The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-01
NEW HIGH SCHOOL PLANS
A Round Dozen of Them Sub
mitted to the Board of
Education.
Members Who by Their Votes Show
Themselves in Favor of Tenn
porary High School.

An adjourned meeting of the Board'of
Education was held LAST evening to receive
plans for the proposed Mission High
School.
The several propositions were as follows
McDougaIl Brothers, $136, 700; Laist &
Schwerat, $4,000 William Mooser &
Son, $l37, 900; V. A. de Prose-. $685. 900 /;
Smith & Freeman, S136, 020; L. P Ross,
$l27, 200; Rowel & Wilson, $3.50. 800; W. O..
Banks, $136, 548; William Casey, $137, 400:
c. ]. Havens, $136, $50; W. Jones Cuth bert
son, $137, 900; Cahill & Condor, $4,000
1t was decided to examine all the plans
and drawings by daylight SO as to admit
of fair comparison of all the offers, and
the time was fixed for 10 o. clock to- morrow
morning. All the parties interested were
requested to be present for the purpose OF,
as President Scott said, showing that
each plan was superior to the Others"
Leave of absence was granted 10 Miss
Harriet E. Warden of the 1onn SWEET
Grammar TO March 1, 1897; Miss Alice l..
Derrick of the Columbia Grammar to De.
her Is; Lille Goodman. Marshall
Primary, TO March 1.
President Scott vacated the chair and
called Director Clinton to preside, after
which he moved TO reconsider the action
of the board at the previous session in re-
gard to the Mission High School. The
motion was carried and then several men,
bers wanted to know what it was all
about, and in order to enlighten the in
curing members the clerk read the reso-
luton which had been voted down, which
was that the Mission High be established,
located in the Hawthorne school building
temporarily, and that Charles.H. Murphy
be appointed principal
When a motion was made to adopt the
resolution Director Comte declared that
he was friend of Mr.. Murphy, but that
there are times when duty is greater than
friendship. and believing that the board
had no power to appoint principal for a
prospective school any more than it has to
purchase furniture and supplies for a
school building the foundation of which
has not yet been laid, he moved to refer
the matter to the City and County Attor-
ney for bis opinion as TO the power OF the
board.
Director Carew did not believe that
there is any need for another high school,
and thought that what this board did in
the matter would be undone by the next
board.
Director Knox thought that If the mat
ter went to the City and County Attorney,
at the rate that official was giving opin-
ions one would be received in 1898, when
the mem bers of the board would be Off
cially dead.
Superintendent Babcock supported Di-
rector Comte, and thought that if the
board could do what the resolution called
for it could save the next board a great
dsal of labor by appointing at this time
the substitute teachers for the next two
years.
The motion to refer to the City and
County Attorney was lost by the following
vote: Ayes-Ambrose, Carew, Clinton,
Comte, Murdock-5. Noes-Barrett, Haw-
ley, Henderson, McElroy. Knox, Soper--6.
Scott absent.
Finally the matter was laid over until
the next meeting.
After adjournment of the board the
many frames were uncovered, and those
who remained saw the different archi-
tectural ideas of what a high school
should be.