Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-10
THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
The School Trustees Consider Various
Matters of Interest.


MILITARY AND NAVAL cADETsHIPs FOB HIGH
SCHOOL PuPILs-TEAcHERsHIP cHANaEs--JANI'
TORS APPoINTED-PAY scHEDuLE-INvEsTIaA-
TON OF coLoRKD NORMAL SCHOOL ORDERED.
Six members Of the school board piled grea,
palm-leaf fans in the board room at the Frank
lin building last night and worked of quite an
amount of routine business. The question OF
salaries for the coming year, which was to be
settled at last nights meeting, was postponed
until a later and cooler occasion. Mr.. Ross was
in the chair and Prof. Gregory acted as secre-
tary in the absence of Mr.. Gurley, who was
taken i'll yesterday morning. The others
present were Messrs. Darlington, White,
Whelpley and Cornish.
TEACHERS RESERVATIONS AND LEAVES.
The resignation of Miss Emma L. Atchin.
son as principal of the Normal school was &C
copied On motion Of Mr.. Darlington vote
of thanks was rendered her for her faithful
services. The resignation of Miss Katherine
Wilson was also accepted.
Miss Helen VI. HAYES and Miss Edith R.
Boyle. teachers Of the High school, and Miss
]. E. L. Moore, teacher in one Of the lower
grades, were each granted one years leave OF
absence without pay. The request of Miss
extension of leave until February 10, 1890, was
granted.
MILITARY AND NAVAL CADETsHIPs FOR PUBLIC
SCHOOL PUPILS.
A communication was read from the Citizens
association of Northeast Washington, inclosing
resolutions adopted by that body on the SUBJ
ject of military and naval cadetships for the
Washington High school. The resolutions ask
that the District Commissioners, the superin-
tendents of schools and the board Of trustees
be urged to use their best efforts to secure
legislation by Congress providing one cadet
ship for that school in each of the government
institutions
On motion of Mr.. whelpley the resolutions
were referred to the District Commissioners,
with the request that they transmit them to
the President and ask their favorable consider
alton by him.
GRADUATES OF THE coLoRED NORMAL SCHOOL.
A communication was received from Super
intendent Cook asking that the following
graduates of the colored normal school, having
taught one year, be given diplomas of gradua-
ton: Eslanda E. CORDOBA, William NJ. Harris,
Julia NJ. Aston, Celestine Glascoe, Mary l..
Watson. Marie l. Williams, Matha A. Gray,
Hattie L. Hawkins, Ellen NJ. Lynch Mary E.
Barney, Narcissa f. C.. F. Beall, Mary E. Clark,
Mary NJ. Bowling. Fannie Martin, Emma L.
Prindle, Eulalia Wheeler and Ida c. Winston.
INVESTIGATION ORDERED.
A petition was presented, signed by eight OF
the forty graduates of the colored Normal
school, class OF 1889, asking that an investi,
cation be held into the methods of that school.
and especially into the method of the principal
in making up the yearly average of the pupils
The petitioners stated that they had asked Miss
Noten. the principal. for permission to ex-
anime the records of the school, and that she
had refused to allow them to do SO. They had
reason to believe that the methods in vogue
were bad. The petition was referred to the
committee on high and normal schools with in
structions to investigate.
JANIToRs APPOINTED.
Janitors were appointed as follows on nomi-
nation by the local committees: Warner l..
Wilkinson, Rapine school, 18th and streets
Fl. F. McQueeny, BENEFIT school: j. c. Wheat.
Arthur school; Chas. l.. Witherow, Towers
school; Henry L. Simpson, Lennox school,
Lewis Russell, Jones school; and Chas Brown,
Geo. Bell school
TEACHERS.
On motion of Mr.. Darlington the name of
Miss Grace Teulon was placed on the list of
substitute teachers of the first division.
Mr. Ross presented a paper recommending
that Miss Jennie E. Davis be promoted to the
next higher grade, which was referred to the
committee on teachers and janitors.
REORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOLS.
Mr.. Ross suggested that the board should fix
upon an early meeting to consider the ques-
ton of the reorganization of the schools for
the coming year.
Mr.. Whelpley said that the committee on
teachers and janitors is al work on schedule
of pay which would be ready by the latter part
OF the week, and ii was decided to hold a
special meeting of the board next Saturday
afternoon to go over the schedule and discuss
it informally. 1t will be finally presented to
the board in regular session and acted upon
next Tuesday night
The board adjourned at 9 O'Clock after an
hour of tanning