The San Francisco call., 1898-05-03
CALIFORNIA; RED CROSS SOCIETY PREPARES FOR ACTIVE DUTY

Red Cross, No. 1 Lincoln School; Miss Clarissa Morris, Ladies of the Macca- bees; Mrs. R. F. Beach, Mrs. M. J. Watus-Thorne, Tenth avenue Baptist Church: Miss Alice B. Wythe, Oakland City Christian Endeavor Union; Miss Cynthia P Lent, Alameda County Teachers Benefit Association; Mrs. Elizabeth Workers. Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Oscar F. Long. .;t. Paul's Episcopal Church; Women's Baptist Foreign Missionary Society; Mrs John Bakewell, Trinity Episcopal Church; Mrs. M. Marcuse. Daughters of Israel Mrs Sol Kahn. First Hebrew Congre- gation; Mrs. s. M. Martin, First Chris tian Church; Mrs. Albert Sutton, Hay wards; Mrs. J. L. Lyon, First Baptist Church.
 The chairmen of the committees are: Finance. Mrs. F. B. Ginn; nurses, Mrs. John Yu1e; recorGs. Mrs. John Russ; surgical material Mrs. pr; Knox or ganization, Mrs. Franklin Bangs, Mrs. F. B. Ginn, Mrs. J. G. Lemon; Mrs. A. B. Wye, Mrs. w. H. riend.
 Military medical methods-Not ap- pointed. Other delegates from local or eanizations should report as soon as appointed to Mrs. Abbott, 11S Eleventh street
 The question of organizing the scnool ,s children was considered and brought before the assemblage on motion or Mrs. s. M Martin, Mrs. Dr. Myra Knox. a member of the Board Of Edu- cation, said: 1T doubt the wisdom or this move It will greatly interfere with their school work and should not be allowed"
 Miss M P. Babson responded: Tt would break +'oir hearts if they were not allowed to participate in this work"
 Mrs. J. G. Lemon said she remem- bered the ''inconvenient misunder- standing" and it was her greatest nap piness that she had been permitted to send needed articles to the sick and wounded soldiers.
 Sy1perintendent McClymondS of the | City Schools said: The limit of the amount of patriotism being taught in | the Oakland schools is the limit or the patriotism of the corps of teachers from the Superintendent down. If any one l in this city can tell us better way we are ready to learn it. You will appre- ciate Dr. Knox's position when you realize that every new thing seeks the pupils of our public schools as a method of introduction. The conservatism of 1 the Board of Education is owing to this 1 fact. We are teaching patriotism in | the schools and we can teach human 1 ity through the Red Cross. I do not | believe it will interfere with the school work if you ask them to organize and await instructions. The organization i will satisfy them for the present. The schools are bound to be disturbed as are | all lines of business by war. We don't want to get up any undue excitement but if we are ready and it becomes nec- essary to do any work, all well" Ii was decided to ask all of the schools to
 organize auxiliary branches and re- quest them to send delegates to the executive board. Miss Thompson. of the Lincoln School, who organized the first Junior Branch and Miss Marion Walsh, it's president. were present during the session
 1 Miss c. P. Lett, of the Alameda County Teachers Association, an- nounced that special meeting had
 been called for Saturday morning to discuss the formation of auxiliary l branches.