The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25
DIRECTOR HEAD
ON THE GRILL
Colleagues Demand That
He Substantiate Seri-
GUS Charges,
The President Threatens to
Have Him Elected by the
Sergeant At Arms.
An Exciting Scene at the Meeting of
the Board of Education Com
mittee Reports.

There was an exciting scene at the
meeting OF the Board of Education last
evening when Director Head stated that
certain principals of evening schools had
stated to him that their reports regarding
attendance were fl Sc.
HIS statements were challenged by Di-
rector Waller who said that the Director
had been posing friend of the teachers
and then beh nd their backs accusin g
hem of writing ia schools over their
signatures.
II made motion that Director Head
be com PEELED 10 suostantiate his charges,
and that the principals De ordered 10 ap-
pear and give their testim ny regarding
the matter.
Director Head stated that he would re-
fuse to give the requested information
because he was not vii ing to place The
principals within the lower OF the nj jor
Ity. Then President Darlington took a
hand.
ASA man and a Director" he said,
you owe it to yourself and to this board
10 substantiale your charges. l cannot
wiring it from you, but can say tha at you
should give it."
Director Ragan seconded Director Wal
ler's motion, and the measure was carried
unanimously. Later Director Head, WHO
talked, whether he had the floor or not,
was severely censured by President Bar
rington, who threatened 10 have him
elected by the serEeant-at-ar unless he
kept order.
On motion of D rector Waller the secre-
iary was instructed 10 advertise for bids
fer he lease of the Lincoln School prop
erty, on Fifth and Market streets, for a
period OF ten wears. a certified check for
5000 is exaCted Tor the faithful per. orm-
an"e OF the lease.
Bids will be received for the individu ual
pieces Of properly and for the block of
buildings as q whole. and tenders will be
opened on DeCem ber s.
superintendent Webster submitted
report calling attention to the act that
the appointment OF Torrance McAuliffe 8
a teacher of Latin III the Lowell High
School was unnecessary, as there is
nothing for him 10 DO and his entire duty
insists in report NJ 10 the school.
The Committee on Secondary Education
spbmitted report recommending that
he position of teacher manual tr infng
held by r. E. Eldrldge be ce Jared vacant
! and NJ. j. Doyle appointed 40 he place.
On the recommendation OF the Com nit
tee on Eiemen iary Education, Mr.. NJ. J.
Geary was appointed a probationary
eacher and Gssigned TO class i'll the
Pacific Heights Grammar School.
new ClasS was ordered formed in the
Hamilton Gram mmar School,.
The action of the board appointing NJ 81
Aqnes Hawey to tie 81 bstitute class was
re.cindee and Miss Lewison was given the
vacancy.
l was ordered that the first term Of the
publ C schools shall end on December IS
and he second term shall begin on Mon
day, January g. 1898.
Tne Com miitae on Evening Schools re-
ported thati had only found three classes
where the attendance was Glow that re-
CURED by the rules. One was in the Hum
boldi, one in the Franklin and one in the
FaiTmount.
The committee recommended tha. the
last-named class be consolidated and the
teacher retired to lhe substitute list. 1t
was also recommends that w. II. Lang
don be elected a regular teacher and as
signed 10 the John SWEET Evening School
md that the action relieving Miss A. C.
Dowling, teacher OF Span sh. be rescinded.
On recon- menda;ion Of the Com mittee
on Qualifications tha following were
men,: Mrs. NJ. z. Per.et II SIS May Fem
ing, Miss En- iy Hart -ick
On motion OF d rector Waller the
school at the Farallon Islands was n bol-
ishel and the teacher, Miss Daisy Dowd,
was transferred to the suhsti ute list,
Director Drucker nlIod uced a re e,olution
that was adopted directing he principal
Of the Hamilton Grammar Schoo to call
pupils BY their proper names instead of
by mum bers; also that partment work
be stopped In The Hamilton school and
that the regular course OF study be
AIKEN up.