The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-19


 resolution:
 Resolved, That the board of education is determined in it's efforts to effect the establishment of separate schools for Chinese and Japanese pupils, not only for the purpose of relieving the conges- tion at present prevailing in our schools, but also for the higher end that our children should not be placed in any position where their youthful impressons may be affected by associa- tion with pupils of the Mongolian race.
 And on october il the board past the following resolution:
 Resolved, That in accordance with Artocle X, section, 1862, of the school law of California, principals are hereby directed to send all Chinese, Japanese or Korean children to the OriC ltal pub lie school, situated on the south side of Clay street, between Powell and Mason streets, on and after Monday October 13, 1906.
 The action of the board in the pas sage of the resolutions of May 6, 1905, and October il, 1906, was undoubtedly largely influenced by the activity of the Japanese and Korean Exclusion League, an organization formed for the purpose of securing the enactment by the Congress of the United States of law extending the provisions of the ex- isting Chinese exclusion act so as to exclude Japanese and Koreans. The league claims a membership in the state of California of 7S,50O, three- fourths of which membership is said to be in the city of San Francisco, The membership s composed almost entirely of members of labor organizations. Section ?, article ?, of the constitution of the league is as follows: The league as such shall not adopt any measures of discrimination against any Chinese, Japanese or Koreans now or hereafter lawfully resident in the United States,
 Yet, on October 22, 1905, at meeting of the league held in San Francisco, as reported in the San Francisco Chroni- cle of October 23, 1905, 8 resolution was adopted by the league instructing its executive committee to appear before the board of education and petition for separate schools for the Mongolian children of San Francisco.
 Prior to the action of the league, the board of education, as I am informed, received many protests from citizens of San Francisco, whose children were att tending the public schools, against Jap anese being permitted to attend those schools. These protests were mainly lagainst Japanese boys and men ranging 1 from 16 to 22, 23 and "A years of age att Itending the primary grades and sitting beside little girls and boys of and s years of age. When these complaints became known to Japanese residents, I am informed that some of the older pu- pills left the primary grades.
 On the day when the order of October Ii went into effect, viz, October 15, there were attending the public schools of the city of San Francesca 93 Japanese pupils These pupils were distributed among 2S schools of the primary grades. There are eight grades in the public schools of San Francisco, the first grade being the lowest and the eighth the highest-graduate of the eighth grade going into the High school. Of this total of 93 pupils, 68 were born in Japan and 25 in the Uni | ted States. Those born in the United States would, of course, under secton 1 of Article XIV of the Constitution of the United States, be citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside, and as such subject to the laws of the nation as well as of the state.
 The ages of the pupils attending the public schools on the day when the or der went into effect ranged from to 20 years A list of pupils attending the schools, which list gives the name of each pupil, name of school, age of pu- pill, grade, place of birth and sex, is hereto attached. It will be observed that those born in the United States occupy about the same position in the different grades as American children ! of the same age, while those born in Japan are very much older.
 The number of schools in San Fran cisco prior to April IS was 76. Of this number 2S primary or grammar schools and 2 high schools were destroyed by fire, and 1 high school was destroyed by earthquake, leaving 45 schools. Since April IS 27 temporary structures have been erected, making the total number of school buildings at the present time 72
 The Orental school, the school set apart for the Chinese, Japanese and Korean children, is in the burned sec i 9o ctt dent attending this school at the pres ent time, and there are no Japanese children attending any of the other public schools. I visited the oriental school in company with the Japanese consul and found it to compare favor ably with many of the new temporary structures erected in the city. The course of instruction is exactly the same as at the other public schools, and competent teachers are assigned for duty in this school Nearly all of | the pupils attending this school have to be taught the English language.
 An examination of the map attached hereto will at once clearly show that il will be absolutely impossible for chill dren residing in the remote sections of the city to attend the Oriental school. The conditions in San Francisco are such, owing to the great confiagration, ] that it would not be possible even for i grown children living at remote dis l tances to attend this school If the ac- ton of the board stands, then, and if no schools are provided in addition to the one mentioned, it seems that a mum