The Washington times., 1901-06-30
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
w. f. Rodrick Elected Secretary
to Succeed Major TyvOmbIy.

10 SuccttU
Walter r. Rodr1ck has been elected Sec
retary of The Board of Education to sue
ceed Major IL H Twombly, who resigned
that position on Wednesday. Mr.. Rod
ricks name was presented to the board
| by DR.. KIngsman. at a special meeting in
| franklin School last night. He had the
unanimous recommendation of the Com
| mittee on Ways and Means. and was chos-
en- from a group of thirteen candidates,
nearly all well qualified for the duties of
/ the office. MIR Rodrick win enter upon
the duties of his office at once.
Major Twombly was granted leave of
! absence for thirty days with pay before
! his connection with the board ceases. He
| was again highly commended for his
! splendid work as secretary in the eleven
months he has held that Office.
Mr.. Rodrick has been for over twenty
years resident of Washington, and dur
| ing that entire time has been connected
with the Government Printing Office in
various capacities. He is at present a
.,Gpy editor in the specification room. A
| reputation for energetic business inteli-
| gence is what more than anything else
| brousht him the position. He lives at 151
! Kentucky Avenue southeast, and is the
| treasurer Of Wesley Chapel NJ. E. Church.
| This rositioa he accepted about ten years
| ago when the parish was in an impover-
! ished condition II is now one of the
most fiourishlng in Washington, due
! largely to his successful administration.
! Those who. besides Mr.. Rodrick, were
candidates for the position We're; G. l..
/ Peckham, II. H Burroughs, B. w. Murch,
| r. A Church, II. o. Hine. f. F. Schrader,
Harry Y. Domer. James E. West, Clifford
Howard. G. A Lyon, W. B. Bryan, and
Harrison Dingman.
Heugh.on. Miffiin & Co.. of New York
publishers of Fiskes History of the
United States which was recently de-
clared TO be erroneous in certain chap
ters relating to the civil war, have com
municated with the board, stating that
the errors have all been corrected and
asking that the restriction against the
study of the chapters in error be re-
moved. The matter was referred to the
Committee on Text Books. and the sec
retary OF the board was instructed TO pre-
pare a letter to be sent to publishers who
have revised their text books. advising
them OF the action OF the board in lifting
the previous embargo
The report of the Committee on Teach
ers and Janitors, Of which Mrs. Mary
Hope West is chairman, recommended
large number of appointments and promo
, tions, which were approved They are
given hereafter.
The following have been ordered APP
pointed Kindergarten principals: Miss May
Reynolds, Frances Payne. Augusta Swan.
Jennie p. Grady. and Daisy Prentice. AS
assistants the following have been ap--
pointed: Frances Weems, Florence J. Ev-
ans, Edna r. Westcott. Edith E. VIII
Iiams, Irene Book, Edna T. Sawyer. Lulu
NJ. Farnhams~ In the colored hndergar-
tens Miss Davis and Florence Williams
have been appointed principals, and
Mary NJ. Walker and Clara Shields as
sistants.
The following teachers now on leave
Holland, c. c. Dessez, Ethel Foster, Ma
rion Everett Theresa Schoenborn, Nj. Z.
Barney, Z. f. Stacey.
In the following promotions each teach
er is advanced to the grade next higher
than the one in which now stationed:
Second divisions. E. White, seventh;
s B BroWn xtn; fn;,rti IA IA fienoIyyii Wfiiians ans
fourth; S. Lamborne, third: II. r. Evans,
third; NJ. F. English second; r f.
Fletcher, second; NJ. NJ, Stockbridge,
first; H. a. Dennison, first; G. E. Senior,
Third division-L. NJ, Mcintosh. fourth;
s G Goodman. third; L. l. Randall.
tie, second; ". r. Burbank. second; NJ. NJ.
Myers, first; L. A McNally, first; May
weide, first: Mary Kealy, Principal Dent
Fifth division-B. H Thompson, third;
B. B. AIHi<1rd. second: II. L. Trunnell,
first; I Turkenton, fourth grade TO Busi-
ness hlSn ScNG0+s n y. LSNCDs luIIu+ ~
NJ Donovan, second
Sixth division-E. Mueden. seventh; NJ.
Blanche Pearson. sixth: Z. w Malloy,
fifth; l. r. EmmeTson, fourth; S. J. Bor-
land third; Elizabeth Weldon. second; II.
G Morrison, first; II. Williamson, fourth;
d. G. Alwine. third; e B. Grahame, sec
ond; ]. w. Moore, first; p. Mueden,
fourth.
Seventh divisfonIC. A Heathmen,
sixth; n y. Atwood fifth; A. D. Bell
fourth; MathieI Williams. second; H FL
Ross. second; II E Bell, second; A. NJ.
MarinE. first; E. W. Tracy. second and
third. Valeria Marshall. first; G. II. PIN
per. fourth and fifth. Margaret Bayly has
been ordered appointed principal of the
new Takoma Park school, and VIII teach
the seventh and eighth grades
Eighth divislon-A. NJ Harrington,
fourth.
Ninth division-M. Z. Shorter. fourth;
/. r. Crusor. third ]. G. Weston, first;
:. Hall, second.
Eleventh diVisiou-L I. Kinner. fifth
grade: A. Y. Smith. fourth; 9. z. Tucker,
third; A 4. Brown. second; NJ E. Morris,
frsts L. c. Randolph. secord.
Miss Hannah Draney has been ap-
pointed teacher of the new Manual Train
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