The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 2, 1895, Page 7

HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1895, The | san Erancig, e O T A | { | BALDWIN THEATER. CALIFORNIA THX CoLumBIA MOROSCO'S OPERA-HOUS TIVOL1 OPFRA-HOUSE ORPREUM—High-Cl GROVE HLDEN Saturday MECHANTCS sreat. mer Sx001 Haight street ore Llock | PacIFIC Coas - B DisTRICT TRACK * CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. phesied for to- | air weather is offi ay. ated curios to A number of Park Mu the cean boulevard in the han It being the b day there v 1 hold a confer- to-night. were the winn ark vesterda rt and on the park will be started | a series 1 Temple | t the Schuet- nany medals Golden Gate capacity rch e Mormon chu: B the es of as given to B rca’in honor of his ment Club e organization et Meth who killed & appealed for is poems an; rat Y -keeper on Frar urteen of his patrons our yesterday morn- Benevolent and held its annual e Hall in honor discussing the he Normal c High ich. study the la- ramped” ali last nces to a large the next meeting e Normel p the de- ropriation. thern taking ad- of the Ca- > Sec 7 & unanimous h trustees in select- ,who stabbed his friend, penknife Sa: 10 the police yester- d with asseult yAil rsary 1 o1 Portugal’s independence Union-square Hall ast ia Grove, United Ancient )n & Tampage last evening, >on on Powell and O'Farrell o the policeman who arrest. of the Pacific Theological a re at the T hird Church isst night that no ade of baptism by iminersion in 1 or New Testaments. c 1of the Irish National Al- vesterday and sppointed e com- et ct_the City and organize addi- councils. The new movement is meet- ith much success in San Francisco. reat for the people was bezun at St. < Church last evening and will con- ich evening during the week. T i1l be on special subjects. To-night Rev. r Hickey preach on the “End of il 65_years old, was n Hsnk Jergens' nth and Douglass d before medical aid The deceased was a hael Reedy, & laborer en with corner be summoned. native of Ireland. Inspector Dockery, finding that milkmen ond Unitarian | 1 R. H. Murray, soldiers from | ALONG THE WATER FRONT. Narrow Escape of the American Bark Richard III Of ~ This Port. CUT RATES STILL IN FORCE. | Chinese and Japanese Are Going Home Via Puget Sound in Con- sequence. The American bark Richard III had a narrow escape from becoming a total wreck a few days ago. She was on her way here from Puget Sound, and off the | The current | Farallones became becalmed. set her in toward the rocks, and the cap- tain, in order to save his ship, put out the kedge anchor. This only held for a few minutes, and when the line parted in seemed as though nothing could save the ship. Just at the opportune moment the tug Sea King, with another ship in tow, hove in sight. Captain Rasmussen im- mediately went to the assistonce of the heavily laden Richard ITI and towed her to a place of safety. He then came on into port with his other tow. In spite of the fact that it was a dead calm, if the rk had ever struck the rocks, she would, in her heavily laden condition, have be- come a total wreck. The war along the water front seems to be general. The Southern Pacific and the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, the Pacific Coast Steamship Company and Piper, Aden, Goodall & Co. have been at it for some weeks, and now a fight has broken out between the shipping-masters. The disturbing element in this instance is an ex-port warden and now a Deputy Health Inspector. Harry Han- sen, another shipping-master, boldly as- serts that Louders, instead of attending to ies as inspector, is around ‘‘Lime- juice corner’” (Battery and Washington streets) every morning from 10 to 12 drumming up trade among the German ship captains, “I can’t see how Louders can serve two masters,”” said Harry * Han- s “He draws $105 a month as 4 Health | Inspector, but all the inspecting he seems to do is Jooking over the German ships d finding out how many men they t.” As the shipping-masters are to ort the matter to the Board of Health, liveiy fight before it v repo there is a chance for s is all over. The Pacific Coast Steamship Comnany mer Umatilla sailed for Puget Sound v morning. As the rate, includ- s and meals, was only $8 cabin teerage, there was an immense passengers. Iivery stateroom 1 cots had to be put up in the and dining-room in order to ate everybody. In the steerage te a number of Japanese and bund for Yokohama and Hong- ng via the steamers of the Canadian and Northern Pacific. It looks as though this would draw the Pacific Mail and the Occi- the fight as they will have to cut rates in order to protect themselves. The fare charged a Chinese by the two lines is $50 and a Japanese pays $51. By taking steamer to Victoria, B. C., the Mongolians Hence the exodus by the Umatilla. Those who oughtto know say the fight has only just begun and it will be very far-reaching | 1n its effects before many weeks are over. The steamer Arago started for Coos Bay vesterday, but had to come to an anchor off Fort Point. What the matter was could not be learned, but the chances are that it was simply a hot bearing. She blew off steam for a while ana after re- { maining at anchor an hour and a half | proceeded on her way:. | The pilot boat America has been known as No. 0 ever since she was built. Lands- | men had only tolook for the cipher on | the mainsail to know which boat it was. At the time she was put in commission | the America was the fastest boaton the | bay, and on account of that fact and in honor of her name she was numbered | abiead of all the schooners tie pilots have | ever built. That sentiment has pas: | now, however, and in future the America will be known as No. 11. A new_suit of | sails was put on her yesterday and on the | mainsail the new number The Lady Mine is to go into commission again inafew daj She was run down by the steam schoouner Cleone some weeks ago and badly injured. he has now been repaired and overhauled, and Captain ‘“‘Pete” Ott considers that she is now the finest schooner in the fieet. The Sabbath quiet of the front was only broken in two places yesterday. The whale- back City of Everett at Lombard-street wharf was unloading the balance of her | Panama freight and the Australia at Fol- som-street was busily loading cargo for Honolulu. The Everett has to discharge and lozd by Thursday next and the Aus- tralia sails to-morrow. The steamer Pomona sailed for yesterday afternoon. Among the passen- vers were Captain Steadman of the & a- tion Army and his wife and child. A full delegation from San Francisco Corps No, 2 was down to see bim off and sang a great | number of hymns before the steamer got away. Captain Steadman was formerly | with No. 2 corps, but now goes to Eureka | to take command of the Humboldt divi- sion. | AMUSEMENT FOR ALL | ENTE | Many Attractions Offered by the Man- agers of the Theaters. De Wolf Hopper, who, during the past | | week, has given the people so much to ! laugh at and at the same time much to ad- | mire in the comic opera, “Dr. Syntax,” | will appear in that pieceat the Baldwin to- night and then for two nights more in the character of the Schoolmaster. Those who are fond of light opera wiil take this op- portunity of seeing and hearing this pro- duction. This evening the management of the Co- lumbia will present **A Fool for Luck,” specially written by John A. Stevens for | Joe Cawthorne, who will assume the lead- | ing character and give a San Francisco { andience an opportunity to see how well i . 3 | he can render the German-American dia- | | | dental and Oriental steamship lines into | can better that rate by a couple of dollars. | reka | ply cheap restaurants and hotels | joct” He will be supported by Annie water their milk efter he examines it, is keep- | pi "\ LppX oy < up a persiste id upon these place: | Buckley, daughter of Ned Buckley, a long- fupsperaistont faldimppi giohe places pd ago fayorite of this City, and by other new will proprietor who adulterated arti Numerous reports are b dquarters of the commitiee on promotion this City, indicating that the cities and towns in the interior are making & vigorous ffort to secure the Republican National Con- tion for San Francisco. g received at the was taken to the Home of the Inebriates last Saturday night. When he received his in- ructions from Washington to go on waiting, lers he called his crew ait, bade them goods , after which came the end. Over twenty delegations from as many church societies met in Young Men's Christian Associntion Hall yesterday to arrange for a ntertainment to be given this month for nefit of the Boys’ Brigade. It will be ven in the old Christian Association build- % on Sutter street. he American ship W. F. Babcock had a ter- rible experience rounding the Horn. She was driven to 61 deg. south and there the ropes froze in the blocks and several of the crew were frostbitten. The men claim the captain’s little daughter as their mascot and say that it | Wwas owing to her presence that the ship pulled E: | edediah Buxton, the English peasant, | had a miraculous memory for figures and ithmetical calculations. He made mental | lculations involving the use of thirty es of figures without pen, pencil or paper, which, indeed, he could not have i sells the | Captain M. A. Heely of the revenue cuter | | people. Herrmann, the great, assisted by Mme. | Herrmann, will appear at the California’ | Theater in the wonderful mystifying tricks | and illusions that for a week past have been the talk of the town. The perform- | ance is decidedly entertaining and the talk of the professor as he presents the several numbers that make up the programme is very pleasing. The part that Mrs. Herr- mann takes in the performance is charm- ing. Manager Grover has come to the con- clusion that the people have not had enough of “The Governor,” and for that | reason he will place it on the boards again to-night and keep him there during the week. An attraction that was not in the revious presentation will be Lord Sholto ouglass and his wife, who have been se- cureg to take part in the very amusing comedy. g Another melodrama is to be offered at the Grand Opera-house this evening. It is *“The Burglar,” which has been amplified from a sketch presented here in the past under the title of “Editha’s Burglar.”’ Little Gertie Carlisle, who made such a hit in the play performed last week, will ap- used, for he could nejther read nor write, pear in this, to delight the patrons of house and win fresh laurels. The prom- inent members of the company are in the cast. “The Mikado, or the Town of Titipu,” Sullivan and Gilbert's popular comic opera, will be revived at the Tivoli this evening with Raffael as the MWikado and Emelie Melville as Patti-Sing. The opera will be well staged and the costumes will be those of ' the land of the far East, and will serve to make the production an at- tractive one. The agitation in regard to the Japanese at this time will draw atten- tion to it. The Phoite-l’inn\:i troupe from the | Parisian Casino will be the chief feature at the Orpheum Music Hall to-night, They tion for ability to amuse. 1In addition, the programme, which willinciude the Bogard ros. with trained bears, and a number of speciaities. Should the weather be fine and clear to- night, and the full moon shine in all its splendor, the Haight-street chutes will be in operation, and those who go_there will have an opportunity of enjoying a slide 1 to deep water by moonlight. At Macdonough’s Theater in Qakland this evening the management will present to its patrons that sterling dramatic pro- duction, “The War of Wealth,” which had a successful two weeks' run at the California in this City. DR, CASE O THE CHUTES The Divine Dreams of an Inter- view With Collis P. Huntington. He Believes Theodore Durrant Would Be Lynched Before Noon if Released. The large auditorium of Howard-street Methodist Church was filied to overflow- ing last evening by men and women, drawn there by the announcement that Dr. Westwood W. Case would give his opinion of “Shooting the Chutes on the Lord’s Day and Other Abominations.” “This subject,” said Dr. Case, ‘‘came to me in a dream, and it came so forcibly that I believed it came from the Lord. I met C. P. Huntington in my dream and told bim what I thought of the practice. He admitted it was all wrong, but said he had not the courage to stop it. I awoke. It was a dream, yet it was a terrible reality. ‘‘Capitalists may not shirk the responsi- bilities of the consequences of their money- making investments. A Crocker, a Stan- ford, a Huntington, is no morein the sight | of God than is the poorest among us. | When they appear before the mighty | judgment seat their souls will ve as naked | as those of the pauper. | “There has been aitogether too much of sweetness and light in religious teaching | the past few years, The time hascome for | an outery against the abominations of this City and coast, and it must come from the pulpit. Itis time our vorces be lifted up against sin, if we are called narrow and bigoted in consequence.” Dr. Case made an impassioned protest against saloons and drugstores being open on Sunday. He characterized the man who would have dental work done on Sunday as of the same class as the mer- -hant who displayed his wares on the Sabbath. “If the laboring people, who say they must employ the hours of the Sabbath in necessary work and recreation,” said he, “would demand other time for those pur- poses they would get it. But they are not | willing to doit. They are servile, cring- ing serfs.” ¥ | Fruit-stands should be closed on Sunday, | | | | | s0 should photograph galleries, according | |to the reverend gentleman. He pro- should bear excutsionists on Sunday. | He believed there was too much thou, ght “Ask Mr. and Mrs. want to do w Durrant what they L the boy in yonder prison They would him free.’ A i{ who weighed the the jury of twelve men i evidence of the late tri | They will say ‘the murderer’—I do not saj | Durrant, but the murderer—‘should expiate | his sins on the gallows,” Sosaysthe Judge | who ruled fairly at that trial, “It the Governor should pardon the young man recently condemned—if he | bad the power—should give him his free- { dom, public sentiment is such that Dur- | rant would be Iynched before noon. God's | law would be executed.” Referring to Judge Wallace’s applauded sentences of criminals to thirty-five years | at the penitentiary, he pronouncedit in | line with the Deity’s course of retributive | Justice. | He reiterated his statement made ina | recent sermon, that the person who rides a bicycle on Sunday for amusement is on | the way to hell. 2 | The divine said, in conclusion, that | shooting the chutes is a harmless diver- sion in which he had indulged himself, | but that a distinction should be made be- | tween the pursuit of amusement on the | first and the other six days of the week. | “Beware, young people,” he said, im- | pressively, “lest the lake prove a Iake of fire THIRTY DAYS FOR M'IADE. The December Shift at the Weather Burean Came Last Night. San Francisco will have Forecast Official Hammon’s weather now for thirty-one days, while Associate Forecaster Alexan- der McAdie does other work at the weather | bureau and studies Pacific Coast January | weather in vreparation for taking the Jan- | uary shift at the weather charts. Mr. McAdie will undoubtedly do a great | deal better after New Year’s, when for a month his name will again follow the weather forecasts. McAdie is an exceed- ingly promising weather prophet and a meteorologist of great ability as well as fame, and iv is quite shameful the way he has been abused lately by a lot of news- papers. Editors all over the State have been taking shots at bim for two weeks, and people have been saying mean little things after leaving umbrellas at home on his authority, three or four times lately. When McAdie was sent out here from Washington recently to be an assistant and alternate in the office here, it was ar- ranged between himselt and Forecast Offi- cial W. H. Haramon that they should al- ternate month by month at the forecaster’s desk and at other work. That is the rea- son that McAdie has been the prophet lately, and that Mr. Hammon will take a whack at it again now. As soon as Mr. McAdie “gets onto” the peculiar curves of Pacific Coast weather he will be ali right. He is one of the brightest and best-known meteorologists of the country, but he bas found that win- ning a medal in competition with the greatest meteorologists of the world, di. covering new things for science and writ- ing notable papers. are one thing, and coming out here from the East and trying right off to tell what one of those pesky “fows’” that shoot in from the occnn’i)n go- ing to do for the next thirty-six hoursis another. But he is simply having the ex- verignces that every other fine Easlern forecaster has had in the first round with a kind of weather that doesn't work that way anywhere else on earth. —————— Of Course. The grammar class was on the floor. “In the sentence, ‘I love vou,’ what is the mood of the verb?” asked the teacher. “Sentimental mood,” replied one of the arge girls, who had spent most of the summer at the seashore,—Pittsburg Chron- icle-Telegraph, | are pantomimists who have a good reputa- | management will present an attractive | | Normal | | nounced it a sin_ that overland trains | D€ €norrous, and there is no adequate re- | | of the mercy instead of the justice of God. | 1 IR ‘open the doors and set | Henderson will offer as the next meeting: | | l { they WHICH OF THE SCHOOLS CAN BE ABOLISHED? 1 Two of the Big Educa- tional Institutions in Danger. THEY COST TOO0 MUCH. The Normal and Polytechnic Schools Causing Criti- cism. A LETTER FROM A PRINCIPAL The Board of Education Trying to Get Expenses Within the Appropriation, Whether or not the Normal School is to be abolished and the class of substitute teachers now under salary be dismissed will be the most prominent measure be- fore the Board of Education at its next meeting. Directors Henderson and Clin- ton have both come to the front with reso- lutions intended to reduce the expenses of the department without impairing 1ts ef- ficiency, and their confreres in the board are just now digesting the documents. The excitement in this particular affair is the direct outcome of the reduction of about $200,000 in the school appropriation, caused by ex-Director Hyde’s charges that over $200,000 unnecessarily expended yearly by the present board for the two in- stitutions under discussion. As a rule the individual members of the Board of Education do not feel that it is right to abolish the Normal School. They realize that something must be done, however, to retrench expenses and, with them, the problem is ‘‘Where shall the cutting be done? In speaking of the matter yesterday Director Emmet P. Barrett regretted the whole matter had been brought up in such a way as to bring about acrimonious debate. “That would never have occurred,” he said. “if Principal James G. Kennedy had lived, He was an_educator who would” have placed Normal School on_such & strong footing 14 have been a question as to its certificates being accepted througnout the counties of this State.” During President Hyde’s administration a Mr. Yoder, from the East, was in charge of the school, but his appointment was subsequently declared illegal. James G. Kennedy succeeded him, but since Ken- nedy’s death, a few weeks later, the pos i tion has never been officially filled. In the resolutions asking for the closing of the School one of the intimations made is that the certificates of the school were not given recognition in the other counties of this State. According to Mr. Barrett, however, this is on the mend, and more than half the counties in this State accept the graduates of the Nor- mal School as competent teachers. One of the moves whick have already been made to retrench expenses was started at the last meeting of the board, when a resolution was introduced causing the appointment of a committee to inves- tigate the Polytechnic School. Ex-Director Hyde established that school at the corner of Bush and Stockton streets. In it was placed some $20,000 worth of machinery, and not a wheel of it has ever been turne The salaries of the teachers are high and the cost of running the school is said to turn. The special committee must soon report back their findings, and thereis a ikelihood that instead of the Normal it will be the Polytechnic School that will go. Following is the resolution Director Resolved, That the Normal School be reor- ganized as foilows: First—The school shall be known as the San Francisco Normal Training School. Second—The number of studenis shall be limited to eighty—forty to be admitted in January and forty to be admitted in July of each year, Third—The candidates for admission to the school must be residents of the City and County of San Franc and shall be gradu- ates of the Lowell, Polytechnic or Girls’ High Schools, or if not graduates of these schools hall show equivalent scholarship by ex- amination. Fourth—Provision shali be made for instruc- tion in the elements of the science of teaching, and opportunity shall be given for acquiring the ert by observation under model teachers and practice teaching under critic teachers. The pupil teachers shall also be given an op- portunity of meeting the difliculties of ordinary teaching by substituting in the department, not to exceed one-qaarter of a year, the substituting to be done without cost to the department. Fifth—The course shall extend over one and a balf years. A substitute resolution reading as lows has also been prepared : First—That the Normal School be and is hereby discontinued on and after December 381, 1 fol- Second—That_the City Board of Examina- tion be and is hereby instructed to examine the students of the Normal School in the re- quirements for a primary and grammar grade certificates, and torecommend the issuance of either grade to those whom they find entitled to receive them. Third—That the examination be held at the Normal School, commencing Monday, January 13, 1896. Director Henderson’s idea is that $26,000 could be saved each vear by doing away with unnecessary teachers, thirty of whom, he claims, are in the substitute class, drawing $40 each per month. In summing up the situation, Mr. Hen- derson arrives at the full $25,000 saving by showing that there are nine teachers in what is known as the consolidated class. They are teachers who, bf’ the consolida- tion of schools have been left without em- ployment or who have been let out for some other cause, and the conrts have put them back on the lists. They are gener- ally no good to the department and are not employed, but receive a salary that averages $66 per month—a total of $576 per month. Then there are ten substitutes of the evening classes, amounting to $406 50 er month—a_total for these teachers of F‘.’liis 40, or $25,984 80 for the year. Ten teachers counld do the work that these forty-nine teachers are paid for doing. This expense, he says, could be done away with easily could the pupils of the Normal School be made to act as substi- tute teachers without };;AY‘ Principal Richard D. Faulkner of the Franklin Grammar School declares him- self in this matter by a letter he has for- warded to Mr. Henderson, frankly ac- knowledging he is not looking for prefer- ment, but that his motive is simply for the good of the department. In it he states as follows: FRANKLIN GRAMMAR SCHOOL, Nov. 26, 1895, H. C. Henderson, Esq., Member Board of Edu- cation—MY DEAR SIR: 1 am mnot an applicant for the principalship of the Normal School, ;-»ut_in repiy to your inquiries I submit the foi- owing: Hns”me‘smte made sufficient provision for the certification and professional training of teachers to meet the needs of the schools of the State? This is the first question to be answered in considering the necessity of the Normal School of this City. The State has, besides the recognition of life diplomas of other States, educational diplo- mas of Nevada, Oregon and Washington, State Normal school diplomas of other States and diplomas of graduation from any institution in the United States of equal rank with the University of California, made provision for thie certification of teachers by semi-annual examinations of county boards of education and city boards of examination. It has pro- vided for the professional training of teachers by supporting three Normal schools and the maintenance of a department of pedagogy in the University of California. A diploma of graduation from either of these institutions entitles the holder to a certificate. The opportunity for professional training is further supplemented by the department of education of the Leland Stanford Jr. University. It would therefore seem, from the magnan- imity of the State in the recognition of the diplomas of other States, and the diplomas of graduation of institutions of higher learning throughout the United States, and the oppor- tunity it affords exeeptional merit to obtain recognition by examination, and its munifi- cence in the support of institutions for the professional training of teachers, that ample provision bas been made for supplying the schools of the State with teachers, and there is no necessity for the continuance of the Nor- mal School in this City. But despite these factsI believe that there are conditions that demand the continuance of the Normal School upon a basis that will give it a standing with the State Normal schools. The conditions that seem to demand the existence of the school might be considered under two heads: 1. Asa necessity of fitting a_considerable number of young women for obtaining a livelihood. 2.°As a necessity of the educational advancément of the schools. A rezident ot this City who desires to fit his daughter for the profession of teaching will certainly feel it a great inconvenience, if not a burden, to send her to Berkeley, Palo Alto, San Jose, Los Angeles or Chico. The City employs in round numbers 1000 teachers. " Practically all are women. A great majority of them, besides supporting them- selves, contribute to the s ort of others de- pendentupon them. It issafe to assume that many of them would not have been able to have prepared themselves to enter the schools if they Ead been compelled to leave their seem, in view of homes. It does the gopuh- tion of the City and the number of teachers it employs as compared with the population of theState and the number of teachers employed by the State, that its young women who desire to enter its teaching force should not be compelled to leave their homes to fit themselves for the opportunity. But above and beyond any claims that the residents of the City might have on the ground of inconyenience or expense in the fitting of their children for the profession of teaching by the discontinusnce of the Normal School, is the effect that its discontinuance would have on the schools of the City. It must be remembered that we live in an age of practical politics, and as much as it may be regretted politics is an element in the appointment of teachers to positions in the public schools, and & greater element in their retention. It is therefore necessary that the teachers appointed shall be well prepared. Tt is not to be expected that the young women of San Jose, Lo« Angeles or Chico are going to et positions in the School Department of this Ci instead ot the young women residin, here. It is safe to assume that practically al of the teachers in the future, asin the past, will be residents of the City at the time of their appointment. 1f they cannotobtain pro- fessional training at home they will enter the schools without professional training through examination. Then follow the first three articles noted in Director Henderson’s resolution with this change in the section prescribing the course of study: If the requirements for admission already 1aid down are maintained it will not be neces- sary to do any academic work, that is, in the nature of preparation for professional work; therefore, the studies pursued would be sub- stantially professional rather than academic, except where academic work is done as a of illustration or the enforcement of onal truth. In the professional training of teachers is included—1, the science of teaching; 2, the art of teaching. Iwill not discuss the elements of the science in detail. The art is gained either by observing good teaching or practic- ing teaching under teachers who are capable of criticising. In my opinion, the time should be about equally divided between the theory and practice. In the organization of the Normal Training School provision must not only be made for in- struction in the elements ot the seience, but an opportunity must be given for acquiring the art both by observation and practice. In the ac- quirement of the art the pupil-teachers should be given an opportunity for observation by be- ing sent at first in company with their teacher ot methods to observe the regular work of the best teachers of the department. The observa- tion should be followed by practice-teaching, commencing with group-teaching in a room separate from the class ot which the group is a part. The group-teaching should in turn be followed by placing the student-teacher in charge of a class, so that the difficulties of ordinary teaching may be met. The ideal course would be one of two years' length, but I do not suppose & course of such length'could be successfully inaugurated at once in this City, and I therefore suggest a course of one and & half years—one and a quar- ter years to be devoted to theoretical work and observation under model-teachers aud_ prac- tice-teaching under critic-teachers, and one- quarter of & year to substituting. 2 1f the substituting were done by the pupil- teachers of the Normal Training School with- out cost to the department it would effect a saving of several thousand dollars each year, besides securing the services oi a body of sub- stitutes under the close supervision of an ex- perienced and professional educator. Under this plan lp?licalion for substitutes would be made directly to the principal of the Normal Training School, and the assignment of them would be, under the direction of the Superintendent, supervised by him. In this matter in particular, as well as many others pertaining to the school, the superin- tendent could and should be an important factor, for, by keeping in close touch with it, he could exert through it an inspiring, an up- liiting force upon the entire department. The reports of the work of the pupil-teachers would not only enable the principal to de- termine their fitness for graduation and for the profession, but would, by a close study of their success or failure, enable him to know the needs and requirements of the schools. It is not contemplated under this plan that the rincipal of the Normal Training School should Ea\'e anything to do with the appointment of teachers to permanent positions, but that he should so conduct the school that in the course of the determination of the fitness of the stu- dents for graduation they should do the sub- stituting of the department. If the substituting were done in the way suggested, no necessity exists for the main- tenance of a substitute list. A vacancy would be filled by the election of some oné to the particular position. If the teacher elected was u graduate of the Normal Training School, she would have already successfully substituted in the department during her period in training, and would be qualified to fill the position without additional experience. If she were not & graduate of the Normal Training School, it is presumed that she would be a graduate of a school of equal or higher rank, which had demanded as much or more practice teaching. or that she presented evidence of successful experience in teaching. It is presumed, of course, that a pmbulinnar{ period would be served as now, before final election into the department. Very resi‘evt(uny, RICHARD D. FAULKNER. In eonnection with the question of retrench- ing expenses, the Board of Education will also take up that of consolidating Lincoln and Webster schools, which are on the same_lot. Director Henderson even believes that both these schools should be merged into some other, as their location is not a proper one, for the reason that their nefghborhood swarms with resorts not calculated to benefit the chil- dren who may gaze upon and into them from the school-house windows. The Director, in suggesting a change, calls attention to the fact that only nine rooms out of twelve are oc- cupied in the Cleveland Primary School, and ouly eight out of fourteen are occupied in the Jefferson Primary School. There are likewise 2 number of schools nicely located and with spere rooms, which are entitled to_ the pupils now attending the schools be would advocate abolishing. “LUCIA” AT THE BALDWIN. The Italian Philharmonic Society Sings for the Free School. A satidfactory performance of Donizet- ti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor’ was given at the Baldwin Theater last night for the benefit of the Italian Free School. The attendance was good. The company consisted of the Italian Philharmonic Society, assisted by BSig- norina Beschieri, an Italian prima donna who has recently returned from touring in Mexico. The Philharmonic Society is al- ready well known in this City through a series of opera productions which have raised it above the sphere of mere dilet- antism. Last night’s performance was, if anything, a little in advance of lnychins the society has previously done, judge from the all-round cast. The large chorus, which is always a feature of the Philhar- monic Society’s productions, was excellent in the ensemble work, though the male chorus in the opening scene was not so sure of itself as it might have been. In the second and third acts, bowever, the women proved the stronger vessels, and encouraged by their example the men put fortn effort that resulted in the choruses being very satisfactorily sung. Signor Spadina, the conductor, mistook his tempos on more than one occasion, with the result, particularly in the love NEW TO-DAY. A e e e & BAK s o TYOG SO L B e “Pure and Sure.” velands NG POWDER. Made of pure crystal cream of tartar—a product of the grape and most wholesome. phosphates are cheap substi No adulteration of any kind Alum, ammonia and tutes for cream of tartar. in “Cleveland’s.” scenes, that airs generally sung with a good deal cf brio, became tinged with an j almost funereal solemnity. Artistically speaking G. Panizza was the bright pai- ticular star among the vocalists. His voice shows wear and tear, but it was a good voice in its day, and Signor Panizza | still uses it with the skill of a thorough | artist. He took the barytone role of | Aston, Lucia’s brother, and his singing and acting brought him much applause. Signorina Beschieri, the Lucia, is evi- dently a prima donna of considerable ex- | perience, and at times she seemed to have an appreciation of the requirements of ner role, but she erred on the side of exagger- ation. Instead of singing simply, nat- urally and with restraint she tried to pro- duce too much effect and too often suc- ceeded only in alternating between an almost exaggerated piano and rallentando on the one hand and a forte that was almost strident on the other. When she | forgot herself Miss Beschieri was at her | best, and in certain scenes she well de- served the applause she received. D. A. Hodghead, the tenor, seems to bave been cultivating a nasal production | KEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. M (AL NAYMAN AnND Ca; "{mconp D MEATRE PROPS. 4th and Last WV ——LAST MATINEE S k. URDAY l—— DE WOLF HOPPER And His Merry Companions in the Two Great Sue ses, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Evenings, & SYNTAX"” Thursday, Friday and Sat. Ev'ss and Sat. Mate “wanNG” SEATS ON SALE THURSDAY RICE'S BIG “1492" Including The Original KILANYI LIVING PICTURES! The Great BESSIE BONEHILL. The Wovderful RICHARD HARLOW. A Perfect Metropolitan Production. since he sang here last in ‘‘La Traviata.” The defect was noticeable then, but it was much more distinguishable last night. Many students who have half imbibed the Italian method fall into this error, but it is a pity that Mr. Hodghead should do it, | for he has otherwise a pleasant, even voice. D. Valerga was effective as the second tenor, Miss Gleason made a grace- ful Alisa_and the other paris were in good hands. - Sontag so pleased the people whenever she sang that at one place in Germany the | mob, after taking out the horses and | drawing her in triumph from the suburbs to her botel, went to the further ex- travagance of breaking the carriage to pieces, so that no one should ever ride in | it again. — e Vidocq, the great French detective, had | s0 excellent a memory for names and faces | that after having seen a criminal once and | learned his name he never forgot him, but would often identify him under the most | subtle disguises. | NEW TO-DAY. SAVE MONEY wonon @n en GAIN HEALTI | WITH | | | troduced by Joe Cawthor | Eisie Irving, the Sis.ers Clayton and Miss Annle Buckley. AL NAYMAN: ©Co |NCORPDY PROPS. Qe ——L! 6 NIGHTS!— ONLY MATINEE SATURDAY. Farewell Performance Saturday Night. HERRMANN THE GREAT, In His Marvelous Entertainment. Next Week—ROBERT DOWNING. 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