Evening star., 1897-01-13
Business Transacted at Its Regular
Meeting Last Night
ACTION on TEE BOWEN BUILDING
A Douglass Day Established for the
CoIored Schools.
CHANGES IN TEACHERSHIPS

Bruce ard Harries, Mrs. Stowell and Mrs
Terrell. Superintendents Powell and Cook
were also present. The minutes Of q spe-
cial meeting held on the 10th ultimo were
approved. That meeting was secret in
character, and it's proceedings In brief, are
row for the first time made public. 1t was
called for the special purpose of consider
Ing the case of the Anthony Bowen school
building, at the corner of 10th and E
streets, in South Washington. At the last
session of Congress an appropriation of
$4,000 was made to add to the site of the
building and to rebuild it. The building
had been condemned as unfit for school
purposes. and the appropriation was made
Tor the purpose Of enlarging 1t and render
ing 1t perfectly safe The pupils formerly
taught there nave been distributed among
the other colored schools In the same di-
vision, and the consequence is that they are
taxed beyond their normal capacity.
The Boards Desire.
For some reason, not stated work on the
building, under the appropriation, has been
suspended, and the meeting was called to
consider the matter. According to the
minutes, DR.. HaZen made motion that the
board recommend to the District Commits
sioners that the appropriation in question
be transferred to, and used in the pur-
cnase OF site and the erection of build
Ing for colored schools in the southeast
section of the fourth division. The motion
was lost, and on motion of Mr.. Cornish. the
secretary of the board was instructed to
inform the District Commissioners of that
action. This is interpreted to mean that
the board Is opposed to the use of the ap-
preparation for any other purpose than the
rebuilding of the present Anthony Bowen
building. Although it does not appear on
the minutes, it is understood that the
Whlte residents in the vicinity of 10th and
r streets southwest want to get rid of the
cclored school there, and exerted themselves
to induce the District Commissioners to
suspend execution Of the law making the
appropriation.
considerable business of routine char
acter was transacted at last nights meet
ing.
Three months leave of absence Was
granted In the cases of Miss Mary c. Dali
las, Miss G. R. Simpson, Miss Hedrick ami
Miss Emma A. Gilberry teachers
Building Wanted In lexington.
communication was received from Ny
VIM. 6. Henderson, president of the North
Capitol and lexington Citizens Associa-
ton, in regard to better school facilities for
that section of the city The letter is ad-
dressed to the District Commissioners. and
asks that they estimate for an eight-room
school building for lexington, instead of d
four-room building. Mr.. Henderson SAYS
tidt d committee OF the citizens aSSOcia-
tlon Is TO nave a hearing before the Dis
trlct OF Columbia appropria tion commit
tee in regard to the general needs of Eek
ington, and that he would like to be able
at that time to advocate the Commission
ers estimate for an cight-room school
house.
. The secretary was instructed to notify
Mr. Henderson that the superintendent of
schools, at the request of the subcommittee
of appropria tions on the District Of Column
bia. had already supplied them with the
Information suggested. In naming the or
der of Importance in which school houses
estimated for should be appropriated the
superintendent had named the lexington
school sixth in order. and at the same
time had recommended that an eight-room
building be appropriated for, instead OF a
four-room building, as named in the orig
inal estimates.
THE lexington people, said the superin-
tendent have no school house near them
and have suffered from this hardship for a
number of years. They have children
enough in that immediate vicinity to fill
an eight-room building, and should have
an eight-room building, instead of a four
room building, at the earliest moment 70
give them the facilities now enjoyed by
other suburban places and the city in gen
seral.''
Teachers Appointed.
On motion of Mr.. Wilson Miss Margaret
Donaldson was appointed teacher of the
first grade in the Home Industrial School.
vice Miss NJ. A. Douglass, resigned. Miss
Donaldson is now connected with the insti-
tuition, and her appointment was recon-
mended by the board of directors. Be-
cause of the peculiar features of the case
the board made it an exception to the rule
confining the lower grade appointments to
the list of normal graduates.
On the recommendation of the committee
on music and penmanShip Miss Alice
Strange Davis was appointed teacher of
music In the ninth, tenth and eleventh
divisions, at $3.50 per annum.
Other changes in the schools were re-
ported and approved by the board as fol-
lows:
Second division-Promote Miss A. A.
Chesney from seventh to eighth grade at
$3.50: Miss K. E. Kaiser from sixth to
seventh grade. at $S25; Miss e. E. Parsons.
from fifth to sixth grade, at $775; Miss D.
w. Boyd from fourth to fifth grade, at 500;
Miss M. Breuningen from first to fourth
grade, at $3.50; Miss NJ. King from Zoo to
$500; Miss F. NJ. Roach from $1,000 to
81 200; Miss E. NJ. Mott, from $3.50 to 81 600.
Appoint Miss Elsie Roche, normal gradu-
ate, teacher in first grade, at 500. Pro-
mote NJ. E. c. Walker from sixth to sew
enth grade. and from s775 to $S25 per an
mum, vice S. S. Smith, deceased; NJ. I. Fur
mage from fifth to sixth grade, and from
500 to $115 per annum; Bertha Hartstali
from fourth TO fifth grade, and from $3.50
to 500; B. NJ. Dove from third to fourth
grade, and from $3.50 to $3.50 per annum;
H. c. Laramore from second to third grade,
and from $3.50 to $3.50 per annum; Sarah
Lamborne from 1925 to $3.50 per annum; 7.
Breuninger from 500 to $425 per annum
Appoint Annie B. Murphy, normal graduate,
teacher of second grade at $40O per annum,
vice B. c. Laramore, promoted.
Fourth division--Promote J. Cohen from
third to fourth grade; B. Hopkins from Sec
end to third grade: A Campbell from first
to second grade; M. Mack from second to
third grade. Appoint l.. s. Brett, normal
graduate to first grade.
Ninth dfvision-Appoint Joseph c. jack
son janitor of Magruder School, to take
effect January 1, vice Alex. w. Windley,
resigned.
Tenth division-Promote J. Kinner teach
er fourth grade, at salary of $3.50. C. G.
Jones. teacher third grade, at salary of
$780, Accept resignation Of s. e. Ratcliffe,
teacher fourth grade. at $3.50. Appoint
Alice s. Davis teacher of music, at $3.50.
Eleventh division-Appoint Madge L. Will
Hanson teacher, vice Jennie E. Brooks, re-
signed.
Frank R. Connor was appointed janitor of
the Johnson School, Mt. Pleasant vice Mr.
Sondmyer, transferred.
Douglass Day.
Mrs Terrell made motion that Febru-
ary IA be set apart in the colored schools
as Douglass day. In response to an in
,quiry as to why this should be done, su-
perintendent Cook stated briefly that Fred