The San Francisco call., 1910-09-15
SS9,993 SURPLUS
in SCHOOL FUND
Total Disbursements for the
Fiscal Year Ending July 80
Amounted TO ST ,577,I57.5l
Superintendent R0ncovieri and
Clerk Melvin Dodge Make
Their Annual Reports

The secretary of the board of edu-
cation. Melvin G. Dodge, and Superin-
tendent Of schools Ronoovieri presented
their reports for the hscal year ended
July 80 TO the board yesterday after
noon. The secretary reported that the
receipts were:
From cftv taxes. 500. .s7sS5. city taxes col
lected IN Inlv s. 5zs-BS hrsJ lnstalinleut from
STATE. including high school, $500. 14s.it second
lnstaIment from state. SZlf 1888; rents sou, SOU
81 sale q GO. q o- }qns = S9oo' sceiiahe0s' s4O
Dssbursements-Boar Of education. superin-
cendent and deputies. Sl4.T9396; secretary ana
and attaches. Sl2.lS0; clerk. repair shop: Sl.5eo
teachers. primary and grammsr sl.ltS.sf5 %:
72653; rents. Ss.aIF.a9; wages IN supPH oe
partment. SI0.sS7-50; store keeper and assistant
- $50. sesrenrer s. $50: superintendents u
building and repairs. 81 100. foreman supply
Recruitment. 81 500: ststionpr SIS TO- 50: cook
.ne supplies 81 40 20. ja8itors and supplies.
Sc. SO 81: incidental supplies. SI.l45.l4 hga
Slo.30e "a; printing. s2. 1857; cartage Sss<.93'
advertising Sl3S.s2: kilograms and telephones.
s32.32; water. Sll.SG5 j: manual training sup
plies. IS 2S5 IS: light S6.i24 O. tesmster, $500
census SlOa0l 25: furniture 30: equip
uent polytechnic high school. ss552 ~. teachers
institute 500. Total Sl-5T7 i3I, d.
Appropriation Cor fiscal year soe-lo-Sl. .5s4.-
:no. Dishnrsed during Ihe year Si.'l . i@s- & o. 81
Balanee % credit of appropris@ @ tseit. @ e,
total surplus OF SS9,s5S-5a-
5o,2I2 PUPILS
Superintendent Roncovieri's report
ishoNed that the total expenditures. in
Guiding school sites and school houses.
we're s3.SO7. .S47.19 The enrolment was:
High schools, 3.5s5; primary and
grammar schools. $3.50. and evening
schools, 1867. Total. 50,2i2.
over the preceding year there was
an increase Of 3l2 in the high schools
and I.712 in the evening schools, while
in the primary and grammar schools
there was a decrease of $50.
The number of teachers was ll2 men
and .OS6 women. The amount paid in
annuities TO retired teachers during
the wear was S49 0S2.20. There is in
the annuity fund a balance of s55,-
I5464
y The estimated value OF all school
property is SS,733,2S5
The number Of children OF schooi age
in this city who have never attended
school is 7S0.
Arthur Warren and J. Wolfe, repre-
senting Guadalupe parior, \. s O. w,
Cuadaloupe parlor, n D @. W. EX-
celsior homestead protective associa-
lion. Green Valley Improvement club,
Pathfinder circle. w O. W. silver
Heights Improvement club and the
Cleveland school faculty. presented the
following as the program for the lay
ing Of the cornerstone OF the CIeVe-
land school at Persia and Athens
streets next sunday:
100 2. m.-Parade 10 meet at Guadaioupe
i.45 p. m.-Arrival Of Mayor P. H. Nc
Carthy and public officials.
o. m.-Arriral at school site; chairman S
-ddress and salute to the hag; song. Star
Spangled Banner; cornerstone laying ny MAYOR
Mccarthy and address song, Saiifornla,
school children: address Supervisor 7. p. Mine
nam; song stars and Stripes Forever chill
Gren: address. Superintendent A. RoncoEieri;
song a Merry Life children; selection by
4ebrew bows hand: address. p. F. Gilroy; song,
Four Leaf Clover children: address, mem
her Of the board Of edueation' song san tran.
America" sung by all
HTDTERM VACATION
The usual midterm vacation viii COM
nlence October 3 and continue for one
week
director Payot reported that the
aperinC Of the Bernal Heights evening
school which was 10 have been last
Monday night. had to be postponed be
-arse the depar rtment of electricity had
uot made the connection for lights. The
tlrle for the opening was fixed for octo-
aer 10.
r IN evening class VIII be opened in
= be Portola school.
The board Will advertise for sealed
&. oposals for q lease Of the school prop
-fIties al the northwest corner of Bush
8 nd Taylor streets and Vallejo and
q aylor streets
. The report from the department of
domestic science showed that during
August $500 girls were taught cooking
~ nine teachers.
The schools viii close at 2:3o o'clock
This afternoon. so that teachers may at
<'eend the ball game between dentists
sand teachers for the benefit of free
a.lental infirmary.
3 The following were assigned from the
substitute list as teachers:
3 EsteIle c. Edwards 10 the Franklin
school. Genevieve E. Meloche to the
Monroe school and Marcella Glazier to
the Jean Parker school Jennie Red
smond and Augusta ]. Johnson were ap-
.pointed regular teachers.
A. .. Downey was appointed acting
.head Of the science department of the
mission high school
sTEACHERs TRANSFERRED
= A G. Van Gorder was transferred
from the commercial to the Monroe
evening school. Bessie Rea was trans
.terred from the Garfield to the Fair
-snont school.
Leaves OF absence were granted to
Mary Kenny, Margaret l. Crowley,
Martha n. Carew and Walter o. Smith.
: Superintendent Roncovieri has issued
z letter TO principals and teachers in
which he suggests that the grammar
clases prepare compositions on Dis
covery day" October IL, relating to
Columbus. on the following subjects:
Conditions leading 10 the discovery OF America.
trade routes, etc. Early life of Columbus
Struggle fo- aid IN his voyage. First voysge
Subsequent voyages. Letter to his wife (irnse-
tnary). Wife's letter from home telling of
events IN his absence Imaginary Indian
chief's impressions and account of the white
men given 10 the tribe around the campfire
ssmaginarv1. Columbus rexisits America in
1910 Imaginary ts) Compares American liner
with his own boat. (b9 An eastern city compared
with the Spanish city OF his own day (cl
Crosses America in sirsh.p. ID Reaches China
hT sailing west through the new canal 1918: