The San Francisco call., 1905-05-07
FAVORS SCHOOL
FOR JAP PANESE
Board Takes Stand Against
the CoeducatiOn of White
and Mongolian Pupils
DECLARES IT BANEFUL
Says Situation Is Serious
Through the Great Number
of Brown Men i'm the City

The Board of Education held a spe-
cial meeting yesterday and took a de-
termined stand against the admission
of Chinese and Japanese pupils to
schools where white children are being
educated. The board unanimously
adopted resolutions declaring itself op-
posed to the promiscuous association
of white and Mongolian pupils, and de-
claring it's policy to favor in future the
establishment of separate schools for
Chinese and Japanese pupils. The. reso-
luton follows in full:
Whereas, The attention of the Board
of Education of this city and county
in it's visits of inspection to the differ
ent schools has been repeatedly di-
rected toward the attendance of chill
dren of Japanese descent as pupils, and
the evil consequences liable to result
,therefrom through the indiscriminate
association of children Of different
races; and
Whereas, Section 1862 of the State
Political Code of California, the con-
stitutionality of this section having
been upheld and sustained by our Su-
preme Court, vests City Boards of Edu-
cation with the power to establish
separate schools for the accommoda-
ton of children of Indian, Mongolian or
Chinese descent, and further provides
that when such. separate schools are
established, that Indian, Chinese or
Mongolian children must not be ad-
mitted TO other. schools of our public
school system: and
Whereas, 1t is the sense of the mem
bers of the Board of Education that the
admission of children of Japanese or
Mongolian descent as pupils of our
common schools is contrary to the
spirit and the letter of the law, and
that the indiscriminate association of
such pupils with Caucasian children is
baneful and demoralizing in the ex-
treme, the ideas entertained and prac-
anese affiliations being widely diver
gent from those of Americans; and
Whereas, The school situation has
become serious through the great num-
bers of Japanese in our midst, many
instances of American children being
excluded from schools by Japanese
pupils. through the right of priority of
admission Incidental to lack of ade-
quate accommodation and room,
through no fault or neglect of this de-
partment, attributable to the INSULT
cheney of funds; therefore be It
Resolved, That the Board of Edu-
cation is determined in its efforts to
effect the establishment of separate
schools for Chinese and Japanese pu-
pills, not only for the purpose of re-
lieving the congestion at present pre-
vailing in our schools, but also for the
higher end that our children should not
be placed in any position where their
youthful impressions may be affected
by association with pupils of the Mon
golian race"
The resolution was adopted as the
result of a petition filed by the Meth
odist ministers of San Francisco, ask
ing the Board of Education not to ex-
clude japanese pupils from the schools,
and protesting against the establish
ment of separate schools for their edu-
cation. The petitioners referred to the
voluntary withdrawal of many Jap
anese pupils and suggested that a
separate school be established for back
ward pupils to which would be admit
ted children of any nationality.
School Directors Roncovieri, Walsh,
Altman and Boyle expressed them
selves strongly in favor of the resolu-
ton as adopted. They expressed the
opinion that the association of white
and Mongolian pupils is demoralizing
to the former, and that in future the
indiscriminate practice would not be
permitted. AS soon as the condition Of
the school funds will permit, the board
will set aside some school for japanese
pupils, just as there is now one for the
finn of Chinese n1Infls