The morning call., 1894-06-29
THE" BIRDIE" RESOLUTION GOES
The Committee to Which It Was
Referred Was Unanimously
Against Pet Names.

Of heart takes place between now and the
next meeting, many of them will draw
| less money during the coming schonI vaar
| President Hyde introduced the resoIu-
| ton which did the work, and his renort
being that of the minority of the SALARY
| Committee, received the support Of sfv
other members of the board 1t cuts e
| per month from the salary of each primary
teacher in the department, reduces the
teacher of elocution in the Girls High
| School from $50 per month to $95 and the
! teacher of drawing in the same school
| from $40 to $125. The principals in many
Of the high schools will get less. In the
John Swett School the salary is reduced
| from 5000 to S175 per month. The same
cut in the Franklin and the Horace Mann.
The principals of the Columbia and
| Everett schools are raised from $50 to
| S175 per month.
Many of the principals of primary
schools are reduced in salary. At the.
Webster the cut is from $3.50 to $50; in
the Whittier from S175 TO $50. The prin-
cipals in the Humboldt, Marshall, Potrero
and South San Francisco schools are re-.
duced from $3.50 to S135; those in tha
Cleveland and Redding from S135 to S13O;
Bernal Heights from S120 to $11O, and the
Harrison from $130 to S11O. In the Buena'
Vista, Douglass, Madison. Monroe, SherI-
dan, South End and Winfield Scott, the
principals salaries suffer cut from $110.
to $780, ="
The teacher of sewing ia franklin
Gram mar School gets raise from S60'to
So, and an increase from $50 to $50 per
month is granted the principal of the
business evening school. The assistant ::
storekeeper is raised from $75to S1O0.
Salaries of special teachers are fixed as
follows: Physical culture S125 per month,
elementary science $125 per month, draw
ing $50, cooking $780, methods $500.
The present schedule of salaries for
janltors is continued, but where extra SAL
aries are allowed to janitors On account Of
evening schools such extra allowance shall
be paid only during the time when such
schools are open, and not during vacations.
In fixing the salary of grammar and pri-
mary teachers already elected, an increase
for experience in any of the public schools
of the United States is allowed, as pro-
vided in the schedule; but as to teachers
hereafter elected such increase is to be
allowed only for experience in the depart
ment.
The salary question, which brought forth
this schedule, came up as soon as the board
had disposed of a small amount of routine
business. Director Clinton brought forth
the majority report of the Salary Commit
tee and moved its adoption. He called
attention of the members to a resolution
they had unanimously adopted some time
ago declaring against any cut in teachers
salaries. He advocated raises in one or
two instances and cuts in none.
Director Culver wanted to know II Mr..
Clinton proposed to get the members to
vote on that schedule when they had hao
no time to look it over. Mr.. Clinton then
went through and explained it,
Mr.. Carew said he was in favor of rails
ing the salaries of seventh ana eighth
grade teachers, and said they should get
more money.
Director Murdoch asked if there was
minority report. and. after short pause,
President Hyde took the floor and offered
his report as a substitute for Director Clin-
tons. he was in favor. be said, not Of
reductions but of equalizing salaries, and
that was the basis of his report.
Director Clinton said that if HYDE had
let his cat out of the bag week ago he
would not have presented that minority
report. He pointed out the fate of one
Mr.. Stone, who presided over a one-time
San Francisco school board and who an
nounced upon taking office that he iu-
tended to cut salaries. Press aud public
denounced him. he said. and when he had
the temerty to run for Office again be was
showed ip." He pointed this out as the
probable fate of membe of the present
board who would vote for Mr.. Hyde's reso-
luton.
Director Murdoch said the minority re-
port met his views in a general way. but
he wanted TO offer an amendment that the
| maximum for teachers in the first, second
and third grades be SIS. in the fourth. fifth
and sixth SIS. land SS3 in the seventh and
eighth.
Mr.. Hyde said he could not conscisn-
tiously accept the amendment. He was
either right now or wrong before. He
had been in favor. he would state
boldly. of reduction of So 80 a month in
the maximum for primary teachers in
stead of 81. but had been induced to accept
the latter proposition. -:
Director Murdock's amendment to Mr.
Hyde's substitute was lost and the substi-.
tute carried, Ames. Hyde. Murdoch,
Symmee. DuttoD. Dowling. Burke voting
ave; Clinton, Carew, Culver, no. I'M
LueOtdLoiy after LuO fObO as
Mr.. Culver changed his vote from no TO
ave for the purpose OF moving recon-
sideration al the next meeting,
President Hyde's Birdie" resolution
was reported on favorabIy by the commit
lee 20 whom it had bean assigned. Here
after Miss Birdie will be primly and PROP
erIy addressed as Miss Ornithologica.
A statement from San Francisco Union
No. %, United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Jopers of America, that r, Doyle &
Sons, contractors, are violating the eight
hour law in the work of making additions to
the Emerson school building. was presented.
They request that the board compel them
to comply with the law. Referred to the
Committee on Buildings and Grounds.
The board for competitive examinations
reported the names of the following as
teachers in the public schools: Miss
Martha Rltchie, Miss Daisy Fitzgerald,
Miss Louisa Koch. Miss Augusta de La
gnna. Miss Effie Smith and Miss Susie A.
Ward.
Leaves of absence were granted to Miss
Kate a. Kolliuger. from July 9 TO Oet0ber
20; Miss III. Nj. Hitchcock. July 9 to Sep
tember 10: Miss Eva L. White, July to
November 5; Miss Kate u. Whitaker,
July 9 TO July %.
The report of the Finance Committee
recommending the approval and payment
of demands fer salaries was adopted.
The recommendation OF the Classification
Committee that Miss Jessie l. Calhoun be-
reinstated as probationary teacher after
July 9 next was adopted