The San Francisco call., 1898-12-31

law ana the SOOu IlllSHllOHS Ol the EH- coming Board of Education cannot shake them more teachers crowded on the al- ready well-stuffed unassigned list" and a batch of day substitute pedagogues carried in a moment through the 'proba- tionary period" and made full-fedged teachers In the department, Is the record of yesterdays meeting of the Board of Education.
 The meeting was called through the mail and for some reason or other the minority members of the board did not receive their notices until almost too late yesterday morning to be on hand. The push, how | ever, showed up promptly at 10 o'clock, ] and by half-past that hour the minutes of the four preceding meetings were being read. Armer and Derham or the minority arrived just in time to partici- pate, Head did not turn up at all, and Superintendent Webster pursued his usual l policy by staying away.
 That there was something doing became | evident when the reading of the minutes was finishd. Gallagher immediately moved that a recess be taken, and, al i though Derham objected, the gang re- | tired to the caucus room to marshal its vote for the forthcoming resolutions. Bantel was mad from the time he ar l rived. and had to be whipped into line. l He had been handed a large and glitterlng gold brick at Wednesdays meeting, and ne announced upon his arrival yesterday morning that he wouldn't vote TOT a - thing the gang put up.
 Even the caucus did not bring hlm around, and he was only coaXeo out or his trance by the passage Of his resolu- ton holding Miss Katherine Ball in her position as drawing teacher It was a pet scheme of Bantefs, for the reason that Miss Ball came out to this coast and be- came a teacher in the department 4or the sole purpose of introducing the Franz system of drawing. Bantel was lnstru- ! hat the schools and naturally was much In- ! terested in keeping it there, consequently his solicitude that Miss Ball be retained. i His resolution, which was passed oHly upon reconsideration, was as folloWs
 Resolved. That the action of the Board of Education in appealing from the decision Miss Katherine Ball, teacher of drawing in the department. be rescinded and the Judgment and order of the court be obeyed
 The report of the finance committee | claims to the extent of $500, was brought up and after considerable debate passed, though Armer and Derham put up hard | fight against it on the ground that no more money should be expended until teachers salaries had been paid.
 Bantel was still in the sulks when Wal | ler's report of the elementary committee came up and he threw his vote against IL and after its passage moved Tor recon sideration. Waller amended by movlng l for reconsideration at once and after | other matters had been disposed Of and | Bantel quietly talked with. he withdrew | his motion and the report went through 1 with no other opposition than that of Der | ham and Armer. The report effected numerous transfers and promoted several day substitutes to the probationary list. | These newly created probationary teach i CTS were later in the meeting again pro- noted by a smooth resolution introduced 1 by pr. Ragan and made regular teachers | in the department.
 Walters report was as follows: Your committee on elementary education re- | spectfully recommends "~ follows: l That Miss E. Crookham. regular teacher of l the Hancock Grammar School, be assigned to the eighth grade of said Hancock Grammar School.
 a class room at the Harrison Primary School, l and, whereas. the pupils from the Adams and 1 John Swett Grammar schools have to travel to said school for instruction in cooking, be 1t resolved. that the said classes in cooking be | transferred to Adams School. | That Miss Agnes Thomas. of the day sub stitute list, be elected a probationary teacher. and be assigned to class in the Clement 1 That Miss Maggie Conroy be elected pro | bationary teacher from the substitute list and assigned to a class in the Peabody School. That Miss Laura Dyer. be transferred from l the unassigned list to class in Cooper Prim-
 That Miss Lou Hennessy be transferred from | the day substitute list and elected proba- | tionary teacher and assigned 10 the Franklin l Grammar School
 That Miss E. J. Hart be transferred from the day substitute. list and elected a proba-
 
 S. L. WALLER, Chairman. pr. Ragan followed the elementary with the evening school report Among the was the gift of two positions in two even ing schools to Professor T. H. Mccarthy. of he 'he l School. pr. Ragan's report made him l principal also of the Spring Valley School without losing m the Washington School l place or salary.
 The rerort fo--ows:
 Your committee on evening schools reports and recommends as follows:
 That Miss Emily Cerf, Of the day unassigned 1 list be transferred to her former class In the John Swett Evening School
 That A. w. Lyser, of the Business Evening School be transferred to the bookkeeping class in the Spring Vallev Evening school
 School be transferred to the bookkeeping class 1 of A. w. Lyser in the Business Evening
 That E. C. Cordell, of the Business Evening School be transferred the Hamilton Even ing School. to take charge Of the bookkeeping
 That L. A. Ramus. of the Hamilton Even l ing School, be transferred to the Business Evening School as assistant in the practical business department.
 That Miss G. G. Donovan, of the Business Evening School, be transferred to the day
 That Miss Jennie Roden, of the Franklin Evening School, be transferred to the day
 That W. T. Bckel be elected head of the commercial department of the Horace Mann Evening School.
 That William Langdorn, of the John Swett Evening School be transferred to the Rincon Evening School and elected principal of said school.
 That the principaship of the Mission Even ing School held by Madison Babcock be de- clared vacant, and R. D. Faulkner, of the Franklin Day School, be elected to said posi- tion.
 That the principalship of the Spring Valley Evening School be declared vacant, and that T. H. Mccarthy, of the Washington Evening School be elected to said position.
 That Miss L. E. Freese or the Business Evening School, be elected vice principal of the Business Evening School.
 That Miss Annie O Sullivan, of the Lincoln Evening School be transferred to the day school unassigned list.
 That Miss NJ. O'Maley, of the Business Evening School. be transferred to the day un- assigned list.
 That Miss Josie Fitzpatrick, of the Rincon Evening School, be transferred to the day un- assigned list
 DR. D. F. RAGAN.
 The very warmest thing of the whole session was the shortest and most inno- gently demeanored resolution presented. It read assfollows:
 Resolved, That the rules of the Board of Education be suspended and that all proba- tionary teachers be and they are hereby elected regular teachers in the department. It was by that resolution that every teacher of uncertain position after the