The San Francisco call., 1897-01-18
FRENCH IN THE SCHOOLS
Work of Education Conducted
in This City by l'AIliance
Francaise.
N arly Four Hundred Pupils Being
Taught the Mother COuntry's
Languc e..

Charles Marais presided at the annual
meeting Of PAlliance Francaise held Sat
urday night at Union square Hall.
This institution was brought to light
some years ago by a number of patriotic
Frenchmen, at the head of whom is Daniel
Levy, who assess themselves for the pur-
pose OF employing professors to teach the
French language to pupils of the local
public schools.
The executive committee made the fol-
lowing gratifying report, including the
work of the organization during the year
ending December 81, 1896:
After thanking the Board of Education
for placing the schools and classes at the
disosaI of PAlliance the report enumer-
ates the schools where classes were formed
at the beginning of the year 1896 and in
which pupils to the number Oh 800 were
taught, as follows: Whittier, %; Wash
ington, "a; Hamilton, So; Denman, Sc;
Hearst, 26; Horace Mann, go; Crocker, %
lie Conte, "a.
These pupils were divided into eleven
classes, six of which were organized in
November, 1895.
Some seventy-iive pupils dropped out
shortly after the first of the year 1896 be-
cause of lack of aptitude to learn a foreig n
language or else that they had not
time to study. The remaining pupils,
however, were enthusiastic and encouraged
the committee in its work.
With the assistance of w. W. Stone,
principal of the South San Francisco
School, and Eugene Legallet Bertrand
Sales, Jean Boyle, ]. Milly and A. Com
batalade, thirty-Jhree pupils were secured
in that section of the Potrero never before
attended TO in the work, and 140 new
m em hers came into Il A liancn
In March classes were established in the
Sherman, John SWEET, Clement and North
Cosmopolitan schools, and at the end of
the year l. Alliance had classes in thirteen
schools ana a total of 347 pupils.
In six schools classes are held five times
each week, and in seven others three
times a week.
TIE completed list of schools, teachers
and mum ber of pupils at the present time
is as follows: Whittier, Mrs. L. Bous-
quet, 30; Washington, Miss f. Ram
pilion, %; Hamilton, Miss NJ Rampil-
lion, 26; Denman, Mrs. Lanfranchi, 36 !;
Horace Mann, Mrs. J. Osborn, 29 South
San Francisco, L. Ravauit, 80; Hearst,
Mrs. E. Giffaid, II; Crocker, Miss A.
Borel, ID; Sherman, Mrs. Rameau, 26;
John SWEET, Mrs. Robert Burns. II; Glenn
politan, H. Lecat, %; LIE Conte, Mrs. M.
Marshall, 40.
The discipline of these classes has been
such that neither the teachers nor the
committee have had to find objection in
any case.
The report on finances showed as fol-
lows: Tolal receipts, $3324 AZ: total ex-
penses, $3303 05; surplus receipts, $21 81;
cost of maintaining the schools, $2966 As;
receipts from the parents of pupils,
$2208 80; surplus expenses, 1857 65.
The latter deficit is so well covered by
the monthly dues of the mem bers and by
the donations from the 14th of July COM
mittees and others that there Is an actual
fund of $1l63 so to begin this years work.
The mem bers of l'Alliance Franchise
are divided as follows: Life 2, honorary
73, contributing 230. yearly mem bers 100.
This brings the mum ber to 465, or an in
crease of SO mem bers in twelve months.
The election of officers resulted as fol-
lows: President, Daniel Levy; executive
committee, E. Legallet. A. Goustiaux, o.
Bozio, c. Marais, E. J. Dupuy, A, j. De-
hay, q. CRETE, A. Bousquet (secretary), J.
Bernou, l. Cuenin and J. S. Godeau.
Out of the 24o, 600 domestic servants in
London it is estimated that 10000 are
always out of employment
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