The San Francisco call., 1896-05-14
No Longer President or /;
Member of the School
Directors.
HENRY T. SCOTT WILL PRESIDE
A Movement Against Elaborate Clos.
ing Exercises in the Public
Schools.

The majority of the members of the
Board of Education were treated to a
startling surprise last evening when, at
the close of the regular business of the
meeting, President Henry l.. Dodge asked
Superintendent Babcock to take the chair.
and, quietly and in a few well-chosen
words, rendered his resignation as presi-
dent. He stated that long journey to
the East made it necessary that his sue
cessor should be chosen.
The resignation was accepted, and Henry
L. Scott unanimously elected to fill the
vacancy. Then Mr.. Dodge, after the mem
bers had rendered him a vote of thanks
for the able and impartial manner in
which he had filled the office of presiding
ofhcer, stated that his journey would keep
him away from San Francisco for longer
period than could be covered by vaca-
tIon and asked that his resignation as q
director be accepted.
This was also agreed to unanimously.
DIR. Q. A. Clinton was elected president
pro tenn.
volves the duty of naming successor to
Mr.. Dodge, subject to the approval of the
board, will probably put forward candi-
date at the next meeting.
The question of the schools spending so
much time in preparing for closing-day
exercises has been bothering the directors
for some time past and in order to obtain
the opinion of the majority in the board
on the matter Director Murdoch intro
duced the following resolution:
WHEREAS Elaborate closing exercises dis
tract the attention OF pupils from their regular
work, causing the loss of valuable time and
tend 10 engender harmful rivalry and promote
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Resolved That the principals be instructed to
allow no time within school hours to be de-
voted TO preparation for closing exercises, and
that they be urged to continue the work OF all
pupils TO the last day OF school and to avoid
all snowy exhibitions, making the closing ex-
ercises quiet and simple; and
ResolUed, That no principal of day school
be granted permission to hold closing exer-
cises in other than school buildings; and
Resotred, That each principal be asked to
send to the Superintendent an answer to the
following question:
In your judgment is the presentation of
medals advantageous?
The matter was referred to the Commit
tee on Rules. Upon recommendation of
the Committee on Salaries the compensa-
ton of Mrs E. P. Bradley, teacher on
drawing in the Polytechnic High School,
was raised from Sl25 to $140, its original
figure.
The following teachers were raised from
the probationary class to the rank of regu-
lar teachers: Miss Emma G. Howard,
Miss Louise Neppert and Miss Julia
Neppert.
The following recommendations of the
City Board of Examiners were adopted:
That Miss Rose Stolz be recommended to the
State Board for life diploma in the grammar
grade; that Mrs. Sarah b. Coons and Miss
Mary Quinn be recommended to the State
Board Tor State diplomas in the grammar
grade; that Albert J. Houston be granted a
grammargrade certificate upon diploma
from the State University; that Miss Johanna
Barnlckel be granted grammar-grade certi-
hcate upon diploma from the Chico Normal
School; that Miss L. v. Morgan be granted o.
grammar-grade certificate upon a diploma
from the San Jose Normal School; that Miss
Mary E. Neylan be granted a gremmar-grade
ceruhcate upon her Alameda certificate; that
Miss Addie B. Horton be granted a grammar
grade certificate upon a diploma of the
Normal class of 1898; that the primary grade
certihcate OF Miss Eliza l.. West be renewed.
The following were elected regular
teachers under suspension of the rules:
Mrs. Grace d. Mitchell, Mrs. Florence
Halnes, Mrs. A. NJ. Browne.
The following were elected members of
the day substitute class: Miss Addie
Horton, Mrs. Eva Fairweather, Miss Lulu
': Morgan, Miss Jennie McLerie, Mrs.
Lizzie OSullivan, Miss Matilda Nelson,
Mrs. North, Miss Mona Brown, Miss Mel
lie Gallagher, Mrs. l.. A. Griffin, Miss E.
Mcdonald and Miss Nellie E. Purinton.