The San Francisco call., 1906-07-08
GGODkY SUMFOR
SCHOOLS FROM
BALTIMORE.
Children of the Maryland
City Forward One Thou
sand Dollars to the Fund
MOVEMENT SUCCESS
Responses to Appeal to Help
Erect Buildings Coming
From All Parts Of Country

The school children of Baltimore
have raised $1,000 for the reconstruc-
tion fund Of the School Department Of
this city. Yesterday afternoon Super
intendent Roncovieri received a letter
from Superintendent Van Sicklen Of the
former city telling OF the generosity of
the children. The Baltimore educator
also lnclosed several newspaper clfp-
pings describing the busy scenes that
We're enacted when the children brought
IN their contributions. Concerning the
incident superintendent Van Sicklen
writes:
The secretarys office in the School
Administration Building. Madison and
Lafayette avenues. looked like a mint
ana bank combined on the afternoon
oL June 20 Half the furniture in the
room was filled with money. On the
table reposed a shoe box half full of
pennies. and another held quarters and
dimes. The desk was well nigh filled
with paper bags full of pennies done up
neatly in packages. Several tin boxes
were pressed into service. All the
compartments in the safe were chock
Illl OF coin bags and boxes.
thousands of envelopes were bought
and distributed in every school in the
city, the children being at liberty to
put IN them any amount from penny
up The children told their parents
about the scheme and in some senvel-
opes greenbacks were placed by the
generous and Well-to-dO. The children
themselves responded nobly, practical
ly all making a contribution. The en-
velopes Were sealed and sent TO- the
Administration Building yesterday.
Those in the Office were kept busy all
day tearing open the envelopes, shak-
ing out the money and counting it. The
result Of the DAYS labor was $1,000
for the memorial school fund.
The head Of the local School Depart
ment is also in receipt of a letter from
Anna D. Pollard. superintendent Of the
SCuthington School, Southington, Conn
in which she states the children there
are getting ready to send a donation to
san Francisco. which viii probably ar
rive after the fall term opens.
Superintendent Phillips of Lewiston,
Ne, sent $50 through his State Super
iatendent. ". ". Stetson, as the dona-
ticn Of his school Further amounts
20 Ceived Yesterday morning by the
school reconstruction committee were
Sl1.15 from historic Gettysburg, Pa.
$40 from District No. "a Lane County
or, sI1 from the children Of Athens
Borough schools Pa; sl4es from Grand
Junction. Colo; S25 from Norwalk. Los
Angeles County
= cordial reception is being given 70
the Illustrated leaflets which the
School Reconstruction Committee is
sending out from its headqua rters at
week about 5000 packa Ees. each con
tanning several hundred of these com
positions. have been transported free
OF charge by the different express com
panies Of the United states. Superin-
lendenI Christensen of salt Lake City
in letter received today telfs Of the
great pleasure that he has had in read
ing these interesting and entertaining
compositions. state superintendent
Ramer Of South Dakota writes that he
viii further the movement by every
means within his power upon the re-
opening Of his schools in September.
The same news is gained in a letter
from state Superintendent Mark of
Louisville. Ky.
Territorial Superintendent Hiram
Hadley. Of New Mexico. forwards TO
superintendent Roncovieri $3.50, as
the contribution OF the school children
Of New Mexico. toward the restoring
OF the school buildings in San Fran
cisco. He writes that this sum will
be increased in the fall when his
schools have opened again. Further
amounts added to the fund this morn
ing were: Sherwood, ore, by School
District No. 81. Clackamas County, $40:
Marinette, Wis, s4251; Tewksbury
district. Lowell, Mass, s5.17, and North
Redding. Mass. sl.79.
Mr.. Harvey Of Lowell High School
has been added TO the staff of efficient
workers who are directing the school
reconstruction campaign from this end.
Besides the thirty-five Commercial
High School girls, who are assisting
in the good work by their skillful use
Of the typewriter Miss Garbarino and
Mrs. Reeves. Of Commercial High
School, and Mr.. Cloud Of Lowell High
School are in charge Of different de-
partments Of the work.