The San Francisco call., 1895-11-14

is woman of fine intellect, broad in her
judgment and sympathies and capable of
rendering the greatest service to the
schools.
"Mrs. Kincaid," continued Mrs. Poul-
son, sis another capable woman of won
derful intellectual strength and wide ex-
perience.
"By all means woman should be Sc
lected TO fill the vacancy in the Board of
Education. There should be three or four
women on the board.
Reference was made in the press the
other day about women getting into the
dirty pool of politics by service on the
school board. Ii the Board OF Education
has fallen into the pool of politics the
schools are there, and women should be
appointed to bring the department out of
the pool.
Eyes, I think of another woman who
would make good School Director DR..
Emma Sutro Merritt is a woman of fine
intellect. She is worthy ana capable.
Many other women could be mentioned,
but l doubt If Miss Hamlin's superior
could be named"
The question was asked, "Would the
women now employed as teachers in the
department have any cause to fear injus-
tlce from one of their own sex on the
board?"
Mrs. Poulson replied: "There should
be no apprehension of that kind. In deal
ing with others women have as high
sense of justice as men. They see things,
however, that escape the observation of
men. No good woman will fear for her
position by reason of one of her own sex
serving on the board. Chicago and Lon
don, where women assist in the manage
ment of the schoolteachers, do not COM
plain of injustice"
Mrs. Pray, -vice-principal of the Van
Ness Seminary, said:
miss Hamlin would make a splendid
School Director. She has an intellect
equal to that of any man on the board.
Yes, woman should be appointed to fill
the vacancy in the board. When she vis-
tied the schools she would see things be-
meath the surface. Sne would know if
the ventilation was bad and if the
sanitary condition of the schoolhouse
was what it should not be. No, 1 do not
think that the women now employed as
teachers need have any reason to feel inse-
cure IN their positions should women be
appointed to serve on the board. Women
know more of children than men do and
would be more careful than men of the
welfare of the little pupils. They would
see at glance many things which men
would not observe"
Mrs. Gamble, the former principal of
Van Ness Seminary, has travelled extern
eiNGl1 dUIOdu anu throughout tl6 UnlteQ
States. She is an observing educator and
expresses the opinion that the appoint
ment of a woman to serve on the Board of
Education would prove beneficial to the
schools.
"a woman looking around a school
ROOM" remarked Mrs. Gamble, ALWAYS
sees more than man notes. | do not
know about the intellectual capacity of
the men comprising the Board of Educa-
tion of San Francisco, but l know that in
some other towns of the State the creates {
ignoramuses frequently get on the school
board. Politics ought not to cut any figure
in the management of the school. 1t is
absurd to fancy that women will not
render justice to women. In the manage
ment of schools and school children is
Just where the work of a woman is most
beneficial. No capable woman of good
moral character need have any fear CT in
Justice from woman. 1t is possible that
some teachers in the department may fear
Justice rather than injustice"
Il ran for School Director twice, said
Sarah D. Hamlin, "and the second time |
received nearly 10000 votes. | was on six
tickets. The teachers worked against the
women on the ticket, but do not blame
them for that, because one of our orators
III his misguided eloquence made sweep
ing assertion rejecting on the character OF
the teachers. They resented the lmputa-
ton. Women stand near children and I'M
derstand many things in the government.
control and welfare of children that men
overlook. In New York the women on