The record-union., 1898-01-04
NO Superintendent CHOSEN
NEW SCHOOL DIRECTORS WANT
MORE TIME.
The Board Elects p. S. Driver as
President-Superin
Annual Report.

| The new members of the City Board
of Education are now all firmly seated,
and ready for business. They were all
present at last nights meeting Of the
School Board, while of the old members
only Dolan and Buchanan were absent,
the former being at the meeting of
the Board of Trustees, of which he is
| a member
| Retiring Director Brown stayed only
long enough to make his adieuS and in
| troduce his successor, H. S. Ransom
When he too betook himself to the City
Hall and assumed his official duties ass
member Of that body. Mr.. Brown
expressed his regrets at leaving the
Board of Education, and said his con-
nection with that body had ever been
| of the pleasantest description. Poll
tics and religion, he said, had been kept
in the background, and he had only
words of kindness for each and every
member of the old board. He COM
mended his successor. Mr.. Ransom, to
the members, and vouched for his in
tegrity, honesty and ability.
Then the President of the Board, Win
J. Davis, delivered his parting address.
He said Mr.. Browns reference to the
exclusion of politics and religion was
apropos, as he (Brown) had been the
only Democrat on the old board. Mr..
Davis reverted to his two terms as Di-
rector, six years of which had been
spent in the Presidents chair, and said
he had ever received courteous treat
ment at the hands of his associates.
He had ever tried to do his duty to the
best of his ability.
The retiring members We're: Second
Ward, Z. A. Crouch Fourth Ward,
a. n. Buchanan; Sixth Ward, D. D.
Whitbeck; Eighth Ward, Win G. Da-
Wis, and their places were filled by
George B. Stack, Second Ward; DR.. f.
L. Atkinson, Fourth Ward; Howard K.
Johnson, Sixth Ward, and E. E. Pana-
baker Eighth Ward. Besides these, c.
A Elliott succeeded Director Dolan
from the Third Ward, and H. S. Ran
son succeeded Director Brown from the
Seventh Ward.
According to custom, Superintendent
of City Schools Erlewine, relieved Pres
ident Davis, and proceeded with the or
ganization of the new board. He an
nounced the election of a President for
the term of two years to be the first
thing in order, and Director Sherburn,
in a neat speech, placed in nomination
Director P. S. Driver
Director Driver received the unani
nous vote of the board, and was de-
clared duly elected. He returned thanks
for the honor conferred, and promised
that he would do all in his power for
thegood Of the public schools, and would
make things just as pleasant as possi-
BILE for individual members
Director Sherburn moved to pro-
ceed with the election of a Superintend-
ent of City Schools.
Director Ransom said he understood
there were three candidates for the po-
sition, and that he was not ready to
vote without examining into the quail
fications of each.
Directors Panabaker and Atkinson
also spoke in favor of allowing the cleo
tion of superintendent to go over to
some future date, and Sherburn's mo-
ton to proceed to elect was lost, he
alone voting aye.
President Driver announced that he
would have a list of his committees
made out in a few days, and after Su-
perintendent Erlewine had filed his an
nual report, ON motion of Director At
kinson, the board adjourned, to meet at
1:30 o'clock tomorrow evening.
superintendent Erlewine's report was
as follows:
THE ANNUAL REPORT.
To the Honorable Board of Education
of the City of Sacramento-Gentle
l herewith submit to you my annual
report of the schools for the year end
ing December 81, 1897.
Financial statement for Primary and
Grammar support:
Cash on hand January 1, 1897,
general fund ..............,..s2 800 296 "A
Cash on hand January l, 1897, IL
brary fund Observation-Disclosures. 303 a.
Received from State. .s41 I34 II
Received from county % ,05S OIL
Received from special
tax ..................... AZ, 1893 9S
Received for library. PAL 93- 1923 CO
s142,s2S e6
year for: