Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-04
ALEXANDRIA.
CITY SCHOOL poARp.


The annual meeting Of the city school board
took place last night, eleven members being
present. Capt Herbert Bryant presided. An
order was made for digging 4 well near the edge
Of Lee colored school building to drain the
water which the raising OF Alfred street has
caused TO gather under that building. The cost
OF the well viii be. IL was stated, 81 per foot
Bids from Wellington Thomas for carpenters
work at the colored school house and OF II.
Lane. H. johnson, Clagett a Tayor and Others
for plastering and WITHDRAWING were received
and referred to the committee on school
houses. IL was ordered that the issue
OF permits for the school session Of 1925 shall
begin on the 29th Of August and the schools
open on the first Monday OF September. The
annual examination OF the vouchers OF the
financial officers Of the schools was then made
by the finance committee in the presence Of
the board. The clerk submitted q summary Of
his annual report. showing receipts. s2l. lsS. 50;
expenditures, s2l .445.l5; deficit, s26I.Ss.
wAsHISGroS's SHARE OF ALEXANDRIA.
II is understood that the mass Of real estate
here whose purchase by George L. sheriff Of
Washington was announced in THE STAR yes
terday will be made an annex Of Washington
Some OF the wharycs on its river front viii be
put in order and used as a steamboat landing.
Washingtons enterprise is expected TO develop
there manufactures of various kinds and an APP
plication will be made to the city council for
the reduction Of the sl 900 per annum ground
rent. The city RECEIVERS BY this sale about
ell 900 due for rent. taxes, &C.
NEW SCHOOL DESKS FOR THE GIRLS.
The city school board has made arrangements
to renew the school furniture Of eight OF the
schools in the Peabody building. Four hun
dred single desks. the handsomest ever brough,
here. were ordered at an average price of @
each This furniture will supply the place OF
the dilapidated and shaky furniture which
broken with age, has lately interfered with the
teaching in Lee (girls) school. The furniturt
now used there was purchased soon after the
opening OF the schools in the seventies" bu,
lately has defed all the mending skill Of the
janitor.
CHANCE OF NAME.
The school houses here have names and the
schools, too, have been named. The colored
school houses were built by the freedmen,
bureau at the close Of the war, and the NAL.
school house named Seaton after Georg,
Seaton, Alexandria's only colored delegate IN
the legislature, and the female school house
after Capt. Lee. freedmen's bureau official
The white school buildings were named BY the
school board Washington and Peabody. After.
ward in naming the schools the white
schools were named Washington and Lee
and the colored schools were named Snowder
and Hallowell. So it has happened that whils
Lee School is in the Peabody building, Halo.
well School is in the Lee building. which has LED
TO some mistakes, and last night the school
board ordered that the name of Lee buildins
be changed 10 that of Hallowell building.
Benjamin Hallowell was one of the first advo-
Gates Of emancipation here. and was the secre.
tary of an anti-slavery society formed in 1927 in
Alexandria.
EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS, ETC.
The school board last night reelected az
teachers of the public schools all the present
teachers who hold unexpired certificates. Al
3 O'Clock this morning the examination OF
white teachers whose certificates have expired
was begun at the Washington school building
and will continue today and tomorrow.