Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-01

! SCHOOL GRADUATES PRorEsT-RoUTINE BCsI-
4 SEss-AN INFORMAL TALK WITH THE ANAcos-
| TIA DELEGATION IN REGARD TO MR. PETTY.
! The second June meeting Of the school board
last night in the Franklin building was q very
tame, uninteresting affair. The nominations
! for relationships. which were expected to be
made last night. we're not quite ready in some
quarters aud they were postponed until
special meeting in July. designations were re-
ceived from the following: Agnes VI. Lathe,
assistant principal of the High School; Mary
Eastman, teacher. High school; l.. NJ. Laney,
teacher. High School; Peter s. Lesh, fourth
division; Berthe Odell. teacher second division;
A. ]. Lewis, teacher, second division; Ella
Early and E. X. Lewis. seventh division. A
leave of absence for one year was granted to
Edgar y. Strong. principal of the Phelps
school, for the purpose Of enabling him. at his
own request. to take a special course of
instruction in history and economics at
Johns Hopkins to fit him for better
work in the schools. He wanted to be assured
that he would be appointed to his old position
when he returns. but this the board was I'M
willing to guarantee. Trustee Thayer, in sup
porting the request for leave spoke of the
principle of giving teachers all the chance pos
>ible for their own advancement and improve
'nent and of the power of the board to give as
s1IraEces of complete reinstatement Teachers
desiring to take the risks, lie added. should he
encouraged in this course. Miss Julia III.
Suckney, teacher in the third division, was
given leave for one year to enable her to pursue
| "a college course in Massachusetts,.
Mr. Bruce presented a petition from the par
ents and friends of the pupils Of the class just
graduated from the High school of the seventh
and eighth divisions which was antedated to
July l, 1884, asking that the number of
pupils admitted to the colored Normal School
be increased to forty for number of reasons.
This document was referred to the committee
on high schools.
THE coLoRED NORMAL SCHOOL.
Mr.. Bruce made a verbal report upon the
case submitted to his committee at the last
meeting, that of the protesting graduates Of
the colored Normal School, who were not ap-
pointed to teacherships and who objected to
the appointment of two teachers who were not
members of their graduating class. He raid
that he would not dignity the matter by max
ing written report, but wished to call the at
tention Of the public. through the newspapers.
to Rule Is OF the rules governing the public
schools. which, he thought. settled the COM
plant effectively. This rule reads: 1.-The first
twenty members Of the class of graduates of the
Washington Normal School of the seventh and
eighth divisions shall be assigned to schools us
teachers as vacancies occur, in the order of
merit, as determined by their relative class
standing in said school. The remaining men,
beers shall stand upon an equal footing with the
graduates OF other approved normal schools"
The two teachers Mr.. Bruce said. over whose |
selection the row was raised, were graduates Of
approved normal schools, standing upon an
equal footing with the surplus members of the |
class One of these graduated from the Normal |
School of the Howard University and the other
graduated from the Washington Normal School |
last year.
Upon the motion of Mr.. whelpley VIM |
Chinn appointed to be the custodian of the |
new books that are being purchased by the
superintendents under the recent appropria- |
ton act, which gave a fund Of $4,000 tor this
purpose.
Applications for positions in the seventh and
eighth divisions were received as follows: For |
teacherships--A. Z. Overstreet, Fanny j. Bar |
ney; principalship-C. L. Mason, NJ. q. Lucas |
health teacher-M. p. Evans: sewing teacher |
T. A. Parke; cooking teacher-Georgia JONES' |
assistant cooking teacher-Jeanette &. jackson; |
janitor-Samuel \. Mckinney, III. ID. Brown, |
JAS q. Semple, Joseph II. Smith. John A.
Loudon and Daniel Iu5man.
Leave of absence for one year was granted 20 |
hate Slade, seventh division.
THE ASACosTIA DELEGATION.
There was nothing left for .he board to do |
after this and adjournment was therefore |
voted, though the room was quite we'll filed |
BY delegation from Anacostis waiting to APP |
peal to the board in behalf of Mr.. III. s. Petty |
the principal of the Anacostia School. whose |
resignation, it has been rumored, is &c be re- |
questeG Inc cnleI deiegate trltu 10 speak be- |
fore the board had adjourned, but President
Mitchell would not let him When the session |
was over he told the visitors that they might |
talk much as they wished. and Mr.. c. |
Leonard told the board hcw much the bulk of |
the citizens of AnacosrIa think of Mr. Petty |
He read a series of resolutions that had been |
adopted at a meeting in that town, signed he |
asserted, by property owners. business men, |
parents. representing fully 200 of the |
children OF the place. This was virtu- |
all %IA
ton of MIR. Petty principal of the |
school and it was received by the board and |
filed for consideration when the teachers are |
appointed Mr.. Leonard said that he and the |
otner parents of Anacostia had found Mr.. |
Petty TO be honest, faithful and attentive |
to his duty, and that the great majority of the |
citizens were in favor Of his retention. He had |
been serving in this capacity for nineteen |
years. and in all that time had lost but We days
from his school.
Mr.. George H. Armstrong, the justice of the |
peace OF AnacOstia, said a few words of praise |
for Mr.. Petty, declaring that he had yet to hear
a single word by his own ears derOgatory to the |
principals capacity or ability. 1t would work |
a great injury to Anacostia, he asserted, if Mr. |
Petty were removed.
The delegation consisted OF A. B. Frisbie, J. |
c. Leonard, W. NJ King. Peter Stangier, w. |
ii. Peck Geo. H. Armstrong and Chas. Ashton |
The trustees present at the meeting were
Messrs. Thsyer. Wood Hazen. whelpley, |
Bruce. Cornish and Gregory and the president |
Mr.. Mitchell, and secretary, MIR. Falck.
1t Is expected that the lists of teachers will be
ready SO that the special meeting for their ap- |
pointment can be called in ten days