Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-09
CUPID ACTIVE IN MARYLAND
RESPONSIBLE FOR REsIGNA-
TONS OF SCHOOL TEACHERS.
Montgomery County Board An
nounces Several Changes Among
Instructors.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md. June o. 1908
/ The public school teachers of Montgom-
cry country are resigning at lively rate.
Cupid and a change Of avocation being
responsible in most of the cases. Since
the schools closed, ten days ago. sixteen
have quit their jobs" as follows: Miss
Viola L. ellis. Spencerville school: Miss
Libbie b. Magruder, Redland school: Miss
Laura Aioffatt. Elmer school; Miss Marian
Davis, Falkland school Miss +. Mabel
Condor, Laytonsvile school; Miss l.. Corr
nelia Day, Kingsley school, Miss Varina
L. Dulaney, Middle brooke school; Miss
E. Claudia ClaSett. Monocacy school,:
Misses Anna l.. and Lucy O.. Waters,
Gaithersburg school; Mrs. Ida F. Thomp-
son. Woodheld school; Trujean III. Aud.
Ounce Orchard school; Charles Il. Hilton,
Beane school; Arthur III. Myers Friend
ship school; William III. Caudill. Barnes
vile school. and Prof. Roger j. White
ford, Sandy Spring school. A number
of additional designations are looked for
before the fall school term begins.
The county school board has appointed
Prof Roger J. Whitford. for the past
several years principal of the school at
Sandy Spring. principal of the Rockville
High School. He takes the place of Prof.
Cooke ID. Luckett. who was at the head OF
the institution several years. Prof. Will
of the high school at Darnestown He
was for several years principal of the
Andrew Small Academy a Jamestown.
Miss Anna c. Pace takes the place Of
Miss Anna l.. Waters as an assistant
teacher at the Gaithersburg school.
To Consolidate Three Schools.
II has been decided to consolidate the
schools at Sligo Linden and Forest Glen.
and a handsome building Will be erected
at once at Woodside. The site. valued
al SEEN. has been donated by Benjamin
+. Leighton of Woodside, and the citi-
zens OF that section Of the county have
raised about $1,000. which will be added
to an appropriation of similar amount
by the school board for the building.
The structure will contain eight rooms
and every effort will he made TO have i
open in the fall. The school board VIII
also erect new buildings at Glen Echo.
Colesville and Montrose during the sum-
mer.
Misses Beulah Fawcett. Daisy Cissell.
Mary Brewer Barry Albert. Cor.nEe
Dawson, Fannie Snouffer. Minnie Ilwee
and Ida Z. Stabler and Messrs. Robert
w. Stout and w. a. Baker will repre-
sent Montgomery county al the annual
meeting of the State Teachers Associa-
ton in Ocean City June "a, - and 70
High School Business Departments.
The recent legislature appropriated
81 600 for the establishment of a bust
ness department in every accredited high
school In the state. and the Montgomery
school commissioners have decided 10 es-
tabish such a department at the Rock
vile High School and have il in operation
at the beginning of the fall term.
Prof Earle b. Wood. county superin-
tendent Of public schools has announced
that the annual examinations for certif-
Gates to teach in the white public schools
of Montgomery county will be held at
Rockville June - - and -. At the
same time examinations viii be held for
five scholarships TO the State Normal
School and one each TO ST. Johns Coll
lege. Washington College and the Mary.
land Institute of Art and Design.