The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-04
E|GHTY-THREE GRADUATES
Normal School Commence
ment Exercises at the
Girls High School.
G. A. Murdoch and Deputy Superin-
tendent Babcock Differ
as to Teachers.

c. A. Murdoch and Deputy Superin-
tendent Babcock Differ
as to Teachers.
The commencement exercises OF the
Normal School were held in the audi
forum of the Girls High School last even
ing. The interest of the large audience
was pretty equally divided between the
eighty-three girl graduates and their part
of the programme and, the dignifed pass
age-at-arms between Charles A. Murdoch.
member OF the Board of Education, and
Deputy City Superintendent Babcock, the
bone OF contention between the two
gentlemen being the standard of the City
teachers.
Hon. John E. Richards gave half-hour
address on 'The Utility of Culture to a
State" In which he reviewed the history
OF education in ancient Greece. Passing
to the present, he edlogized the educational
system OF Massachusetts and set high
ideal in that respect for California.
Miss Aimee Hirstel read an essay on
1.-THE Influence of Forests on Civilization"
Miss Gertrude Brown dealt with Loyalty
OF Character" Miss Julia Coffey, who
read an essay on 1.-THE Coming Teacher"
was introduced by Principal Yoder as "the
coming teacher" and was greeted with
enthusiastic applause by the class. Miss
hate Donovan was then introduced as the
young lady whose actual standing was
highest in the class, and she received her
due share of applause.
Inc programme was enliVened by some
good chorus work by the class and several
selections by violin sextet, composed of
Misses Blanche Rouleau, Helen Leving-
ston, Edna Cadwalader, Celia Lewiston,
Lizzie Hoffman and Kitty Miles, with Miss
May Lanigan as accompanist. Both bodies
of musicians were encored.
y. A. Murdoch made ten-minute adj
dress on Teaching as Profession" Speak
ing In behalf of the Board of Education, of
whom Messrs. Stone, McElroy, Comte
and Henderson occupied seats on the plat
form, he congratulated the graduates upon
what he had heard and seen. He expressed
his personal pleasure in the sue
cess of the exercises and then
proceeded to his theme of the profession of
teaching. He styled it "the newly mi
tiated profession" and said it was no
longer merely a vocation. ''It has no need
to bow its head" said he "before any pro-
fession." He spoke of the precious and
plastic material with which teachers have
to deal, and doubted whether the aggrega-
ton of ministers does more good than
teachers may do. To love the truth and
do the right should be the aims of educa-
ton. The time of the unframed teacher
is going by" he said. Speaking finally of
the schools of San Francisco, he said #
should be the pride of her citizens to
make them at least the equals of any in
the United States. While there are earn est
and faithful teachers in the City there is
an element that is not progressive. Miss
Anthony had never said a truer word than
hnr1 Tt.l L.
marked that the teacher whose chief con-
Germ was drawing her salary was not fit TO
teach. The Board of Education believed
this, yet its hands were tied. 1t is as hard
to ind an incompetent teacher as it is q
legislator who. has accepted bride. He
favored the adjustment of the Normal
School rather than it should continue with
a low standard.
When Deputy Superintendent Babcock.
representing Superintendent Moulder,
who was not able to be present, took his
place to perform the office of presenting
the diplomas he said he desired to speak
for one not present, the. San Fran
cisco teacher. He had never in the
perience known a more inteIlige et-
high minded, faithful, magnanimous'
cultured body of workers than the teach,
ers of San Francisco. He wished to say
further in all Difference to Mr.. Murdoch
that that gentleman had placed some of
the poorest teaching material in the force
by his own vote. In bis address to the
young ladies superintendent Babcock said
they would find, as they went out into the
world, that they would be measured by
what they could do, not by what they had
"been over"
After the close of the exercises there was
a season of Misunderstanding with the gradu-
ates, who are as follows:
Pail
Barman, Alice E. Bryant, Mary J. Barieau, Ger
trude Brown, II. Valerie Brennon.
Josephine Claiborne, Aurelia R. Carter Julia
c. Coffey, Carrie Clayburgh, Edna Cadwalader.
Kate F. Donovan, Hannah Marie Duffy, Alice
Dunno, Alice Donahue.
Minnie Belle Edwards.
Agnes Flint, Myra L. Flood, Mae L, Folsom
Bessie Gillen, Kathryn Gaines.
Cora Herrick, Jennie Head, Lenora Agnes
Hay, Matilda Hack, Nellie Hensel, Lizzie
Holman, Louise E. Hayes, Nettie Hirshberg,
Aimee Hirstel
Hattie Joseph.
Mary Eulalia Keegan, Julia NJ. Kennedy,
Maude K. Kennedy, Anna NJ. Kress.
Celia Lewiston, May Lanigan, Claire Laporte,
Josephine f. Letter, Helen Levingston, Miriam
b. Levy, Eugene Lacoste. Rebecca R. Lobree.
Alice Murphy, Kitty Miles, Ella McDermott,
Bessie Murray, Anita G. Martin, Margaret Ma.
guire, Daisy Morris, Ada II. Moore, Evelyn R.
Manning.
Marie O'Neill, Agnes O'Connell.
Alice Pleasant.
Christina Regain, Blanche M. Rouleau, Lii
liam G. Rotger, Ida Roesman, Anna E. Rixon,
Mary Robinson, Harriet E. Reyman.
Ella A. Small, Fannie Sullivan, Margaret C.
sullivan, Lillian Skahaen, Irene Stevens, Helen
Simmons, Margaret Shine, Maud Stevenson,
Alice Sutton.
Laura Treadwen, Olive Theller.
Efie Urquhart.
:, Marie Wander Zwiep, Cora FRANCHISE Yer
denial.
- Mabel n. Wise, Mary Ursula Walsh, Mile
Wright, Nellie Ward
HE action of the San Francisco Board
OF Health is an unusual tribute to be paid
even to an article of so high character as