Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-28
TOO MANY PUPILS
IN NIGHT SCHOOLS
BOARD ORDERS ENROLMENT
STOPPED
Students Number 1879 and More De-
mand Admission-Fee Will Be
Reduced-other Notes
of Schools

More than one thousand young Helh
and women of Los Angeles have availed
themselves of the opportunities offered
| by the evening high school at Poly
| technic. Notwithstanding lack of
| funds that compelled the officers to
debar further enrolldments several
months ago, 1879 pupils have been
placed on the rolls. The average at
| tendance is $780, Students are enrolled
| in classical and manual courses.
! The splendid success of the tentative
scheme as outlined by the board in
January has so far outdistanced the
most hopeful of its supporters that the
| school is an established fact next term.
| With the approach of the summer
season Superintendent e. c. Moore
stated that the attendance would de-
| crease considerably, and accordingly
the school will close May 81.
| During the past term nurses from the
California hospital have availed them
selves of the classes to take up applied
chemistry. The fee was placed at $4.6O.
| Principal Francis, found that the actual
expenses were not so high, and here
| after the students will be required TO
deposit but So.
The day students who will graduate
from the Polytechnic schools will have
their exercises in Temple auditorium
Thursday afternoon, June 27. The Los
| Angeles high school graduates Will oc-
cupy the auditorium the next day.
| By action of the board of education,
| the schools of Los Angeles Will close Tor
the summer vacation June 28. Septem-
| Der 16 has been fixed as the reopenlng
| of the fall term.
| According to the superintendents, the
school children will be allowed one holi-
| day this week, Thursday, Memorial
day. The pupils will be expected to
| come to school Friday as usual.
Leonard Merrill was appointed as the
boards arbitrator to meet with the rep
resentatives of the Los Angeles-Paclhc
railway. the two to decide on third
colleague These three arbitrators will
fix the valuation of the damage which
| the company's proposed tunnel under
| the Olive street school property would
cause The third arbitrator will have
| to be chosen within the next ten days.
If Joseph Scott, president Of the board.
| can do anything for the cause, Los An
| geles school teachers will draw salaries
| during the summer months, even
| though they are not on duty President
| Scott is one of the most insistent MEM
bers of the board in demanding ade-
uuate compensation for the teachers,
and expressed himself as desirous OF
forcing action on the subject. The idea
of the board is to pay the teacher the
same monthly wage as they are now
getting, but give them this amount
twelve months in the year. The obJec-
ton was raised that there are not funds
enough to begin this system in July,
but Mr.. Scott and other members or
the board are working to nnd a plan
which shall do away with this obJec-
ton. A meeting of the board as COM
1nittee Of the whole will be held We'd
nesday, at which it rs probable final
action will be taken on the wage scale
for the coming year.
Los Angeles parents who have had to
buy new books for children when one
series was thrown out of the schools
| will be interested in recent arrange
| nent of the board whereby children
who have old copies of the third and
fourth music readers can exchange
them for the new series without addi-
tional cost CHM & Co., which sup
piled the old books, made the offer to
exchange for the new ones.
The Mckinley Home school will be
considerably enlarged when one tenn
porary structure from Washington
street school and another from the JEFF
ferson are moved to the Mckinley
home site. At present the eighty pu-
pills at that place have only one build
ing. The two additional structures
will easily house these pupils, the ca
pacity of the three being 120 pupils.
The drivers employed by the school
department sent petition to the board
of education that they be given legal
holidays with pay. They urged the
fact that they are all married men,
their wages are only $3.50 a day, and
reductions for holidays entail hard
ship. They signified their Willingness
to work holidays, but preferred to have
the holiday with pay. The subject Will
be settled when the board arranges the
new salary schedule.
Superintendent E. G. Moore's office
force was increased by another assist
ant superintendent last night. Frank
F.. Bunker was appointed to fill the
position at salary of $4,000. The sala-
ries of other two assistant superinten-
dents now in the Office were raised to
this figure.
Since the superintendent office was
established, six years ago, with force
of three men, the teachers have in
creased from $40 to 1925, the enrolment
has more than doubled and the terri
tory considerably enlarged.
| R. L. Horizons communication 10 tne
board of education in his capacity of
attorney for the Diamond Coal com
pany received but scanty consideration
from the educators. The letter was in
the form of a BRIEF citing the coal
company's right to refuse to settle with
the school officials for failure to live
up to it's contract.
Last winter, during the coal famine,
school authorities were compelled tol
buy coke in the open market to pre-
vent closing the schools. When the
board tried to charge the coal company
with the difference between the con-
tract price and the cost of the coke,
the company refused to settle. Mr.
| Horizons communication was referred
to the city attorney for opinion.
A communication from Mr.. Horton
in a social capacity received more con-
sideration. He asked that the pupils
of the public schools be urged to at
tend social at the Friday Morning
club grounds June l, the proceeds OF
which are to go toward the benefit of
poor and disabled animals. Suggestions
| - e,oy,, oil Sides of the board as to