Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-01
SCHOOL BOARD
MAKES CHOICE
DECIDES UPON SUCCESSOR TO
SUPT. FoSHAY
Name Of the Successful Candidate viii
Not Be Made Public Until the
Meeting Scheduled for
This Afternoon

So far seven candidates have knocked
more or less timidly at the door OF the
school board for admission, each seek.
ing the position of superintendent OF
the Los Angeles schools. But as only
one superintendent is required, IL roi-
lows that six must be disappointed.
Who will be chosen2
Each member of the board OF eouca-
ton knows at this minute just who has
been decided upon, but each In turn
refuses positively to give out any IN
formation on the subject.
ST know who will be chosen" says
one, "but am not prepared to give
out the information"
And SO say all the others. 1t is
sealed verdict, and unless one OF the
furymen sees fit to tip the information
off to a personal friend between now
and 4 o'clock this afternoon, the pub
lie will not have an opportunity OF
condemning or congratulating the
board upon It's choice until this even
ing.
eyes. 1t is true that conference was
held this afternoon" said one OF the
members of the board last evening,
sibut the public will have to wait until
tomorrow afternoon to find out which
one of the seven candidates has been
decided upon. 1t was no easy task to
select a man for the place. There are
many things to be considered. man
who is competent in on9 way is not de-
sirable in another. We have had to
weigh every argument carefully, and
believe that the right man has been Sc
lected."
But this does not answer the ques-
ton as to who the new superintendent
is to be. Those spoken of for the place
are ]. B. Monlux, the present deputy
superintendent; NJ. c. Bettinger, as
principal of the Polytechnic high
school; w. II. Housh, principal of the
high school; DIR. T. c. Croswell, head
of the training department of the high
school; Professor J. F. Millspaugh OF
the State Normal school and Professor
e. C. Moore, at present of the State
university faculty at Berkeley.
It is understood that in case Pro-
fessor Moore is elected to the position,
it would be necessary for him to re-
side in Los Angeles ninety days before
becoming superintendent, as he is, OF
course, a nonresident at present. His
candidacy has been urged by Charles
Cassat Davis, who is thoroughly con-
WINGED that Professor Moore's expert
ence fits him for the place and that he
would prove satisfactory in every way.
Stands on His Record
J. B. Monlux has been a candidate
ever since the resignation of James A.
Foshay was handed in, but from the
first he has maintained that he would
accept the position only on one condi-
ton, namely, that the board see fit
to elect him without any other in
huence being brought to bear than the
record which he has established as
deputy superintendent.
Mr.. Monlux simply says that he is
sure the teachers and the public gen.
orally have confidence in him. He be-
lieves that his record is one that will
bear inspection, and he is resting upon
it at the present time If chosen by
the board to become the superintend-
ent of Los Angeles schools, he will ac-
cept. If he is not chosen, he will be
superintendent.
But once again, who will be chosen?
AS there are seven acknowledged
candidates, and each candidate is sup
posed to have at least one friend on
the board who favors his election, how
will it be possible to decide the ques-
ton?
But in the face of all this; in the face
of the fact that up to yesterday after
noon no one had been decided upon,
comes the positive statement of differ
emit members that a decision has been
reached and that the new superintend-
emit will be named this afternoon.
The name of the successful candi-
date is not now Qbtainable. 1t will be
at o'clock this afternoon. At that
time the seal of the verdict will be
broken and Mr.. Foshay's successor
will have been selected.
Bonds Arrive From New York
The school bonds, valued at $780, 900,
arrived in Los Angeles from New York
Tuesday evening. w. G. Ivison, rep
resenting the United States Mortgage
and Trust company, reached the city
simultaneously with them and spent
a busy day yesterday indorsing the
$50 $1,000 securities.
The genuineness of the seal of each
bond was certified to by Mr.. Ivison, and
by the time he had finished and had
gone to the Angelus hotel, the act of
writing w. G. I-V-i-s-o-n had become
decidedly mechanical.
"This is the 7S1st time T have writ
ten that name today" said the New
Yorker, as he grasped the office pen
and attached his signature to the reg
lister.
with more than three-quarters of
a million dollars at the command of
the school board, while accommoda-
tons for thousands of pupils are lack
ing, further delay in the erection of
new buildings will hardly occur" said