Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-13
BOARD ABANDONS
SURPLUS GROUND
School Authorities Will Not Con-
tinue Action Regarding Grand
Avenue Institution

The city board of education will not
take further action to secure an equal
part of the surplus ground adjoining
the Grand avenue school. This decision
was reached at the meeting last night.
The original description of the school
property called for 165 feet on Eighth
street On being surveyed recently 1t
was found that the school grounds oc-
cupied 1853 $40 feet. An investigation
disclosed the fact that there was an
excess of ten and eight-tenths feet
in the block and the school board be-
lieved that 1t should secure an equal
division of the surplus. The city at
torney advised the board that it would
be to the best interests of all concerned
not to attempt a division of the sur
plus ground.
OBJECTION TO CAR BARNS
Acting on a communication received
from the West Vernon and South
Hoover Streets Improvement associa-
tion. the board declared that the erec-
ton Of car barns in the Agricultural
park district would be detrimental to
the Manual Arts high school, There
fore the board ordered the building COM
mittee to look further into the protests
against the erection of the barns, ana
then appear before the council this
afternoon to take action in the mat
ter.
The board ordered the secretary to
forward condolences to Harris Frank,
one of the members of the board, whose
father. H. Frank, died recently. The
board also authorized the purchase OF
a large floral piece to be sent to the
Frank home.
EVELYN G. Dwyer of Long Beach sent
a communication to the board in which
she set forth that moving pictures
should be shown during the rest pc
riods in the public schools of Los An
geles. Miss Dwyer stated that If pic
lures were shown in the schools chill
dren would not visit nickleodeons and
mingle with undesirables. At the meet
ing Of the board last evening the COM
munication was ordered filed and, from
the comments made on 1t by the board
members, It is probable that no fur
ther action will be taken on it.
The board created a department OF
freehand drawing at the manual arts
high school and assigned Samuel E.
Palmer to the head of the department.
The following substitute teachers
were appointed: G. e. Cronklte, 1da
e. Garrick and w D. Williams Cron-
kite was assigned to the wood shop
at the Polytechnic high school; MISS
Garrick was assigned to the Whining
ton high school as teacher of COM
mercial branches; and w. D.. Will
liams was assigned as teacher of foun-
dry work. w. I. Travis was appoint
ed principal of the Wilmington school.
The following teachers, having
passed the required examinations,
were elected on the substitute list:
kindergarten: Pauline Scott, Marion
Upson, Helen f. Briggs, Elsie V. AL
bert, Lila Murieta; grammar grades
Margaret H. Allen, Bertha e. Price,
Bertha Boal, M. Emma Roberts, Mary
D. Howell, Teresa Dolan, Helen M.
Hawk, Gertrude Oneal, Rachel Bo-
quist, Thea M. Warner, Emma G. Nc
Meekin, Edna F. Augur, Nettie d.
Harris and Pearl Kindig.
The following leaves of absence were
granted, to take effect today: Ada
Crawford to June 30, 1911; Minerva Il.
Hyman, Harriet A. Moore and Anna
M. O'Brien to February 6, 1911; Carrie
Stuhlman to November Z, 1910; Ger
trude Towne to December 5, 1910; S.
Reeves to September "a, 1910; Daisy
C. Dorm to June 1, 1911; ]. Utter to
December Is, 1910; Nell Lancaster to
November 7, 1910; Mrs. Hettie r. Met
calf, Virginia L. Scott, Ethel McDer-
mott to October 10. 1910.