The herald., 1898-10-25
". WEBB'S WARRANT
GHOST OF THE EX-B0SS ONCE
MORE
BROADWAY BANKS DEMAND
Axtell's Little Horse Bill Another
Specter of the Past-Considerable
Routine Business

Macbeth failed to lay Banquo's ghost, and
Chairman Davis, Members Conrey, Bartlett
| Poor ct al. of the board OF education are
having lust as hard a time OF 1t trying tC
bury the records of Walter Webb, Adams
Axtell, etc, out OF sight:
At every meeting OF the board OF educa
ton the iron hand OF the erstwhiie Doss
of the board shakes it's mailed finger at the
chairman and demands recognition. Pa
tently Conrey moves, Bragg seconds, and
the board carries another measure which
dumps an additional shoveful OF earth into
the grave of oblivion to which they con
signed the boss, but no sooner does the
earth cover the iron hand than it shakes OF
the clnging dust and once more Is present
at the next meeting. go
Inst night the iron hand" appeared
clntching what is now know as the famous
"Webb warrant--a warrant that was al
lowed for $500, was audited, under protest
for s43O. was later on disallowed, disavowec
and doubly damned by the board, but was
last night resurrectcd and trimmed down
to $3.50 and ordered paid.
No sooner had Webb got his warrant fol
the next annual national convention OF
teachers for Los Angeles than he went t.
the Broadway bank and got it cashed.
Webb, according to his report and item
lied bill, spent lot more than the sou al
lowed him, but he generously donated the
extra expenditure to the city, even II ht
didn't get the convention. On tine Other
land, Superintendent, Foshay's bill was
$l5l. .35 for the trip, but Webb explained
and winked the other eye. while doing IT.
that he had entertained" the delegates
while Superintendent Foshay had merely
looked after the educational phases of the
question.
Last night the representatives OF the
Broadway bank, which had cashed his $500
warrant, appeared before the board and
asked for their pay. The gentlemen con
tended that the warrant had been cashed
by the bank because the board had allowed
it; that they were willing to take the S4S
which the board had subsequently allowed
after auditing the bill, but if they couldn't
get that amount, rather than go to law they
would take $3.50.
The board gave them $3.50, but the repre-
sentativcs of the bank did not say whether
they would take that sum and quit or not.
AXTELLS RILLS
No sooner had the iron hand" been
ouieted than another goblin of his reign
bobbed up serenely in bill of $32 so for a
horse hired by ex-Janitor. Axtell Of the
Spring-street school when he was Webb's
collector of janitors salaries. Raymond
Bernard presented the bill and said that
the animal had been used 65 days by AK
tell at 80 cents per day, but the bill had
never been paid.
Chairman Davis got uneasy. Conrey
looked at Bartlett, and he looked at Poor,
and finally the chair asked:
well, what are we going to do with thi
thing?'
There was painful silence for a moment
and then Conrey made motion, which was
quickly seconded, that the bill go to the
finance committee.
In other words, the board was tired Of
ago and left the function to the committee
ROUTINE BUSINESS
The ghosts out of the way, the member!
settled down to business.
Gertrude B. Parsons, special teacher o1
music, was authorized to employ mimeo
graph operator, at not more than $4 a
month, to transcribe the songs to be used in
the schools.
The rule regarding the rating of high
school teachers, which provides that they
are to be judged by ninth grade and high
school experience, was amended so as to in
clude teachers or degree graduates OF recog
nzed colleges in the various positions.
SUPERINTENDENT REPORT
The superintendent of schools reported
follows:
81 must again refer to the most serious
obstacle to successful school work, which
is called to our attention by the statistical
report for the first month, viz, the over
crowded condition of our schools and half
day sessions. As we have departmental
work in the high school, this report does not
show the condition. in this respect. There
are many classes, however, too, large fol
the best work to be accomplished in oul
high school. Of the classes below the high
school, SO rooms have over so pupils each
In many classes the number is considerably
greater. There are also II halliday school
see that these numbers are too large, that
the conditions are not what they should be
yet the difficulties which embarrass the
teacher in attempting to properly instruc
under these conditions are often not recog
nized by the parents. The most pressing
need for our department is more schoo
rooms. 1t may be interesting to compar
the report of the first month of the presen
term with the corresponding month of las
year:
Total number of days attendance,
first month of present year. ...... 800, ,90l
Total number of days attendance.
first month of last year. r............2 .29S, AZ
-, OaIn .......'''. ;.,............. oz, 40
Total number enrolled first month of
present year. ....... ............. II ,99t
Total number enrolled first month of
last year. ...............l l6 3d.
Gain .... .......... l,ei.
Average daily attendance first month
OF present year ....................l6, l6, "a
Average daily attendance first month
OF last year. r....................... IA ,9N
Ialn. .......... .................... l,olt
SPECIAL TEACHERS