Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-25
CURTAINS DO NOT
MATCH THE WALLS
PERPLEXlNG PROBLEM BEFORE
SCHOOL BOARD
Members Fall to Harmonlze Tints and
Are Unable to Suggest Satlsfac-
tory Solution of Vexing
Situation

| One Of the most perplexing problems
of the year and one that has made the
school bond proposition and the ques
tion of housing the children go to the
background of events formed the sub
Ject of weighty discussion before the
regular meeting of the board of educa
tion yesterday afternoon.
The cause of all the trouble arose
over an insignificant purchasing COM
mittee report which read as follows:
Your purchasing committee finds
that the walls of the rooms of the poly
technic high school are not tinted in
accordance with rule 40 of the board.
they being of much lighter shade than
that required by the said rule. On this
account the window shades of the color
provided in said rule do not harmonize
with the tinting of the walls and 1t has
been practically impossible to obtain
shades of a color that will so har-
monize."
Color Question
Now what is to be done is the ques-
ton before the board. Shall the walls
be made to correspond with the color of
to correspond with the color of the
walls?
Through the resignation of John s.
Slauson yesterday the board has lost
one of its most active members, and a
further vacancy will be made Monday.
J,I d he
board, will sail for Guam with his
daughter on a visit to his son-in-law.
Only a limited amount of business
can be transacted until the vacancies
are filled on the board and this may
cause confusion in the arrangements
attending the first week of school.
The following report was made yes
terday by the teachers committee:
your teachers committee reports
recommending:
THAT the following designations be
accepted: Laura Fredendall, Louise j.
Satterlee, Bertha L. Evans, Katherine
A. Tourney and Hattie E. Andrews.
THAT leaves of absence be granted as
| follows: To Eva M. Frank, Rose
Mohan, Bertha Fitzmier Julia II. Pen
| field, Agnes E. Daniels, Emma A. Wal
tenspiel, Mrs. Lillian Bradford and
Frances Bristor to end of first term;
Josephine G. Lewis to April, 1906; Mrs.
Caroline B. Amos to November 20, 1906
Mary A. Davis to December 4; Mrs.
Henrietta Nisbet to October %; Eleanor
j. Rogers, Mary A. Knapp, Julia A.
Carey and Katharine Ward to October
g; Ernest D. Snow to November 27, and
Leetta Barber to October 2S.
Transfers and Assignments
THAT the following transfers be
made: E. J.. Lickley from eighth grade
San Pedro street, to principalship. Par
entail school; I. P. Thurston from sew
enth grade, San Pedro street, to eighth
grade, San Pedro street; Mabel L.
House from Santa Fe avenue, to San
| Pedro street, Mr.. Thurston's place;
Elsie Sienank from Casco street, to
E'ifty-fouth avenue, Miss Mohans
place; Mrs. Grace Louthian from Wash
| ington street, to Casco street, Miss
| Sienank's place; Maud H. Lanktree
from Alpine street, to Union avenue,
Mrs. Robbins place; Mae Johnson from
San Pedro street, to Jefferson street.
Miss Meyerle's place; Mrs. Margaret
| Robbins from Union avenue, to FIRE.
mont avenue, Miss Daniels place;
Mary A. Woodworth from Fourteenth
street, to Thirtieth street, Miss Fitz-
miers' place; Mrs. Frances de Camp
| from Fremont avenue, to Union avenue,
as acting kindergarten director; Janet
Fraser from Grand avenue, to Vernon
avenue, Miss Kellogg's place; Cora
Parker assistant, from Gates street,
to director. same school; Minnie S.
Baxter from Gates street, to Solano
avenue, Miss Lawrences place; Ida 1.
Lawrence from Solano avenue. to Gates
street, Miss Baxter's place; Elizabeth
Meyerl from Jefferson street. to Alpine
street, Miss Lanktree's place; Lucie
Alexander from First street, to Twenti-
eth street, P. M. acting director; Helen
| Downing from high school, to Polytech-
mic high.
THAT the following assignments be
made: Marie Widney Gates street.
Miss Satterlee's place; Lena H. Christ
ion, Thirty-ninth street, Miss Knapp's
place; Corinne Davis, Ann street, Mrs.
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