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said first party agrees to rfnd the said $500 to hea said second party
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News Of Falls Church.
e Of The Star.

special Correspondence OK Inc star.
FALLS CHURCH. Va. October 8, 1907.
The October meet ting the the Village I'M
provement Society was held last night at
the residence Of Miss Matte Gundry. This
was the first meeting held under the new
officers elected last month and Mr.. H. A.
Fellows on assuming the office OF presi-
dent. made an address. Mr. Church was
appointed a committee to prepare a pro-
gram for installing the new officers.
Miss Gundry. treasurer, submitted re-
port showing balance on hand of S70.S9.
1t was voted to invest the sum of SIS In
the purchase of stone tagging to be used
in constructing street crossings, and Dr.
J. B. Gould. w. NJ Ellison. and M. e.
Church were appointed to make the pur-
chase.
The president announced the appoint
ment of chairmen OF the several COM
mlttees of the society for the year as fol-
lows: On sidewalks. w. NJ. Ellison; streets
and roads. A. ]. King: shade trees, George
w. Hawxhurst; sanitation f. ]. Northup:
railroad stations, NJ. Z. Church: ways and
means. DR.. ]. b. Gould; membership, Miss
Susie Dawson.
DR.. J. A Dickinson called attention to
the necessity for Improvement in the
street lighting service and the matter was
referred to the committee on appropria-
tons. as was also the matter of trimming
the shade trees. Miss B. c. Merrifleld re-
ported balance Of Sl4 80 from the Fourth
of July collections and the amount was
turned into the treasury.
The invitation of Mr.. G.. A. l.. Merrt-
field for the society to meet at his resi-
de nee In November. and that OF Miss b.
C. Merrifield for the December meeting at
her residence. were accepted. Following
the business session ice cream and cake
were served by the hostess.
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Attorney Mcnamara volunteered to
take up the matter OF the delay in the
preparation OF the pay rolls this month
with the controller OF the treasury and
learn II something can be done to make
the work less difficult. The board re-
ferred communication on the subject
from the superintendent TO him and au-
thoriZed him to investigate the matter.
In his communication the superintendent Mt
said X. .. Wilmarth, pay clerk. had al
ready put In eighty hours on extra work
to get the rolls ready.
DR.. Chancellor cited u detail the rea-
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Adams to Weightman School: Miss X. E.
Williams, from second to third grade, and
from salary of 1925 to $3.50 per annum;
Miss NJ. E. Graves, from the fifth to the
sixth grade; Miss L. M. Boteler, from the
first to second grade: Miss c. A. D. Lueb-
kert from teacher of fifth sixth grade to
fifth sixth seventh grade; Miss E. c. Es-
pey, from fourth to fifth grade; Miss l.
M Lind from third to fourth grade; Miss
Mary Stewart, from first to third grade;
Miss Louise Fitzgerald. from first to
third grade, and transfer from Taylor to
Pierce School; 8. A. Tichener. from the
sixth to the seventh grade; NJ. L. Will
liams. from the fourth to the fifth grade;
c. L. Franc, from the fourth-third to the
fourth grade; B. M. Mahoney. from the
fourth-third to the fourth grade; j. c.
]. E. Page, from the sixth to the seventh
grade; M. r. Richards. from the third to
the fourth grade; ]. A. Young, from the
fourth-third to the fourth grade; ). A.
Richardson. from the third-first to the
third grade; Helen Webb. from the sec
ond-first to the second grade; Mittie Hall.
from the second-first to the second grade;
G. NJ. Walsh. from the sixth to the sew
enth grade; Olive Wright, from the sec
ond-first to the second grade; A. l.. Hen
dry, from the sixth-fifth to the sixth
grade and transfer from the third to the
second division; Margaret Keogh. from
the f1fth-fourth to the fifth grade; E. r.
Woodward, from the third-fourth to the
fourth grade: NJ. V. Fauth. from the third
to the fourth grade.
Appointments and Promotions.
Appoint Miss E. v. Heth as teacher of
Latin and mathematics in the Mckinley
Manual Training School.
Promote Mr.. F. A. Woodward from
position as teacher Of manual training in
the grades to position as teacher of me-
chanical drawing and woodworking in the
Mckinley Manual Training School.
Resignations-Mis NJ. w. Gill. teacher
of second grade; Miss NJ. E. Glenn, teach
er of fifth grade; Miss Elinor Wells,
teacher of third grade.
Appointments-Miss Helen Reinburg as
teacher of second grade, at 5000 per an
mum; Miss Mary Cobb, as teacher of
first grade; Miss Mary Hannah, as teach
er of first grade.
In night schools-Promotion of H. H.
Burroughs from eighth-grade teacher to
principal
Appointments-W. c. Myers. as teacher
OF eighth grade; Miss 8. A. Wallace, as
Began, as teacher of eighth grade, Jeffer
SON School; Miss /. Nj. Johnson, as teacher
of typewriting and English. Corcoran
School; Miss L. L. Thomas. as teacher
OF fourth grade, Wallach School; Miss
Rose Began, as teacher of fourth grade
Franklin School; Miss NJ. ]. Gibson.
as teacher of bookkeeping, Business
High School; Miss Estelle Fenno, as
teacher of English, Business High School,
Miss J. D. Mason as teacher in Franklin
School; Miss NJ L. Benson, as teacher in
Franklin School; R. 1. Geare, as teacher
of shorthand. Business High School.
Extension of leave of absence to Miss
Miranda Steele.
Substitutes In the grades-Miss II. B.
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Knowing that I myself had INSULT
cient time personally to investigate these
societies thoroughly, and desiring to make
report more definite to this board, /
appointed a special committee, who are
holding session daily with the intentions
of finding out the facts and submitting to
me their recommendations. The MEM
bership of this committee is as follows:
From the Central High School, Mrs.
Hoeglesburger and Mr. Kelley; from the
Western High School, DR.. Matthews and
Miss Reed; from the Eastern High School,
Dr.. Small and Miss Holmes; from the Nc
christensen; from the Business High
School, Mr.. Davis and Miss Baldwin. I
am hopeful that committee thus consti-
tuted Will make report that will be of
some value to the cause Of education
here.
II have received letters and calls from
many persons interested in these societies.
The sentiment is very much divided. On
the whole, 1t Is against these societies.
Secret societies. like everything else that
Is secret. are apt to be Judged by their
worst manifestations.
Need Of Literary Societies.
There is only one respect in which 1
have come to a conclusion in this matter.
Our high schools need more open literary
debating and dramatic clubs. and in my
Judgment such clubs should be fostered
by the school authorities. They should
be given rooms in which to hold their
meetings and their announcements should
be advertised in every reasonable man
ner. Such societies should be, of course,
under the control of the principal, super
intendent and board of education. Many
parents have told me that If such So
cieties existed there would be no reason
able excuse for expensive secret societies"
Report on Rules.
Mr.. w. V. Cox, chairman of the commit
tee on rules, presented the report of that
committee, which has been in prepara-
ton since the beginning Of the present
school administration. The report was
approved with an amendment, proposed
by Mrs Ellen Spencer Mussey. and sup
ported by Superintendent Chancellor Mr..
Cox and others. to the effect that en-
ployes of the school board. either collect
lively or individually. must not initiate
attempts to influence legislation for the
schools, or be active along this line under
penalty of dismissal. The exact wording
of this rule is In the hands of commit
tee composed of Mrs. Mussey, Mr.. Nc
Namara and Supt. Chancellor, who will
draft 1t later
In presenting the rules, which were not
read in view Of the fact that each board
member had received a copy before the
| meeting. Mr.. Cox said. In part:
In framing these ruIes and bylaws of
| the board of education for the govern
| ment of the public schools of the District
of Columbia, your committee has used the
! old rules as basis, changing them mate
| rally. however. to meet conditions and
make them conform to new laws and de-
| cisions.
TT is thought the proposed rules are
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these different high schools have shown
very different dispositions toward them
1t would appear that the societies have
been encouraged in the Central High
school, but opposed. at least. in the col
ored high schools. 1t appears from these
reports that the disposition Of these So
cieties toward the schools are very differ
ent. Some seem to exist to benefit the
schools and others to take advantage of
them. Some societies admit members of
the faculties. while others do not do so.
i am unable as yet to find evidence as
to whether they rent quarters None of
them, however. has accommodations in
the school buildings. Most Of them, not all
OF them. have their meetings in the homes
or the pupils and with the consent Of the
parents. In some instances the parents are
invited guests at the meetings but I am
unable to report at present just how gen.
eral this may be.
Membership Varies.
The membership Of these different soci-
cites varies considerably. Apparently,
none have over twenty-five members. and
few have less than ten However, on this
point. the statistics are incomplete.
Il have been unable as yet to get posi-
tive statistics as to the cost of these fra
ternities. In one of them the annual cost
Is ~. ! am also unable to report how
frequently they hold meetings, but ven
ture an opinion that these meetings are
held weekly or fortnightly in most in
stances. Some of these societies seem to
exist mainly for the sake OF organizing
dances. to which the persons present are
admitted by purchased tickets. Most of
these societies require their members to
| wear pins that cost from 81 to IS, and
even So each
1T appears that some of the girl soci-
cites have their meetings in the after
moons. not In the evenings after dinner.
II appears that in some instances the So
c!eties have endeavored to control class
elections. and in many instances they en-
deaVor to influence the selection of MEM
bers for the athletic teams of the schools
1t, therefore. appears that the question OF
secret societies Is very closely connected
with interscholastic athletics. 1t is an in
tereStng fact that a student may belong
to one or more of these secret societies. In
| this respect they differ radically from the
| college secret societies. Those societies
which meet after dinner in the evenings
usually meet on either Friday or Satur-
| day evenings.
Regarded as Important
| School No. 1 regarding her experience
| with a small sorority seems to me to be
sngularly important. Here was q So
ciety that began in the best possible
manner and ended in the worst 1t ap-
| pears that the secret societies seldom
| maintain the standard of their first years
| but tend to degenerate ia quality. II
| appears that the element of secrecy l,
| destructive to the best interests of youth
| Miss Cooling reports that in spite of 1t.
| noble inception this society proved to bt
entirely out Of harmony with the princi
Qlss Of democracy. ,..-.--...-.
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practical and workable, and that they
will be the means Of placing the schools
on better educational and business
basis AS far as practicable the commit
tee has segregated the educational and
business features. Whenever the commit
tee was convinced that the rules in other
systems were better, 1t has not hesitated
to obtain advantages based on experience
elsewhere.
Some Of the Changes.
Among the more important changes
have been the defining of the duties of
the superintendent, the assistant superin
tendents, directors, supervisors. heads of
departments, principals, teachers, tanitors
enc attendance officers The number of
committees has been increased. Definite
time has been provided for leaves of alb
Sence.
THE fixing Of the pay Of substitutes Is
an important feature. 1t Is thought that
the proposed arrangement Is logical ana
will prove more satisfactory than the one
originally suggested. The committee has
had the active cooperation OF the officers
in this wclk and l desire to assure them
of our appreciation. The committee had
hoped to have presented these rules more
concisely. but after elaboration and OBJ
servation submits them in their present
form for your action"
Engineer Dismissed.
The board dismissed David L. Munroe,
coIored. engineer at the Armstrong Man
ual Training School, notwithstanding the
strenuous opposition of Mr.. Horner. COL
ored member of the board. The action
was taken after Mr.. Mcnamara had
ruled that an engineer does not come
within the meaning Of teacher in the
law.
new Kindergarten was established al
the Hubbard School Miss Sadie Morris,
kindergarten teacher, was transferred
from the Smallwood to the Hubbard. ana
Miss Blanche WilguS was promoted from
kindergarten assistant to principal. The
following appointments kindergarten
assistants were made Miss Madge Coon
and Miss Resale Walker
Changes in the Schools.
The board approved the following
changes
In high schools, transfers-C. J.
Schwartz, from Central to Eastern High
School, and Miss Marion Clark. from Cen
trail to Eastern High School, and the APP
pointment of Miss Dorothea Sherman as
teacher of English. Western High School.
at 81 900 per annum.
Graded schools, transfers-Miss c.
Haneke from second grade. Grant School,
to first grade. Johnson School; Miss Mar
garet Queen from Pierce School to Lud-
low School; Miss E. c. Coale. f'om Madi-
from Webb to Madison School; Miss
Henrietta King. from first or ade. Weight
man School. to first grade, Adams School.
Promotions-Miss E. M. Crook. from first
to third grade, and from salary of $625
J to $3.50 per annum. and transfer from
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sons for delay, summing them up as fol-
lows:
Firstly a new system of pay roll
accounting that is materially different
from the one in use for many years. Sec
ond-By the various oral rulings made
during the preparation of the rolls. Third
BY awarding the contracts for print
ing to firms not having the requisite facil-
tiles for handling rush work. Fourth
BY the smallness of the office force, which
prevented the detail of sufficient help
during the preparation of the rolls"
Secret Societies.
The superintendents partial report on
secret societies was heard with much in
terest by the board. and was referred to
the committee on normal high and man
u II training schools.
AT a meeting of the board of educa-
ton early in September says DR.. Chan
cellor. II was asked by the president OF
the board whether or not there We're any
secret societies in our high schools. ana
IL so what was my own attitude in re-
gard to such societies. To this statement
I replied that, as far as l knew, there
were no societies in the high schools, and
| should be decidedly opposed to permit
inu them to exist. | also called the at.
tention of the board to the fact that 1t
was my duty because of rule of the
hoard to see that no such societies ex-
listed. However, a certain incident tnat
occurred in connection with the opening
of the schools brought this matter again
into prominence, and much to my sur
mise | discovered that there were many
such societies.
II held a meeting of the high school
principals ten days ago, at which directed
Them to make reports TO me regarding
secret societies in their schools, and /
hand YOU herewith their written reports.
including one from the principal OF the
Normal School. who had an experience
with such societies several years ago.
From these reports it would appear
thlt there are in all - secret societies.
They are as follows: Central High School,
~. Eastern High School, 3; Western
High School, =; Mckinley High School,
!. Business High School 0; NJ Street
High School. o; Armstrong High School, q.
Not Conclusive.
The fact that no secret societies are re-
ported in some of the high schools is not
conclusive that no such societies exist.
cret societies about doubled last year /
am unable to get positive proof OF this
statement because of the secrecy of the
organiZa tons
These secret societies are of nearly
every conceivable description Some are
| chapters of national fraternitieS or sorori-
| ties others are confined to one school
here. Still others are confined to single
| classes Some secret societies admit both
boys and girls, but most of them are ex-
| clusively of one sex. There appear to be
| as many girl societies as boy societies
Apparently the two hazing incidents OF
| which we have evidence, were In no way
| connected with these cocieties.
The various principals and faculties o.
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Prince George County Wedding.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md,
October 10. 1907.
Miss May Belt daughter of Samuel
Rufus Belt. and Robert Wexford Peach.
son of Dr. and Mrs. John Peach. were
married yesterday. Rev. NJ. F. Lowe.
pastor of Perkins Chapel officiated.
DIR. Charles A. Wells. of Hyattsville. II
foreman OF the grand jury now in session
in Upper Marlboro. The indications are
that the work of the jury will be finished
during the current week, as the criminal
work Of the court 10 the smallest In many
years
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Witten. Miss Greeta Tibbitts. Miss A. H.
Lynch and Miss NJ L. Parker In high
schools-Mss E N. Wilson, Miss M. H.
Wilson, Miss E. NJ. MacMullen. In
the music department-Mrs. B. B.
Thompson. In the kindergarten depart
ment-Misses e. R. Whitcomb. E. J.
Keane, Louise Saiter. Caroline Pyne and
Ruth Montague.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-29
All=ROund
Competition
In New York
Will Be Held There July
4, Not at James
town.

NEW YORK, June 29.-Bartow S.
Weeks, the chairman Of the champion
ship committee Of the Amateur Athletic
Union. made a very important an
nouncement-that the all-round cham
pionship Of the United States would be
held in New York city instead or at
the jamestown Exposition.
The all-round championship there
fore, will be held here next Thursday.
July 4. at / o'clock in the afternoon
The entry list for this meeting includes
the entries of Martin J. Sheridan and
Richard COtter. Of the Irish-American
Athletic Club; Dennis Murray, Of Dub
lin. one Of Ireland's greatest athletes;
and John ]. Dalton. Of the Christian
Brothers College OF St Louis, Mo.
Sheridan and the other athletes who
will compete IN this event, have been
training religiously for these events. In
a tryout held at Celtic Park on June
%. Sheridan rolled up a total OF 7,f2o
points and Sheridan IS Of the opinion
that he viii better these figures when
the meeting Is held next week.
The championships will be refereed BY
James r. Sullivan, president OF the
Amateur Athletic Union
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-29
ATHLETIC LEAGUES
FOR SCHOOL BOYS
A. A. u. Takes Step to
Develop Healthy
Youngsters.

At the last meeting Of the Amateur
Athletic Union Of the United States held
In New York. DR.. Luther Halsey Gu
lick, secretary of the Public Schools
Athletic League Of New York. suggested
that the president OF the Amateur Ath-
letic Union Of the United States appoint
a committee on public school athletics,
the work OF this committee to be 10 en-
courage the formation Of public schools
athletic leagues similar 70 the ones now
established in New York. Cleveland, and
elsewhere.
And, after consultation with the off,
GERS Of the Amateur Athletic Union. the
president has appointed a large COM
mittee, taking IN each association of the
Amateur Athletic Union, so that each
association can work in it's own terri
tory and cooperate with the Amateur
Athletic Union in its good work Of fos-
tering public school athletic leagues.
The committee for the South Atlantic
Association IS composed Of Lieut.. ]. w
rawfOrd, Of Washington. chairman: H
G. Penninan, Theo. E. Straus, William
G. Grant, all of Baltimore.