The San Francisco call., 1896-08-13
The Appropriation as 1t Now
Stands Is Far From Ade.
quate.
NO MORE TEACHERS CONTESTS
Advertising Schemes Frowned Upon
Report of the Classification
Committee.


last evening sounded a note of warning TO
the Board of Supervisors regarding the
fate of tie public schools if the appropria-
ton proposed-$1, ,000, ,000-is carried into
effect. 1t came in the report of the Finance
Committee, copy of which was ordered
sent to the Board of Supervisors, and in
timated plainly that unless the amount is
increased it will become incumbent upon
the School Directors to close the schools
| long before the close of the school year
| through lack of funds to pay the teachers
salaries.
Attention is called to the fact that the
salary roll will be increased $16,0 900 over
| that of last year because of the large in
| crease in evening classes and other mat
| ters.
The committee figuring on the basis of
last years payroll, the increase and con-
| tracts already let for work believes that
the department will be $115.4 64 beh ind
at the close of the fiscal year. The report
was placed on file.
The board put its foot down on the
| teachers voting contests that have been
carried on by some of the evening papers
for some time past when the following res
olution, offered by Director Murdoch, was
unanimously adopted:
|
! Quoted by newspapers for advertising pur-
poses, distract the attention of pupils from
! their studies, stir up unseemly strife and rob
| the children of modesty and good manners
/ be it
Resolved That the Board of Education hereby
expresses its disapprobation of all such
| schemes and pledges itself to do all in its
power to discourage and prevent them. To
| that end be 1t further
RESOLVED, That we hereby give notice to all
| concerned that no leave of absence will be
hprpQftpF
Recommendations of the City Board of
Examiners were adopted, as follows:
! That Miss Emma H. Provost, Miss Lolita
Bean, Miss Elizabeth Mayors, Miss Martha H.
Poppe and Miss Nora N.Sullivan be recon-
mended to The State Board for grammar grade
diplomas; that H. F. Soper, Edward Ray Zion,
Miss Ruby w. Studley and Clara B. Westphal
be granted high school certificates; that II. B.
Graham, Mabel l. Nelson, Miss Mariana Ber-
tola, Mrs. Mary Fitzgerald, Miss Bertha Zim-
norman, NJ. S. Lehan, Miss Addie F. McDon-
nell, Miss Mary F. Wilson and Mrs. Anna NJ
Ryall were granted grammar grade certificates; ;
that Mrs. L. r. Griffin be granted high school
certificate: that the high school certlf ficate of
the foll9wing name named d be renewed: i Mrs: r. N.
Forester, Miss Katie Mayors, Mlss Kate
Lahaney, Miss Sarah Karsky and Miss Helen
F. Mitchell; that grammar grade State educa-
tional diplomas be granted to Miss Nettie
Cohen and Miss Sarah ,Boukafsky.
Miss l. E. Coles, pr :cipal of the South
End Primary School, sent in a communi-
cation calling attention to the crowded
condition of the classes in her school and
sugge sting the formation of another class.
The matter was referred to the Classifica-
ton Committee.
The resignation of Mrs. s. Aaron,
formerly Miss Anita Cohen, as assistant
teacher in the Garfield Primary School,
was received and accepted.
The name of the Winthrop School was
changed to Bernal School on motion of
Director Murdoch.
The resignation of Miss Annette L.
West, assistant teacher in the Lincoln
Evening School, was accepted and Miss
Eliza L. West was appointed to fill the
vacancy.
On motion of Director Knox Miss Mary
M. Murphy was transferred to the princi-
palship of the LIE Conte Primary School
and Miss Josephine Sandersou was elected
principal of the Jefferson Primary School,
Fred Boussi and ]. Griffin, who had
| taken upon themselves the duty of exam
ing the calcimining that has recently
been done in a number of schools, reported
that in number of instances the work
was badly done and asked that the board
investigate the matter
Director Carew said that the work
had cost the board large amount Of
money, and that if it was badly done the
matter should be looked into and he
moved that the report be referred to a
committee of the whole. This was carried,
the matter being placed in the meantime
in the hands of the Building and Grounds
Committee.
A petition signed by several hundred
residents of the district south of Market
street protesting against the closing of
the Webster School was received and
placed on file.
The Classification Committee reported
that class of children had been sent
H. o.
Dudley Stone Primary School, and that
two sixth-grade classes of pupils and one
teacher had been sent from the Horace
Mann Grammar School to the Haieht
Primary School. The committee also made
the following recommendations that were
adopted:
That the sixth-grade pupils in the Fremont
primary School be transferred to the grammar
schools nearest their residences; that HIGH
school classes be open ned in the Horace Mann
Evening School, Hamilton Evening School and
Washington Evening School; that Miss Fl
Crowley, teacher of the class in the Rich.
mond Evening School, be appointed to he no.
sitlon OF principal of said school, without IN
crease OF salary; that Miss Mary W. Busteed
teacher OF the class in the Fairmount Eyening
School, be appointed to the position of princi
pal OF said school, without increase of salary: /:
tnat MISS Aattle H. Leszynsky. at present act
ing as substitute in the place of Miss Fidelia
Jewett, absent from the Girls High School on
leave, be appointed an assistant teacher in
tHhI ecuOOI, LndI MISS Laura T.. Fowler aptipo
principal OF the San Francisco Normal scboniS
be De appointed to the position OF principal with
out increase OF salary; that Miss H. M CorIett
OF the day substitute class be appointed a nro
ba uo1ary teacher in the department. and as
signed to the Emerson Primary School to the
class of Miss E. r. Pettigrew, absent on ieave
taIa tnat Miss m May Lanigsn OF the day substitute
c,ass crS De appointed probationary teacher
ana assignee to the Grant Primary school. |.
that Ge1rgEs ties be appointed to the position position
OF teacher u the high-school class to he
formed in the Horace Mann Eyenino school .
that that +; h Dam be appointed teacher Of The
hlgh-sehool class to be formed in the Hamil-
ton Evening School; that n new bieb IsohonI
enh eiass s., De formed in the Business Evening
School; that Miss Jennie Powers be apnointeS
to the position of teacher OF the bigb. .onhoni
class cn,s TO be formed in the Washington Evening
schooi, mat a new class in bookkeeping he
opened in the Business Evening School and
IN IN d; +. soper be appointed to the position
MRS. Catherine Lennon was elected
lahltress OF the Monroe Primary School.
Wine Vaults Robbery.