The San Francisco call., 1909-04-06
EDUCATION is
ACCESSIBLE
TO ALL


Gus bequests. Every high school in
San Francisco is duly accredited to the
state university. This means that the
standard of education has reached such
height in San francisco that no ques-
ton is raised, Wnen a boy or girl can
show a certificate OF high school grad
uation, concerning Ills or her conpe-
tency to enter the state university at
Berkeley.
The Stanford university at Palo Alto,
which is not supported By the state,
but came into existence by reason of
the munifcenee of Senator Leland Stan
ford and his wife, and which. under its
charter, is competent and entitled to
act Independently, establishing its own
standard and its own requirements for
admission recognizes in the same man
ner the results OF work in San Francis
co schools.
There are several forms of education
in SAN Francisco, to each of which
much credit is justly attached. There
are common schools. including the pri-
mary, grammar and high school grades.
which are supported by funds jointly
provioed by the tax payers of San
Francisco and by the per capita allot-
ment Of state school moneys. which are
distributed throughout the state pro-
portionate to the number of pupils in
attendance in each and every munich
paroehial schools, academies, converts
and colleges, which arc conducted inde-
pendently, and which confer a high
degree Of education upon those who
attend them. There are engineering
schools. conducted by private enter
prise. feature of which is the direct
application of educa tion to the life
work which pupils have selected by
preference. There are young ladies'
academies in which special branches
are taught and which are very popular.
efficient and well attended.
TECHNICAL SCHOOLS
The names of public benefactors, who
contributed largely of their means by
testamentary writings, will ever be
connected in San Francisco with the
establishment and subsequent main
tenance of technical schools of such
excellence that they annually attract
from all portions of the Pacific coast,
their special mission being TO benefit
the boys and girls born or residing
on this coast.
With the opening of the first of these
institutions technical education secured 4
a stronger hold the people than it
had previously possessed. There are
four technical schools now in existence
in San Francisco with a large aggre-
gate of daily attendance by Industrious
boys and girls, whose hands and heads
are simultaneously trained along the
utilitarian lines. The birth of these
several institutions stimulated what Is
known as practical education in the
public school system.
One of these schools of the technical
order is part of the public school
system of San Francisco and is under
the control OF the San Francisco board
of education. OF the other two. one is
due to bequest to the state of Cali
fornia and is known as the Wilmerding
school This is allied in management
with the California mechanical school
of arts, otherwise and popularity known
as the Lick school, the direct outcome
of the bequests of James Lick, who was
a benefactor to San Francisco in many
ways.
THEIR WIDE SCOPE
The Cogswell school figures as the
pioneer of this group of private insti-
tutions that are efficiently doing public
work The Polytechnic school, at
tached to the public school department
works along lines similar to those pur-
sued by the te71nstitutions. In
the public schools what is known as
the sloyd system and cooking schools
are in degree preparatory to the
technical school, bat are sufficiently
complete in themselves to be of large
service to boys and girls who do not
attend institutions of learning beyond
the grammar grade.
Facing Golden Gate park, and stand
ing on a slightly height is a group of
buildings known as the Affiliated Col
leges, a branch OF the University of
California. These are strictly profess
sionaf schools. Some years ago the
lands and residence known as the Hop
kins estate. on Mob hill were given BY
Mr.. Searles to the University of Cali
fornia for the. purposes of education
and art The residence and it's art
treasures suffered by the fire of. 1906,
butte on the site Of the Hopkins mansion
a temporary. building of large size,
well adapted to the needs of art stu
dents. and for the exhibition OF works
of art, has been erected and CLASSES
tent instructors.
THE LIBERAL ARTS
The scope of the public schools is
similar in a way to that of the private
institutions Of learning of similar
grade. Music is taught or, at least the
rudiments thereof in adj schools At
tention is paid to both mechanical and
free hand drawing. Attendants at the
grammar schools have the option OF
studying languages, and II is obliga-
tory in all high schools for those who
are preparing Tor collegiate careers
TO take languages. ancient or modern.
All schools teach mathematics history.
what are known as the Fundamental
brapches. and physics enter into the
curriculum of the high school. and
the private schools of the same grade.
This extension OF learning beyoud
its former common school scope
requires the services Of we'll trained
and competent school teachers. The
Endorsement given by the two uni
versities near San Francisco to the
efficiency of these teachers. in making
certificates Of graduation equivalent to
admissions without further exan1ina-
tions, speaks fos itself. They are COM
petent beyond any question.
San Francisco has been noted for at
least two decades for the strong hold
its musical performances and the study
OF music. have had upon the public
This fondness for the most ideal of all
arts is probably due to the cosmopoli-
tan nature Of the population, by whom
the best traditions concerning music
and an unusually high proficiency OF
musical performance has been brought
to San. Francisco. Various conserva-
tories of music, conducted by private
enterprise. lead the boys and girls to
San Francisco. and also adults to the
study of the higher forms OF music and