Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-28
BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETS
SUPT. CHANCELLOR FAILS to-
APPEAR.
Criticism of Failure to Submit
Recommendations Early-Promo-
motions, Appointments, Etc.

ent of public instruction, was the sub
ject of criticism at a meeting Of the board
of education late yesterday afternoon. The
superintendent was absent, but several
recommendations made by him were sub
mitted to the board. Secretary Hine re-
ported that they reached him at Ito
o'clock p. m. The meeting of the board
was called for i o'clock.
THE superintendent does not like us
we'll enough to send his reports early.
They did not reach the secretary until
after l o'clock today President Oyster
stated. UNLESS we get such matters
earlier we cannot handle them properly"
Changes Authorized.
Only routine matters were considered
yesterday. The recommendations of the
superintendent for changes.in the schools
were approved by the board, as follows:
Promote G.. A. Anderson, janitor, from
the Gales to the Emery school, to take
effect on and after November 49, 1907.
Promote Robert Boyle, janitor. from the
Hayes to the Gales school, to take effect
On and after November 16. 1907.
Appoint Dennis j. Donovan as janftor
of the Hayes school, to take effect on
and after November 49, 1907.
Appoint Thomas A. Smith as caretaker
OF two rooms in Samaritan Temple Hall,
18th division. to take effect on and after
October 1, 1907.
Appoint Miss Elsie Vansant as teacher
OF a foreign class in the Jefferson night
school. two nights each week.
Appoint Miss Mary Lackey as teacher
OF foreign class In the Franklin night
school.
Transfer A. c. Waller, teacher of the
sixth grade, Magruder School in Sumner
building, tenth division. to same grade,
Sumner School in Minor building. same
division, to take effect on and after No
vember 20, 1907.
Transfer A. v. Smith. teacher of the
fifth grade, twelfth division. Loveby
School, to sixth grade. Henry Wilson
School. tenth division. vice H. v. Bruce,
deceased, to take effect on and after No
vember %. 1907.
Transfer N. L. Guy from .teacher of
drawing to teacher of fifth grade. Love-
joy School. twelfth division, to take effect
on and after November p, 1907.
Appoint Julia Allen as kindergarten as
sistant Patterson School, eleventh d.
vision, to take effect on and after No
Appoint ]. W. Gooden as caretaker of
1922 7th street. to take effect on and after
October 10, 1907.
Promote E. ]. McQueeney. janitor. from
the Western to the Business High School,
to take effect on and after December 1,
1907
Appoint Novel; Cooper as janitor of the
Jones School, to take effect on and after
October %. 1907.
Division Of Appropriation.
For the library committee Mrs. Ter
rell announced that the appropriation Of
81 GOO had been divided as follows: Frank
lin teachers library, $127.5O; Sumner
$102: Normal School No 1,
$50. IS: Normal School, No. 2. So 25; Cen
trail High School. $S5: Business High
School. $3.50: NJ Street High School
1850: Western High School, $72.2 %; East
ern High. School, -$z2.25. ..
Mrs Catherine r.. Watkins. director of
asked an appropriation of
s25 for Christmas trees for the kinder
gartels> Mr., Cox moved that this request
be refused. - 49,.
This is net q proper use for public
funds We will have to buy stockings
By vote OF the board the request was
refused.
Resolutions were. received from the
United German Societies; asking that
Supt. Chancellor be retained in his posi-
ton ana that he be allowed to proceed
with the establishment of classes in
German and Latin in the seventh and
eighth grades of the public schools.
A request was received from the Con-
gress 'Heigtrts Citizens Association, ask
there. It was REPORTED that an investi-
CATION showed there were no children. no
money and no salaries for such a school.
Communications were read from the
commissioners showing that they have
purchased 47,25o square feet of ground
in the Howard University subdivision
for .sixteen-roon1 school building; that
the plumbing work at the Berret School
had been completed and that similar
work was progressing at the Abbot
School.