The San Francisco call., 1897-11-20
BB DRAWS TWO
FAT SALARIES
A San Leandro School
Teacher Who Has Glasses
in Two Counties.
The Peculiar Methods of the
Board Of Education Revealed
by Member.
Appointments Said to Be Divided UI
Among the Directors Who Are
in the Combine.

The peculiar methods of the Board OF
Education are beginning to become
known. Since the exposure of the scheme
OF stuffing the teachers roll with the
flIends OF the members, which appeared
IN last Thursdays edition of THE CALL,
the inside workings of that body are be-
ginning to leak out.
Edwin L. Head, one of the minority of
the board, and who Is not in the conf
dence OF the majority, whose mem bers
work things 10 suit themselves, accuses
the com bine of running affairs with high
hand and without any regard for the BEN
eflt OF the department or of the citizens,
but mainly With an eve to the gratitica-
tlon OF itself and friends. Mr.. Head stated
yesterday thar some OF the work of the
board was very raw" and r,cited the
case OF the appointment OF a man who
lives in Alameda to the position OF a
teacher in the Richmond night school OF
this city, which position brings him in a
salary of $50 a month
The appointment of w. H. Langdon OF
San Leandro 10 the position of book
keeper in one OF the schools here is an
outrage" said Mr.. Head. "Langdon is
the principal OF a school at San Leandro
al salary OF 500 a month, yet the Board
of Education ;or some reason allows him
10 leach a class in one of the schools here.
There are hundreds of young men and
women who live here who are qualified
for the position and who would only be
too glad to get it.
81 do not know who is responsible for
the appointment of Mr.. Langdon, but
! have heard on good authority that he was
appointed By Mr.. Gallagher. l was not
aware of Mr.. Langdon's status at the
time or Ishould hpva objected, although
l knew that the objection would not do
any good.
at is almost impossible to learn who
recommends the appointment of Teachers
for the Board has done away with the rule
which requires that a regis ter be kept
showing the name OF the applicant the
person who recommended the appoint
ment and the date of the appoin ment.
Under the old boards the book was kept,
and any one who wished could get it
from any of the assistant secretaries and
obtain the information they wished in re-
gard TO any of the appointments.
Al sought to get this inform alton at the
meetings of the board" said Mr.. Head,
but when | would ask who was respon-
sible for the presentation Of any name /
was told that the matter had been ar
ranged in executive session and that the
of any OF the Directors who recommended
the appointments. / know that a private
book i kept by one oftne Directors giving
the name of the appointees and the di-
rectors who received the appointments, so
that the combine may be able to distribute
the appoin ments IN equal numbers
among themselves.
" have the word of a man whose We
racity cannot be questioned, and the in
formation came 10 aim from one of The
Directors. Il have also been informed. and
believe 1t to be fact, that there ex lists an
agreement among those in the com bine
not to make any appointments by the
board. Tho>e OF the COZ bine who break
the rule are punished by having two OF
their appointments taken away from
them. This prevents any one who can Sc
cure the names Of seven of the D rectors
from being given a place.
Referring again TO the appoin tment OF
Mr. Langdon the gentleman said
that although II was against the
law for any one 10 hold two pay
ing position in the govern ment, the
Democratic Directors aid not seem to
think so, for they still allowed the man
from San Leandro to teach in the Rich
mUnd school, although he was already
drawing a salary of 500 a month for act
ing as principal of day school in San
Leandro while there are hundreds of grad
yates of the Normal schools of the State
walking the streets looking for employ
ment