The San Francisco call., 1899-07-20
INVESTIGATION
OF McNAUGHTON
Normal School Trustees
Take Action.
DATE SET FOR AN INQUIRY
ACCUSED PRINCIPAL MUST DIS
PROVE CHARGES.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN JOSE, July 19-The Trustees of
the State Normal School met to-day to
select a faculty for the ensuing year
Great interest centered in. the meeting
because of the charges against Profes.
sor James McNaughton, the new prin-
cipal, and on account of the report OF
the alumni committee on the charac-
ter and morals of that person. Several
changes were made in the faculty, ana
1t was decided to investigate the Nc
NaughtOn case. All members of the
board were present, as follows: Dr.
H. c. Brown, president, San Jose;
George A. Sweigert. San Jose; Frank
w. Leavitt, Oakland; George w.
Pierce, DavisviIle; Frank H. Short,
Fresno; T. ]. Kirk, State Superinten-
dent of Public Instruction, and Miss
Elizabeth Blaisdell, secretary.
At 2:30 the board met and settled
down to business. All was cut and
dried, and under the direction of
Leavitt, the programme went through
like a CREASED slate at a ward primary.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read, and then McNaughtOn read his
list of nominations for the various posi-
tiOns of the faculty. Leavitt moved its
adoption, and was seconded by SWe1-
gert. The list, with salaries, is as fol-
lows:
Norris E. Daily, vice-principaI, S22JO.
Elizabeth McKinnon, preceptress, $1,000.
Department of Natural Science-R. S.
Holway, $1,000: /. B. Wilson. $500; Lucy
NJ. Washburn, $500; Volney Rattan, $500;
Ettie Kinny. $1,000.
Professional Department-,C. J. c. Ben
nett .!59 $59o G. L Riace $3.50 9Ijo6 E. L. Find
Department of English-H. NJ Bland,
1890; Anne Nicholson, $1400; Gertrude
Payne, $l4O0; Chloe Daniels. $l4O0 J.
Thompson $500; Carrie II. Bradley, $1300.
Department of Mathematics-N. L. II.
Arnold. $500; Harriet Corey. $500; Una s.
Fowler. sl200: Flora Beale, $1200
Department of History-Norris Z. Daily,
Agnes r. Howe, $1200
Department of Music-J. H. Elwood,
$500
Department of Drawing and Mental
Training-Gerhard School, $500; Louise
Maitland, $1,000; James E. Addicott, $500.
Curator of MuSeum-A. E. Bush, 5000.
Librarian-Ruth Royce, $1200
Miss Elizabeth Blaisdel was re-
elected secretary Of the board and sec
retary of the principal Paul Arnerich
was elected to the position of janitOr at
q salary of $500 yearly. he TO furnish
two assistants. S. b. Hunkins was re-
elected treasurer Of the school John
Echart was chosen as engineer at a sal
ary Of $83 33 a month. J. Cornell was
elected Watchman at a salary of $40
month.
The report of the Alumni committee
on the Professor McNaUghton case
came up. on motion of Pierce
it was read in full. During the
reading Leavitt said he had to
leave to catch a train. At this the
other members demurEed. He left, but
returned in half hour, having failed
to make connection with the train.
At the conclusion of the reading a
n &C tn 10 Of
disposing of the report. Short wanted
it left to the executive committee to re-
port at a future meeting. Superinted-
ent Kirk said the charges were very
serious, and he intimated he would like
to hear from McNaughton, who was
present, but the latter did not answer.
Eli Wright, a member of the investi-
cation committee, said that since the
report was filed 4 number of letters
were received from Tempe, Ariz.. that
tended to SubStantiate the charges
against the character Of MCNaughton.
Leavitt intimated the committe had not
acted in fairness. and had received
number of letters favorable to Nc
Naughton and had suppressed them.
Wright denied this. and he also de-
MED that he had heard the charges had
been investigated in Arizona. President
Brown said McNaughton had, in a let
ter to the alumni committee, said he
would demand a full investigation of
the charges, and asked McNaughton if
he had done so. McNaughtOn replied he
had not but would do so right away,
and Immediately retired to his private
office. However, it was not done.
After many plans for investigation
were discussed, a motion of Leavitt to
hold it at an open meeting of the board.
to which all persons Interested would
be invited, the date to be July 81, at 10
o'clock was adopted. Professor Nc
Naughton was requested to present any
evidence that he might have in his own
defense.
The principal changes In the faculty
are the election of Norris r. Daily of
Fresno to the vice principalship and H
NJ. Bland to the English department,
and the dismissal of Miss Cornela Wal
L.