The record-union., 1896-01-09

/ GOF0FuOT BuuQ asked II Mr. NlIOman
thought he could get his money if the
Overland were adopted, as there
seemed to be a doubt as to whether or
not it is an educational journal. Mr.
Wildman thought he could, and said
could get the Attorney Generals opin-
ion.
Harr Wagner, for the Western
Journal of Education" made an argu-
ment in its favor. He said it had Sc
cured a large subscription list in eight
months. IF adopted, he would ex-
/ pend the money received from the
State in enlarging and bettering
it and making it frst-class'
educational journal depending for his
profits on the receipts from advertising
in it. They would expend the 81, 500 or
S4,S00 on articles, illustrations, etc. He
claimed that the printing OF the PA
cific Educational Journal cost only
about $50 month
The Governor asked if he did not
think he was furnishing an argument
why the State Superintendent should
edit an educational journal at State
cost.
Mr. Wagner did not think So His
| journal was backed, he said, by men
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its success.
The Governor asked if there was any
thing in bringing the educational jour
nal close to the people at large If so,
would not the Overland Monthly be
likely to be a means of so doing.
Mr.. Fisher said that there was a mis-
apprehension of facts existing that he
would like to explain. For many years
! the law has set apart d percentage of the
State school money fer a, library fund,
which can be used for no other purpose
The law now takes that fund from the
county school money. When F. M
Campbell was State Superintendent he
conceived the idea of using a part of
this money. which was often expended
for useless books for an official journal
The educational journal requires no
appropriation. 1t uses no money, ex-
cept from the library fund, which can
only be used for such purposes. 1t is for
the benefit of the teachers.
The Governor said he did not want
TO run UP against the teachers just now,
| for they We're too many, and had too
much influence for him to antagonize
He did not know why the schools have
| to so East for their teachers, for Cali
fornia pays the highest prices and
should have the best ones in the coun-
try here.
Superintendent Black said that Cali
| fornia does not pay the highest price.
Massachusetts pays the highest sala-
| rieS. In California the average wages
| for teacher, on a basis of twelve
| months, is S53 1-3, or $64O a year. The
country school teacher gets less than
S36 on a basis of twelve months.
The Governor and Mr.. Black agreed
that the boast that California pays the
highest wages attracted many Eastern
teachers here. They thought home tai
ent should be preferred. The Governor
said the normal schools had to go East
for teachers, but Professor Childs de-
MED that this was so.
The board went into executive ses-
sion at which, after discussing the
matter, the following resolutions were
passed:
Resolved, That in the judgment of
this board the continued payment of a
subsidy from the school funds of the
State to an official school journal is in
expedient.
Resolved, That the President and
Secretary of this board be requested
to present to the next Legislature of
the State, in such manner as they may
deem desirable the recommendation of
this board that such subsidy be perma-
nently withdrawn.
Whereas, The Pacific Educational
Journal has been designated in the past
as the educational monthly journal to
be the official organ of the Department
of Public instruction, and such desig-
nation entities it to a subscription not
to exceed 81 30 for each school year, and
Whereas, the present school year does
not end until June 80, 1896; therefore be
it
Resolved That at the expiration of
the present school year. June 80, 1896,
the designation of such journal cease;
and be it further
Resolved, That it is inexpedient for
this board, prior to its meeting in June,
1896, to designate any other educational
journal as the official journal of this
board
The reason for the action of the board
was that the school and fiscal years
both end on June Both, and while the
board designated no official journal
last June it practically, by allowing it
to go on, acquiesced in continuing it
another year. It's action on the resoIu-
tions was unanimous.
Professor Pennell moved that upon
the completion of the revising of the
grammar, the offices of the editor-in-
chief and the assistants be declared
vacant, and that when the manuscript
of the primary history is received it be
referred to the committee, which is
empowered to submit the same to some
person learned in such branch for crit
ieism before it is accepted by the
board.
The motion was carried unanimous
ly
The motion was intended to do away
with editing and printing a proof of
the book for criticism and puts the
whole oversight and management of
printing it into the hands of State
Superintendent Black.
The board then adjourned.
ESTATE OF S. TRYoN.