The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-04
be School Board was held Tuesday even


the School Board was held Tuesday even
ing.
The Finance Committee reported on the
claims held against the town and bills to
the amount of $379S IA were allowed.
A motion was carried to place long
distance telephone in each of the schools,
with the exception of the one on Seventh
street.
The Health Officer reported the schools
as being in good sanitary condition, but
complaint was brought against stagnant
pool situated in the LIE Conte district. A
committee of three was appointed to in
vestigate the matter and take action with
regard to Kidding the community OF the
nuisance.
Peter Schnoar was awarded the contract
for placing certain culverts on Allston way,
at the rate of SO so a linear foot.
]. L. Sc0tchler was elected school census
marshal, at $6 day, and G. L. Kerns as
sistant, at SIS day.
Reduced Telephone Rates.
berkeley and vicinity are to have the use
ofteIeDhones hereafter at reduced rates,
owing to the expiration of the phone pat
ents. The rate will be reduced from the
present standard to 81 90 per month. 1t is
one will interfere with another in ringing,
as all the ringing up will be done by cen
tral. The bells will not ring at any place
except the place called for, and no one
else will know that the line is being used.
College Games.
Atthe preliminary tournament held on
last Saturday McChesney, '96, won first
place in the singles, and the second place
was to be contested for by Magee and Hen
derson. McChesney withdrew from the
Stanford contests on account of more i'm
portant engagements, and yesterday Ma
gee and Henderson contested for first
place in the singles, resulting in a victory
for Magee. Gage was given second place
in the singles on account of the excellence
OF his playing In the preliminary last Satur-
day.
Magee and Gage won the doubles from
Rawlings and Baldwin yesterday, SO they
are to constitute the team which will rep
resent the university in both the singles
and doubles in the U. C.-Stanford tourna-
ment on next Saturday.
Notes.
Miss K. c. FELTON, and Messrs. w. H.
Garrll and F. III. Seares have been chosen
by the faculty to represent the graduating
class on commencement day, May 10. The
selections were made from the third of the
class ranking highest, with reference to
the general ability of the appointees to
represent the class upon such an occasion.
Seventy applications for the accrediting
of schools for the year 1896 have been
received by the recorder of the faculties.
Fifteen of these applications have been
made by private institutions and the re-
mainder by high schools. 1t is the custom
to have all schools desiring to be accredited
make their applications each year. During
the year 1S94-95 only forty schools were
accredited out OF the total number of APP
plications made.
The baseball game played between the
varsity nine and team from the dental
college yesterday afternoon resulted in a
score of II TO s, in favor of the varsity
nine.
A large party of university students will
leave for Palo Alto tomorrow afternoon to
attend the comic opera "Pinafore," to be
given in the Stanford gymnasium by the
students on Friday and Saturday even
.ings The performance is to be given for
the benefit of the L. S. J. U. '96 Annual.