The herald., 1895-06-25

getting along swimmingly when h
was cut off by President Hale, supple
mented by the efforts of Dector Simon
ton.
The latter claimed that no minority
report as proposed could now be Offered
The amendments proposed must, by The
rules OF the board. 60 before the com
mittee on rules, there TO be deliberateC
and report to be later submitted. DR.
Wills declined to give way, and Director
Garland told how the new rules and regu
latlons had been patched together..atian
informal meeting. having been later
publicly reported without reading. Th.
muddle became first exciting and then
tiresome, until all semblance or parlia-
nentary proceedings had been lost.
DR.. Wills amendments finally went to
the committee on rules.
| Callsthenics in the public schools was
to have been the subject of an Argument
before the board by members of the Los
Angeles Turner'S. but the committee was
not on hand for the purpose.
II move we adjourn, spoke up Direc-
tor Garland after President Hale had ap-
| parently waited for some time for som
member coached IN advsnce to bring up
! some certain matter VIII ch looked as if
| it had been lost sight Of.
II second the mton," said Dii iiector
| Fulton.
Director Bassett finally remem bered the
something of importanc, and Offered the
following motion: That this bosrd now
proceed to elect city uperihtendent for
the term commencing on July /, 1895.
Before the above could be voted on the
motion TO adjourn was shelved by vote
of 5 to a, the negatives being Directors
Garland, Fulton, Wills and Kennedy.
The Bdssett motion was then amended
by Director Kennedy, who sought to post
pone action for one month. This was
also sat upon by the same vote as had
m tn adi 10 /.
norty placed Its best foot foremost in
the hope of preventing. If possible, the
inevitable, and another motion to ad-
iourn switched the vote of Director Ken
nedy to the majority, there being no
other difference in the division. More
talk followed with some of the speakers
shooting wide OF the mark in their argu-
ments, Mr.. Fulton. for instance, con
tending that the charter did not prevent
any resident OF the state from being
elected superintendent of city schools.
without having to be a legal resident of
the city.
Doctor Wills openly charged during the
debate that the majority of the board had
in advance fixed upon one certain candl-
date to vote for as successor to Profess
sor Search, and the minority was to be
shut out. Director Garland told about
meetings at night between this same
nameless candidate and certain mem bers
of the board. where there had been more
or less joviality and where the superin-
tendency had been fixed. These things
were not denied and were followed Dy
heated arguments which made the air
blue and reminded one OF a Welsh fishing
match.
Have we made that search YETI"
vehemently asked Director Fulton at one
point. seeking to protest against the i'm
mediate election of q successor to the late
superintendent. Mr.. Fnlton's uncon-
Director Garland finally remarked:
LET US waive the formality of nomina-
tions. We all know which way the cat is
to Jump. The waive was, however, not
permitted. and Director Bassett in due
form named Professor J. A. Foshay. the
present assistant, as superintendent of
schools. The nomination was seconded
by Director Pitman, and then Director
Wills in few words named as his own
successor Professor p. NJ. Search, the cleo
tion TO take effect on august 11th, when
Mr.. Search will have become "a legal resi-
The vote resulted for Professor Foshay,
Directors Kennedy, PitmaD, Bassett,
Grubb, Simonton and President Hale-6;
for Professor Search. Doctor Wills and
Directors Garland and Fulton-3.
The result having been declared. there
were several motions at once, to adjourn:
Being through with this surgical
operation, l have another elsewhere, a
great deal more important, remarked
Dr. Wills, grabbing his hat and polting
for the door.
This brought Director simonton to his
feet in narry, and the director from
the Ninth ward said that he would here
after object to any more insults and he
would have it stopped if it took the whole |
police force of the city to bring this result
about.
The board then adjourned, DR.. Wills
and Mr.. .Simonton arguing hotly ana de-
street The board will meet again on
Thursday next. when the question of
salaries in the German, French and
Spanish studies is to be considered. An
effort is being made to abolish all these
studies. The assistant superintendent of
schools will not be elected until the first |
regular meeting in July. One of the pres
enJ principals will probably secure the |
promotion.
Prof. j. A. Foshay, the new superin-
tendent of schools, is native of Putnam
county, New York. He was born on No
vember %. 1856. and first began teaching
graduated from a normal school in 1879, |
and then taught till 1881, having been in
that year elected superintendent of
schools of Putnam county. He was re-
elected in 1884 and came to California
shortly after. settling at Monrovia, where
to 1888. In that year he was elected prln-
cipal. which position he held for five
years. Professor Foshay was elected |
deputy superintendent of the schools of |
Los Angeles in 1893, and re elected in |
1894. He secured two votes as superin-
tendent from the board which last year
elected Professor Search. Mr.. Foshay is
at present member of the county board |
of examiners, and also member of the |
state council of education. He will as
sumo the presidency on July 1st: Profes-
sor Foshay was married on March 18,
1885. to Miss Phoebe P. Miller, the daugh-
ter of Judge }. G. Miller of Carmel, N.
Y. The issue of the union is a daughter.
In appearance the new superintendent is
a handsome, powerfully built man. over
six feet in height. His professional rec
ord is that of a progressive educator. He
possesses one of the finest pedagogical
libraries in the land. The Herald stated
that Professor Foshay's election as super
intendent had been programmed over two
weeks ago.