Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-30
Mayor Schmitz Sends Out an Appeal for Help to Keep
 Up Education.
THlRTY-F0UR SCHOOLS
 WERE BURNED OUT.
Over Twenty Thousand ChiI- dren Are Without School Ac- commodationS, and Country at Large Must Help,

An appeal has been sent out from San Francisco for aid in the restoTa- tion of it's schools. The following circular signed by Mayor Schmitz, Aaron Altman. president of the board of education, and Alfred Roncovieri, superintendent of schools. has been sent out:
 Thirty-rour schools were burned after the earthquake of April 1S,, 1906- As a consequence more than 400 teachers ana 10000 children have no class rooms.
 The great destruction of property, the extraordinary demands upon the public purse in every direction and the absorption of individuals and off cials in their special interests, leave the school authorities confronted with the prospect of inte1nninable de- lay in the erection of new buildings unless outside ard is secured
 The following telegram was receiv- ed while the great fire was raging, and the offer therein was gratefslly accepted:
 GALVESTON, Tex, April 20, 1906 A Roncovicri, Supt. Public Schools, San Francisco. Cal: Galveston public schools were rebuilt and maintained after the great storm of 1900 by vol untary contributions from the school children of the United States. Will you accept contributions from Gal weston school children to aid ia re- storing your public schools? An swer. LOVENBERG, ''Supt. Schools.
 ''JNO. w. HOPKINS.
 ''PreSt. School Board"
 Many other generous subscriptions
 have been received, and in order that l this movement may become known, the mayor. the board of education and | superintendent of schools have been constituted a committee to be called 1 the school reconstruction committee, | empowered to receive such subscrip- l tions as may be rendered for the pur pose of rebuilding our destroyed l schools.
 For the present schools are being | conducted in tents furnished by the United States military authorities in Golden Gate Park. Soldiers serve as 1 truant officers; a drill sergeant puts the boys through setting-up exercises Stow lake furnishes opportunity for l swimming lessons, so that the boys aud girls are enjoying the summer 1 session, but the cold winds of the winter season and the driving rains will transform the enjoyment to mis-
 cry. Temporary structures must be
 uullzed, but the great need is expe- dition in the erection of our perma, nent school houses.
 1 The first cash contribution came from the boys and girls of Broken Arrow. Creek Nation, Indian Terri
 tory-a beautiful illustration of the
 kinship of the peoples of our beloved country.
 l Portland, Ore, has sent us word i that her citizens will build for us a school building to be named the 1 Portland school.
 San Francisco is cosmopolitan
 city to a degree hardly appreciated beyond her gates, except by those l thousands of tourists who have learn,
 ed to love our beautiful city by the
 Golden Gate through a brief sojourD 1 III OuT Ac "OlIN, has an interest in us to an unusual
 extent, and we confidently await the assistance we so screly need.
 These are the facts: Thirty-two buildings destroyed. General impairment of finances. 1 Six million dollars needed to rebuild l school houses 1 Move than 400 teachers without | employment.
 Over 10000 children without school
 accommodations.
 The school reconstruction commit l tee stands ready to supply printed
 matter, plans for raising funds in schools. cities, counties or states; | will furnish literary articles for edu-
 cational publications and assist in | every way the general movement to ! rebuild San Francisco's shool houses The school reconstruction commit. tee has its headquarters in the Elmer
 son school building, Pine and Scott
 streets. San Francisco. where Ill com
 munications should be addressed
 Each and every one into whose hands this appeal may come is asked to further this movement by all T. cans in his power.