The San Francisco call., 1909-05-24
new YFRBA BUENA
SCHOOL DEDICATED
Elaborate Exercises at Strnc-
ture Built With Funds Do-
mated by Children
Native. Sons and Daughters
Take Part in Stirring Open
Air Program

Native sons and Native Daughters
assisted in the dedication of the ferDa
Buena school. Greenwich. and Wepster
streets, yesterday afternoon.
icatory exercises were held IN l'io opei.
air. Ionis n Mooser was chairman Oh
the day. He introduced superintendent
of Schools Alfred Roncovieri.
Roncovieri spoke of the eVen'iui
days of April, 1906, while san
cisco was still in flames, OF now inIs t,so
sages of sympathy flashed across 'no
continent and of the ofters 10 assio.
the rebuilding of the puollc $1,000 f,n,,,
He told how the first o1ler cains ~ 81.
Galveston. Texas, and how, soon ioi-
lowing the school children OF the ma
tion began 70 save their pennies
nickels and dimes to send lheni ne e..
to help rebuild the schools ioi INC
children of San Francisco.
1T was the Judgment of the board OF
education" he said, that TINS money ,
approximately $4,000, shouio pe 80
in the construction OF one par lieuiaa aI'
school, rather than as pdle "
general rehabilitation 1unu. %
Yerba Buena school-the scnooi nc
bears the Spanish name first given ~
this neninsula-was given the dls-
tinction of having used in It's cor,
struction the pennies, nlckeis anu
dimes from the public school cniiaren
of the United States. Thls puiiuins
considered by experts In school
ture to equal any other eouCdlioiai ou.l.
building we have ever constr luetou' '
and in some particulars TO SurpaSs
them all.
PRAISE FOR PRINCIPAL
"The people of this district are TO De
congratulated on having as prlncipai
of this school Miss K. F. Casey.
School Director Thomas e. Hayden
in the opening of his dedlcatory au-
dress. said: This school Is hoiu
ment to the spirit of the schooi ca.i
dren of this country and monument
to the old missions, where education
was first given by the Franciscan
fathers. whether or not the schooi
will become famous depends on Soo
children You must make good.
Addresses were also made by Nathan
Coghlan, Mrs. G.. Baker. past presioeIl
of the NJ d. G. w; Miss Ellza Keith
of the grand parlor OF the n. u ~ w.
and by Miss X. McGough OF the Nal.ve
Daughters. Miss McGough presented
the school with q banner and with
large American flag. both OF whicn
were unfurled during the exercises.
Miss Bertha Klaus, one of the teachers.
accepted the banner and flag In oenalI
of the school, Miss Casey being too III
to take part in the exercises. singing
by the pupils, under the direction OF
Mrs Mary McGlade. wes also promf-
nent part of the program
MODERN SCHOOL BUILDING
The Yerba Buena school was de-
signed by A. Lacy Worswick. 1t was
built at a cost of $4,000 The build
ing is of frame construction, heavily
coated with a plaster of stone. While
not fireproof, it is one of the most
modern of schools on the Pacific coast
1t was formerly known as thes sLafay-
cite school, and was situated on Rus
sian Hill. In the cornerstone was
placed the roll OF honor data pertain
ing to the school, various coins, and a.
printed list of the names of the chill
dren who donated their savings to help
build it.
The committee of Native Daughters
and Native Sons in charge of the exer-
cises follows: Miss Helen Dougherty,
Mrs. c. Clark, Mrs. NJ. Berfind, Miss
Mary Haley, Miss Ada Healey, Louis
II. Mooser, e. e. Fischer. Herman j.
Schmidt and Nathan C. Coghlan.
Miss K. F. Casey is principal OF the
school, and the teachers are:
Miss B. Klaus. Miss E. Kennedy.
Miss ]. Stewart, Miss B. Bloch, Miss n
Jacobs, Miss NJ. McHugh, Miss NJ
Waltenspeil, Miss j. Hocheimer, Miss
G. PEommedieu.