The San Francisco call., 1896-06-06
MISS. NJ. CONNERS TAI Ks
More Male Teachers Are Neces'
sary in the Public
Schools.
Result of Democratic Primary-Reli
ance Sun Club Opens Its New
Trap Grounds.

ALAMEDA, Call, June 5.-The Ala
media Auxiliary Woman's Suffrage Asso-
citation met this afternoon in 6. A. r.
Hall. Miss Mollie Conners of Oakland
addressed the ladies present on the ques-
ton, "Should There Be More Men En-
ployed in Our Public Schools?"
She said that the strongest line of
woman's work was making due provision
for the children becoming moral and in
telligent citizens, capable of earning their
own living and competing successfully
with the world. Men engaged in their
numerous daily vecations leave women to
look out for the children, and these duties
have In great part been handed on to other
women to fulfill in the public schools.
AS an old schoolteacher, and speaking
from experience, she added that the re-
suits obtained had not been the best re-
suits. There had been great waste of
taxpayers money, children's time and
teachers energies.
She urged women 70 act, when they re-
ceived their qualification to vote, so that
more men would be employed in the
| schools than at present. She considered
/ it was necessary to the child's future we'll
! being, whether male or female. No less
than five girls passed through the gram
mar grades to one boy, on the average,
and during this time the boy had not come
| in contact with his Own sex.
/ The salary paid in Miss Conners' opin-
ion, was not sufficient to get men to enter
| the profession. By men she meant men
of intellectual force and purpose, whose
indirect contact with the child, apart from
| the information impaired, would have a
beneficial effect in molding its character.
! IL ~ 1F ha %S,fa 20 har
mind, was the method of appointment as
we'll as the want of fxity of tenure. AT
present everything depended on the
| teachers pull" Energy and determina-
ton to do ones work went for naught.
! She therefore urged women to see that
| Boards of Education and schools were
| taken out of politics, and she suggested
| the abolition of education boards as at
present constituted. Places must be made
! in the schools for men-stronG. men-and
! it must be made worth their wbiie to stay
| in the profession, and not use it as stop
gap.
Democratic Primary.
| ALAMEDA, CAL, June 5.-Unusual
in crest was manifested to-day by the
| Democrats. Every available voter was
! brought to the polls at Park street, which
were opened at midday and remained open
until 10 P. NJ. Those whose names were
only on the West End and High-street
rolls were CHALLENGED.
! ]. T. Fleming opened a poll at West
! End at o'clock this evening, and con-
tended that, if Frank Gould were. elected
chairman, the Daggett- Fitzgerald dele
gates would be seated, and the using of
| two polling places ratified.
The judges at the Park-street booth
were: George r. Rossiter, Michael Kane,
T. H. Stanle and @. A. Snow; tellers, ].
w. Hardeman. A. c. Toye, Edward Bley-
man and Frederick Magill; inspectors, J..
T. Fleming and George McRea.
The Dawson Divorce Case.
| ALAMEDA, CAL, June 5.-The deposit
tions of City Marshal Rogers, DR.. G. p.
| REYNOLDS and Mrs. Ellen st. Sure were
! Sealtle's sensational divorce case of DIR.
| Louis R. Dawson against Mamie G.. Daw-
son. The dispositions were in favor of
Mrs. Dawson.
Company G..
| ALAMEDA, CAL, June 5.-The annual
meeting of Company G was presided over
by Lieutenant Simpson, in the absence of
Captain Chapman. 1t was decided to do
away with the initiation fee and monthly
| dues. The following committees were
elected:
81, Ar1mory - Lieutensnt Simpson, Privates
Auditing-Lieutenant Dohrman, Privates
Browning and Tenney.
Range-sergeant Day, Corporals Mcdonald
and Wittick.
Recruiting Sergeant Whslley and Privates
Highly and Pickett.
Seeretary-Joseph R. Knowland
Trap-Shooting
ALAMEDA, CAL, June 5.-The Reliance
Gun Club will open its new trap-shooting
grounds on the Alameda side of the
Webster-street bridge Sunday morning at
10 o'clock. The programme includes some
good events and provides for twenty. five
prizes. Known traps, unknown angles
and American Association rules will
govern. Black powder and ten-gauge
bores are barred.