1,000 which it was pro-
posed to put into an addition for the Bush
and Stockton streets school toward the
Ocean View school. The board did not
agree with their Ideas though, by vote of
6 to 2. so the bids for the Ocean View
school were read as follows:
Pacific Construction Company, SIS, 249;
Mckay & Mccain. S14,399: McCanD &
Co., $1,000; T. Sullivan, S14,648; Morri-
son & Cook. So, go; r. Doyle & Son, SILL
$40. and Robert Curry. S13S4S. All tile
bids were referred to the Committee on
Buildings and Grounds. the certified checks
accompanying all except the two lowest
bids being ordered returned to the bid
ders.
1.-THE School Department Is paying nearly
$4,000 year for outside classr ooms, not
withstanding the fact that the schools as
whole afford seating capacity for greater
number of scholars than actually attend"
was the first paragraph of a communica-
ton of which President Hyde was the
author. In explanation of this rather
startling piece of information the
document went on to say: ITO a GER
tain extent this is unavoidable, the centers
of population having changed within the
past few years to new districts where
school accommodations are deficient. But
the evil has been aggravated by the prac-
tice of directors in giving special permls
sion to scholars to attend schools outside
the districts In which they reside. Many
of them are travelling past schools where
there is plenty OF room to those That are
overcrowded."
He thought, for the benefit of the public,
that the rights and privileges of a school
director should be understood even out
side the board. A school director had no
authority to give special permits to
scholars outside their own districts, and to
assume such authority. he thought, led to
confusion and was detrimental to good dis.
cipline besides. He therefore recon-
menfed in the communication that all such
special permissions be revoked, and that
Superintendent SWEET notify the princi-
pals that such assignments of pupils can
only be made by the Classification Commit
tee or the board itself.
DR.. Clinton thought the communication
Fan excellent one-a timely one-and that
1t should be adopted" Accordingly he
made motion to that effect, which was
unanimously carried.
AT the suggestion Of Superintendent
SWEET. the principal of the South Cosmo-
poitan Grammar School on Eddy street
was allowed to establish third grade.