Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-14
SIX NEW SCHOOL HOUSES
LOCATIONS APPROVED BY BOARD OF
EDUCATION.
superintendent Stuart's RecOmme nda-
lions Business Transacted at
Board Meeting Last Evening.

At the close of last nights meeting of
the board of education it was announced
that the board had approved Superintend-
ent Stuarts recommendation for the loca-
ton of the six new school buildings to be
erected during the next fiscal year. This
action was based on a suggestion by the
District Commissioners that the board in
dictate generally the most suitable locali-
ties for the new school houses. The super
intendent's recommendations, approved
by the board, are as follows
Sixth diviSion-The eight-room building
in this division (Trinidad and vicinity is
to relieve the Madison Taylor, Blair and
Hayes schools, and will serve this end best
if located between Florida avenue and the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad on the west
and Trinidad avenue on the east, prefera-
bly, on Florida avenue-in any event, not
more than two squares north of it.
Tenth divisiOn-The eight-room building
in the tenth division is intended to relieve
the Jones, Douglass, Cook and Banneker
schools, and should be placed between LIST
street east and 4th street west and X and
. streets north.
Ninth division--The eight room build
ing in the ninth division is designed to re-
lieVe the Stevens and Briggs schools, and
should be situated between the two; that
is, in the territory bounded by Goth and
18th streets west and f and X streets
north. preferably between New Hampshire
avenue and Rock creek south of Pennsyl-
Vdnia avenue.
Third diviSion-The eight-rOom building
in the third division will afford relief to
the Peabody and Hilton schools, the
west. and the Maury building. on the east,
and should be located in territory bounded
by c street north and East Capitol street,
and 9TH and 18th streets east, preferably in
the neighborhood of 10th and B streets
northea
Seventh division-The four-room build
tBrQpkland) he cd tn ba
north of Brookland on or near the Bunker
Hill road, not farther west than the Metro
politan branch of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad. There is no inSurmountable OBJ
lection to placing the new building on the
site of the present Bunker Hill school, al
though it is situated little too far to the
eastward. the population lying west of the
present school. If the present site is used
ii is desirable to buy additional ground
Eighth divisiOn-The four-room building
at Good Hope should be erected about a
third of mile east of the present site. and
on the same road, most of the pupils now
in attendance living in that direction"
Gold Medal for Essay
A letter has been received by the board
from Miss Elizabeth B. Johnston of this
city, saying the Mary Washington Chapter,
d. a. r.. purposes to offer gold medal
annually to a graduate of the Washington
High Schools submitting the best essay on
American history, embracing the period of
the American war for independence The
essay shall not contain more than 5000 nor
less than 5000 words, and should be placed
IN the hands of committee by May 20
next. The matter was referred to the COM
mittee on High and Normal Schools
The secretary of the board was instruct
ed to inform Mr. Theodore A. Harding that
the board indorses the proposition of the
Mt. Pleasant Citizens Association for the
extension of School street. in order to i'm
prove the approaches to the Johnson
school.
1t was announced that at an examina-
ton held last Saturday for the appoint
ment of a sewing teacher in the first eight
divisions Miss Ellie Perry made a grade
OF "a per cent, while the other candidates
for the position all fell below the qualify
ing mark of 40 per cent