Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-13
THE SCHOOL BoARD.
A Complaint Against . Teacher to be
Investigated.

The regular monthly meeting Of the school
board was called 10 order last evening by Presi-
dent Ross In the absence Of Mr.. Gurley, the
secretary, Prof Gregory acted. A leave Of
absence, without pay, 10 the end Of the school
year, was granted to Sallie A. Dalton, teacher
in the second division. James E. Henderson
applied for the position Of janitor in one Of
the new colored school buildingA A this
communication was addressed TO the board - a
whole, upon the suggestion Of Mr.. Darlington
it was referred back to the applicant, with the
information that such appointments were made
ton should be made to one of the members Of
the board. An application was also received
from Isaiah Gray for the janitorship of the new
school at LIST, near B street southwest. Referred
to Mr.. Cornish Also the application of Robert
Beverly to be janitor Of the building at 22d and
E streets. Referred to DR.. Francis. The resig-
nation Of BERTHE Williams as teacher was &C
cepted.
Mr.. Darlington, from the committee on high
and normal schools, reported the following
changes: F. L. Fishback, appointed teacher
class in the high school, to take effect Feb
ruary IS, vice Clement Dietrich, deceased.
Misses A. E. Bradbury, E. r. Boyle and Fl. E.
Sharp and W. A. Hedrick, promoted from class
II to II; Miss Marie Siebert, from 9to 10; G. A.
Davis, from to Q; = Hustled, from to q
COMPLAINT AGAINST TEACHER.
A communication was read from George ].
Beanes, of 4131< 9Th street southeast, complain
ing of the whipping by the principal of the Lin
coin building John Male, of his grandson,
Geo. B. Curry. He stated that the boy had
been punished so severely that he has been un-
able to return to school since the punishment
was inflicted, FebruaryS.
The letter was referred Mr.. Cornish, the
trustee of that division, with instructions to in
vestigate the matter thoroughly. Mr.. Cornish
stated that he had made some inquiry about
the matter and had reached the conclusion
that the punishment was unnecessarily severe.
He had proposed that the boy should be trans
ferred to another school, but his relatives
thought that the case should be brought to the
attention of the board. He would look into the
matter more thoroughly.
Mr.. Whelpley said that the case was exciting
considerable attention on Capitol Hill, and he
hoped that there would be thorough investi-
CATION.
Miss A. L. Matthews, q sub-assistant teacher,
q grade which was recently abolished by the
board, was granted teachers certificate of
grade l, and then promoted to class 2.
CHANCES AMONG TEACHERS.
The committee on teachers made the follow
ing report, which was approved: Appointments
Miss C. Mathis, vice Miss E. F. King, trans
ferred to first division; Miss Dawson, principal
Of the Dickson school, vice Miss L. L. Smith,
resigned; Miss N. A. Barry, principal Of Con-
gress-street school, vice Miss Hilton, trans
ferred; A. A. Scrivener, teacher sixth division,
promoted from class to 5; Miss Josephine
Bettes, resigned, and Miss Eleanor Lanier, pro-
NOTED to class in her place and assigned to
third grade; Miss E. F. King, transferred from
the third division to the first and assigned to
the second grade, vice Miss Lanier promoted;
appoint Miss Sarah Dorsey, teacher class q;
promote Miss G. F. Smith from class to 9;
promote Miss A. L. Matthews from class / to 2;
transfer E. F. Dyson from class 10 to IL; ]. 8.
Mute, from to TO-; A. V. Ryder, from / to 2;
NJ. B. Saunders, from to 2.
Mr.. Cook, the superintendent Of the colored
schools, was present at the meeting and ap-
peared to be interested in the proceedings.