Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-18

The number OF schools In San Fran
cisco prior to April IS was rs. or this
number 2S primary or grammar schools
and 2 high schools were destroyed by
fire, and / high school was destroyed
by earthquake, leaving 45 schools.Since
April rs 27 temporary structures have
been erected, making the total number
of school buildings at the present time
70. A map showing the location Of the
public schools in San Francisco attend
ed by Japanese pupils up to the time
the order of the board went into effect
is herewith submitted. and marked Elk
hibit b" %. 10. The portion of the
map marked Off with red ink indicates
the burned section OF San Francisco,
THE ORIENTAL SCHOOL.
The orlnetal school. the school set
apart for the Chinese. japanese, and
Korean children, is IN the burned Sec
tion. There is Only one Japanese stu
dent attending this school at the pres
ent time, and there are no Japanese
children attending any of the other pub
lie schools. l visited the oriental
school In company with the japanese
consul and found 1t 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 10
be taught the English language.
An examination of the map attached
hereto will at once clearly show that 1t
will be absolutely impossible for child
rem residing In the remote sections of
atf IN al "a al 90
The conditions In San Francisco are
such, owing to the great conflagra-
ton, that II would not be possible even
for grown children living at remote dis
tances to attend this school. II the ac-
ton OF the board stands, then, and. if
no schools are provided In addition to
the one mentioned, X seems that q
number OF Japanese children will be
prevented from attending the public
schools and will have 20 resort 70 pri-
vate instruction.
SENTIMENT OF STATE.
7 found the sentiment In the state
very strong against Japanese young
men attending the primary grades.
Many OF the people were outspoken In
their condemnation OF this course, say
lne that they would take exactly the
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men OF similar ages attending the pri-
mary grades. I am frank 10 say that
this objection seems TO be a most rea-
sonable one. All OF the political parties
IN the state have inserted In their plat
forms planks In favor Of Japanese and
Korean exclusion. and on March I,
1905. the state legislature passed a joint
resolution urging that action be taken
by treaty or otherwise to limit and
diminish the future immigration OF
japanese laborers into the United
States.
SAN FRANCISCO PRESS.
The press OF San Francisco pretty
generally upholds the action Of the
board OF education. OF the attitude OF
the more violent and radical newspa-
pers III is unnecessary to speak further
than to say that their tone Is the usual
tone Of hostility 10 "Mongol hordes.'
and the burden OF their claim Is that
Japanese are no better than Chinese.
and that the same reasons which die
tated The exclusion Of the Chinese call