Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-07
SELECTION OF PRINCIPAL.
Vacancy In BladensburE School to Be
Fjlled-Other News.

| F1Iied-Other news.
| Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
| EVANSVILLE, Nd, November I. 1890.
| The trustees of the Bladensburg public
| school will hold a meeting today for the
purpose of electing a successor to Prof. w.
| w Kent, who retired recently from the
principalship of the school. Mr. Kent will,
! it is stated, shortly return to his home in
Trenton, N. J.
AS Mr.. Anthony L. Ray of Chillum this
| county, has accepted an invitation to con-
fer with the trustees relative to taking
charge of the school, it is generally be-
lieved that he will be the new principal.
Since the retirement of Mr.. Kent that por-
ton of the school which was under his inn
mediate direction has been closed and will
not be again opened until his successor
shall be ready to enter upon his new duties.
Mr.. kents connection with the school
covered period of about month. 1t is
stated that the trouble leading to his re-
tfrement grew out of the fact that few
boys, alleged to be unruly, wanted to defy
his authority. When he would undertake
TO chaSttse one of them into obedience the
immediate friends of the one undergoing
punishment would rally to the rescue, and
the consequence would be that the teacher
got the worst of the encounter.
Mr.. Marion Duckett, one of the trustees
of the school, said it the desire of the
parents of every boy who attended the
school that in case one should become I'M
:,
but that, instead of using rod, Mr.. Kent
used his fist, and in one instance he felled
a boy to the floor. and in other ways dem
onstrated that. while he Is a highly edu-
Gated man. he lacks 1.-The art of teaching a
public school at Bladensburg."
A meeting under the auspices of the Anti
held last evening in the Presbyterian
Church, Hyattsville. Preliminary steps
were taken to form in Prince George
county an organization similar to that
t-tn in, f,rDr
for several years. Mr.. Emmons, one of the
speakers. explained that the proposed or
ganlzation would not be a political one, but
that the league will not support any candi-
date for office who will not pledge himself
to do all in his power to secure the objects
Tor which the league is organized.
Mr.. ii. .. Emmons, county and state as
SCISSOR for Bladensburg and Evansville dis
tricts of Prince Georges county, is author
ity for the statement that there has been a
large increase in the taxable basis of ..IoSe
he said, that many new houses have been
built and indicates the prosperity that pre-
walls throughout the county.
For the last two years, Mr.. Emmons
said, Bladensburg district has led all the
other districts in the county in the matter
of new property. Mr. Emmons expects to
begin regular and systematic canvass of
his districts in the search for new and tax
able property next week.
A meeting of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union was held a day or two
since and the announcement was made that
the Hyattsville Temperance Union had Of
fered a so prize to the student of the
Maryland Agricultural College writing the
best paper on some temperance subject to
be selected by the union. It was also
stated that the union had been the means
OF placing number Of temperance papers
in the reading room at the college. Miss
Austin. president of the LIE Droit of the
w. c. T. L. of Washington. told about the
work done by the young ladies of the or
ganizatiOn over which she presides
Mr.. Frank Aman, who some time ago lost
his position in the government printing
office because of reduction of the force
has been reinstated by Public Printer Pal
mer.
Mrs. William Curry and two of her chill
dren are quite i'll of typhoid fever and Miss
Nora Brookbank Is also said to be seriously
sick
Building operations are quite active at
Berwyn and number of houses are in
various stages of construction some of
them being about completed
Mr.. Lemuei Gray of Hyattsviie who has
been quite i'll for a number of weeks, is
now COnValeScent.