The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-14
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
LARGE NUMBER OF DIPLOMAS
GRANTED YESTERDAY.
Charges Against Several Teachers
Taken Up and Disposed Of
Finally.

Inc quarterly meeting of the state
Board of Education was held In Super
mtendent Of Public instruction Kirk s
Office yesterday, there being present
Professors Pierce, Black, Randall, Rit-
ter and Superintendent Kirk Profess
sors Kellogg and Brown of the State
University arrived later in the day.
In the matter of the application OF
s Phillip Condit for High School life di-
poma, Superintendent Kirk reported
that the applicant had made no report
4 since the last meeting of the board L,
( will be remembered that about two
years ago Condit applied to the faculty
o. the State University for post-gradu-
ate course, representing that he held
i degree of B. S. from the Oberiin Col
lege and a degree of a similar character
from the Colorado State" 1t was
shown upon investigation that the paper
received by Condit from the Colorado
State" was in reality a certificate issued
by the Colorado State Board of Edu-
cation. The degree from Oberlin Colleg
3 was not forthcoming. At the last meet
ing of the board Condit was granted
further time to substantiate his state
ments made to the faculty of the State
University.
! 1t was stated by Superintendent Kirk
that the Humboldt authorities and Mr.
Condit had effected compromise and
that the latter had resigned his position
; as principal of the High School
Mr.. Black said that while it was pcs
sible for Condit to enter into a compro-
mise with the Eureka people, the State
Board of Education was another propo-
Sltion. He moved inasmuch as Condi
hac made no report to the board, thai
ms application for a High School life
diploma be denied, and it was so ordered
by a unanimous vote
Several applications for High Schoo
diplomas by teachers who had taught
advanced classes in the grammar
Z schools of Redding were denied, the
board holding that the necessary High
School experience for teachers was fixel
by statute and could not be modified by
any action of the board
For a. year and over the board has
y had under consideration the matter OF
the life diploma granted to Miss Ella
ID. Ale of San Diego, on her grammar
grade certificate. The matter was frs
brought to the attention of the State
board by several members of the Sar
Diego county board, who made a writ
ten statement to the effect that the
woman's grammar grade certificate haG
( been granted upon the statement thai
she was a graduate of a Pennsylvania
Normal School, and that it had beer
learned by them that she never gradu
ated from such Normal School.
Judge J. w. Mcdonald of San Diego
appeared for Miss Ale and urged tina
the matter could not properly be actet
on by the State board until the county
board should have taken steps to annu
her grammar grade certificate, the If,
diploma issued by the board having
been. based upon the grammar grad,
issued by the county board.
A resolution was finally adopted t.
the effect that the charges were not il
such form as to warrant action by tn,
State board. And SO the matter re
mains as it was. As a matter of fact
specific charges have never been filec
in Miss Ale's case.
In passing upon the list of applicant
for life diplomas, Superintendent Kirl
noticed the name of T. Fletcher Whar
ton and called halt. He said that /,
Fresno County Wharton was in i'll re
pute. Upon looking up the records i
was found that while the application
Tor the diploma came through recon
mendation of the Sonoma County board
wharton had never taught there. ant