Hi Listers, The RootsWeb Mailing List servers were down for about 12 hours starting about 3:30 AM MST Sunday (Nov 18). Unfortunately, any mail sent to the list during that time was lost. If you sent anything to CASANFRA on Sunday and haven't seen it posted, please feel free to resend it. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Pam psw@sfo.com -- Pamela Storm Wolfskill CASANFRA "ListMom" The USGenWeb Project, San Francisco http://www.sfo.com/~timandpamwolf/sfrancty.htm

Columbia Street Primary School, Historical Sketch- from the SF Municipal Report of 1879-80 This school is located on Columbia street, between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth streets, in a two- story frame building containing twelve classs-rooms. The San Bruno School, including the teachers and pupils, was transferred into this building July 10, 1876. The school now has twelve classes, and six hundred and fifty-two pupils enrolled. Mrs. M. DEANE, the present principal, was placed in charge of the school at its organization. ------------- Carolyn

South Cosmopolitan Primary School- Historical Sketch- from the SF Municipal Report of 1879-80 This school is located in two brick building on the lot on Post street, between Stockton and Dupont streets. There are fifteen rooms in both buildings, which now accommodate about six hundred and eleven boys and girls. German is taught in this school. This school was first opened in the small brick building on the front portion of the Post street lot, in October 1866, where it was taught in connection with the Grammar School, until July 1871, when the grammar grades were transferred to the corner of bush and Stockton streets. The following teachers have been Principals of this school: Miss M GRAF, elected January, 1867 Miss M. A. CASTELHUN, elected November 12, 1872 =================== Carolyn

POTRERO School-Historical Sketch, from the SF Muni Report of 1879-80 This school occupies a two-story frame building, containing eight class rooms, on Minnesota street, between Napa and Sierra streets. The school was formerly situated on the corner of Kentucky and Napa streets, in a one-story four class wooden building, where it remained until November 7, 1877, when it was transferred into the present building. It is a mixed school for boys and girls of the grammar and primary grades, and now numbers three hundred and twenty-nine pupils. It was first opened in May, 1865. The following teachers have been Principals of this school: Miss Jennie SHELDON, elected May, 1865 Miss A. E. JEWETT, elected August 13, 1867 Miss M. PASCOE, elected July 8, 1870 Miss S. L. BROWN, elected March 11, 1873 Miss H. M. FAIRCHILD, elected February 17, 1874 W. W. STONE, elected February 1, 1876 --------------- Carolyn

Christine I checked the San Francisco, Reversed Directory, today and it is still a single family house. I also got the name of the person who is living there now. If you want it e-mail me directly, and I will give it to you. George --- Christine Moody <clmoody@avci.net> wrote: > Hello, > Is anyone familiar with Palou Avenue. I have someone > that lived at 1391 palou avenue back in 1951. Is > this still residential. Is there anyway i can find > out what is at this address now. > thanks > christine > looking for > Mary Evelyn Brogan born in california about 1926 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals http://personals.yahoo.com

Census Place: 2nd Ward, San Francisco, San Francisco, California Source: FHL Film 1254073 National Archives Film T9-0073 Page 282D Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Frances SPRING Self M W W 50 MA Occ: Realestate Agt Fa: MA Mo: MA John SPRING Son M S W 17 CA Occ: At School Fa: MA Mo: MA Charlott SPRING Dau F S W 13 CA Occ: At School Fa: MA Mo: MA George SPRING Son M S W 11 CA Occ: At School Fa: MA Mo: MA Henrietta LITTLE Other F W 30 ME Occ: House Keeper Fa: ME Mo: ME Mary MALONEY Other F W 25 IRE Occ: Servant Fa: IRE Mo: IRE ____________________ _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Does anyone know where I can find the 1931 S. F. book/index of registered voters? The S.F> history room has earlier ones and the CA Historical Society in Oakland has 1928 but I need 1931or 32 or 33. I am looking for Abel DERMINGHEM who was naturalized in 1930. Thanks, Jeanine Visit some: Craig ancestors@ http://home.att.net/~jeaninemcneill/craig2001.htm Chincholle ancestors @ http://home.att.net/~wilmcneill/chinchol001.htm McNeill ancestors @ http://members.tripod.com/~jeanine_2/index.html

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>Does anyone happen to know anything about Francis S. SPRING, Jonathan H. >SPRING, or Charlotte B. SPRING of San Francisco? Ah yes, real estate people: 1859 Spring, Francis, clerk, NW corner Jackson & Sansome Spring, John R, NW corner Jackson & Sansome, boards 280 Stockton 1860-1 Spring, Francis, clerk, NW corner Jackson & Sansome, boards 280 Stockton 1862 Spring, Francis, clerk with A. B. Grogan, dw 1609 Powell Spring, John R, broker, NW corner Jackson & Sansome, dw 1609 Powell 1863 Spring, Francis, clerk with A. B. Grogan, dw 613 Powell Spring, John R, office NW Jackson & Sansome, dw 613 Powell 1864 Spring, Francis S, office NW Jackson & Sansome, dw, 2004 Powell Spring, John R, dw 613 Stockton 1880 Spring, Francis S, real estate, office 705 Sansome, r. 812 Chestnut Spring, John R, real estate, office 705 Sansome, r. Grand Hotel Spring, Nora, chamber maid at Grand Hotel (cooincidence?)

And thought that you have a brick wall, this is from Sunday L.A. Times. You should read it and learn how luck can play in your search. George > > > > -------------------- > Finding Lea > -------------------- > > Beckoned by the Dark Eyes in a Photo, a Los Angeles > Judge Tries to Solve the Mystery of the Woman's > Fate, and of the Child in Her Arms > > By KATHERINE MADER > > November 18 2001 > > As a little girl I was prohibited from wearing black > boots: They reminded Dad of the Nazis and gave him > nightmares about Lea. He never spoke of his older > sister, and I learned not to ask him about the aunt > I would never meet, to accept the mystery that we > had "family who disappeared in the war." > > With every passing year, my curiosity grew. Dad died > in 1980 without saying much about Lea. I often > visited or spoke with his last living sister, Jenny, > who returned to Vienna after surviving the > Theresienstadt concentration camp. Aunt Jenny was > always thrilled to hear from me--but reluctant to > speak of Lea. The only evidence Lea had ever existed > was a photo of a young woman Jenny identified as her > eldest sister, posed with an infant. For years I > stared at the picture on my living room wall, > haunted by the same dark eyes that I shared with my > father. Who was the infant? What was the baby's > name? What happened to them? > > Over the years Aunt Jenny dribbled out a few more > details: Lea was married and had three teenage sons. > Her husband's family name was Marfeldt. My father > escaped from Vienna to Switzerland in 1939 with his > brother, Ello. Ello married a Swiss. His only child, > Anita, is my lone first cousin. Although she lives > in Switzerland, we are as close as the siblings > neither of us had. We shared the pain of learning we > had lost three cousins, the boys who vanished with > our aunt. Jenny died in 1996 without adding to our > slender list of facts about Lea. > > It seems impossible in our information age that all > record of a family could disappear. I searched the > Internet and other electronic databases. I leafed > through Red Cross documents, lists from Holocaust > libraries and synagogues, concentration camp > records, Jewish newspapers. I found no Marfeldts. I > learned this was not unusual. Where the Nazis failed > to incinerate an entire family, they often succeeded > in wiping out many of its branches. I was > determined, however. I wanted to record for future > generations that these people had lived, that they > mattered to our family. I hired a Jerusalem private > investigator to search Israeli records. He fared no > better than I. > > Last December, I visited Anita in Switzerland. She > had uncovered a small clue. My Uncle Ello, who died > in 1961, had left voluminous personal papers. In > them was a postcard from Lea, with a 1942 postmark > from Tarnow, Poland. We had always assumed she lived > in Vienna! Lea wrote that she appreciated a package > she received from relatives and needed warm shoes > for her son Fritz, with whom she hoped to remain. > > So we had a cousin named Fritz and he lived in > Tarnow during the war. His last name was not > Marfeldt but Marfeld. Further digging in Ello's > papers yielded more postcards from 1943. Fritz wrote > that he had heard nothing from his parents and > brothers in six months and thought of them > constantly. > > I spent the 2000 winter holidays in Egypt and Jordan > with my husband and children. At the last minute we > decided to spend the final two days in Israel. While > my family toured the Negev, I visited the library at > Yad Vashem, a Holocaust memorial site in Jerusalem. > My last shot, I thought. I found a database called > Pages of Testimony with the names of millions of > Holocaust victims. Everyone with knowledge of > Holocaust deaths is urged to contribute, each > swearing their testimony is correct. Eventually this > database will be accessible via the Internet. > > I typed in "Marfeld." A name appeared on the screen: > Lea Marfeld. A miracle! Her page said she was from > Tarnow and died in a concentration camp. There were > pages for Fritz, dead at age 20, for Martin, dead at > 18, and Simon, dead at 12. All lived in Tarnow. All > died in concentration camps. I was more stunned to > learn that each of my relatives had been entered > into the Pages of Testimony on May 24, 1999, by a > Jacov Zedon. I had never heard of this man. What > prompted him to enter the Marfelds? And why so long > after their deaths? > > Zedon's telephone number was on each page. I used > the library phone to call. A woman answered. I do > not speak Hebrew. In the fractured German of my > youth, I explained what I wanted. After a long > silence she said, "I am so sorry. But my husband, > Jacov, died last week. I never heard him speak of > the Marfeld family. I had no idea that he entered > their names at Yad Vashem." All she could offer was > the phone number of Jacov's cousin. > > I took it, sure that Jacov Zedon had taken Lea's > story to his grave. A man appeared at my elbow. "I > overheard you on the phone," he said. "My German is > as bad as yours." This was Tommy Lamm, a > professional researcher searching for Nazi war > criminals on behalf of the Simon Wiesenthal Center > in Los Angeles. He urged me to keep digging. "Just > when you think that you've reached the end of the > road, another road invariably opens up," he said. > > Tommy spoke Hebrew. He offered to call Jacov's > cousin. The cousin said he had never heard of the > Marfelds. Jacov grew up in Tarnow, he added, and he > referred us to a doctor who kept track of former > Tarnow residents in Israel. The doctor could give us > only a phone number for Lucia Melloch, who had lived > in Tarnow and had immigrated recently. Tommy made > the call because Lucia spoke Polish and Yiddish, and > I speak neither. "I am in the library of Yad Vashem > with an American woman searching for relatives from > Tarnow," he began in Yiddish. "Have you heard of the > Marfeld family?" His face lit up. I listened in > amazement as he translated her reply: "Was the > mother Lea, and the children Fritz, Martin and > Simon?" > > "Yes, yes!" > > "My father owned a house in Tarnow during the war," > she said. "We rented rooms to the Marfeld family." > Since Lucia also spoke broken German, I got on the > phone. Lucia was the same age as Fritz, 20, and they > became good friends when the Marfelds moved into her > father's house. Lucia said Lea's husband, whose > first name she did not recall, taught Hebrew in the > high school. Lea was a tall, kindly woman. Her sons > were smart and well mannered. When war came, the > boys had to leave school and try to survive when > there was almost no food or clothing. In 1942, all > but Fritz were taken by the Nazis. He was taken in > 1943, shortly after writing a final card to Uncle > Ello. > > Lucia believed that they all went to nearby Belzec, > the most deadly Nazi extermination camp. If Belzec > is not as well known as Auschwitz, I learned from a > book at Yad Vashem, it is because of approximately a > million Jews sent there, precisely two emerged > alive. > > I also learned that German troops occupied Tarnow on > Sept. 8, 1939. Jews were seized for forced labor, > robbed, beaten. The Germans torched most of Tarnow's > synagogues. In the ensuing months Jews lost their > jobs and were stripped of money and property. On > June 11, 1942, hundreds were murdered in the streets > and 3,500 went to Belzec. By June 18 another 10,000 > Jews had vanished into Belzec. Many more were > slaughtered in the cemetery or in huge pits outside > Tarnow. A Jewish ghetto was established on June 19, > and in November another train with 2,500 went to > Belzec. > > Lucia last saw Fritz in 1943. His last postcard is > postmarked March 9, 1943. According to the > Encyclopedia of the Holocaust, killing continued in > Tarnow until the end of 1943, when the city was > declared judenrein ("cleansed of Jews"). I have no > doubt that Lea, her husband and three sons were > murdered, if not in Tarnow then surely in Belzec. > > Belzec is an almost forgotten place, millions of > unburied human bone fragments shrouded by an > overgrown forest. I am saddened and disgusted to > imagine the Marfelds' last thoughts, their unmourned > bones scattered in such a place. Small wonder that > my father and aunt wished to spare their children > such horror. > > I asked Lucia, now 77, if she knew why Jacov had > posted the names at Yad Vashem. "Jacov and I went to > school together in Tarnow, and were great friends," > she replied. "When I came to Israel, I wanted to > make sure that the Marfelds and what happened to > them were memorialized. Jacov lived closer to Yad > Vashem, so I asked him to go there and enter the > names." So Jacov's widow never knew the > Marfelds--because her husband hadn't known them. He > had merely done Lucia a favor. But why bother? "I > always imagined that one day Lea's family would find > her through Yad Vashem," Lucia said. > > Two strangers half a world away tried to venerate a > family that had been dead for more than half a > century--and fate conspired to place these > all-but-forgotten names before one of only two > people in the world who cared about the Marfelds. > The names went into the database in 1999. I came to > Yad Vashem a year later. Had I visited before they > were entered, I would have missed them, and probably > stopped looking. Had I visited another day, would I > have found a multilingual researcher to translate? A > year later, would Jacov's widow still be alive? > Would Lucia? > > I used to fantasize that my relatives had escaped > and were safe in Australia, or perhaps South > America. Now I know that they are with the 6 million > Jews who died during the Holocaust. I find peace in > this awful truth and in knowing that they were never > forgotten. And I know that one day my daughter > Julia, sweet and kind and towering over her tall > father, will look through dark eyes like Lea's at > her own children, and tell them of her tall great > aunt and of Fritz, Martin and Simon, her first > cousins once but forever removed. > > * > > Katherine Mader is a Los Angeles Superior Court > judge who lives in Los Angeles with her husband and > three children. She is co-author, with Marvin J. > Wolf, of several nonfiction books, including > "Perfect Crimes" (Ballantine Books, 1995). > > For information about reprinting this article, go to http://www.lats.com/rights/register.htm __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals http://personals.yahoo.com

Anita There was Spring that helped to develop, part of North Berkeley, about 1900-1920, I wonder, if there is a family connection. George --- "Anita C. Mason" <amason@redshift.com> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > Does anyone happen to know anything about Francis S. > SPRING, Jonathan H. > SPRING, or Charlotte B. SPRING of San Francisco? > > The time period is from the late 1860s to at least > 1902. > > I am doing research on the early beginnings of > Salinas City in Monterey > County. Francis S. SPRING purchased a section of the > old Rancho > Nacional, probably from James Bryant HILL, in 1869. > > SPRING then subdivided the land into building lots > and began selling the > lots in the early 1870s. One of the purchasers was > Amos M. AUSTIN in 1874. > > On the 15th day of January 1902, Jonathan H. SPRING > and Charlotte B. > SPRING filed a map of F.S. SPRING�s Addition to > Salinas City with the > Monterey County Recorder�s Office at the request of > WINHAM Bros. > > I am interested in the family history of the SPRING > family for inclusion > in the documentation. The Monterey County Historical > Society nows owns > one of the houses that were built in SPRING�s > Addition in 1898. I am > preparing a booklet documenting the history of the > land and the house. > > Thank you for any assistance, > Anita C. > Monterey County > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals http://personals.yahoo.com

Hi Everyone, Does anyone happen to know anything about Francis S. SPRING, Jonathan H. SPRING, or Charlotte B. SPRING of San Francisco? The time period is from the late 1860s to at least 1902. I am doing research on the early beginnings of Salinas City in Monterey County. Francis S. SPRING purchased a section of the old Rancho Nacional, probably from James Bryant HILL, in 1869. SPRING then subdivided the land into building lots and began selling the lots in the early 1870s. One of the purchasers was Amos M. AUSTIN in 1874. On the 15th day of January 1902, Jonathan H. SPRING and Charlotte B. SPRING filed a map of F.S. SPRING’s Addition to Salinas City with the Monterey County Recorder’s Office at the request of WINHAM Bros. I am interested in the family history of the SPRING family for inclusion in the documentation. The Monterey County Historical Society nows owns one of the houses that were built in SPRING’s Addition in 1898. I am preparing a booklet documenting the history of the land and the house. Thank you for any assistance, Anita C. Monterey County

I sent this earlier in the day- but I am not sure it made it to the list? Excuse if it posts twice- Carolyn ============= The records of San Francisco Girls High School can be found at the California Historical Society-Here you will find the names of students, their father and his occupation, place of birth of student, etc (see the listing further down this message) Has anyone viewed this collection? ----------the webiste where I found this information is: Online Archives of California http://www.oac.cdlib.org/dynaweb/ead Contact Information: The California Historical Society North Baker Research Library 678 Mission Street San Francisco, California 94105-4014 Phone: (415) 357-1848, ext. 20 Fax: (415) 357-1850 Email: bakerlib@calhist.org URL: http://www.calhist.org/ Processed by: The California Historical Society staff © 2000 The California Historical Society. All rights reserved. Administrative Information Donor Gift of Mrs. Laurel Feigenbaum of the San Francisco United School District, 1972. Acc. no. 25. Access Collection is open for research by appointment only. Publication Rights Copyright has not been assigned to The North Baker Research Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Library Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The North Baker Research Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Girls High School (San Francisco, Calif.) Records. MS 839, The California Historical Society, North Baker Research Library. Descriptive Summary Title Girls High School (San Francisco, Calif.) Records, 1864-1840 (this is a typo at the main site!) Collection number MS 839 Creator Girls High School (San Francisco, Calif.) Extent 5 boxes and 2 wrapped volumes Repository The California Historical Society, North Baker Library San Francisco, California 94105-4014 Scope and Content 17 volumes, 1864-1907, are the student records including name, address, age, birthplace, previous school, name and occupation of father, grades, and comments on student. Some correspondence concerning scholarships, 1924-40, and the 1930 constitution are in folders. List of Containers Folder Fldr/Vol. Contents Box 1 Fldr 1 Scholarships, 1924-40 Fldr 2 Constitution, 1930 Vol. 1 Student Records 1864-73(oversize on shelf) Vol. 2 Student Records 1873-75(oversize on shelf) Vol. 3 Student Records 1890 Vol. 4 Student Records 1892 Vol. 5 Student Records 1893 Box 2 Vol. 6 Student Reocrds 1894 Vol. 7 Student Records 1895 Vol. 8 Student Records 1896 Box 3 Vol. 9 Student Records 1897 Vol. 10 Student Records 1898 Vol. 11 Student Records 1899 Box 4 Vol. 12 Student Records 1901 Vol. 13 Student Records 1902 Vol. 13A 1903 Vol. 14 Student Records 1904 Box 5 Vol. 15 Student Records 1905 Vol. 16 Student Records 1906 Vol. 17 Student Records 1907 -------------------------------------- Hope someone finds some treasures to share here with the list! Carolyn

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/cem/Napa/ Oversight Hearing on Historic Use and Current Status of Cemeteries at CA Sate Hospitals & Developmental Centers I just put up a short site on the Napa, CA hearing. I have not had time to transcribe my notes yet.. but wanted the photos up. For those interested in the old cemeteries at the State run instutions.. there are links to several groups with lots of information on how we can help. Marge http://www.rootsweb.com/~moiron2 Iron County MO Web Page http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/home.htm Margie Campbell's Original Web Page http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/ Margie Campbell's NEW Site (under construction) HERMES surname maillist host WENSTRÖM surname maillist host

Carolyn Feroben wrote: > > Hi Folks- just want to let you all know that I do not have any class > lists for any of these schools ...............It would be great if I > did- perhpas someone has some information on how to find these old > class lists........ > > Pam is going to put all these school sketches on the SF GenWeb site > http://www.sfo.com/~timandpamwolf/sfrancty.htm > ------so you can have access to them all....this project is going to > take awhile, so look for completion of this project sometime in the > new year........... > Happy Thanksgiving to you all........... > > Carolyn <snip> Hi all, Carolyn, thank you for all your work on these sketches! I have begun putting them online, and there are a few class lists that were submitted by other volunteers. When class lists for any of the schools are available, I will cross-link between the corresponding page of the historic sketch for that particular school. Here is the first effort: http://www.sfo.com/~timandpamwolf/sfnews.htm If anyone has other old class lists for San Francisco schools and would like to see them posted online, please contact me. We would be glad to add them to the San Francisco School Records collection at: http://www.sfo.com/~timandpamwolf/sfdata2.htm I will post more of Carolyn's wonderful transcriptions as I can find time. Enjoy! Happy Thanksgiving to all. Pam psw@sfo.com -- Pamela Storm Wolfskill The USGenWeb Project, San Francisco http://www.sfo.com/~timandpamwolf/sfrancty.htm CASANFRA "ListMom"

Hi Folks- just want to let you all know that I do not have any class lists for any of these schools ...............It would be great if I did- perhpas someone has some information on how to find these old class lists........ Pam is going to put all these school sketches on the SF GenWeb site http://www.sfo.com/~timandpamwolf/sfrancty.htm ------so you can have access to them all....this project is going to take awhile, so look for completion of this project sometime in the new year........... Happy Thanksgiving to you all........... Carolyn

Looking for more information on Florence Marguerite PAPADIMITRIOU. She was born on January 16, 1895 in San Diego. Parents: Ernest Felt (Feldt) and Olga Felt (maiden name Nebel, first marriage name KREINBERG). She was married to Constantine D. (Costa/Pop) Papadimitriou. Costa Pop died on May 1, 1937 and is buried in San Francisco/Mt. Oliver Cem. The plot was purchased by Florence in 1937 and is a double grave plot. Constantine is buried in plot 1 and the 2nd grave is empty. It appears Florence planned on being buried with him but was not. According to Polk's San Francisco City Directory 1945-46 Florence lived at 1397 Minna Street and the the owner of this house. Florence sold the property to two peoples in Sep. and Oct. of 1950. Grant Deed Florence Papadimitriou to Alice D. Donahue, unmarried, Sept 13, 1950 and Grant Deed Florence Papadimitriou to Hand P.M. Pederson or Federsen, an single man, Oct. 13, 1950. Can anyone help me to find out what happened to Florence ?? I don't have any death information on her. It seems she went to another city or State. There is also no listing in the CADI. Or did she have a new marriage ??? Any help and any idea would be greatly appreciated. Greetings from Bavaria Helmut Neuner http://www.kreinberg.de

http://www.cnmhc.org/main/index.html http://www.oac.cdlib.org/dynaweb/ead/csa/dmhysosh/@Generic__BookView;cs=defa The above two links will take you to the site for the cemetery project for the State Hospitals. Marge http://www.rootsweb.com/~moiron2 Iron County MO Web Page http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/home.htm Margie Campbell's Original Web Page http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/ Margie Campbell's NEW Site (under construction) HERMES surname maillist host WENSTRÖM surname maillist host

Evening Schools Historical Sketch, from the SF Muni report of 1879-80 During August, 1856, the evening schools were opened in the basement of the cathederal , corner of California and Dupont streets. They were first organized by Messrs. William HAMMILL, John SWETT, Ahira HOLMES, and James DENMAN, who volunteered their services until the Board of Education was convinved of the importance of evening school instruction. The evening schools have continually grown in public favor, until now they are the most useful prosperous schools in the city. There are at present about one thousand young men and women in attendance, under the instruction of thiry-one teachers. The Superintendent's **Report of 1878 contains very valuable historical sketch by Mr. Joseph O'Connor**, Principal of the Evening Schools , giving a somewhat detailed acoount of the early life of these schools, and much interesting information concerning their progress- (**Su , Bill, anyone, -do you have this edition , 1878, of the SF Muni Report?) -------------------------------------- Carolyn

The Report of the Deputy Superintendent of Schools, San Francisco, 1879-80 on the subject of Evening Schools - from the SF Muni Report of that year. A careful perusal and comparison of the reports of the leading cities and towns of the Union will show that that evening schools of this city have not been surpassed by any in the county. It is doubtful, even , if results of equal value have been attained anywhere else. Under the energetic and judicious management of the late principal, the instruction was systematized and graded, and the attendance and morale of the schools greatly improved. A glance at the tabulated reports will show that hundreds of young men and women, who are occupied in various avocations during the day, resort regularly to these classes, and strive earnestly to obtain knowledge which will increase their working power and help to elevate them in the world. A great mistake seems, however, to have been made in the recent policy of the Board regarding the evening schools. The experiments has been tried over and over, here and elsewhere, of excluding from the corps of evening teachers all who are occupied in the public schools during the day, and it has always ended disastrously. That the actual efficieny of our evening schools is diminished at least 20 per cent by this action will not be disputed by anyone who will care to investigate the facts. Successful instsruction in this important department of public education requrires peculiar adaptability and competency on the part of the teacher; and this is found more frequently among the day teachers than anywhere else. These classes will only reach thier hightest efficiency when competent, experienced male teachers are in charge of all the clases. The young men and women who attend these schools are in earnest- they mean business- and the best instructor for such a class of pupils is a man who has mixed with the currents of the world, who knows from his own experince what will best help his pupils in their daily life, and who has learned how to economixze his time and words, and to direct the efforts of the pupil so as to secure th best resuls from his labor. (the report now turns to the teaching of the Spanish language in the evening classes) DUDLEY C. STONE- Deputy Superintendent ---------------------------: Carolyn Linda J Hennessy wrote: > Hi all! In looking for my grandfather in early schools, I came across > many 'evening' schools. Were these high schools? Someone suggested they > may be for drop outs? Your collective information would be appreciated. > Linda > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.