The San Francisco call., 1895-05-23
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
A Tart Little Tilt Over the
Distribution Of Pat
ronage.
MANY DIPLOMAS GRANTED
Position and Run Neigh
boring Saloon.

DIR. Clinton, In an effort to put Patrick
Magee back on the payroll of the Board of
Education, whence his resolution of two
weeks ago displaced him, stirred up a
lively row at the meeting of the board
last night.
Patrick Magee is the sole support Of his
mother and two brothers and he was a la
borer in the school gardens or something
of that sort. At last nights meeting the
doctor appealed to the board, because of
the mother and two brothers. to reinstate
him. But there was opposition to say
no.
Then Dr. Clinton said he would demand
it as his right. He wasn't going to see any
one man-and he looked over toward
Chairman McElroy of the Committee on
Buildings and Grounds-monopolize the
patronage of the board. He intended at the
next meeting to present complete list of
the employees of the board and to question
by what right they were employees. He
wanted to know by what right Chairman
McElroy had appointed an assistant gar
dener at this time, without even consult
ing the members of his committee.
McElroy said that as long as he was
chairman of the Committee on Buildings
and Grounds he would exercise his iude-
ment as to whom to employ to do the work.
Ambrose put the question straight to
McElroy. and Hawley, chairman of the
Supplies Committee, as TO how many were
employed by them.
McElroy confessed to but four, and Haw.
ley only to two
last month, which accounted for nineteen,
and Ambrose wanted to know who en-
ployed the other thirteen.
Hawley admitted that Ambrose was on
his committee, but said he was on the
wrong end.
Ambrose said that he knew he was on the
wrong end and if Mr.. Hawley or any other
member intended to ignore him because he
was Democrat, it was time that it was
thoroughly understood.
Murdoch moved to drop the whole mat
ter pending DR.. Cinton's report at the next
meeting and McElroy wanted to adjourn.
The matter was finally held over.
A communication from the Grand Jury
created another little breeze. Addressed to
the board it reads:
Dear Sirs: The school committee of the Grand
Jury desires to call your attention to the state
of Affairs in the vicinity of the Laguna Honda
School. Adjoining the school site to the north
there is g roadside inn, the resort of sporting
people, including women of the demi-monde
clsss and their carousals and living example
have tendency to deprave the moral status
of the school children and to cause self respect
ing families to keep their children from at
tending school.
We find upon inquiry that a Mr., Chadwick
has charge of this saloon and at the same time
holds the position of tanitress of the school.
She claims that owing to her pull she cannot
be discharged and Will continue to run her
rumshop. We demand that some action to abate
this evil be attended to at once Respectfully,
CHARLES W. IREDALE,
Committee of Board of Education and Public
Schools
This report has been approved by the Grand
Jury, and 1t requests the board to take inn
mediate action W. IL. GAGAs, Foreman.
Mrs. Chadwick's is a place somewhat
renowned for It's milk punches. 1t seems
that the children have to go through her
grounds to reach the school. There was
rather hysterical discussion of the matter.
Mr.. Murdock moved that the school be
closed. Compte thought the saloon ought
to be closed, but Barrett said the board
had no control over the saloon.
Henderson moved that Mrs. Chadwick be
removed as jaritress. Barrett opposed
this. too, and the whole matter went over
until the 18th, Carew remarking that Mrs.
Chadwick s pull seemed to be something
quite ngible.
The following diplomas were granted:
To Miss Della E. Page, life diploma gram
mar school grade.
line, recommended in the State Board of Edu-
cation for State educational diplomas, gram
mar School grade.
Miss Bertha NJ. E. Wagner, grammar grade
certificate.
Miss Rose N. zellerbach, q grammar grade
certificate.
Miss NJ. W. o'Malley, a grammar grade GER
tifcate.
Miss Caroline R. Driscoll, grammar grade
certificate.
Miss Maria A. Kaiser, grammar grade Ger.
tifcste.
Miss Lizzie A. Freiermuth, a grammar grade
certificate.
Miss Frank Shaw, q grammar grade certifi-
cate.
!, Miss Mary McCauley, a grammar grade GER
tifcate.
Grammar grade certificates were renewed
as follows:
Misses Lille Cashin, Zoe Hughes. Kat.
keliy, Annie j. Rock, Kate Cfonin, Martha
hicks, Harriet Worden, NJ E. DOYLE Eleanor
McLane, Anna A. Love, Mary G. Coyle, An
Mrs. E. NJ Poole and Miss Rachel Ephrain m; the
special bookkeeping certificate of Miss NJ. e.
Doyie; the primary grade certificate of Miss
susan Y. Farwell; grammar grade certificate
to Miss Nellie Fl. Ney ian upon the result of the
late semtannual examination.
A resolution asking that the Super-
visors provide for $4,000 in the school an
portionment for four instructors and an.
paratus for physical culture in the schools
was adopted
Another resolution by Barrett calling at
tentlon to the need of night-school in the
district between the Lincoln and Horace
Mann schools was also adopted
Bids were opened for the reconstruction
OF the North Cosmopolitan and James
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