The San Francisco call., 1904-12-04
LIFE DIPLOMAS
FOR TEACHERS
State Board Of Education
Meets at Sacramento and
Talks on School Affairs
TEXTBOOK DISCUSSION
Publishers Are Warned Not
to Attempt to Influence
the Judgment of Readers
Special Dispatch to The Call


SACRAMENTO, Dec "a meeting
of the State Board Of Education was
held to-day ct the Capitol. Benjamin
Ide Wheeler of the University of Ber-
kelley presided. Besides Professor
Wheeler, the members of the board
present were Samuel T. Black, Fred L.
Burk, J. F. Millspaugh, N. E. Daley,
c. c. Van Lew and State Superintend-
ent of Public instruction T. j. Kirk.
One of the first matters considered by
the board was the action Of the Butte
County Board of Education and the
Board of Trustees Of the Chico High
School in filing charges against George
R Ray, who was q teacher in the High
School at Chico. His accusers were
boys who attended the High School.
Ray, rather than stand an investiga-
ton by the trustees of the school, left
Chico. He returned his diploma to the
State Board of Education and wrote to
that body that he would not attempt
to teach school again. A committee
composed of Benjamin Ide Wheeler, j.
F. Millspaugh and G. G. Van Liew re-
ported that Ray had practically admit
ted the truthfulness of the charges and
recommended that his certificate be re-
voked. The report was adopted.
KIRK MAKES STATEMENT.
Superintendent Kirk submitted let
ter to the board In which he asked to
be set right in the eyes Of the public.
It was to the effect that Principal Fred
l. Burk of the San Francisco High
School had quoted a man in that city
as saying that after every meeting Of
the State text book committee kirk
would call UP the office of the American
Book Company in San Francisco by
telephone and give a detailed account
Of what business had been transacted.
When the letter was read Principal
Burk said his informant had been S. G.
Smith of the firm of CHM & Co., school
book publishers. He said that Smith
had remarked to him that Kirk was
getting too friendly with the American
Book Company.
Smith was present at the meeting of
the board to-day and he said: Il
would be a fool if I did not try to find
out whether a rival firm was trying to
get private or inside information about
the publication of school books"
Professor Burk of the San Francisco
Normal School said th,re should be
free publicity of the names of the read
ers of school text books offered to the
board and publishers of books should
not encroach upon the time Of these
readers to induce them to recommend
any particular book.
President Benjamin Ide Wheeler said
that the board, had provided that pub
fishers of school books should not con-
suit with members about textbooks
an dthat the rule should be enforced.
Professor Burk offered a resolution
to the effect that all business discus
sions between the State Board of Edu-
cation, committees or members and
publishers of books should be In open
meeting, and any attempt on the part
of a company to discuss business with
individuals, or with readers, or to COM
promise a member of the board in any
way to effect his judgment will be suf-
f1cient ground for rejecting any of such
company's books presented for consid-
Grafton.
Professor Burk's resolution was
adopted.
MANY DIPLOMAS GRANTED.
The following high school life diplo-
mas were granted: Corinne Carter, San
!
Illus c. Hammel, Alameda; Charles E.
Keyes, Alameda; Mary Nina Martin,
Los Angeles; Mary A. Pilot, Santa
Clara; Katharine B. Ross. Los Angeles;
Rose Ryan, San Francisco; Kate E.
Smith. Los Angeles; Grace Douglas
Temple, Santa Clara: Charles Lincoln
Williams. San Diego: Leila Glenn Bo
ward, San Bernardino.
Grammar School Life Diplomas
Mary H. Anderson, Los Angeles; Col
die NJ. Bacon, San Joaquin. Berta NJ.
Baker, Fresno; Mary c. Biffer, Los
Angeles; Mrs. Nellie Bradshaw, Mono;
/ Bertha H. Breckenfeld, Los Angeles;
/ Sara Burke, Los Angeles; Eleanor A.
! Carlson, Santa Clara; Nellie M. Cav
/ anaugh, Santa Clara, Mary Jean
/ Clarke, Los Angeles, Ida Bell Clay, Los
Angeles, Ada Hughes Coldwell, Ala
/ media, Adella Cook, Santa Clara; Alice
/ Cecilia Cooper, Los Angeles, Mary f.
/ Cookery, Santa Clara, Sarah Hughes
Cornell, Santa Clara; Mary E. Crow
foot, Fresno; Janet NJ Cutter, Santa
/ Clara; Ona V. Dick, Los Angeles; Ro-
! setta G. Fishburn, Los Angeles; Grace
! A. Fogg, San Joaquin; Mabel K. Fox,
! Shasta; Christine Gansner, Plumas;
Carrie E. Ganter, Mendocino; Georgia
L. Garrison, Fresno; Virginia Ellis
Garrison, Fresno; Laura Cronkite
Geisendorfer, Sacramento; Grace N.
Gibson, Alameda; E, P. Gleason, Yuba;
Margaret E. Click, Los Angeles;
Alice Haney. Fresno: Hobart w. Helix
en-, Santa Clara; Bette NJ. Heiskell,
Fresno; Emma Hiatt, San Diego; Julia
A. Jones, Mendocino; Blanche A. Kious,
Santa Clara; Mary I. Kirtley. Mendo-
cino; Mary Koerber, Santa Clara; Mar
tha E. Laird, Los Angeles; Clarence
Wilt Leininger. Trinity; Maude c. Mar
tin, Fresno; Elizabeth Carroll Nc
Carthy, Los Angeles; Carrie A. Miller,
Los Angeles; Mabel Minard. Fresno;
Kathrene Myers, Los Angeles; Eliza P.
Myrick. Los Angeles; Alice r. Nor
ton, Santa Clara; Anna ]. O'Connor,