The San Francisco call., 1910-06-02
SCHOOL BOARD TO
War ON DISEASE
DIR. Annie q. Lyle Calls Atten-
tion to Dangers Threaten
ing Children
S35,OOO Set Aside for Vista
CiOn Valley Building De.
cIared insufficient

DR.. Annie G. Lyle, physician for the
parental school and the Juvenile court
drew the attention of the board of edu-
cation yesterday afternoon TO danger
OF the spread OF diseases among the
children unless preventive measures
are taken.
She said that one source of danger
is ringworm OF the scalp and another
the itch. The former, she said, may be
transmitted through the practice Of
piling hats one on the other. This,
she stated. is difficult of cure, and that
the only safe method is by the use Of
the y ray applied by an expert. She
asked the cooperation of the board in
making arrangements TO introduce this
cure and suggested the name of a prac-
titioner. The other trouble she said
is easy Of treatment
Doctor Lyle was requested to have
the X ray operator meet the board that
the matter may be more fully discussed.
TEACHER IN SPANISH
Miss A. Tobin was elected teacher Of
Spanish and assigned to the CONNER
ciaI evening school.
The following named having filed
satisfs ctory certificates from physi-
clans were declared regular teachers
in the department: MAZE Toland, Alice
u j. Nj.
Hopkins and Miss NJ. c. Murray.
The Victoria-Colonna club requested
permission to take charge Of the dedi-
catory exercises at the ceremony of
laying the cornerstone of the Jean
Parker school. 1t was decided that the
club be permitted to cooperate with
the board Of education in this matter.
The directors approved the recon-
nlendation Of the schools committee
that a night school class be established
at the Portola school at Bacon and Ber-
lin streets at the commencement of the
fall term, provided S5 pupils enroll
Citizens Of Peralta heights and vicin-
ity asked the board TO recommend the
supervisors to purchase a site and erect
q primary school in that district This
was referred to the building and
grounds committee.
INSUFFICIENT FUNDS
The city architect reported that
$4,000 for the school proposed for
Nisitacion valley is insufficient This
will be taken up with the finance com
mittee Of the supervisors tomorrow.
Three bids were received for the re-
moval of garbage from the schools,
1926, S240 and sI72 per month. The
contract was awarded to A FTgoni, the
lowest bidder
ALUMNI TO MEET
The alumni association of the Mis-
sion high school was granted the use
Of the gymnasium Of the school on
Saturday, June IL. for holding a busi-
ness meeting.
At the next meeting of the board
Director Payot will move that the
name of the girls high school be
changed to Martha Washington
school"
Five hundred residents of the North
Beach district have sent petition to
the board Of education asking that an
Italian class be established in the
Washington grammar school
Florence Bockman applied for the
position of principal of the Rincon
school This was referred to the
school committee.
The date on which competitive essays
for the medal offered by the Colonial
Danes should be received was changed
TO September /.
To Dedicate School
The Sutro school will be dedicated
Sunday. The program of exercises in
eludes an address by President Ban
herman OF the board OF education; the
presentation of a flag to the school:
address by T. L. Heaton, deputy SUPER
intendent Of schools; remarks by Prin-
cfpal Magner and an address by Super-
intendent Roncovieri.
The PortOla school will hold gradu-
ating exercises June : at 2 o'clock
President Bannerman will open the
exercises. William A. Best OF the San
Bruno Improvement association will
present a flag to the school Louis
Ferrari, a former pupil, and Thomas
=. Hayden win deliver addresses. Pres
ident Bennerman will present diplomas
and medals to the graduates
June there viii be graduating exer-
cises by pupils of the parental school
At Columbia hall.
The closing exercises OF the Sherman
evening school win be held in Califor-
MIA hall Thursday. June 9.
Error in Textbook
In Dunn's THE Community and the
Citizen" one OF the textbooks for the
public schools, appears the following:
In every state but one the legislature
may overcome the governors veto by
again passing the bill, usually by q
two-thirds majority"
The Call, after an examination of the
constitution Of every state in the union
was unable TO discover any one that
gave the governor absolute power IN
the disposition Of bills, so Edward Hy-
att, state superintendent of public in
Etruction, was asked to explain this ex
traordinary assertion in a textbook
used In the grammar schools of the
state. Hyatt placed himself in COM
munication with the author of the
hook Dunn adr,,iffo6 a.