The San Francisco call., 1899-02-09
DIRECTORS CUT
THE BUSINESS
TEACHERS PAY
No More Singing in
High Schools.
MISSION STONE CONTRACTED
"HEAD TEACHERS" ABOLISHED
IN THE POLYTECHNIC.
The Appeal to the Supreme Court in
the Ki1nafricL Noca yn;11
MISSION STONE CONTRACTED
"HEAD TEACHERS" ABOLISHED
IN THE POLYTECHNIC.
The Appeal to the Supreme Court in
the Fitzpatrick Case Will
Now Be With
drawn.

The Board Of Education last evening
made number of changes and reductions
in the salaries of Polytechnic teachers
which were as follows:
Miss X. c. Fay. bookkeeping to receive
800 per month; Miss B. r. Durkee, book
keeping, SIS; Miss Lille White, bookkeep-
ing, $50: Miss B. B. Conway and Miss
Leila Richards, teachers of stenography
$50 each; p. A. Espina, penmanship, SIS:
Miss E. Rademaker. bookkeeping. will
still be paid $50; Mrs Spencer to teach the
class from the Mission High School the
Pitman system of shorthand. sSO
These changes would save $135 per
month but for the fact of Mrs. Spencer s
employment as an extra teacher, which
makes a net gain of only sos in the school.
The positions in the Polytechnic desig-
mated as head or assistant" teacher
in the bookkeeping department are abol-
ished, the principal in future occupying
this exalted position.
The sewing class of Miss eastman, in
the Franklin grammar school, will be dis
continued, and. the. singing. classes have
been cut out of the high schools
For vacations the city schools will be
second week of October. They will also
close this year June 16 and open July 81.
Lincoln Day will be observed the 18th of
this month
The secretary of the board was instruct
ed to notify the Legislature now in ses-
sion that it is the desire Of the Board of
provision be made fol, the. relief of Pro
fessor j. c.. Pelton, the founder Of the
public school system of this State.
communication Msao was s+,I received from
understood that the board is clearly
under the impression that the
School Department was entitled to
one-half of s1.217.140. He also stated
that it was a question whether he could
pay any money to the teachers who took
part of that Sl29,500 overpaid money with
Treasurer the amount Judge Seawell says
was Illegally paid them. 1t was placed
on file.
The leave of absence of Miss Fannie
Davis was extended to June 1, 1899
The estimated monthly expenditures of
the department were given as follows:
Teachers salaries, $4,000; .janitors, $1,000;
supplies. $3.50; printing. $500; finance. ailce
1890; rents. S700; extras. $1,000. Total. Sl01.-
400. The January teachers salaries are
in excess of the above $500, and the office
and shop expenses of that month are In
an excess of S400.
The judiciary Committee recommended
that no appeal to the Supreme Court be
made in the case of Katherine Ball. as no
decision could possibly be reached during
the life of this board, and any decision
would be of little or no value as a prece-
dent under the New Charter. The COM
Ulllee dlSO lildl Tile GDDeal
in the case of E. C. Fitzpatrick be dis
missed, as technically the accused did not
have fair and impartial trial, because
the directors sitting in judgment on fim
and whose votes were necessary for his
conviction and removal from his position
AS principal of the Business Evening
School were so implicated in the charges
that an acquittal of fitzpatrick would
practically have been a conviction of
themselves No evidence of his guilt in
any manner had been shown. hence there
W, hnl hnf fhn Crr
preme Court would reverse the decision
of the lower court. which had decided for
him.
The bid for artificial stone copinss,