The San Francisco call., 1895-11-01

which is not economy. l don't believe in any
niggardliness. You can say there will be no
reduction of the force of teachers whatever,
and no changes. l believe in having all the
teachers we need, and in seeing them properly
compensated. There is no expense of the com
mun1ty Tor which so much satisfaction is re-
ce1yed as the expense for education.
He would be ready with his appoint
ments In day or two, said Mr.. Babcock,
and he used the word in the plural. This
may be suggestive to Secretary Beanston
or 1T may only mean the minor positions
in his own office besides the deputyship.
He would not say that there would not be
any change in the secretaryship. at least
not for some time to come, and he refused
to give any reply which would commit him
one way or the other.
Il Will make my appointments in a day
or so" he explained, "and then I will give
them to the public"
Secretary Beanston is going about his
accustomed duties and shows no signs of
resigning. With the exception of only two
years during Mr. Moulder's former incum-
bency Q883-S5) Mr.. Beanston has been
in the secretary's office, most of the time
as secretary, ever since the fall of 1868.
He was only IL years of age when he went
into 1t as an assistant. When Professor
Anderson succeeded Mr.. Moulder, in
1869, Mr.. Beanston was installed once
more in the secretaryship and he has held
al see no reason why / should yolunta-
rlly give up the position" said Mr.. Bean
ston. 81 have evidently given satisfaction
up to date. OF Ofcourse Mr.. Babcock has the
nominating of the secretary, and l do not
know what he will do. He nominates and
the board confirms.
"W hen came in here was baby and
the department was baby, too. have
grown up with il. This has given me
knowledge of details, and all have needed
has been good memory. 1t is not brains,
but good memory and growing up with
the department that has given me the
knowledge of details for which l am given
so much credit. 1 suppose any man having
had the same opportunities could have
done as well.'
AS to the future work of the board Mr.
Beanston knew of nothing that had not
already been in print. The work on the
new Haight-street school would be carried
on by the Board of Supervisors so far as
the Lincoln school lots fund went, and
after that, he said, the Board of Education
would carry 1t on to completion. eff the
Board OF Education does not have the
money it will have to so manage as to get
It," was Mr.. Beanston's observation on
this point. He did not believe, however,
that there would be any more forced loans
from the teachers by the board, like the 25
per cent reduction from their October sala-
Mr.. Babcock excuses the forced loan,
but blames the old board for leaving the
new one heritage of litigation respect
ing the teachers it displaced. The courts,
he explained, put the displaced teach
ers back into their positions, a very
Just decision, Mr.. Babcock thought; but
that meant the paying out of more money
than had been provided for, namely: the
costs of litigation and back salaries Hence
the forced loan.
Mr.. Babcock is enthusiastic for the Ma
tlonal Convention movement. He consid-
ers that the bringing of the convention to
San Francisco would be equivalent to Civ
ing the delegates a liberal education; it
would enable them to see the Pacific Coast.
In this connection he referred to the
teachers gathering here seven years ago,
which brought several thousand teachers
to this City. Los Angeles is now making
a hard effort, he said, to get the meeting
OF the National Teachers Association next
year, Duluth, Mimi, being her principal
rival in the struggle.
The association met in Denver, Colo,
last time. Mr.. Babcock' opinion was that
San Francisco and all Northern California
would come to Los Angeles assistance
strongly. Some of the older mem bers of
the association are endeavoring to have
permanent location fixed upon for the
annual gathering.
At the Moulder memorial exercises, in
the Girls High School this afternoon, the
speakers will include DR.. Martin Kellogg,
president of the State University; Pro
fessor G. W. Childs, principal of the San
Jose Normal School; Fred NJ. Campbell of
Oakland, ex-State Superintendent; Princi-
pal Joseph O'Connor of the Horace Mann
School, who was associated with Mr..
Moulder during his former superintend-
ency as deputy; Raphael WE'LL, an OLD
time friend, and Mrs. Mary Prag of the
Girls High School.
DR.. Kellogg's remarks Will have special
interest. Mr.. Moulder was State Superin-
tendent in 1858, when the question of hav-
ing State University was being discussed.
Mr.. Moulder was one of the most ardent
advocates of the institution and urged its
organization on military basis. He saw
his ideas complied with before long.