The record-union., 1894-08-02
ANNUAL ELECTION OF TEACHERS.
The City Board of Education Makes
Few Changes.
Changes Of Principals in the Union
and Fremont Primarles-sey-
eral Elections Deferred.

Director Crouch, of the Committee on
Repairs, reported thae he had received a
communication from Mrs. Munford,
Principal of the Twenty and NJ
street school, asking that certain repairs
might be made on the building. and some
filling done in the yard. The work was
ordered done.
The matter of whitening some rooms at
Tenth and q was referred to the commit
tee.
Sherburn. of the Committee on Furni-
ture and Supplies, reported that he had
rented number of chairs for the closing
exercises of some of the schools. His
action was ratified.
superintendent Erlewine alluded to
the standing rule of the board that the
jjanitors OF the schools were allowed pay
for part Of the eight weeks of vacation,
and was instructed to max out the bills
for the first two and the.last two weeks OF
the vacation.
\ communication from Principal Pond
of the High School, with regard to a few
changes in books for the ensuing year
was referred to the Committee on Course
OF Study.
Applications for positions as teachers
were received from Alice IL. Whyte,
Agnes Murphy, Tillie q. Scott, Miss L.
j. W Webster, Daisy +. Weisei, Mrs. G. h.
Fountain, Charlotte de Pau, Rosa Ryan
and NJ. il. layson.
Director Huntington read commune
cation from Principal Pond. asking in
| formation as TO the promotion Of pupils
who are weak mentally on general condi-
ton. The matter was referred to the
Secretary, to be reported on at the next
meeting.
He also moved, with regard to the pro-
posed intermediate grade, that the final
consideration OF the establishment OF
such grade be postponed for one year. 1t
was So ordered.
Crouch said he had been requested by a
number OF citizens to present TO the board
certain communications published in one
OF the daily newspapers by one of the
teachers III the schools, and he therefore
presented them for their consideration.
Dillman said he had also been spoken
to by some members of the Citizens
Protective Association with regard to
several other teachers in the department.
He therefore thought That it would be
well to defer this matter and let the 9TH
ers come up at the same time and he so
moved.
Crouch said he had made no charges,
but had simply presented the matter for
the consideration OF the board.
President Davis said he did not know
what the clipping contained. Crouch in
| formed him that 1t was communication
| signed by teacher in one of the schools.
! Davis then said that he had read the arti-
Gle IN question and must say that he
/ agreed with ii.
/ huntington raised the point of order
that the simple presentation of a paper to
the board, which was not read, or charges
made by the one presenting it, was not a
| proper matter for action and there was
nothing for the board to consider.
Dillman withdrew his motion and the
President sustained the point of order
| Mr.. Woodson had leave 10 address the
| board. He said his sole purpose in at
tending was to suggest that something
more Of system be introduced into the
/ Friday afternoon monthly patriotic ex-
ercises. He had examined the pro-
! grammes used in the SanFrancisco schools
and those here and found them all good
and had examined also several books
written on the subject of patriotic educa-
| ton; the result had been the suggestion
| OF an idea he desired to submit to the
! board. That at such exercises, of which
4 there are nine in the school year, five
! minutes be given To the reading of a
paper prepared under direction of the
! board, teaching the origin and purpose OF
/ free government, the duty of the citizen
| to the country and to his fellow citizen
the origin of the Constitution and what
are its fundamental teachings. reasons
! for obedience to law, and what constitutes
! freedom. Nine of these papers could be
| made to cover about the whole ground in
a simplied form and being uniform in all
the schools on each occasion, the pupils
/ OF all the schools would in exchanging
views and talking Of these exercises have
! their minds all directed to the one Sub
| ject. The board could prepare and have
prepared these brief lessons, and thus be
assured that all the pupils were rightly
! instructed on SO important a subject
| President Davis warmly approved the
plan and said it would be novel and
/ break the monotone OF the exercises.
Superintendent Erlewine said he had
| entertained the same ideas and had ar
rived at the same conclusion, and hoped
/ the action suggested would be taken.
! The board unanimously referred the sug-
gestion TO the Committee on Course of
| Study.
Miss Sarah n. Jones, whose school has
been changed with view to establishing
| one further east, appeared and said she
! had been many years teacher, aud
| teaching was with her work Of love and
she wished to be considered an applicant
for place in the department She be-
! lieved she had achieved success, and her
ambition was to have the new ungraded
I
! part of the city, believing she could, with
an assistant or TWO, build up fine school
there and make it one to be proud of.
But If the board did not now establish
that school she would serve meanwhile
as the board might determine.
Director Sherpurn asked her if after all
these years OF her success and faithful
ness and the knowledge the board had OF
her high qualifications and fitness as an
| instructor, she did not think she could
safely trust the board to place her to the
/ best advantage for the good of the
| schools.
Miss Jones confessed that she could,
thanked the board and retired.
The board then took UP the election OF
teachers, and Sherbarn moved that the
! Directors nominate teachers for each
! school in the order of their wards, and
the motion was carried.
Sherburn moved the recollection of all
the present teachers OF the High School,
except the teacher OF chemistry, and they
were elected.
Huntington moved that the election oil
teachers Of chemistry, German ana the
night school be deferred for one month,
! and it was so ordered.
Crouch moved the reelection of all the
teachers OF the Sacramento Grammar
School, and they were all reelected.
Those of the Capital Grammar School
were also reelected, as were those of the
Sutler Grammar School.
Those of the Lincoln, Capital and
Washington Primaries were also re-
elected.
Miss Ida Miller takes the fifth grade in
the Capital Primary, Miss Mary Me-
| Manus the fourth grade and Miss Annie
Neary the third.
Mrs. NJ. Z. Mumford was elected Prin-
cipal of the Union Primary, and all the
other teachers were elected except Mary
| Tracy, who takes the first grade in the
Jefferson Primary, Mrs. G.. w. Phlegei