The Washington times., 1904-09-20
STILL BOIL WATER
IN THE SCHOOLS
Board OF Education Solving
a ID f1icult Problem.
HAVE ORDERED ICE SUPPLY
Hope to Have Process Effective in Dav
or TwO-APPOintment and Pro
molten Of Teachers.

The Board Of Education viii stand
pat" on the boiled water theory for the
public schools. as advised by Health
Officer Woodward, and Superintendent
Stuart win carry out instructions i'm the
matter. The water viii he boiled and
set before the pupils. and they may
drink it or not. as they choose.
Yesterday. the school authorities hold,
and properly, was no fair test of their
ability 20 provide the proPer gcrm-free
water in sufficient quantities The
water viii hereafter be boiled over
night and given plenty Of time TO cool
IN the schooIhouse cellars before It is
given 20 the children. Also, ice will be
provided that will not affect the purified
condition Of the Potomac water.
OF course, some of the children do not
like the boiled water, and equally. OF
course. many Parents forbid their or
spring 10 drinE at the schools at all.
What this viii lead to cannot be fore
told. 1t is limited that army canteens
viii b. in demand hereafter. and that
each pupil will come to school with d
daily supply of water. mineral, filtered.
or plain Potomac, in addition to his
supply of lunch. At any rate. there will
be some thirsty little tots around the
The Janitors Busy.
All the janitOrs boiled a good supply
Of the Potomac water last night and
early this morning. and there will be no
running out Of the supply today. particu-
larry as a large number Of the children
viii not touch the Health Office product.
While no official figures will be OBJ
Jainable until tomorrow night. when the
supervising principals will make their
reports 20 Superintendent Stuart. ii is
estimated that about 200 pupils were in
attendance at the 100 schools Of the Dis
trict yesterday.
Only at the Mckinley Manual Training
School was OvercrOwding in evidence
More applied there than could be admit
ted, but other arrangements viii toe
made 70 take Gaze Of the overflow. The
Two new school buildings, which accom-
modate 500. will be opened next week
The number Of halliday schools will be
materially lessened this year
Appointment of Teachers.
At the meeting last night the board
reported action on number OF matters,
including the appointment and promo
ton Of teachers, the acceptance Of reslg-
nations and transfers, as follows:
J +. Weideman, temporary assistant
teacher in physics in the Mckinley Man
Ual Training School; II. X. Schoheld
teacher in the Mckinley Manual Train
ing School; X. d. Buchanan. teach
er IN the Eastern High School at a
salary OF 500 per annum: r. NJ Briggs.
teacher in the Western High School at a
teacher Of cooking, Matthew n Morton.
teacher of chemistry; Jeanette Young
and Edna Mckee, kindergarten teach
crs; J. 9. Wright. a teacher OF typewrit-
fT "a rFfr =
by, Florence +. OlcOtt, Geraldine c
Ioomey, Ada NJ. Putnam, Genevieve
connolly, Annie $. Holmes, and Marietta
Price. substitute teachers.
Some Are Promoted.
Promotions were announced as fol-
lows. Katharine Brown, from 500 10
500; Emily Carr. from 800 to SEQ; Eliza
Green, from $575 to $500: w. II. Wool
verton, from $3.50 TO 500, Mary I.ackey.
from sixth 10 seventh grade; \. A Jones,
from $40 to $500; VI. y. Merrill from
500 to S775: c. A. Hunter. from $500 20
$50; Joseph Finckel, from So TO $500;
g. A. Shelp. from $3.50 10 S775; May
Weide from 500 too 500. c. W. Kelly,
from 500 TO $500, /. n Campbell. from
500 20 $3.50: K. w. Perkins, from $50 to
500; l.. NJ. Evans, from 500 10 500:
). l.. HOeckel. from fourth TO fifth grade
and from 1853 TO 800; NJ r. Burband
from third to fourth grade and from
500 TO $3.50; J. +. Dumont. from assistant
10 principal to third grade and from
S475 20 $3.50
NJ Bowling was transferred from the
Tenth TO the Thirteenth division, NJ A
Smith from the Tenth TO the Thirteenth,
and NJ. Tyson from the Thirteenth TO
the Tenth. Emma White a Normal
q aduate. was assigned as assistant TO
principal.
designations we're accepted OIL w. A
Joiner, a teacht- Of typewrltinR in the
night schools; Belle r. Parsons and Ber-
tina Tucker. kindergarten teachers: Of
Francis de Smith, teacher Of chemis ~
in the Armstrong Manual Training
School.
The resignation OF II D. Croker. as
sistant engineer. was accepted, and VIII
liam HaddoX appointed 20 the position.
The board adopted Herrick and Da-
mons Composition and Rhetoric %
Parts | and II, and Moody and LOrett's
English Literature" for use In the
manual training schools.
AUCTION SALES.