The herald., 1895-09-24
THE HIGH SCHOOL engineer
Two Unsuccessful Ballots by the
Board of Education
MORE TEACHERS SELECTED
Those Who Will Have Charge of the
Commercial Course
Professor Housh Completes the High Schooi
MORE TEACHERS SELECTED
Professor Housh Completes the High Schoo
Course OF Study and it Is Adopted.
The Bill for Pencils Allowed

| At the regular meeting of the board of
education held last night the committee
ON visiting and janitors reported, recon-
mendins that the position OF janitor of
the Grafton stree. school be declared va
cant anu that Mrs. Jennie T. Champion
be elected to that position. The recon-
mendation was adopted.
Bill to the amount of S2330.6 were
favoarbly reported by the finance COM
mittec ana were ordered paid.
Among the bills was that of the Stoll &,
Thayer company for $455 for pencils.
which at the last me citing of the board
developed still-born sensation. The bill
was. with the others, ordered paid.
The W. G. T. L. of Southern California
requested that the board extend to the
national w. C. T. U. an invitation to hold
the next annual convention of the asso-
citation in this city. The request was
complied with.
The report of Building Superintendent
Charles l.. Strange exploding the high
school sensation printed IN n morning
paper, to the effect that the building is
unsafe was fill I'd amid smile all around.
The applications OF John +. Barber and
J. C. Freels for the position of engineer
at the high school were referred to the
ianitor committee.
Assistant Superintendent C. l.. Ennis
was granted one weeks leave of absence
from the city beginning October :.
Dir. Wills wanted to know if the supply
committee of the board is purchasing
supplies at this time for the whole
school year. Chairman Grub of the
committee replied that some cases OF
goods were so purchased, while others.
where not compulsory, n re being bought
as needed at a specified contract price.
The teachers committee reported. rec
ommending the assignmen of the follow
ing new teachers:
Alice A. West. to the Thirtieth street
school; Cora NJ. Neidlg, to San Pedro
street; Lillian Purdy. to Ann street;
Nellie Potter, to Ninth street: May l..
Small to Hewitt street; Helen Vineyard,
to Castelar, street. Amelia Armstrong.
to Amelia street; Yetta Dexter, to Breed
street Mrs. c. f. Ingersoll, to Santa Fe
avenue Clara Young, to Ninth street.
Miss Vineyard and Miss Armstrong are
substitutes.
The committee recommended that the
resignation of Gertrude Anderson as
teacher be sccpeted that Wilton Carlson
and W. ii. Wagner be elected to teach
the commercial courses recently estab-
lshed in the high school, and that Mary
\. Ramsdell, Minnie L. Wagner, May
Reyes. Lena Maris. II. d. Willard ard
Clara LillibIldge be elected as substitute
teachers.
All of the recommendations of the
teachers committee were adopted.
On motion of Director Pitman the
board decided that hereafter Il iull report
must be forthcoming once each month of
all the moneys collected during the pre-
vious month as tuition from the high
school pupils residing outside of the city.
Principal Housh of the high school
submitted the following report:
In the hurry of prepai alton some errors
crept into the course of study for the
high school. / ask leave to make the fol.
lowing corrections:
That physical geography be placed in
the 40 year for all classes; that Roman
history be placed in the A-l0 year. that
English and American history be placed
in the BIZ technical course. and in the
A-12 social and natural science course an
option with surveying; that English be
made an option with surveying i'll the
Alp technical; that drawing be placed
In the b. 10 technical course; that botany
be made an option with trigonometry in
the b IL technical and that politica
economy be made a required instead of
an optional study in the business course.
The above recommendations were
adopted.
The committee on high school and
course of study presented a report recon-
mending the adoption of the following
text books for the high school: Williams
and Rogers complete bookkeeping. Elec-
trio physical geography, Chute's physic-
al Ii boratory manu- l. Foster ana Shores
physiology, the last-named book to be
a supplementary text book. and Longley's
stenography. The report of the commit
tee was adopted.
The election of an engineer for the high
school gave to ]. II. Byers four votes, ].
A. Smith four votes and A. M. Grant one
vote. Director Grub at first declined to
vote. bsing, however. forced, he cast his
ballot for Byers, for the express purpo-e
of making tie. Director Fulton voted
for Grant. Director Kennedy insisted
that Smith had been elected and declined
to cast a second ballot when his name.
was called. President Hale ruled that
there had been no election. The second
ballot brought forth the same result and
thea the board adjourned by vote OF
to 1.
An ever ,yelcoma quasi m the house.