Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-09-05
GeG?eEin= Of the COlo.etl Pahiie
schools.

meeting Of the teachers OF the colored
schools oil the District was held at Stevens school
house. on Saturday afternoon, for the purpose
u comforting with the trustees. The nowly-ap-
pointed superintendent Oft schools MIR. alto,
and the teachers, were present.
Trustee King called the assem5ilce to order
and announced the object OF the meeting and
welcomed the teachers back to their Held Of
lahOTs.
Mr.. Cato made short address in which he
said that while LIE Lad had no experience a. a
superintendent. he had long been familiar yitl
the work and the trials OF the schOol-room, ard
he wished to be regarded by all a sympathiz-
ing teacher. He asked the earnest CO Operation
O. al in an effort to raise tie schools to q high
taUdard. While he could not say that the
Schools of Washington were the best in the co1r,-
Try. lie believed il was not for lack of mater Al
bat o! opportunity. Having spent the earlier
years OF his life in this city he knew there WAS
no isck OF Intelligence ON The part OF the papls.
nor OF interest on the part OF the parents He
tntn read the assignments OF teachers, a. fol
lows:
Chamberlain $ hool, Georgetown-Princip. Mi.
IaLd, hop; .-c.ndsry teacher, Miss : Hszi4'r ard
Iii a. VI ir Wsd5 R5a H.. iiafhtEi Mss A
pal Mis. I: smith; primary, Mis- n, q tdssiI
sd NH. a hemgs n;s sharie T@a
Miss L. A Barber and Miss NJ Datchef: sec,ii.
1"iy teacher Mss Laura Fisher; primary, Mis- A.
y y
street schOOl-PTincipal, Miss N. q. b lZe!nau:
IGte- ediate teachers, Miss 4 p. Spencer All Ii
~ a Patterson; secondary. Ms Carrie Lewis an!
u g. Hart; primary, Sarah Puryis and $ Sim,
o street school-PrincipaI, Miss 4 J. Hu,chins
Ini' rmediaicter here Miss Darlington AID s.rah
Foots primary, Miss N. q. Kelly, Mrs S:lina Sh.tJ
~ W, -. n Y Garrett.
C4..tol Hln-princiPal, Emma Y. Brown inter
mediate teschers, Miss VI. Lizzie Bartlett, and Mis-,
Lincoln Chapel schoo:.Principal. Miss Grace
Dyson; primary teacher. Mis- NJ. a. Baily.
Street, lslsnd-Pr;ncipal, ~ b. Briggs; inter
mediate teacher, Miss L.. L.. Fleetwood; secondary
primary teachers. Mss n e. Reed, Miss NJ Z
brooks and Mrs y. W. Fferre.
Delaware Avenue soho,-Principal, Miss L. J.
Randall; secondary teacher, Miss A v. Tomrkiu.
primary teachers. NJ ISIS H. A. Saunders, Miss II. IL
johnson aud Miss IL Simmons.
Carroll Hall 81 hOOl-Frincips pal, Mrs q. Brown
prmsry teacher, Miss Frances Martin.
Trustee SyphaX announced that Mrs. T.. III.
Disbrow, a teacher in the O-street school. anu
Miss Julia Luckett. of the Chamberlin school,
had been compelled TO resign their positions on
account of ill-health; also, that Miss Whiting
ton, OF the O-street school, was unable. from
severe illness, to resume her school. lie $50
announced that, in consequence of the extern
make on the M-street school house, which are
not vet completed, the schools III that building
would not be reopened until Monday, the l2th
instant.
Mr.. A. +. Newton, n former superintendent OF
colOred schools, delivered short address, offer
ing suggestions to the teachers rs TO the best
means II making the school attractive, aui
Wormley made short speech, concluding by
expressing the hope that the end OF the present
year would witness the establishment Of q high
school,