The morning call., 1894-03-11

critics to quite considerable extent and injure
US materially. II Is necessary that some imme-
Qiate action be taken. The undersigned have
taken this matter IN hand and have called uuon
all the gentlemen who are now in the Board of
Education. We fear. however, thatw may n OF
meet WI h success unless all tile propeTty-own-
ers interested 10 have This removal defeated
JOIN Us in our efforts. and we request of yol, in
ydar own interest, thai you VIII kindly call in
PRISON upon each of the directors, submitting
ytur views and why the contemplated move
appears to you highly Objectionable aud detri-
mental.
We give you herewith list OF the gentlemen
constituting this beard: i. A. Hyde, p. W.
Ames, j. Z. Burke, L. r. G rev, j. j. Bowling,
c. A. MurdocN, j. d. Rosewald, Frank !.
Symmes, DR.. Clinton, j. q. Culver, j. j. Dunn,
S. +. DuIton.
Please call upon each and every one Of these
gentlemen. We feel that some pressure will
have to be brought 10 bear upon them.
We also request that you will please be pres
ent at the next meeting of the Board OF Educa-
ton on Wednesday evening, March Ia, al s
O'Clock, at the new City all.
j. IL. Culver, one of the School Drec-
tors who has opposed the establishment of
a school for Chinese on Powell street,
when seen last evening said:
Il am decidedly opposed to the PROPOSE
ton. The prOperty-owners have some
rights which the Board of Education
ought to respect. They are a unit against
the removal of the school for Chinese to
Powell street. The place for a Chinese
sch DOL is in Chinatown. If the present
school is to be moved al all 1t should be
moved nearer TO the heart OF Chin atown.
THE proposition is to use the basement
of the Commercial High School for the
Chinese. They are TO enter the basement
by rear door. The argument is made
that as the Chinese children will not enter
the building by the Powell-street door
no one need be offended. The school will
be there and it will have an injurious eff
Z her mi, D. I.r md
''Such plan is unjust TO the Chinese. Ii
we are TO school them-and as the Chinese
population pays taxes, we must-we
should not shut them in basement and
make them sneak round to back door in
order to enter the school. l think the
Chinese would have good ground to protest
against such treatment
THE location where the Chinese School
now Is gives no Offense. Why should it DE
moved? The school is in two buildings,
upon one Of which we have a lease for six
months. We would have to continue TO
pay rent for that building if we moved the
school. There are ample facilities where
the school now Is. Only two rooms are
needed and the school has three, and iDis
is made ground of complaint, but the
owner of the pro erty has agreed to take
out partition and make two rooms in the
structure. We can lease the basement of
the Commercial High School for,more than
we are paying for the rental or the Chinese
School.
"The principals and teachers OF the pub
lie schools have monthly meetings In the
Commercial High School. and Tor their
sakes we should not establish Chinese
school there.
III it were put to ballot 80 per cent of
the voters of San Francisco would declare
against the proposition. co not believe
there is one member of the new Board OF
Education who would not protest II 1t
school next door to his residence. ln the
last two years thousands of dollars have
been expended in the erection oil new
buildings on Powell street The men who
nave invested their money there are entl-
tled 10 some consideration.
A large delegation of property-o
VIII appear at the meeting of the board to
protest against the establishment of the
proposed school for the Chinese. Director
culver Deleyes that the hoard will retreat
from us present position in the matter.
we nave the signatures of $50 property
owners TO petition requesting the Board
OF Education not 10 convert the basement
o. the Commercial High School into a
Chinese school. said j. L. NJ. Kelly of
928 Sacramento street. Iast evenino
There is plenty of room in ChIpetawn
for Chinese school. The proposed change
would merely extend the limits of China-
town over our section of the city.
'The Board of Education cannot defend
the plan on the ground OF economy, as we
have offered 10 find a tenant who will take
the property which it is proposed to con-
vert into Chinese school and pay $50
month for it for term Of years
1.-THE Commercial High School building
was closed anu condemned unsafe for
the occupancy of white children. do not
see how IL can then be regarded as safe for
Chinese children.
"Of course the Board of Education has
the legal authority to convert the building
into Chinese school, but from a moral