The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-05
NYCHANGFSM MADE
IN TEACHING STAFF
Education Board Orders Trans
fer of Instructors for Better
ment of Department
ROncoyieri Urges Extension of
Music Courses Through
out Schools

The board of education is still busy
making changes in the teaching staff
and placing instructors in positions
most convenient to their own residences
and the needs of the department.
At yesterdays regular weekly meet
ing the following transfers We're made:
R. w. Harvey from the day to the night
evening school; NJ. Reichling from the
Douglass to the Burnett school; E. G.
Sullivan from the Douglass school to
report TO the board for assignment;
l. Tobin from the MouIder to the Cooper
school. vice Mrs. Rinderspacher; Mrs.
E F. Finn from the Richmond evening
school to the Horace Mann evening
school; Miss A. Crowley from the Fair
mont to the Glen Park school Frank
Fisher was assigned to take charge of
the Washington evening school during
the illness of A. II. Macdonald.
The resignation of Mrs. n. Seabrook
was accepted. W. Blake. Margaret Nc
Graw and Miss H. NJ Hitchcock We're
granted leaves of absence Miss A. II.
French in the Adams Cosmopolitan
school, and ]. J. Schmidt was appointed
TO the headship of drawing in the
Lowell high school.
ISSUE NEW CERTIFICATES
The city and county board of exam
ination recommended to the board of
education yesterday that the following
teachers be issued high school Ger
tificates: To DR.. Arthur w. Scott,
Charles l. Carlson. Miss Florence Nor
gan and Miss Clarice A. Kirwin; gram
mar school certificates to Miss Mary c.
Mccarthy and Miss Marguerite Veuve.
Certificates were renewed TO Henry L.
DERRICK, special in mechanical drawing;
Miss Olga Wonder Leith. grammar
school; Hartford NJ. Stalnaker. gram
mar school; Mrs. Emma H. Carey.
grammar school, and Judge Daniel c.
Deasy. grammar school. Miss Marie G.
Klein. who has taught for So months
in the schools of California, and Miss
Lucy NJ. Fritz, who has taught SO
months, were recommended TO the state
board of education as worthy appli-
ca.nts for grammar school life diplomas
WOULD EXTEND MUSIC COURSE
superintendent of Schools Alfred
Roncovieri made recommendations to
the board of education yesterday that a
more systematic course of instruction
in music be inaugurated which would
continue through the high schools of
the city. At the present time music is
not in the curriculum of the high
schools The University of California.
the superintendent stated, has included
music among the preparatory subjects
for admission TO the university. In
recommending the close study of music
in the schools Roncovieri says that
the board can recognize music lessons
taken outside of school and give credit
for them toward graduation.
The text of his recommends lions
follow:
4 therefore recommend. first. that a
board of examiners composed of ex-
perienced musicians OF recognized abil-
ity be appointed, whose duty shall be
10 pass upon the lessons and practice
out of school hours. of students who
desire credit therefor; secondly. that
the music lessons and time of practice
be recognized as school work: thirdly.
that class work in musical theory be
given in the schools. This would give
five hours per week of elective work in
music
L further recommend that the lee
lures which have been given at the
summer school of the University of
California by Mrs. NJ. f. Blanchard be
repeated to our high school pupils"