The San Francisco call., 1910-10-06
AUTO BIDS GIVEN
TO School BOARD
Directors Ordered on Joy Riding
Tours TO Test Quality
of Cars
Proposed Issuance of 100000
Insurance Arouses Protest
Against "WeIchers"

The board Of education at its meet
ing yesterday had before st represent
srives from automobile companies who
submitted bids for FIVE seated auto
mobile for the use OF the members of
the board. The bids were:
Pioneer company. $4,000; Thomas Flyer com
psny- &4.o5o; Consolidated company. sS 4s7 for
EaTrison COMPANY. $500: Reliance conlpsny'
$50, DocOmobile company. s3.O50: T 3 Jef.
treys COMPANY S2.s25; Haynes company. 81. .2T5:
psay snd Mercantile companr So 80 each.
STANDARD motor company, $3.50
The bids We're referred to Directors
Payot and Whelan who for several
days have been testing cars and ex-
pect 10 test several more during the
week It is the opinion OF the boar
that. all things being equal, the award
should be made TO the one that In the
greatest degree fosters home industry.
WANTS WHITE SHADES
Dr. George ". Frink asked the
hoard TO substitute white for trans
lucent shades in the schoolrcoms on
The ground that white IS the best for
the chilorens sight. 4 will make this
proposition. said the doctor Put
che translucent shades on one school
---lAA anu A-lt y 4lllt on SnQIn6E OF the
same size and if after a test of such
length OF time as you desire, q year or
more Il the white does not prove the
better 7 will have them taken down
and replaced with green at my ex-
pense
He was informed that the matter
rests with the board OF public works,
not with the directors. they having to
accept that which is furnished.
The doctor suggested that the Grant
school he moved back on the school
lot 20 give the children a large sunny
p playground in front and that the build
irg he ra aised eight feet 10 furnish a
pace for recreation for the children in
winter. The board promised to con
sldeF the matter.
The clerk read the approval OF May
or Mccarthy OF the 100000 insurance
on the Lincoln school property, Fifth
ana Market streets.
d. Director PaTot objected 10 some of
the companies on the ground that they
had WEIGHED after the cata strophe of
1905. He also wanted 10 know why
some OF the home companies that had
paid dollar for dollar had not been
patronized.
President Bannerman said that he
could not answer. but asked Direc-
tors Payot and Whelan TO investigate
and report al the next meeting.
SPECIAL CLASSES
It was decided to esta bIish the un-
graded primary scfooF' in the build
ings now used by the GARFIELD school
This viii have a class Of children who
co not speak English. but who. as
soon as they have learned enough
English TO profit by the work in other
schools. viii be sent there. and the
other class viii be of retarded pupils
who need special attention. Miss Ma
RE G. Klein was assigned to the for
eign class, being able TO teach in
three foreign languages, and Mrs.
Frances H. McAllister was assigned as
teacher Of the retarded class.
Miss A c. Duffy and Miss NJ E
Kelly were transferred from the poly
tecnic to the Newton J. Tharp com
rnerciaI school, and Miss Irene Fur
long and Miss Amy Tarbett were as
signed from the commercial to the
polytechnic school Miss Alice Bar
clay was transferred from the Sunset
70 the Harrison school.
Harriet S. Tabor was elected an as
sistsnt in domestic science depart
nlent and Miss NJ T Clarke was ap-
pointed q special teacher of stenogra-
ply for the Hamilton evening school
D Hereafter the reception hours Of the
directors for principals and teachers
viii be on Tuesday and Thursday aft
ernoons from TO 8 o'clock.
The next meeting Of the board will
be Friday, October II.