The San Francisco call., 1895-07-19
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restricted to eighty pupils. None but gradu-
ates OF our City high schools shall be admitted
unless the number of such graduates desiring
admission falls below eighty. In that case
graduates of other high schools accredited by
the University of California shall be admitted
up TO the limit of eighty without examination.
Other candidates shall be admitted upon ex-
animation over the high school course, under
the direction of the superintendent. If the
number of high school graduates who desire
admission exceeds eighty, they shall be ad-
mitted up to that number in the order of the
rank gained in the high schools.
It was decided that non-residents of the
City desirous of entering the Normal
School must pay $50 term.
Owing to the unfinished condition of the
James Lick Grammar School it was de-
cided to extend the vacation to July %.
Meantime the teachers of that institution
must report daily to the secretary of the
board for duty.
The contract for furnishing desks and
rear seats was awarded to G. T. Weber &
Co., the latter's bids being as follows:
Pacific desk, sizes Nos. 1 and 2, 81 So;
Nos. 8 and 4, 81 So; No. 5, 81 48; seats,
So "a. This contract was let on the re-
advertising for bids, and means consid-
cradle saving to the City. The lowest bid
on the first advertising was 81 30 for seats
| and from 81 IS to 81 IS on desks.
The report of the Committee on Rules was
The report recommended the following
changes:
Principals must remain upon the school
premises until all pupils have been dismissed,
ana snail exercise close supervision over the
yards. Where there are three yards the prtn-
clpal may appoint a teacher as yard assistant,
at compensation of $40 extra month.
Principals are authorized to grant half
holiday on the last Friday of each month to
the ten pupils of each class having the highest
standard OF excellence in department and dill
gence in study. In all grades but the primary
classes the morning recess shall be optional
with the principal.
When a principal reports adversely On a
teacher the Committee on Classification shall
be authorized to arrange transfer to another
school. II the second principal reports ad-
versely the Committee on Qualifications shall
De authorized to place the teacher on trial, in
| accordance with the provisions of section Ill.
grade to grade shall be made at the end of each
school term. To section las the following
clause is added:
Pupils may be graduated at the end of each
school term
Book agents are barred from soliciting
| among the teachers or pupils during school
hours. The following recomme endations
were submitted by the Committee on
Qualifications and adopted by the board:
That Miss Frances A. Hodgkinson be recon-
nended to the State Board of Education for
the high-school g.ade of life diploma. That
thS MISSES jessie r. bdDKS anu lille McCdTlny
be recommended for life diplomas of the gram
mar grade That the Misses Mary ]. Dolan and
Matte A. Watson be recommended for State
educational diplomas OF the grammar grade.
That the grammer-grade certificates of the fol-
lowing-named persons be renewed:
Misses Susie E. Crowley, J. r. Brown, Jea-
| nette Ephraim, NJ. E. Faueompre M. E. Fair
chlld, A. c. Gregg, J. 81. Gillespie, A. E. Gavi-
gan, Pearl Hobart Louise B. Howard, Sarah f.
Hayton, A. w. Hobe, A. M. Johnson, Julia
Lewes, J. G. Lundt, Rosella La Faille, NJ. A.
Levy, A. T. McDermott, J. L. Murphy, M. A.
Monahan, A. NJ. Mclaughlin, NJ. FL. Melrose,
Y. v. Macarthur, NJ. B. McNicoll, Emma ]. Mil
Ter, Kate OBrien, Elizabeth I. Ough, M. p.
Robinett, Kate Riley, Belle Rankin, S. Ru-
dolph, J. N. Sykes, M. Sprott, Sarah Simpson,
Emma smlthson, Anna S: Troell, NJ E. Tray;
Gnger, Mrs. V. E. Smith, Mrs. A. E. Taylor,
James Wideman, Misses A. M. Unger,. M. A.
wentworth, M. l.. Wiseman, Annie Wolf, A. M.
Wolfe, l.. E. Wolfe, E. b. Wade, M. A. Watson,
NJ A. Scherer, Clara Johnston, Laura T..
foWier, 5. j. Jones, S. NJ. A. Hurley, M. A. Has
wall, Kate +. Casey, Mrs. NJ. E. Williams, Mrs.
susie +. Springer and Mrs. A. r. McChesney.
Annie ID. Smith be renewed.
That the following-named graduates OF the
normal class be granted grammar-grade GER
tihcates upon their diplomas OF graduation:
Misses IL. Z. Sheppard, E. M. Moulton, G. II.
Gllchrist, Lizzie Welch, Ella ]. Curtin, class of
1883; Misses j. NJ. Brown and Irene Brignar-
oelio, Class OF 1884; Misses Maggie G. Johnson
and Mary Fleming, class of 1891; Miss Blanche
A. Conlon and Mrs. w. B. Bunker, class of 1892.
A communication was received from the
FINANCE Committee of the Board of Su-
pervisors informing the Board of Educa-
ton that there was not sufficient money in