Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-13
WATER PURIFICATION
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION EX-
PRESSES ITS VIEWS.
Says Drinking Water in Schools Should
Be Boi1ed-Asks for Funds
Changes Approved.

The attitude Of the board of education in
regard to the publication of the drinking
water served to the pupils of the public
schools is shown in the following statement
issued by the board at the close of its
meeting at the Franklin building last even
ing:
Owing to the prevalence of typhoid fever
in the District of Columbia, it is necessary
that measures should be taken to prevent
the spread of the disease among the school
children by boiling and filtering the water
used in the schools for drinking purposes.
AS there Is no emergency fund to the credit
of the schools from which the apparatus re-
qured for treating the water can be pur-
chased, we earnestly recommend that the
Commissioners of the District OF Columbia
provide from their emergency fund a sumo
lent sum of money to equip the school
buildings with the necessary appliances for
furnishing boiled and filtered water to the
pupils in our schools
THE health officer has been requested
to examine all wells used by the pupils OF
the public schools.
Supervisor of Primary Work.
1t was also announced by the secretary
of the board that Miss Elizabeth v. Brown
had been appointed supervisor of primary
work. vice Miss Denny, deceased.
Miss Brown is the daughter of George II.
Brown public landscape gardener She re-
ceived her education in the schools of the
District, and soon after graduating from
the Normal School returned to 1t as mem
Der of the faculty, in which position she
has continued to the present time, her high
ideals and sound educational principles nav,
Ing done much toward bringing the ScnooI
to it's present high standard. MISS brown
has done special work at the George WASH
ington University. and has constantly
awaited herself of the many educational al
yantages the city offers. For the past Two
wears she has been a member OF the facuity
of the summer school of the south, held at
the University of Tennessee. she Is tne
author of Stories of Woods ana fleios
and of Culture History stories.
From the organization of the AuouDon
Society of the District of Columbia MISS
Brown has been an earnest advocate OF lhe
bird-protection movement, ana mas uone
effective work as member OF tne eN is 'ice
committee of that society. she Is vice
president and one of the directors Oh the
American Story Tellers' League, ana is Is
actively Interested in the work tending 10
the betterment of the condltlon OF ciiioieh
in the District of Columbia.
Changes Authorized.
Other changes in the schools were an
nounced as follows: Accept reslS na'ioi
of c r Biting, Mckinley Manual Tram
ing School; grant leave of absence 10 MI
Charles c. Dunning, Mckinley schooi'
transfer HalSted L. Hoover lioh' "e'S
Grade second division, to special teacher
Of music: appoint Evelyn V. Fletcher
teacher at Armstrong School; accept res
ienation of Edwin S. Tracy, teacher OF
music in the high schools; accept reslg-
nation of Miss Elizabeth Chamberlain,
Central High School; appoint Miss Edlth
Rutherford as teacher of Central Hlgh
School: accept designations of the follow
ing teachers: S. NJ. Ryder, NJ. A. Murphy,
Elizabeth Hiden Lily S. Gerry; grant
leave of absence to the following teach
ers: Katherine Horan Isabella K. Meloy,
AIDA B. Carr, Elma Lamb; appoint the
following substitute teachers: Eva b.
Towles. Mary E. Kidwell, Helen w. CAN'T,
Ethel V Benton. Louise E. Strobel
Tickets of admission to the pubic
schools will be issued by the principals
of the respective school buildings on Fri
day and Saturday, September 16 and II,
between the hours of and 10 am. and Il
and pm. -
The teachers of the graded schools will
meet their respective supervising princi-
pals for instructions on Saturday, Sep
TENDER IT, a. follows: Fifth division, Cur
tbs School, at 8 o'clock; seventh division,
Franklin School. at 10 o'clock; first divis-
ion, Dennison School, at IL o'clock; sec
ond division. Henry School. at IL o'clock;
ninth division, Gales School, at IL: 80
o'clock; sixth division, Taylor School, at
II o'clock; third division, Wallach School,
at 1870 o'clock; eighth division, Tyler
School, at 2:15 o'clock; fourth division,
Jefferson School. at o'clock; tenth, elev-
enth, twelfth, thirteenth divisions, NJ
Street High School, at o'clock.