The herald., 1895-05-14
A ROW RAISED BY BILLS
Some in the School Board Create
a Slight Stir
THINK THEY WERE SLIGHTED
Directors Threaten to Resign From Some
OF the Committees
Cost Of the School Csnsus-0ther Important
Business Is Transacted by
the Roard
THINK THEY WERE SLIGHTED

The large majority OF the board of edu-
cation which last week refused to grant to
superintendent Search an extension of
six days in which to test his individual
system of teaching, is to be figuratively
drawn and quartered and picked to
pieces at the public meeting of friends of
the Search system to be held at the rooms
of the Friday Morning Club next Satur-
day evening. An effort is being made
to have President Patterson of the cham
Der of commerce preside at the meeting,
which bids fair to be very largely at
tcndel. Those advocating the holding of
the meeting claim to be doing SO simply
and only because OF the alleged dis.
courtesy to Professor Search in the
brusque refusal to grant him an extern
sion of time, and not because they re
p articularly friendly to that method o
teaching.
At the regular monthly meeting of the
board last night leave of absence for sixty
days was granted Director Lc Moyne
Wills of the board.
Applications for the use OF various school
rooms during the summer months for
special classes, were referred TO the build
ings committee. superintendent Search
presented the following statistical report
OF the Los Angeles city schools for the
month ending May 1. 1895: Number of
boys enrolled, 5li1; number girls en-
rollel, 5792: total number enrolled IL 233 :;
average number belonging 10. $50; average
daily attendance. 9745; per cent of at
tendance, 81; number new pupils entered.
boys, lis; girls. III; total number of new
pupils, 239; visits of board of education.
81 other visitors, 2li6.
The school census, the full official fig
I1rn # hi tph ichn ia,
days Herald, was read and approved,
Secretary Dandy of the board reporting
that the work OF gathering the statistics
had cost the sum of S73l. Director
Simonton complimcntcd the census mar
shal for the thoroughness of his work.
President Hale coincided with the
views OF his colleague, and then bills to
the amount of S2il6sl were presented,
and their reading stirred up something
OF a hornets nest. Directors Garland
and Fulton did not think they had been
treated fairly, in that the bill OF Il. T.
Cook for books for Sl67.M had not been
submitted to themselves for approval as
the members of the school supply commit
tee. Both gentlemen wished to be under
stoou and they so inofrmed Presiden
Hale with some dignity, that rather tina Il
submit to any further discourtesy they
would both like to resign from the COM
mittee. Other bills created a similar dis
OF the supply committee, told the board
til It he was compelled to audit the bills
under d discussion because no other men,
bers of the committee had been present to
assist with their proper investigation.
The debate was becoming rather peev
ishly heated when the motion of Director
Simonton that all the bills be oruered
paid was adopted. The bills as follows
were then ordered paid:
Mead. Cohrs Il Schnaple, insurance.
Sll00; c. p. Dandy, taking census, $3l. 80;
G. 7. Dandy, secretary, envelopes, etc,
S77,60; George 7. Bruce, blanks for high
school. 4.5O; S. /. Grubb, labor. So. so;
W. II. Perry Lumber and Mill Company.
500 30; W. ii. Perry Lumber and Mill
Company S6.25; +. W. Jones. rent, S25;
Los Angeles Lighting Company, gas,
Sl1.40; Sunset Telegraph and Telephone
chorate Of 'es Ime S. &C G. IL T. Watarss ausin in
spection of high school boiler, So: Los
Angeles Stoneware Company. clay. Sl.5);
p. III. Mathews. glass, paints and oils,
1892; Pacific Brass Works, gong, $3.50;
+. I. Cook, books. library fund. Sl67.94
f. T. Cook, supplies and music, S47.S1.
Miss Hobbs was granted a leave of al
sence for the balance of the school year.
She is a teacher in the Seventh street
school.
The committee OH rules promised to
have a report at the next meeting OF the
board.
Councilman Snyder appeared before the
board, and rs Il mem ber OF the executive
committee of the Independence Day cele-
bration, asked that the school children be
drilled and organized into companies tor
the purpose of participating in the COM
ing celebration of the Fourth of July.
The committee wanted permission to have
competent agents visit all OF the several
schools for the purpose of thoroughly in
te1esting all of the children.
Director Simonton moved that the
rules of the school department be sus-
pended. and Mr.. Snyder's request be
granted. Director Kennedy opposed the
idea if it WOULD tend to interfere with
the remaining few weeks OF the school
year.
Director Fulton thought the children
ought to be permitted to participate in
the coming celebration. On motion of
Director Snyder. the whole matter was
referred to a special committee consist
ing of Directors Pitman, Simonton and
Garland, to report at the next meeting
of the board.