Evening star., 1901-06-27
THANKED FORH HlS SERVICES
BOARD OF EDucAf7oN ACCEPTS SEC
RErARY TwoMBL1's RESIGNATION.
Expression of RESPECT and Apprecia-
tion-Mr. John D! slemnn Prob
able Successor.

The board of education at its meeting
last evening, adopted a resolution accept
ing the resignation of Major H. H. Twom-
bly,, secretary of the board, and thanking
him most heartily for the services rem
dered by him to the public schools Of the
District of Columbia.P The fact that Major
Twombly had resigned his office with the
board of education Was announced in yes
terday's Star. He has been connected with
the board since it's organization year ago
and shares with Its members the credit
for the present satisfactory condition Of
school affairs.
AS stated in yesterdays Star, Major
Twombly resigns in order to accept a more
lucrative position with local financial in
stitution, the Perpetual Building and Loan
Association, but will remain on duty in his
present Office at the Franklin building until
the board appoints his successor.
Mr.. John B. Sleman Is said to be the
choice of several members of the board for
the secretaryship. He was rendered the
place when the board was organized, but
declined on account of ill-health. Whether
he would be willing to take the place under
| present conditions is not stated. 1t is ex-
pected that the matter will be settled at an
adjourned meeting Of the board next Satur
day evening.
Boards Appointments.
pointments in the manual training depart
ment: Prof A. I. Gardner. principal of
Manual Training School No. l; Clarence M.
Hall, instructor in physics. same school,
H. r. Thompson, as engineer and H. Mad
dox, as jantor, Manual Training School
No. l. their duties to begin on the compile
tion of the school building
To fill vacancies caused by the transfer
of teachers to the new Manual Training
School-Clara P. Searles and Frances San
ders have been appointed teachers of Eng
glsh at the Central High School and
Frank c. Daniel as instructor of chemis-
try. The designations of Charles K. Ed
munds, instructor Of physics at the Cen
trail High School, and Margaret Bailey, in
structor of English, were accepted.
The following appointments in the Busi-
ness High School were made: Mary P.
Flannery, stenography; Elizabeth B. Bald
win. typewrting: E. H. Webster English.
Mrs G. w. Gordon, one of the faculty of
the High School, was appointed the head
Of the shorthand and typewriting depart
ment
On the recommendation of Mr.. Allan Da-
Wis, principal Of the Business High School,
a one-year course will be inaugurated in
that school, open to pupils who have COM
pleted the regular high school course of
three years.
Miss 1. 1. Russell and other teachers were
authorized to establish a vacation school
for colored children in the northeast sec
ton Of the city during the month of July.
Text Books Adopted.
The following list of books was adopted
for use in the local high schools during
the next school year: First year-Latn,
Hazards "Eutropius;'' French, Jules
Verne's "Une Vile Flottante;'' history,
Mprey's Outlines Of Roman History. Sec
ond year-History, Larned's History of
England; Latin, Collars Latin Compost
tion; German, Benedix's MEN," Seidel's
''Lebrecht Huhnchen:'' French. Verne's
Les Forceurs de Blocus;' Verne's "Vingt
mile Lieues sous les Mere" Business
ccurse-Commercial law, business law
NWhite); Adams Commercial Geography,
arithmetic, Eaton's exercise manual of
business forms. Third year-German, Jage-
mann's German Syntax; French. Grand
gents French Composition. Fourth year
Mathews and WheeleF's Latin Prose Com
position; Kluges "Geschichte der
Deutschen National Literature" Jagemann's
German SyntaX and Whites German Prose
Compositions; botany, Bergen's Foundations
of Botany; Coulter's Plant Studies; Park
er and Haswells Manual of Zoology; Jor-
dan and kellogg's Animal Life; French,
Molieres lie Misanthrope' and Corneille's
'le Cid" Spanish, Gamers Spanish Gram
mar; Introduction de la lengue Castellana