WESTERN SCHOOL NEWS. The San Francisco Board of Education have elected to the eligible list the following: Mrs. Alice F. Holden, Miss Bertha Roberts, Miss N. I. Monaco, Miss Helen E. Spafford, Miss Wanda Reichling, Mrs. Elizabeth M. Doud, Miss Mabel Onyon, Miss Maud Hyman, Miss Marie G. Klein, Miss Emma Nesfield, Miss Alice Chalmers, Miss L. M. Forsyth. Miss Mattie Hammill and Miss Madge Jackman graduated at Christmas from the State Normal School in San Francisco and since then both have been successful in obtaining positions as teachers in Sonoma County schools. Miss Hammill will teach Guilford school in Alexander Valley and Miss Jackman will preside over the school in Wright District. Prof. C. I. D. Moore, supervising principal of the Santa Monica public schools, has resigned and his resignation has been accepted, to take effect February 1. Prof. D. A. Eckert, who has been connected with Santa Monica High School for several years, has been chosen to fill the vacancy. It is understood that Prof. Moore will withdraw from teaching to accept a very desirable position in another line of endeavor. Superintendent Ramsay of Fresno County resigned December 11th to take effect December 31, 1901. Mr. Ramsay held the office of county superintendent three years. Previous to this time he was proprietor of a business college, and before coming to California was president of the University of New Mexico. Mr. Ramsay was an energetic and progressive superintendent and made many friends in the county and thruout the state. Mr. Ramsay has under consideration several offers to engage in educational work in San Francisco and Seattle. The following is his letter of resignation: "To the honorable Board of Supervisors of Fresno county, State of California: "Owing to sickness in my family necessitating my leaving the county of Fresno for an indefinite time, I beg leave herewith to submit to your honorable board my resignation as superintendent of schools of the County of Fresno, State of California, which said resignation I request shall take effect on the 31st day of December 1902. I further request that this resignation be accepted at your earliest convenience so as to enable me to make my plans to leave the county by the first of the year, and that my successor be appointed by your honorable board to take his office by the first of January, "Respectfully submitted, "GEORGE S. RAMSAY." The Board of Supervisors accepted the resignation and appointed G. N. Freeman, a well 1901. Notes. Dr. Geo. A. Gates has been elected president of the Pomona College. Riverside is building a handsome new high school building. Miss Mary E. Moroney of the Franklin Grammar School died December 26th. The Washington Union High School district opened its fine new school building at Easton recently. Salvador district, Napa County, has built one of the finest one-room schoolhouses in the state at a cost of $1600. Dr. Chas. W. Elliot, president of Harvard University, will deliver the Charter Day address at the University of California. Seattle has introduced night schools and has also decided to issue bonds to the amount of $275,000 for new school buildings. Miss Frances Parmeter, teacher and head of the English department of the Chico Normal School, has resigned on account of ill health. R. E. Friars. formerly county superintendent of Snohomish, Washington, has been elected president of Washington State Teachers' Association. The St. Helena High School was dedicated during the past month. Superintendent Kirk was present at the ceremony. The building cost $24,000and is built of stone. The past year was notable for buildings and improvements among the schools of Napa County. Preston W. Search has just been selected as the new president of the University of Maine at Orono, Me. Mr. Search was for some time superintendent of the public schools of Los Angeles In the same capacity he was located at West Liberty, O., Pueblo, Colo., and Holyoke, Mass. MAGAZINES at about HALF USUAL RATES by ordering in clubs. For special club offers, address ALVIN LONG, Lyons, Kansas. The dedication of the fine new Melrose schoolhouse was attended by circumstances which were imposing in every way, and principal, teachers, parents of the children and their friends may well rejoice together over the successful ending of a long time of waiting. The upper hall had been chosen for the exercies. The platform and columns were tastefully decorated with yellow bunting and eucalyptus branches. In the rear the large flag which had been procured thru the industry of the children in securing subscriptions, brightened the wall with its red, white and blue. Over the platform palm branches drooped gracefully above the black-boards. Here and there jars of yellow and bronze chrysanthemums lent a touch of color to the scene. To Mr. Williams and his wife the teachers and a corps of able assistants, who have worked day and night to accomplish it, is due the success of the occasion. After an invocation by Rev. Hugh W. Fraser, a pleas ing program was rendered, consisting of patriotic songs by the children, the report of R. H. Roane, the clerk of the board of trustees, and addresses by those who had been invited to be present. Mrs. Jos. Bardellini favored the audience with two solos, "When the Heart is Young" and "Sleep, Little Baby." Miss Lulu Smith sang "A Dream," and was afterwards followed by Miss Rita Slater, who played as a piano solo, "Fantasia." J. A. Colquhoun, as Master of Ceremonies, introduced County Supt. T. O. Crawford, who spoke in praise of the patient and persistent struggle of the district in their endeavor to erect the school. He likened them to the English, of whom Napoleon said, "They did not know when they were beat." Rev. Ernest E. Baker, after a few happy remarks which amused even the "children of a larger growth" spoke at some length. He emphasized the thought that the education of character was the most important part of the educational system, and told several anecdotes to illustrate his remarks. Mr. P. M. Fisher claimed that he had been called upon In order to give an historical flavor to the occasion. In a reminiscent vein he travelled backward many years and recalled the time when, as County Superintendent he had visited the school in its suburban days. In closing he spoke in congratulatory terms of the fine large building which had been been evolved from the little schoolhouse on the banks of the slough. Hon. Thomas J. Kirk, State Superintendent, spoke earnestly of the value of schoolhouses, and likened them to millstones in the nation's progress. He impressed upon his hearers the fact that it was a red letter day in the history of the district, and also the necessity for the co-operation of parents in the work of the teachers. He also dwelt upon the need of cultivating humane principles in the education of the children, and referred with regret to the close proximity of the Coursing Park, where animals were sacrificed simply to gratifiy the baser instincts of humanity. In closing he reiterated the thought of Mr. Baker, and said that the school should be dedicated to the cultivation of nobleness of character. After the singing of America by the school and the audience, the exercises were brought to a close and old friends met in friendly chat until the shadows began to lengthen and it was time to depart for home. -EMILY REMSEN-SCADDAN Mr. Williams is a native of Indiana, and lived on a farm, and only attended public school for a few months each winter until he was twenty years old. Afterward he taught winter schools and attended the spring normals of his native State until he was married in 1875. He later attended the Danville College in Indiana, the better to prepare for his chosen profession. After teaching for eleven years in Indiana, something seemed to say to him and his wife that a mission awaited him in the schools of the Golden State. He resigned his vice-principalship of the school in Owensville, Indiana, and came to California in 1885. After stopping a few months in San Mateo and San Francisco counties, he moved to Mariposa County, where he taught five years, being a member of the County Board of Education for two years. Resigning this position, he moved to Fresno County and taught one year. Being elected to the principalship of the Melrose School, he moved to that district, where he has taught for the past ten years. BOOK REVIEWS. Baldwin's Conquest of the Old Northwest. By James Baldwin, author of "The Discovery of the Old Northwest," "Baldwin's Readers," "The Story of Roland," "Old Greek Stories," etc. Cloth, illustrated, 256 pages. Price, 60 cents. American Book Company, New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. This volume is supplementary to the same author's "Discovery of the Old Northwest," yet is I which deal with the sights of the city, and the necessary orders in hotels, restaurants, stores, etc. were in each case written on the spot of the scene described, and are true to the life and features of modern Paris. 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The demand for young men and women with a knowledge of stenography and book-keeping has exceeded the number available by from ten to twenty per month. Nearly all the graduates from the Civil and Mining Engineering Department are in employment or working for themselves. Those whose names are marked thus ★ are already in employment. With few exceptions, these positions were secured on the recommendation of the school. * Harry J. Callahan Lou's Maleret... C. L Withers..... F. J. Hunt...... Nipomo R. E. Hamilton. C. M Allen..... C. N. Parmenter..... C. L Henshaw.. Rohnerville .City Benton Banks, Canada City .Oakland ..Ciiy |