The San Francisco call., 1905-01-14
TEACHERS AIM
IS REALIZED
Board Transfers Three Tu-
tors Who Complained of
Principal Lyser's Rule
PLEA FOR FAIRGROUNDS
Langdon Submits Report Rec
ommending Use of Yards
After Hours by Pupils
PLEA FOR FAIRGROUNDS

The Board of Education yesterday
carried out its announced intention to
reorganize the James Lick Grammar
School because of complaints filed by
s. twelve teachers against their principal,
Albert Lyser. The board adopted a
resolution providing that the primary
classes of the school be transferred to
the Noe Valley Primary School, and
that the grammar classes of the Noe
Valley School be transferred to the
James Lick Grammar School, thus
making it strictly a grammar school.
Miss j. c. Evans, Miss l.. NJ Simp-
son and Mrs. Hattie B. Steele, who
we're among the complainants against
Lyser, were transferred respectively to
the Spring Valley, Noe Valley and Irv-
ing primary schools, thus realizing
their desires to be relieved from Lyser's
rule.
NJ. E. Blanchard, temporarily in
charge of the Hancock Grammar
School, was transferred to the Mission
High School as assistant teacher; to
take effect January 16.
A. NJ. Armstrong was temporarily
relieved from duty as head of the de-
partment of classics in the Mission
High School and placed is charge of
the Hancock Grammar School.
A. j. Cloud was elected a teacher of
English and forenscs and assigned to
=. the Lowell High School, subject to the
probationary period of two years.
Miss Avalin +. Johnson, a teacher in
the South End Primary School, OBJ
tanned a leave of absence from January
10 to the end of the mid-spring term
vacation.
MiSS I AoTNoaroI ,,-o- +~o,.f.rro7
from the Spring Valley Grammar
School to the Denman Grammar School
during the leave of Miss c. NJ. Nc
Donnell
Miss Grace Fitzpatrick was trans
ferred from the Irving Primary School
to the James Lick Grammar School.
superintendent Langdon submitted
a report recommending that the school
yards be opened for Fairgrounds and
the school buildings for reading rooms
and lecture halls. The report, which
met with the appropriation of the
board, says:
The Superintendent office has been consid-
ering for some months the larger of our
schooI properties for public education. We
nave SIG0OOO invested in schoolhouses and
grounds. Most of this property is in use five
hours day for ten months in the year
few schoolhouses render an additional service
for night school. No business establishment
would allow valuable a property to lie idle
over half the time, when it might be used in
iurtherance OF its ends. Schools are designed
Tor the mental. moral and physical education
or children and, as far possible, should
stimulate and encourage self educa ton in
adults. Recognizing this many OF our large
cities are opening their schoolyards for play
grounds and the school buildings for reading
rooms and lecture halls. Our night schools
are doing yoeman service in Offering instruc-
tion to those to whom circumstances deny the
benent of the day schools. But this does not
fully meet the need.
The Superintendent's office has made study
of chfdrens games and plays and is prepared
to make this a department of school work
We aware that funds are not now avail
able to get the greatest educational use from
our school houses and grounds, but we recon-
mend that beginning be made and that there
be provision in next years budget to extend
the work. The playground is perhaps the
most urgent need at present The grounds
at the Hancock Lafayette and Rincon schools
should be open to the children from 80 to
$3.50 and from to IL and to each Satur-
handball. bean board, quots and similar
games Offering good physical development. ex-
ercise of judgment and control of temper.
Each of these grounds should BE- provided with
caretaker to protect school property and
direct the play. The time in the playground
should be equally divided between the girls
and tht boys. each coming alternate days
Further details will be worked out and pre-
sented if this recommendation meets with the
approval Of the board.
Roncovieri said that the improve
ments described would be carried out
if the funds could be obtained from the
Supervisors.