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Civil Service Inanimation
EThe United States Civil Service Com
...ission announces that an examina
tion will be held January 19 and 20
or the position of hydrographic aid.
Geological Survey, to fill vacancies at
$1000 and $1200 per annum; age limit.
« years or over. Apply to the United
tes Civil Service Commission,
ashington, D. C, or to the secretary
f the Consolidated IJoard of Civil
Service Examiners, 301 Jackson street,
San Francisco,, for application form
1312. which should be properly exe
uted -nnd filed with the commission
t W.. fcingtori. The medical ccrtifi
ate will be required and those who
are not physically sound and able" to
» perform field duty under trying condi
£o*u will not be admitted to the ex
amination.
Only a fool tells how he made his
money after he 'has it. — Chats with a
Multimillionaire. ' ;V.;^
Triplicate mirrors, standing mirror«
,nd toilet sets. Beautiful and inexpen*
rive New Year's presents. Sanboni v*u
C Co.
The Philological Association of the
Pacific Coast comoleted its fifth an
nual meeting, yesterday morning * at
the Mark Hopkins Art Institute. The
association has been in session for the
last four days, and yesterday morn
ing, having completed its labors, it
adjourned on a motion of, the presi
dent until next year. '
Association Adjourns.
The findings of the court in the case
of Mary Flood against Carmen Dun
phy, widow of the late William Dun
phy;, James C. and Jennie Dunphy,
his children, arid Viola Piercy, his
grandchild, were signed yesterday by
Judge* Tro^t, as was also a decree
declaring the defendants and the
plaintiff in the suit to be. each of
them, the owner of a one-fifth inter
est in the income derived from Dun
phy's estate. In other words, the will
of Dunphy. was sustained. The suit
was a friendly one, having been
brought by Mary Flood, who is also
a child of Dunphy. to secure a legal
interpretation of the will. The deci
sion in the suit was rendered some
months ago. ,
Builders* Contracts.
W. J. McCarthy (owner) with William E
Byron (contractor/, architect ¦ — All worK
except plumbing painting, tin work and lead
ers for alterations and additions to maWs a
three-etory frame building on E line of Bt.
Marys street. 4» N of Pine. N 24 by «°: *16«0.
Esther II. Wilson towner) with Bush & Malr
lett Company (contractors), architects Cun
ningham &- Pome<v-Tlle work for * I«J"[-«W
frame building and basement on SW corner of
Pacific avenue and Broderick street, W 75 by
b -Sam« owner with J. D. Mefnhardt (contract
or) architects tame — Painting, varnishing,
tinting, llncrusia waltcn wainscoting for same
on same; $2300.
Adam Schaefcr (owner) with^Ludwlg^B. O.
Koenlg (contractor), architect \\ imam Koenlg
—All work for a a-story frame building on lot
on SE corner of Parnai-sus avenue and Lotta
street, S CO by E 81; $4370. ¦
Isaac Llebes (owner) with A. Jackson (con
tractor), architect M. J. Lyon— Bridging,
bracing, framlnc for -bay-window, flooring,
sheathing. ! window frames, door frame*,
sashes, plate glass, all other glass except sky
light glass, inside finishes.' mantels, all small
fixtures, etc.. hardware, for . a 9-story and
baiement fireproof buildlnK on lot on SE cor
ner of Turk and Jones streets. E 57:6 by *B
82:6; $25,630. .
¦Same r.wne' with Joshua Handy Machine
"Works (contractors), architect same — Electrto
light wtrinir. bell wiring.- etc.. for same on
same; $3050.
Same owner with Itoebllnsr Construction
Company (contractors), architect 'same—Fire -
proofing, etc., for same en same; $18,000.
Same owner with . Mansrrum &. Otter ¦ (con
tractors),, architect same — Furnace, etc.- for
heating apparatus for same on same; '$2299.
Same owner with William Cronan (con
tractor), architect same — Galvanized Iron
work, metal work, skylights, etc.. for same
on same; $4225.
~.Sama owner with Larken & Flaherty (con
tractors), •-. architect same — Gravel and aa
phaltum composition ' roof for same on same;
$270. •.:." -¦¦..•.¦-¦¦-¦•.¦. ' ; . • :'
Same owner with Duffy .Bros, (contractors),
architect same — Plumbing, sewering, gasflttins,
etc.; for came on - same; . $11,250.
Gulllett's New Tear's extra mince plea, ice
cream and cake. 005 Larkin «t.; tel.'East 108. *
The department of the High School
Association voted unanimously yester
day morning in favor of a reduction of
the units required by the universities.
Fifteen units are required, but in the
opinion of the committee thirteen would
be more reasonable. The report was
made by Dr. A. W. Scott of the Ala
meda High School, who stated that the
high standard required by the
university for entrance does not allow
the students sufficient time for voca
tional work. Another point raised was
that a great many of the students who
wish to enter the university are girls,
and in order to attain the required
standard they overdo themselves at a
period when their health should be
most carefully protected.
Professor Clark . of Lowell High
School, who spoke on "Units of High
School Work," held the same general
ideas. He said that since 1899 the Uni
versity of California has defined its en
trance subjects as units, the unit be
ing five recitations a week for a year.
This, he held, is very injurious to the
bjgh school, as he considers the univer
sity should be content with specifying
the material in its entrance subjects
and the high school free to determine
the work. The present system, he said,
leads the high schools to place work
before scholars when they are unfitted
for it. •
Some interesting facts and figures
were brought out by Joseph O'Connor,
principal of the Mission High School; in
his address on "High School Teachers'
Salaries." He compared the' salarjesof
the teacher with those paid the me
chanic and showed by figures that the
man who earns his bread by, the sweat
'of his brow is better paid than the pro-
Educators Say Too Much Is Required
of Students.
FAVOR LOWER STAXDARD.
One of the differences between our
high society and a barrel of cider is
that it is hard to keep the cider from
working. — Recollections of a Newport
Monkey.
The deceaEed was a native of Eng
land, Z"t years old and unmarried. He
was a member of the society of Sons
*f St. Georce.
"Jreaks Part of a Gas Fixture and Is
Suffocated in Ills
Sleep.
Charles Bloxham, a ship carpenter,
nployed at the Union Iron Works,
vas a victim of s:as suffocation some
time during last Tuesday night in his
oom at 1259 Mission street. His
.ead body was found' on the floor yes
terday morning near a small gas
jtove that he had been using for
heating purposes. The gas had been
turned off at the stove, but the key
of the cas fixture, from which a
rubber tubing conveyed gas to the
stove, was open, and the tube near
j.he junction was broken. It is sup
'., iosed that Bloxham, after having
losed the key at th«» stove, stumbled
njrainst the tubinff and broke it,
thus unwittingly allowing the illumi
tant to escape. .,_ - .„„_
\
Slsns Findings in Dnnphy Case.
ACCIDENTAL STUMBLE EXDS
CHARLES BLOXHAM'S LIFE
Following the example of the San
ta Fe and other big roads, the South
ern Pacific Company has fitted up a
car with all the^ modern-¦improve
ments used in the handling and oper
ating of i rolling stock and will soon
send it out on the divisions' for the
purpose of giving instruction to its
employes in the newest methods of
railroading.
The car 4 is, to be in charge of "Wil
liam Xicholls, a train dispatcher in
Los Anjreles, tind will have several
instructors abo'ard. It is the plan of
the company to have the car travel
over the entire Pacific system, stop
ping at terminal points, where men
can be instructed in such work" as is
deemed necessary to make them more
proficient.
Southern Pacific; Company to Im
prove the Eflleieney of Its Oper-
.';! ating .Department.
IXSTKUCTIOX CAll TO BE
RUN OVEIt THE SYSTEM
The California Schoolmasters' Club
held a banquet in the California Hotel
last evening. More than 140 covers
were laid. SDeeches were delivered
by Toastmaster C. L. McLane of
Fresno; Secretary Frank Morton, Pro
fessor O. P. Jenkins of Stanford,
James Foshay, Superintendent of Los
Angeles schools, and Professor S. H.
Clark of the University of Chicago.
The members sang college songs and
told interesting stories.
Schoolmasters Banquet.
The secretary was authorized to ad
vertise for proposals for the grading
of a portion of the Pesthouse site and
the construction^of a. road leading
thereto.
Permirsion was granted to T. G.
Crothers and Sol Getz to grade H street
to official lines from Forty-fifth avenue
to Forty-eighth avenue, the city to be
relieved from bearing its portion of the
expense.
iThe board declared the bituminizing
of Clement street from First avenue to
Sixth avenue and -the construction of
artificial stone sidewalks thereon to be
expedient, and so recommended to the
Supervisor?. Some of, the property
owners have protested against the im
provement, which includes the narrow
ing the sidewalk by four feet. The
intermediate crossings of the street will
be improved even if the protests are
sustained, as the' crossings cannot be
protested under the law.
ROAD TO PESTHOUSE.
to-day.
Officer Beach was directed to see that
the proprietor of the Hotel Pantheon
discontinue the operation of a boiler
in the building. This boiler is deemed
unsafe. . • • .
Action on the apportioning of bene
fits and damages resulting from the
grades changed and established on Polk
and Chestnut streets was continued to
January 20. 1904. • ,
Final action on. the matter of the
proposed sewer in Ashbury street, be
tween Eighteenth and Clarendon, was
continued to January 13,-1904. The rep
resentatives of the Sutro estate opposed
the doing of the work.
The City Street Improvement Com
pany was awarded the contract for
furnishing 100,000 basalt blocks to the
city.
Jortall's successor will be Louis B.
Mayer, -• at present employed on an
evening paper. Mayer Schmitz had de
creed that Jortall shall be displaced by
the votes of Commissioner Schmitz and
the new Commissioner to be appointed
to succeed Marsden Manson, who re
tiros January 8, 1904.
The resignation of John McLoughlln
as foreman of street sweeping ana
sprinkling was accepted, to take effect
. The representatives of the Spring
Valley Water Company held a confer
ence yesterday with the Board of Pub
lic Works and Supervisor Brandenstein
regarding the proposed grant by the
corporation to the city of a right of
way for the extension of Nineteenth,
avenue from Ocean rcrad to the Tro
tc'adero Gulch.
The company had prepared the nec
essary deeds for the conveyance of the
land, but the board took- exception to
certain conditions imposed in the grant.
One of these Is that the city shall be
allowed the use of the surface of the
street only, whereas the board wanted
it conveyed . for all street purposes, in
cluding the building of a sewer therein.
The board ordered the deed amended
to give the city all rights to the street
without any limitations w'hatever. At
torney. Kellogg stated that the matter
would have to be submitted to the di
rectors of the company, and the board
decided that if the amendments were
adopted by the company it would rec- \
ommend that the deed be accepted by
the city.
Nicholas Jortall, secretary of the
board, presented his resignation, which
he desired to take effect at once. • The
board, however, requested Jortall to
continue in his position until January J
8, 1904, to which he agreed. Jortall,
who has .proven a capable official dur
ing his year of Incumbency, resigns to
go into business.
JORTALL'S SUCCESSOR. I
Those present were: James Heatley.
B. F. Goodwin, C. N. McLean, H. C.
Robinson, C. S. Tallmadge Jr., Charles
Flammer, Daniel Volkmann, P. W.
Gallagher, P. F. McDermott, M. War
ren, C. A. Cahill. Charles R. Beckley,
George Slusher, D. W. Smythe, Otis
Patterson, Charles Fricke. J. H. Tem
ple. W. J. Pfeiffer, Benj. Weed, G. M.
Agnew, G. II. Elliot, J. H. Glenn. Wil
liam Noble, F. J. McGougan, W. H.
Davidson, W. B. Bundschu, William
Volkmann, R. Schilling, C. H. Moore,
George W. Lane, C. N. McLouth, M.
P. Gleeson, George A. Gray, H. D. Lan
sing, W. B. Hunt, J. Buckley, C. P.
Low, H. H. Woodruff, E. R. Berg, A.
Schilling. George F. Volkmann, J. W.
Orr, H. H. Case, W. P. Gerlach, K. M.
Ham, A. A. Mitchell, Thomas J. Dun
can, H. C. Gregg, Ralph W. McCor
mick, John S. Blanton, F. E. McCleary,
Harry Malone, G. A. Pursell, W. O.
Stanley, Thomas R. Carlyle, J. A.
Cooke, C. Schilling, S. M. Barlow, Oliver
C. Thornton, Alton R. Vaughn, M. D.
Walters, Charles A. Chrisman, W. R.
Cregar, F. E. Harrison, L. P. Jones,
J. H. Bresee, W. E. Clark, W. A. Wil
son, George W. Robinson, E. E. Shep
herd, E. J.'Nixson, T. J. Vanderslice,
Fred J. Gripp, H. E. Worthington, T.
W. Stephens, Jamea J. Lent, Christian
Taaffe, V. L. Mitchell, T. B. Gibson.
Those who responded to toasts were:
W. O. Stanley, F. E. HarrisonT J. H.
Bresee, James Heatley. C. S. Tall
madge Jr., J. Buckley, H. H. Woodruff
and A. Schilling.
MEX WHO WERE PRESENT.
The traveling men who were ban
queted last night had come from many
parts of the country. Eighteen States
and Territories were represented. The
occasion was a house warm ing in honor
of the first Christmas of the firm in
the new quarters. The management
pays the fare to and from the various
men's homes. During the last two days
they have been entertained by the firm,
taken to the Cliff House, theater and
other points of interest in and about
San Francisco. Yesterday they were
taken up Mount Tamalpais.
It is an unusual thins to find a firm
that treats its employes with as much
consideration as does Schilling's. The
members of the, firm prepared for each
and every man who came. to the ban
quet a little verse written especially for
him. This was placed with the menu
opposite, his seat at the table. The
night was passed merrily in speech
making and feasting. Between the
speeches a stringed orchestra, hidden
in the profusion of trees, played pretty
selections. The whole affair bore the
evidence of careful planning and artis-.
tic execution.
FROM DIFFERENT STATES.
Amid a mass of Christmas trees,
ferns and flowers, resembling a small
portion of Golden Gate Park, the trav
eling men of the firm of Schilling & Co.
were banqueted last night in the firm'3
new building at the corner of Folsom
and Second streets.
The large delivery room of the house
was transformed by the magic hands
and artistic eyes of Charlotte F. Wil
liams and Carl Schilling into a spring
time scen^. On entering what is gener
ally the shipping room one could not
tell whether he had got into a conserv
atory of greens or a small part of a
beautiful park, decorated with prettily
colored lights. •i*'.-
In the center of the large court ivas
a circular table, seating seventy-nine
guests. In the space surrounded by
the table was a fountain springing out
of amass of greens, the spraying wa
ter being lit up with pretty red lights.
Above the table, stretching from the
center of the ceiling in great droops
toward the table were long strings of
greens, interwoven with myriads of. in
candescent lights. Surrounding the
table and forming the background were
500 Christmas trees, deftly arranged so
that they had the natural forest ap
pearance. Hundreds of red balloons,
bearing the mark "S. B.,7 floated ar
tistically among the greens. Large
numbers of hanging baskets of greens
and ferns hanging from the ceiling
completed the decorations. The court
was a perfect garden spot and reflect
"ed great credit upon its designers,
Charlotte F. Williams and Carl Schill
ing. ..
State Mineralogist Aubury e a y s that
;he Epace in the mining building will
not be sufficient to represent the min
\g industry of California adequately
a competition with other States. Kan
sas and Missouri, for ir.stanct, which
have but three minerals »to show, as
against fifty-one mineral substances in
California, will occupy as gre<u, or pos
sibly greater, space than will Califor
nia at the exposition.
In the meantime the space that was
ailotted to California in tho education
building has practically all been al
lotted to the public and other schools
in the State. There is, therefore, a
chance, as Stanford has not agreed to
exhibit and the University of Califor
nia has waited until the spaci has been
distributed, that the educational sys
tem of California, as illustrated by ex
hibits at St. Louis, will be devoid of
any representative showing cl either
">i its great universities.
L'XIVCUSITV SPACE.
Trebles are accumulating for the
Calif ri\xa. Commislsoners to fct. Louis.
Th- a difficulties, grow largely < ut of the
lesfre of certain counties to occupy
nrcrer space in the agriculture building
ai St. Louis. The room that the Com
missioners secured could be filled sev
eral tim^s if the representations of th<?
¦ unties concerning their nesds are to
he accepted. On the other hand the
Commissioners s»ay that some of the
counties are mistaken in the space they
-equire and that it is largely a matter
of installation. More can be put in a
certain space than is supposed by those
who have not had experience In installs
ing products for display at expositions.
Some time ago Commissioners Filcher
and Wiggins and Secretary Willis be
took themselves to Catallna Island and
there talked over In seclusion the mat
ter of space and the distribution of it
among the counties that will exhibit.
At last accounts there wer« thirty of
these cou»itifs. but it is rumored that
at least two in the San Joaquin Valley
that proposed to exhibit jointly have
concluded to Take part only In the gen
f-ral State display of California pro
ducts and cot show as individual
counties.
COUNTIES SEX1> DELEGATES.
Inuring the two days jurt passed a
Ftrong delegation, representative of the
¦en counties belonging to the Sacra
ipnto County Valley Development As
nciation has been in the city confer
ing with Commissioner Filcher. No
allotment of ypace has been made yet.
It was impossible to reach a final de
termination when* the two Commission
er* met at Catalina Island. The con-
Oitldna since have not been entirely
favorable. Meanwhile the representa
tives '>f the counties north o? Tthachapi
and Commissioner Filcher have been
in continual correspondence or confer
ence.
The ouestion as to whether the Uni
versity of California will have thy space
at St. Louis desired by President Whee
ler and the faculty is still problemat
ical. Months ago the university was
invited to se!>vt space in a section set
apart especially for universities, this
invitation coming directly from St.
Louis, but no move was mad-» to take
adya ntegr of the offer. Then the uni
versity* vvns urged by the St. Louis
Commissioners to exhibit, but no action
was taken. It was only recently that
the university applied to the author
ities at St. Iv:uis to be given a lar^e
.'•;>ac; for exhibition purposes. The
answer has been returned ¦ from St.
Louis that such space can bt given
only in case some earlier applicant for
room relinquishes . .what has been
awarded, the rcliniuishmer't to be
made by the opening of the new year.
Firm Entertains Its Drum
mers, Who -Come From Eight
een States and Territories
The .- Bituminizing of Clement
Street Is ' Recommended to
the Supervisors as, Necessary
Whether University of Califor
nia Will Have an Allotment
]s Question Not Yet Decided
J0BTAIL RESIGNS PLACE
Miss Mae O'Donnell of the Fremont
Primary School brought forth an ag
gregation of "Emmy Lous" and stal
wart lads with sweet voices, and they
thrilled the teachers with a concord bf
sweet sound. If these children ap
peared at any theater in thjs city and
sung as they did yesterday they would
score a decided hit. They rendered four
songs, but Auber's "Morning" ' and
Foster's "Old Black Joe" were the best.
The audience sat back in breathless
silence as the children's voices filled
the theater with the plaintive melody
of the Southland and tears came to
many eyes. The singing of this youth
ful choral did much to prove the effi
ciency of the local school department.
Professor S. H. Clark of the Universi
ty of Chicago received a generous
greeting when introduced by the presi
dent. His address was on "Interpreta
tive Reading" and it surpassed his ef
forts of the previous day.
The speaker appealed to his' auditors
to not allow themselves to be carried
away by the desire to gain riches, but
to pause and appreciate the beauties of
poetry and enrich their minds with
good literature. He ! illustrated his
meaning by allusion to the line "ane
never lifted up a stone," used by
Browning in one of his poems. Profes
sor Clark said he never appreciated
the meaning of the line until he had
discovered it in William "Wordsworth's
beautiful pastoral poem "Michael." He
grew eloquent in his narration of the
story in the poem and moved his lis
teners by the fervor and brilliance of
his remarks. Professor Clark's lecture
was illustrated with stanzas from the
poets, -which he recited with great ex
pression. When he concluded his mas
terly address the teachers applauded
him heartily.
An adjournment was taken until this
afternoon.-
PUPILS SIXG SWEETLY.
Wo have learned that It If not the knowl
edge alone, nor. the training passed through to
obtain It, which makes the true teacher; but,
as in all other departments of life, it is largely
personality — a very important factor in the
formation of the character of those who imi
tate. Many children come to us from homes
where the finer graces and qualities of life
are unknown, and the teacher Is tii^ first per
son with whom they come In. contact who
evinces refinement. Many children run wild
liecause mothers are too busily engaged with
the dressmaker or in attending the club, while
the father must sp«-nd his waking hours In
gaining food and clothing for his family. The
consequence is that the boy hae little or no
restraint In the home, and the school Is the
first place where he finds his purposes crossed.
He la comparatively unchecked, and orders
hip life as he pleases. The teacher takes the
toy. with all these tendencies, and sees at
once that he- must correct the wrong and
Instil the richt.
"School Discipline" was the subject
of the address of James A. Foshay,
City Superintendent of L.os Angeles
Schools, to the teachers. H» pointed out
the best means of maintaining discip
line in the schoolroom. In part he said:
' DISCIPLINE IX SCHOOLS.
Tou can readily eee from this how very im
portant Is the introduction of new teachers
Into cur department, for it Is with the Intro
duction only that the school directors take a
real part. After a teacher has passed through
the eutstitute class and has served her period
of probation as a probationary: teacher she
can only be elected < permanently, into the de
partment upon the recommendation of the
principal under whom ehe has taught and of
the Superintendent of Public Schools. You
can see from this that the responsibility .does
not rost entirely upon that much-abused class,
the school director, but upon those who should
have an intimate knowledge of the teachers'
ability. It has been the custom to lay all
faults, real or imaginary, existing among our
teachers, upon the school. directors; their backs
are broad; criticism of their a<?ts is a neces
eary accompaniment to their position; they
are used to it, although It is not always as
pleasant as could be desired, but as a matter
of fact the real responsibility for the final
placing of teachers in this department rests
not upon them, but upon the principals and
upon the Superintendent:
And when we have our annuity fixed upon
a firm basis, when our teachers after an active,
conscientious life spent in the schoolroom, can
feel that their remaining years are not un
provldsd for, when the $2 mt-nthly Increase
to their salaries is devoted to the annuity
fund, which I proposed some months ago and
which I have since advocated *and shall con
tinue to advocate until, I trust, the desired
result is Attained — when this comes to nass,
then, imlped. will our department ana our
teachers be as near perfection as possible.
applicants from all parts of the State who are
only too anxious to come under Its benign
provisions. Why. do you know that this ten
ure of office law is more binding- than the
marriage ceremony? Ycu may secu»e a divorce
from your husband or from your wife on ac
count of. Ineompatabtllty of temper, but noth
ing short of death Is a sure rele.a«? from the
tie that binds a teacher to the San Franclsc?
School Department. Some of the preceding
boards of education actually thought it pos
sible to dismiss a teacher after preferring
charges and trying her. The present beard in
the last year has paid SX7.0OQ rectifying errors
of this kind made by former boards. One at
torney in this city makes a ppeclalty of such
£**Mk and I understand he will take the casa
>•( • teacher dismissed for any cause, and,
• ikv nme uhjslcfans. guarantee "no cure, no
V?r" In fact, thins* have come to such a
pa^fc noTV that should a teacher be dismissed
Jrr>rn the rlepartment she would not look upon
It a.» a dismissal, but rather as an Indefinite
leavt- of alwence upon half pay — the attorney
recelvi-.g the other half.
SCHOOL DIRECTORS BLAMED.
Whtreas, The County Board of Education
is a body created by the constitution of the
State, giving a certain and specific power to
which other pov/ers and duties have been
added by the Legislature; and whereas, these
powers and. duties need to be more clearly
understood, defined and established, and to
this end discussion and harmony of action are
essential; therefore
Resolved, That the chairman of this de
partment of the State Teachers 1 Association be
authorized and directed to appoint an execu
tive comrnitte« of not less than seven mem
bers with power to act in preparing a plan
for the orcranization and co-operation of the
members of the county boards throughout the
State, to the end that conflicts of power may
be avoided, confusion reduced to order, the
constitution b? followed in spirit as well as
in letter and a high grade of local super
vision be attained.
Resolved, That, this plan so propessd be
¦ submitted to the county boards for ratification
not later than Juiy 1. 1904.
Resolyed, . That the ..executive; committee
electj of, the association be requested . to. give
thiE department place on the programme of
the next annual association meeting.
Resolved, That the thanks of this depart
ment are due and are hereby tendered to the
retiring president. O. W., Erlewine, for . cre
ating this department .and. establishing the
precedent of Its' recognition.. as a potent tactor
in school administration. ...
Th« resolutions were so amended as to. make
P. M. FUher chairman of the executive com
mittee.
fessional man. He suggested that theL
teachers form an, organization on th«
line of trades unions for the purpose of
raising their salaries and mutually pro
tecting their interests.
That, the Idegartment of music has :
accomplished splendid results was dem
onstrated at the concert held in Stein
way Hall yesterday morning, under the
direction of Miss Estelle Carpenter.
The following programme was ren
dered: . ¦
Quartet of strings, Alex Stewart director:
sorgp, second and third grades. Golden Gate
Primary' School. San Francisco, Miss Marie
Kaplan teacher: class In sight singing, sixth
rrade. Spring Valley' Grammar . School, San
Francisco, Mies Julia C. Coffey teacher; violin
solo (selected). Master Raymond Durney, "Ear
Training," . Mips Cora Jenkins, Oakland; chil
dren's son~s, written and arranged by local
composers and sung by Miss Carpenter, (a)
"Lullaby" (Savannah). <b) "Rose Sons:" (Sa
vannah), (c) "Rockaby Boat" (Stovall): "Some
Alms Fundamental in Public School Music."
C, C. Van Llew, president Chico State Normal
School: class lessons and gongs bx children of
Alameda schools under the direction of Miss
Ida M. Fisher, supervisor of music, Alameda;
children's songs, sung by Mrs. Arthur Flck
enschen, • San' Francisco; "What I Saw, and
Heard in the' Vocal Studios of Paris," Mrs.
Marriner-Campbell, San Francisco; chorus,
fourth and fifth grades,. Garfleld Primary
School, M'.ss Annie M. Forrester teacher: dis
cussion, "Do the Schools Make Music Read
ers?" "How Can We Make the Grade Teach
ers "Most Enthusiastic?" by. supervisors ot
music. Miss Emily Dodge. Stockton; MUs Llda
Lennon, Chlco; Mrs. L. V. Sweesey, Berkeley;
F. F. Jeffers, Palo Alto: Milton -Lawrence, \
San Jose.» . _
Rooms 4 and 5 of the Mission High
School, where the Industrial Arts de
partment held its sessions, were s,plen
didiy decorated, under the auspices of |
the California Club, f<jr the purpose of j
suggestion and demonstration as mod- I
els of schoolroom art. Officers for the
ensuing year were chosen as follows:
*Chairman, A. B. Clark; secretary,
Charles H. Thorpe: directors— Miss j
Ball, E. E. Goodall, F. H. Meyer, Miss
Whittaker. Mrs. J. W. Orr of the Cali
fornia Club addressed the "gathering
from a club wojnan's standpoint. She j
said that while as a rule Boards of Ed
ucation would do nothing to improve
the appearance of schoolrooms they
-would willingly accept anything pre
sented to them. • Other addresses were
made by Mrs. A. G. White, C. P. Niel- j
son, Miss Emelia Kalisher, F. H. |
Meyer and Miss Katherine Ball. j
At the session of the County Boards i
ot Education the following resolution, I
introduced by Mr, Kepple of Los An- |
geles, was unanimously adopted: i
Perhaps the most important as weil a* the
most difficult duty cf a Board of Education
Is the selection of proper and efficient teach
ers. You may have elaborate courses of study
pr-pa vd by learned college professors or by
practical educators, you may have expensive
building*, fitted with modern improvements
and equipments, but unless you have good,
faithful end conscientious teachers you will
not i>« able to make a success of your educa
' tional work.
While this is important in all portions of
California, it is not so much so in districts
outsdc of San Francisco, where the mistakes
of appointment can be rectified at the opening
of the next school year by the failure to re
flect the teacher who has proved unsatis
factory, but In San Francisco it is of especial
importance, fcr here we have the life tenure'
'provision, which gives a teacher once elected
in the department a position for life. It \i a
good thing in this way: Teacher* should bf.
tree from the whims, caprices and personal
attacks of bc'ioo! directors. It has, however,
I understand, been somewhat criticized by
eome inurior teachers, who seem ' to think
that the result is not always as satisfactory
ss it should be. but I note that when we have
our annual examinations for teachers' posi
tions in this department we have numerous
Thoma5 P. Woodward's viftwa on the
law of tenu*' <•» applied to teachers
and his efforts to secure an Increased
annuity fund interested thv teachers
and they applauded many points in his
address. In part he spoke rs follows:
BOARD HAS ITS TROUBLES..
If you teach th^ee at all teach the local
cufctom of to-day, or, better still, leave the one
bey of your fchuo! who may in after life need
to "know these special things to learn them in
actual rrsctic* rather than give them to the
forty-nir.e who will never have use for them.
The" o'd idea of formal culture giving a dis
cipline which may be transferred to any occu
pation of later life does not accord with modern
thoupht and experience. Mental discipline may
be given by exorcise ur>on useful, up-to-date
thincr. We are ftill teaching English as
though It were an Inflected language. We are
posting the brains of children with subtle
distinctions fcund enly in the Latin grammar.
One-third the time now spent on grammar is
sufficient to teach all the thought relations
eyyntial to the use and appreciation of good
Knpllfh. Leave the subtleties of Latin to th«
Latin teachers. Leave the erammar of eld
English to the college professor.
In the primary grades we have cut out a big
curve in the teaching of reading and now go
direct to the thought expressed by the words,
but we are forcing upon children literature be
yond their appreciation.' Many emotions must
Walt upon physical development. The love of
a youth for a maiden awakened too early be
comes sickly sentimentality. Rvangeiine and
Enoch Arden are no poems for children. Rob
inson Crusoe. Arabian Nights, even HUckle
beiry Finn, at a certain period In the life of
a boy are far better. The literature of exalted
emotion should not be put before -the minds
of children. More of nature, more of manual
training more of modern life, more of work
adapted to the child's environment might re
place the things that should be eliminated from
th*> vresent course of study.
In other lines of business there Is constant
striving for better plant, better equipment.
New »nd more expensive machinery Is con
tirually replacing the older and cheaper. Type
for the <Vi;!y new«i»r*T Is no longer set by
hard, but by the ingenious Mergcnthaler. The
el»ctrir train Is fast supplanting the steam
car. \Y> r.eed more property constructed and
well furnifhed fcIjocI buildings, mor; beautiful
end attractive school rooms, more ample and
improved «rhool ground*, more attention to
rhysical education. These Increased school
facilities will cost money, but '- the business
world the most expensive equipment is usually
found to be the cheapest. It turns out the best
article; in the largest quantities.
WILIj ASK FOR MOKE MONEY.
I am pernuad'd that it !s my official duty to
ask the Stat" Lrrifdature at Its next session
to increase the State school tax rate from
$7 to $10 and to raise the minimum in the
counties from $S to *S per census child, and I
shall count uivni all friends of uubllc educa
tion, nil interested in the Industrial growth
of cur Stat<\ to Rive their earnest support to
advancement of these measures. The appeal
to local pride, to the tchool district alone, will
not answer, nor can the needed Increase, of
revenue b» left wholly to the counties. The
call for more, money must be made upon the
three hai^ily blended sources of our school
revenue!*— the Stst*. the' county and the dis
trict. Those who would leave cut the State
overlook the fact that public education in the
Etate'ti business and that a State tax Is the
most tqultable. for it affects all portions
alike. I would suggest that In seeking this
change In the minimum of State and county
levy it *lso be enacted that not Gnly all
of the State fund as now, but at least "5 per
cent of fie oratiiy fund annually, b* devoted
to the payment of teachers' nalarie*. and that
the law be risM and exacting that school
bulldlr.g* an<5 «>tner equipment be supplied by
the local dlftnr:.
Shivering with cold and wrapped up
in furs and winter Jackets thj teachers
of San Francisco and members of the
California Teachers' Association sat
through the third day's session of the
annual institute in the Alhambra Thea
ter yesterday afternoon. The commit
tee of arrangements had forgotten to
have steam turned on and iho big play
house was cuite cold. Despite the dis
comfort the pedagogues enjoyed the
excellent programme. The singing by
the children from the grammar schools
has been, as it always will be, a feat
ure of the sessions. Splendid addresses
were delivered by Thomas P. Wood
ward, president of the San Francisco
Board of Education, and James A.
Foshay, city superintendent of Los
Angeles schools. As on the previous
day the lecture by Professor S. H.
Clark of the University of Chicago
proved very interesting.
The session opened with ringing by
the pupils of the eighth grades of the
Hamilton Grammar School, under the
direction of Miss Ida R. Strauss. The
boys and girls showed good training,
singing In perfect harmony. They ren
dered "Flow Gently, Swe?t Afton,"
'"My Love Is Like the Red, Red Rose"
and Metcalfs beautiful "Absent." The
assemblage was appreciative and ap
plauded the efforts of the pupils. The
demand was so great that ths young
sters rendered "Absent" a second time.
. FAVORS HIGHER SALARIES.
At the conclusion of the singing
President JSrlewine introduced Thomas
J. Kirk, State Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction, who .delivered an ad
dress on "The Output." Tha speaker
struck a responsive chord in the hearts
of his auditors when he said that
"teachers are the most poorly paid of
all public servants. Policeman and let
ter-carriers are better paid and have
permanency of employment." In part
he said:
Thr aim of the modern business world is to
produce the vcrv best goods at the least ex
pense or cutlay. To this end the manufacturer
is trying to secure better raw material, better
machtiK-rv and more skillful workmen. The
school rriuM take it? j>lace amonc. business
enterprises. It employs more capital and more
labor i nan any other vnc industry in the whole
country; vet it? methods are in many respects
antiquated, it? equipment is comparatively
l*>or and its workmen are often unskilled. We
cannot Improve the raw material; that we must
take as it comeg to hand. Just as furnished us
by nature. We must, therefore. Improve our
equipment and train our workmen.
Traveling cast through Nevada and Utah,
we find 'he railroad Is everywhere cutting out
rurvts and reduCthS Kradei*. The roatibed of
the seventies will not do for th« Overland Lim
ited and the increasing traffic of to-day. In
education we are still traveling alone trails
made by the pioneers. The conrs? of etudy
is still encumbered with much that is useless.
We are *till teaching the spelling of apteryx.
caoutchouc and syzygy. We forset that the
child needs to learn only the words he will
probably have to use. Spelling i« not a pre
requisite to readinp. We may read many
tverds that we cannot ipelL I recognize the
Governor wfct never 1 meet him. but I coulJ
not draw his picture. I recognize in reading
many wordy which I could not picture with
my "r<n. Oar arkkmetic» 'are filled with
j.rcbloms whUti may have appealed to our fore
lathers, but which have no place in modern
!»u:~in<-ss life. Cut out the curves of hcunds
chasing hare? "of stock exchanges, average of
vaymfnts, true discount, frustums of cones,
etc. ' Reduce the grade of plastering, papering
and carpeting.
TEACH CUSTOMS OF THE DAY.
SEVEXTY-XINE AT FEAST
TBOUBLES ACCUMULATING
. .f . . . ..-...--¦
.Wprks. Board Excepts to Con
ditions of Spring galley for
Nineteenth. Avenue. Opening
Schillings Turn Shipping Court
Into Place of Vernal Beauty
in Honor of Traveling Men
Thomas J. Kirk, Superintendent of Public Instruction, > Believes
That Minds of Children Are Filled With Things That
Are of Very Little Value to Them in Battle "¦¦' of Life
Commissioners Are Confronted
With Demands for More Room
Than There Is for Applicants
BANQUET 'MIDST
MASS OF GREEN
ORDERS CHANGE
IN THE DEED
SPACE PROBLEM
IS UPPERMOST
ADVOCATES TEACHING PUPILS
SUBJECTS THAT ARE USEFUL
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