The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-09

Inc meeting OIL the OOHEu vi EuuCaVloh
last night was preceded oy lively row
between Superintendent SWEET and Presl-
dent Hyde. Superint endent SWEET used
the strongest English at his command In
| denouncing Mr.. HYDE as an autocrat and
a car. and the president said afterWard
| that Mr.. SWEET was an old fool.
The trouble grew out of a statement By
| Mr.. SWEET that Mr.. Hyde had caused the
secretary TO incorporate false statement
| in the report of the committee on clasSltlca-
ton for the purpose of securing positions
as teachers for two young ladies.
| President Hyde and half dozen other
members of the board were talking in the
boardrooms waiting for a quorum when
Superintendent SWEET entered putting
cigar nervously and interrupted the con-
versation. He asked President hyde how
! il was that he had assumed the authority
to order the secretary to incorporate a
clause in the report Of the Committee on
| Classificat ton to the effect that the CON-
mittee had voted in favor of employing
Miss Laura S. Dyer and Miss ROsalina
! Lafaile as substitute teachers in night
schools when no such action had been
taken.
President Hyde's reply was not salts
factory to Superintendent SWEET. The
Superintendent was angry at what he
termed the outrageous conduct of the
president, and he took no pains to conceal
The fact. He was in no mood 10 consider
explanations that seemed flimsy, and shot
out body blows right and left.
~ question your right to do such a
thing" said Superintendent SWEET. Are
you the president or the car of this Board
of Education ,"
President Hyde's face flushed under this
cauStic criticism and he walked away.
Superintendent SWEET had something
more to say. however. and he followed
him. AS he talked he kept pitching his
voice higher and higher until the attention
Of tie members in the adjoining rooms
was attracted, and they came focking in
to see what was going on.
President Hyde listened TO his arraign-
ment for few moments without making
a remark. At last the Superintendent
stopped to catch his breath and Mr.. Hyde
filed the pause.
you make me tired" SAID the president
emphatically.
Quite likely" said the Superintendent.
Your methods have been the subject of
my criticism in the past. and l presume |
shall critic re you in the future"
Probably you will" said the president.
and the two men parted.
Superintendent SWEET went into an ad-
joining room, where he met Dr.. Clinton
ana Director Mnrdock, the latter of whom
had heard the wraDgle between the Super
ntendent and the president Director
Murdoch began to talk to Superintendent
SWEET with the air OF a fond father up
brading an erring son, when Director
Clinton chirped in.
II am tired of this whole thing" said
DR.. Clinton TO Director Murdoch. Some
of you mem bers are afraid to say your
souls are your own without consulting
Hyde, and can tell you that he is digging
not only his own political grave but yours
too. If superintendent Swetts assertions
are correct HYDE is guilty of a despicable
act and should be exposed"
President Hyde when seen later was
rather reticent about discussing the sub
ject He said the whole thing was silly
and too insignificant for him to notice. So
far as the assertion that he had caused the
report of the Classification Committee to
be falsified was concerned he said it was
untrue.
But it would be beneath my dignity to
notice the remarks of Superintendent
SWEET" said President Hyde.
Then he said something about the Su-
perintendent being an old man who didn't
know very much.
When the report of the classification
was submitted, DR.. Clinton objected to the
clause appointing Miss Dyer and Miss
la
called Director Ames to the char, and
explained that he ordered the secretary to
write the clause on a separate piece of
paper so that it could be pasted to the
original document if adopted, but that by
a mistake the clause had been written at
the end of the report of the committee.
Superintendent SWEET said he accepted the
explanation.
1T is not acceptable to me-" said DR..
| Clinton. For ways that are dark and
tricks that are vain the methods of some
School Directors are peculiar. l contend
that the report as submitted is not the re-
port of the committee, and should not
therefore be accepted"
DR.. Clinton again rose to point of or
der relative to the alleged irregularlty o f
the method by which it was sought to ap
point the two teachers. The chair ruled
against him and he appealed from the de-
csion. By vote of 9 to 2 the chair was
sustained, Director Carew and DR.. Clinton
voting in the negative.
DIR. Clinton then tried to defeat the
measure by moving that action on it be
postponed until the next meeting. He
| said he made the motion without much
| hope of success, as the old vindictive ma
! iority of the board had no consideration
for the minority. He said the rules of the
| board had been twisted and concerted
| until their trainers would hardly recog-
| nize them. He was called to order Dy the
! chair, and the motion to postpone action
! on the part OF the report under discussion
was lost The report as whole was then
adopted.
| The Finance Committee reported that
| at the end of the last fiscal year the de-
| partment had a balance of S62. IA OF it its
favor, as against Sill SO last year.
| The report stated that owing to the insult
| ficiency of the appropriation made by the
| Board of Supervisors the expenses OF the
! department had to be materially reduced,
| and that the balance ON hand would De
little more than enough to make the pay
ments on contracts now outstanding
Superintendent Swetts report included
many statistics that will be included In
his annual report. He said the census
! showed there were 6S, 800 school children