The herald., 1896-12-15
THE BOARD Of EDUCATION
Transacts Considerable Routine
Business
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
Several of the Newly Elected Members
Present
And Are Serenaded by the Schoolmas-
ters' Club--The Finance Com
mittee's Report

The city board of education met in
regular session at their rooms in the
Wilcox building last night President
Hale was absent and Mr.. Kennedy pre-
sided Several of the newly elected men,
bers of the board of education were
present and were invited to occupy seats
inside the railing. A request from the
Salvation Army to solicit Christmas con-
trbutions from the various schools was
denied.
A request from the county board Of
education for the use of two rooms in
the Spring street school in which to hold
teachers examinations was granted.
Superintendent Foshay then submit
ted his report. which dealt with two
important features of the annual work
the Thanksgiving exercises and cohtri-
buttons and the teachers institute,
What proved a very interesting table
was read showing the quality and the
amount of contributions turned over by
the school children to the Associated
Charities for use in their work. re-
sumo of the work accomplished at the
recent teacher.' institute was included
in the report. !
Mr.. Garland moved that the board as
certain the needs of the Olive street
school in the way of a retaining wall to
prevent the embankment from washing
down. bitches and so on, and advertise
for bids to construct the same. The mo-
tion carried
The teachers committee report, max
ing the following recommendations, was
adopted:
That the resignation of Lucy E. Ladd
be accepted; that Lola a. Clegg be trans
ferred to Seventeenth street kindergar-
ten as assistant and Laura Fredendall
be assigned to position as assistant t
Ann street; that Ada Bixby be assigned
the position of director at Spring street
and Grace Barnes as director at the nor
NAL Model school, and Alice Gray as as
sistant at Normal Model school.
A resolution was passed that in view
of the fact that E. l.. Hutchison, prin-
cipal of the Macy street school, has been
elected a member of the city council
and cannot hold both offices at once, he
be requested to resign his position as
school principal. to take effect at the
end of the present school term.
On motion by Mr.. Pitman, a resolu.
ton was passed to suspend the rules and
permit the children in the kindergarten
schools to have Christmas trees in the
schools.
Mr.. Fulton stated that the janitor at
the high school was not sufficiently re-
that the board make an additional al
lowance of $40 per month for this work.
The motion was lost.
The new members of the board present
were then introduced and made few
remarks. after which adjournment was
taken, only to reassemble shortly after
ward to listen to the schoolnhssters' oc-
tet, which had appeared for the pur-
pose of serenading the newly elected
members.
The finance committee reported the
following bills, which were ordered
paid:
D. G. Wilgus, engine repairs, 50. so;
q. L. Parmelee & Co., crockery, S3.O5:
Baker Iron works, engine repairs, So. 81;
Noble & Chipron Co., rubber stamps,
com. school, $6; E. T. Cook & Co.. books.
S.75; Western Union Telegraph company,
rent of clock 81; s. S. CARRIER, labor,
SIS; Los Angeles Lighting company gas.
sl645; K. McNeill, labor. $3.50; Evening
Express company. advertising, $21.17;
F. Bellinger, labor, $3.50; L. A. Hol-
comb labor, s26; H. Kreim, labor $26.25;
H. M. Lee & Bro, printing. $3.50; Los
Angeles stoneware company. clay. etc,
s2775; o. N. Parsons, labor. s2970; E. H.
Augustus, labor, $50; r. P. Amin,
labor, sS1-25; A. Mcdonald repairs
wagons, etc, $685.: John Hayworth, la
Dor, sS6: G. F. Watson. labor. $40: w.
H, Collins, lefbor $40; John Augustus,
LABOR S4l.93. Is. story, labor 80: s.
A. Wilson. labor. s42.5 so; w. G. Mathews,
labor, s42.50; j. r. Mathews. postmaster,
envelopes, etc, $500; w. B. Axtell la
Dor. s47.50; T. f. Converse, labor, s475O:
California Hardware company, Sloyd
tools. s52. 90; w. p. Fuller & Co, paints,
$54.11; Frank Gillespie, wall on Custer
street. $57; T. A. Grant. sidewalk. on
Sixth street, se4; II. Walbridge, filling
lot, Griffin avenue, s66.75; Kingsley,
Barnes & Neuner company, hand book,
s6s; West Disinfectlng company, disin-
fectants, SIS; Gardner-Zellner Piano
company. rent of pianos. s116; ]. ].
Lawton, wood, s12S; Off & Vaughn,
chemicals. s14O42: Off & Vaughn, ap-
paratus, s240.1e; Harper & Reynolds,
drain tiles, etc, s150.0S; Niles Pease.
shades, desks. etc. s176.S4; Lazarus &
Melzer, supplies, $3.50; B. S. Hayes. as
signee. grading Custer street. s263.05;
w. Fl. Perry Lumber and Mill company,
lumber, 36793 Rozell Bros. lumber,
S377.77: California Printing company.
annual report. s3S6.74: T. Lutge. third
payment on Thirtieth street addition,
$3.50; total, s4712.37.