Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-27
DR.. M|LLSPAUGH
HAS WITHDRAWN
SCHOOL BOARD DEFERS THE
SUPERINTENDENT
Sites for New Buildings Are Being
Acqulred-Arbor and Bird Day
Fixed for March 10.
Cadets Authorized

At the meeting Of the board of educa-
ton last evening the old story was re-
iterated in not electing a superin-
tendent.
There was no reference made in the
board meeting regarding the prospec-
tive superintendent, excepting the ac-
ton taken regarding the straightfor-
ward letter which was received by the
secretary from Prof j. +. Millspaugh,
president of the state normal school.
The letter expressed deep feeling Of
gratitude toward the members of the
board for their appreciation of Lis
ability in naming him as one of the
candidates for superintendent of the
city schools, but respectfully requested
the withdrawal Of his name as a candi-
date for the position.
The report of the building committee
was adopted, recommending that the
secretary be instructed to advertise for
proposals for a school site near the
corner of Seventeenth street and Mag
nolia avenue. Action was taken re-
garding the purchase of school lots in
the southern part of the city, subject to
receiving the bond money.
Arbor and Bird Day
Superintendent Foshay recommended
that the afternoon of March 16 be de-
voted to the holding of exercises in
connection with the subject of arbor
day and bird day.
The finance committee reported the
need of building accommodations for
pupils for cookery in the section conf
prising Sentous, Berendo, Hoover
Tenth and Cambria setreet schools. It
was recommended that a temporary
building be erected at Berendo street
and equipped as cooking rooms to ac-
commodate pupils from those schools.
The decoration committee recon-
mended that the civic association in it's
endeavor to beautify the school grounds
be assisted by having placed wooden
coping on the east side of the Grand
avenue building, two feet from the
building and on the north side of the
school lot, two feet from the fence.
1t was also recommended that the fore
man assist the association in decorating
the school grounds under the direction
of the decoration committee.
designations, Etc.
The designations of Mary e. Mills and
Eva e. Stone were read and accepted.
Leaves of absence were granted to
Emma e. Dunn, from February 25 to
March rs; Maud Thomas to June 30 and
Winnie Kenworth, from March 8 to
June 80; also that J. W. Utter, Michael
LuCey, fTaIlClS "A. STeeD anu flIld Lid
Bow be elected as substitute teachers
for the primary and grammar grades
and Lulu Diffenbacher be elected as
substitute teacher in the sloyd depart
ment; that the following assignments
and tranfers be made: G. I. Knight
volunteer kindergarten assistant to the
Utah street school; Julia Hook, to the
first grade afternoon session at the
Thirty ninth street school; Ida M.
Dave, fifth grade, Twenty-first avenue
school; Jessie A. Lotspiech to the un-
graded classes at the Fourteenth street
school; Nellie Bennett, AL afternoon
sessions at the Ninth street school; NJ
Louise Johnston, fourth grade at the
First street school, and Iona A. Ely,
AS and BIG at the First street school,
and that Pearl Patterson be transferred
from the substitute to the regular list
of teachers.
Various plans were made for the high
and Polytechnic high schools, among
which was the permission to organize
a permanent military company at the
high school to be denominated 1.-THE
Los Angeles High School Cadets" 1t
was also voted to equip the members
of the company with suitable uniforms
and guns.