The San Francisco call., 1910-09-22
TART REMARKS
BANDED At TEXT
BOOK HEARING
Personalities Enter Into Short
hand Controversy and the
Inquiry Is Continued
Board of Education VIII EXam=
inc Experts on Merits of
High School Systems

The high school shorthand textbook
controversy sailed over stormy waters
yesterday afternoon into temporary
morning when the board Of education
viii hear shorthand experts and repre-
sentatives of the contending interests.
The board got well out on the troubled
seas yesterday and then tackled off into
the more peaceful channels of routine.
Among those who addressed the
board were Messrs. Kerrigan, Branden
and Rulofson, representing the home in
dustry league: Leo Nicholson, repre-
senting the San Francisco typograph-
ical union. and Mcssrs. Gallagher and
shay. representing the Gallagher Marsh
system Of shorthand
The committee from the Home In
dustry league stated that il appeared
only in the interest of home industry
and not to advocate any particular sys-
TEN.
GALLAGHER ASKS QUESTION
Gallagher asked Director Kincaid if
in her former term on the board, she,
with other members. had not investi-
gated the several systems and by res
olution adopted the one he represents.
Director Kincaid said that she had
no recollection of any such action.
Gallagher said he asked the question
10 answer Colonel Murphy. principal
Of the Commercial school. who had as
serted that the textbooks which teach
the Gallagher system were forced upon
him by the SchmitZ administration.
Superintendent Roncovieri said that
he succeeded Director Kincaid on the
board and that the Gallagher textbook
was then in Use.
The announcement was made that the
textbook had been gone over by teach
ers and that 339 errors had been dis
covered and marked in a book which
was presented.
NOT ERRORS, SAYS SHAY
This was examined by Frank Shay
who declared himself an expert short
hand writer, having made himself ia
miliar with three systems before he
took UP the Gallagher Marsh He de-
clared that the marks l, ,. 3 and were
not errors. He was interrupted by
President Bannerman. who declared
that the board did not have time, in
view Of other business, to go into the
merits of the different systems. but that
the matter would be taken up at a spe-
ciaI conference Saturday morning when
all parties interested would have the
right 10 testify and that Gallagher
would have ample opportunity to show
that the so called errors We're not such
He added that the board stood for home
industry, as could be proved in man5
past transactions.
Gallagher asked Director Payot ~ the
firm Of which he was a member at the
time Of the fire in 1906 was not indebted
in & large sum to the firm of Gill & Co.
publishers Of the new book.
Director Payot enphatically replied
that 1t was not. Here President Ban
herman interrupted.
No PERSONAL---VERY.
This is TO be an inquiry into fAe
merits Of the textbooks and to discover
if the book said to be erroneous is
such" he said. The board will not
permit any side issues or personal ami
mostly 10 enter into the matter"
Superintendent Roncovieri sought tc
show by the law of 1909 concerning text
books for high schools that books once
adopted can not be changed during -four
years, but that was passed to the con-
ference.
Nicholson asked if the board had
authorized the change of textbook ir
favor Of a book printed in the east. He
was informed that a resolution had beer
adopted authorizing q change for be.
ginners, but that the old book is con.
tinued for those pupils who had started
name of the book is not that of the new
one now used.
Thereupon Rulofson declared that in
validated the resolution.
Bsnnermsn gave emphatic notice thai