The San Francisco call., 1906-06-08

AS one walks down the lower hallway
of the Emerson School his ears are
racked by an incessant clicking of type
writers. He opens the door to super
intendent Roncovieri's room and sees
thirty-fve young operators typing
away for dear life on their machines to
send out all over the United states and.
in fact, all over the world. copies of LEFT
ters which VIII bring to San Francisco
a shower OF gold to rebuild her burned
schoolhouses.
These typewriter girls-numberin~
aimost exactly one for each schooIhouse
burned in the great conf1aRration-are
students at the Commercial High school
VINO are assisting the school reconstrue-
uon committee in carrying out its great
plan for rehabilitation
AFTER the recent tussle with brute na-
ture the School Department. took stock
OF l,s losses. and found that $4,000. 600
would De required to erect firenroof
structures sufficient to house>the Dvonnr
ioea or the new: metropolis Even he
fore this Investigation had been com
pieted. however, such general move
ment Tor the establishment of a rebuild
ing 1und had gained headway amon1
.ne lriends OF education that the de-
f1N-- e-AtSAAt ACll- -ilO x4cSlIanCY IN sanction
ing the acceptance of the moneys so
raised. since they were to be devoted fo
such noble use. A reconstruction COM
mlttee, consisting of Mayor Schnaitz fhA
members of the Board of Education, AMI
superintendent Roncovieri, was formed
10 direct the campaign To Deputy Su
perintendent Macurda was intrustcd the
task OF organizing practical system
Tor o-ordinating the work throughout
this and other lands. He has divides
the work into several departments.
placing in charge of each some teacher
who has had particular experience in
that field.
A LEADER CALLED To sERyIcE.
One OF the first ones called upon for
service was Miss Garbarfno of the COM
mercial High School. who as superin-
tendent of the Office and operators
maintains the same quiet but effec tive
supervision over the typewriter brigade
which She holds in the classroom. Diff
ferent sections connected with the pro-.
duction and editing of the various kinds
of literary material the committee is
sending out have been put in charge OF
Miss Kelly of the commercial High
School. Mr.. Barthe1 of the Manual
Training Department and Mr.. Cloud of
the Lowell High School. while the ofii-
cial photographers are Mr.. Oliver OF the
Board of Education and Mr.. Mitchell of
the Girls High School. The personnel
of the staff is completes with the names
of Mrs Reeves of the Commercial High
School. who attends to the filing of the
voluminous correspondence, and Mr.
FELTON, of the Manual Training Depart
ment, who is kept busy watching over
the mailing lists.
These workers have written and are
disseminating north. south. east and
west all attainable data regarding the
educational situation in San Francisco.
They are in communication with SUI
perintendentss and other school officials
/ in almost every county and city of the
| United States, and are preparing circu-
lars to send to foreign countries. in
which they present to the friends of
education at home .iand abroad. the ac-
i tua1 facts regarding the recent losses
/ sustained by the San Francisco School
Department. Believing in the science
of ocular demonstration they are hav-
ling the school children at the park tent
schools draw pictures of trees and
plants and other objects OF nature by
which they are surrounded These will
be put on cards and sent to other boys
and girls of similar age in various
| parts of the country, giving them the
/ best possible illustrations of the con-
/ ditions under which nearly 500 of their
brothers and sisters are working now
under the blue skies of California.
Plans for entertainments. for athletic
meets. for chain letters and for illus
trated magazine articles are now being
matured by the hard thinking brains
of these half-dozen men and women
who are Sitting there in that room in
the Emerson School. with the thirty
Ave machines clicking merrily around
them.
CONTRIBUTIONS ARE COMING.
Contributions are already beginning