Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-15
Annual Meeting Of the Board of
Trustees Yesterday.
PRESIDENT WHELPLEY REELECTED
designations, Promotions, Rein
statements and Appointments.
MEETINGS OF TEACHERS

The board of trustees Of public schools
met at the Franklin building last evening
for the first time since the schools closed
for the summer. and ratified the arrange
ments made by Superintendent Powell and
Cook for the reopening of the schools next
Monday These arrangements have been
already detailed in The Star. Meetings OF
the principals ard teachers will be held at
the various buildings next Saturday. and
the trustees have teen invited TO be present
AT last evenings meeting of the board
there were present Messrs. Whelpley, Bar
nard, Harries, Hazen. Wilson, Wilmer
Bruce, Shadd and Cornish. Chairman
Wheipley announced that it was the annual
meeting and that the first business in or
Ger was the election of officers For that
reason he desired TO resign the chair TO DR.
Wilmer. That gentleman said. before ac-
coping the chair. that ne desired to NOM
mate Mr.. Wheipley as president and he
moved that the secretary be directed TO
cast the vote of the board in favor of Mr..
Nhelpiey. The motion was carried unant-
mousiy, and Mr.. Whelpley resumed the
Chair as president.
On motion of DIR. Wilmer Mr. Josenh O.
falck was reelected, by unanimous vote
as secretary for another year. and the re-
organization OF the board was thus COM
pleted.
The resignation of Miss Grace Y. Guard
as teacher of the second grade in the
siHth ul'lsloh was accepted, and Miss
a .I' Who was first on the list of ELI
slpies. was appointed to succeed her.
Leaves OF absence were granted NJ Ade-
iaide kelden, teacher. second grade. second
division, and Margaret Lazier. teacher.
third grade. first division.
Inc Applications of Clovis B. Sewall and
Deia H. II. Washington. respectively for
appointment as teachers in the colored
schools were placed on file
Eligible List Ample.
Ia the course of an informal discussion
1t was developed that there was sufficient
humber Of teachers on the eligible list to
MI all existing vacancies. and to open up
Inc schools with the fun quota. Conse-
quenty il was decided not TO anticinate the
regular examinations in November in order
10 increase the number of eligible teachers
Miss Caldwell was added to the eligible
list.
Mr. Shadd announced the following an
pointments in the eighth division, and they
were confirmed by the board: Anna + Mo
Ginniss. teacher. first grade. Birney school
Hilisdale. and Lucy Pollen, teacher first
grade, Benning School.
John Stokes was appointed janitor at the
Benning School. vice Miss fudge resigned
Other changes in the schools were an
nounced as follows:
Ninth division-Appoint y. n. Hyman
teacher at salary of s425 per annum. Trans
Ter NJ. l.. Brown. teacher of first grade. at
5000, vice A. r. jackson. transferred
Tenth Acknowledgment. A. T. Bowen,
tea cher. Promote G. A. Dyson teacher
from $50 TO sI15: r. ]. Baldwin, teacher
10 prsncipalship at 1850: K. r. Martin.
teacher, from $3.50 10 500: NJ. A. Madre.
teacher, from $3.50 to s!oo: A. O.. William
sen, teac her. from $500 to $3.50. Reappoin;
Ellen Truman. teacher at SI00. Receive
by transfer from the ninth division A. r.
Jackson, teacher. at salary of S40a. vice
NJ L. Brown. transferred. Reappoint A.
h. Bush. teacher, al salary of $40. Ap-
point Ophelia Johnson temporary teacher.
at $40. Appoint Francis Hall janitor of
Logan School. vice John Hicks. relieved.
Eleventh division-iromote NJ. c. Lucas,
principal Of Payne School, from fourth to
fifth grade, and from $3.50 to $50 per an