The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-10

Charles H. Murphy Named for
the Post OF Principal in
the Institution.
New Teachers Appointed by the
Board of Education Last
Evening

The question as to whether principal
Tor the proposed Mission High School
should be appointed before the school vas
an accomplished fact was hotly debated
before the meeting of the Board of Eiuca-
ton last evening.
Director Hawley wanted Charles H.
Murphy appointed at salary of $175 per
month, but was opposed by Superinten-
dent Babcock and Director Murdoch, who
thought that it was going to put princi-
pal on salary in addition to two teachers
already engaged in looking after the forty
two High School scholars now quartered
in the Horace Mann School.
The question was Ialu on the table
when the candidate himself sent in COM
munication requesting that the matter be
laid over.
The board declined to grant the request
OF number of parents of scholars who
ask that their children be not transferred
from the Sutro and Richmond schools
to the Park School, and ruled that the
children of that neighborhood be required
to attend school in the district that has
been designated for said schools.
On the recommendation of the Commit
tee on Salaries the compensation of teach
ers was reduced as follows: Miss K. E.
Whitaker, teacher of cooking, $10O to $75
per month; Miss A. A. Love, teacher in
Starr King Primary School, from $83 to
$74 per month.
Mrs. II. B. Steele, teacher of history
with the stereopticon, whose term expires
in January, was re-engaged to hold at the
pleasure of the board, her compensation
TO be $1G0 per month.
The position OF secretary of the City
Board of Examiners, held by George w.
Wade, was declared vacant and Miss P. NJ.
Nolan was appointed to the Office for two
years. The compensation OF the new
secretary will be fixed by the Committee
on Salaries. Mrs George NJ. Wade sent
in q communicat ton requesting that no
action be taken in her husbands case as
assistant secretary of the board until he
can be heard in the matter. The subject
was referred TO the committee of the whole.
The action of the committee of the
whole in awarding the prize for the best
plan for the new Mission High School to
Charles l. Ravens, the second prize to w.
0. Banks and the third to Cahill & Con-
don was approved.
The secretary of the Committee on
Buildings and Grounds was instructed to
advertise for proposals for constructing
the building in accordance with the ac-
cepted plans.
sent in communication ooiecting to the
transfer of the Mission High School class
from the Horace Mann School to the
Hawthorne School. The matter was re-
ierred to the Classification Committee.
A bill OF $500, sent in by Sullivan & Sui
Ivan, the attorneys employed to conduct
the litigation between the Boards of Edu-
cation and Health, over the closing OF the
Everett Marshall and Mission schools
was referred to the finance Committee.
The California Title Insurance and Trust
Company having reported favorabIy on
the title of the lot on which it is proposed
to locate the new Mission High School,
the president of the board was instructed
to complete he purchase of the properly.
Under suspension of the rules Miss
Margaret A. Robinson was elected a men,
Der ofthe day substitute class and the fol-
lowing as evening school teachers: N.
Fogarty, Elizabeth G. Flemming, Emily
Hartrick, Daniel Crosby, Margaret Ma
guire, Jennie Kinds, Mr.. Drew, Mary
Crittenden Robinson, Miss Edith Starke
Mrs. Kedon, ]. Sykes, Nellie Keadrick.
Recommendations of the Committee on
Classification were adopted as follows:
That Mrs. L. B. Deal be transferred from
the Lincoln Evening School to the Horace
Mann Evening School; that Miss Rosetta
La Faille be transferred from the Frank
lin Evening School TO the Lincoln Even
ing School; that J. B. Clark be transferred
from the Horace Mann Evening School to
the Franklin Evening school; that Miss
Edith Stafford be assigned to the Franklin
Evening School and Miss K. A.
Humphrey to the Horace Mann Evening
School; that Miss Louisa F. Bray be
transferred from the Irving Primary
School to the Hearst Grammar School