Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-11
65 per cent and for a frst-class certificate not

50 per cent and for a frst-class certificate moi
less than SO per cent.
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.
The committee on teachers and ~janitor'
made the following recommendations, which
were adopted:
Second division-Appoint B. NJ. Dove, tenn
porary teacher. at $3.50. to permanent teacher
same salary, to take effect June 1; appoint j.
H.. spies. temporary teacher, at S4OO. perma'
nent teacher. same salary, to take effect JUNE
/; appoint NJ. II. Lyddane. temporary teacher
at s400. permanent teacher. same salary, te
take effect June /; appoint A. L. Haslup, tenn.
porary teacher, at 800, permanent teacher,
same salary, to take effect June l.
Sixth division-Appoint G. NJ. Crouch tenn.
porary teacher. Mott building, vice Miss S. E,
jackson. transferred and appointed perma'
nent teacher, to take effect June 10.
Eighth division - Appoint F. d. Smith
teacher. at S400, to take effect June l. vice A
ton teacher. at S40O, to take effect June l, vice
Mary i. Geary. resigned; appoint A. j. Tyler
teacher. at S775. to take effect June /, vice G.
L. Pryor, resigned.
Seventh divislon-Appoint S. f. Jackson, at
S4oO. to take effect June 10. vice Mrs. A W.
Myers. deceased; appoint l.. E.. Pierre teacher,
at S400. to take effect June /, vice E. L. Car
dozo, resigned; appoint NJ. Il. Washington
temporary teacher, at S400. from June / to 8.
Promote NJ. S. Wolhaupter, teacher in Wash
lngton High School. from S40O to $3.50, to take
effect june /, 1890; appoint NJ a. Modey
teacher at 500 per annum, to take effect June
/. 1890. vice 5. j. Peters. resigned.
Applications for positions as teachers of sew.
ing were received from Miss Elizabeth L. CLARK
and Mrs. A.. n. Brown.
A protest was received from Mr.. Henry
Johnson against the reduction from 40 to "a
made by the board in the number of pupils IL
enter the colored Normal School. 1t was laid
on the table for future action.
TEACHERS MARRY, But WILL NOT RESIGN.
Attention was called by Mr.. Mitchell to the
difficulty experienced by the board during the
past year on account of the refusal of certain
female teachers to conform to the usual Gus
tom and resign upon their marriage. He sug-
gestCd the following amendment to the rules:
"Eesoivcd. That the marriage of female
teachers III the school during the school year
shall operate as an immediate resignation. "
Referred to the committee on rules.
A resolution offered by Rev. Mr.. Grimke in
regard TO the death of Mrs. A. W. Myers. a val
ued teacher i'll the colored schools. was adopted.
THE CLOSING EXERCISES.
Superintendent Powell called the attention
of the board to the fact that next Tuesday the
teachers of the schools would hold their annual
reception. He said that he hoped the mem
bers OF the board as well as a large number OF
the parents would avail themselves of this op-
%portunity to visit the schools and see for them
selves what the pupils had been doing. He
said that the presence of the members of the
board and the parents of the pupils and their
friends on these occasions was a source of en-
enlargement to the teachers, and he trusted
that there would be n large number of visitors.
On motion of Mr. 1haycr a general invitation
was extended by the board to the public to at
tend the closing exercises of the school.
Mr.. Mitchell spoke of the lack of facilities
for extinguishing fire in the Industrial School
building. near Georgetown, and he said that he
hoped this defect would be remedied by the
proper authorities.