Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-09
BOARD SUGGESTS
CHANGES IN LAW
Certain Amendments in In
terest of Schools.
PER DIEM SALARY SYSTEM
Plan of Retirement for Teachers to
Be Recommended.
ROUTINE BUSINESS MATTERS
Transfers, Promotions and Appoint
neutrality-suspicious. Accepted.
Changes Authorized.
PER DIEM SALARY SYSTEM
ROUTINE BUSINESS MATTERS

That the board of education will take
early action In recommending to Congress
| amendments to the present school law
providing for a per diem system of pay
ment of salaries to teachers. ard other
changes necessary, and providing for
| plan of retirement of veteran teachers,
was indicated yesterday at its bmonthly
meeting held in the Franklin School build
ing. Routine matters were largely con-
sidered at the meeting. Several recon-
mendations, signed by William E. Chan
cellor as superintendent before his dis
missal. were presented to the board, coun-
tersigned by A. T. Stewart. the new
superintendent, and were approved eX-
cept in one case. Mr.. Stuart sat with the
board, this being his first appearance
there since his recent appointment. DIR.
Evermann. vice president, was the only
member absent from the meeting.
The meeting was called to order thirty
1 minutes after the scheduled time. 3 O'clock
The presentation of Mr.. Stuarts letter
accepting the Office of superintendent tenn
porarily, as published previously In The
Star, was read and was ordered to be
placed on file. w. V. Cox. chairman of
the ways and means committee of the
| board, presented an itemized account of
the condition of the appropriations to date
and also an itemized semi-annual state
ment of expenditures under the school
| appropriations as prepared by r. o. Will
| marth.
| Summary of Finances.
! This statement showed that for officers
| salaries there was an appropriation Of
$55, 800. Of which S24296.17 had been ex-
pended, leaving a balance of $31, 500. So:
for teachers salaries, appropriation Of
81 1874, 750; transferred to another fund,
s1O155: expended for salaries. 1854. 7S1 25,
leaving balance Of 1888. S18.G5; for night
schools, appropriation Of 1900; expendi-
lures, s., 54S.24; balance. $S,45l.16. For
commercial instruction in night schools
appropriation of 5000; expenditures.
81 ,991 .O6; balance. So, Oos.s4. For medical
penditures, S2337.4s: balance, So &c, 81
Text books and supplies, appropriation Of
81 800; expenditures, $685.; balance, 1915
For equipment Of school Fairgrounds, ap-
pTe sz att Of slsSo expenditure
of school gardens. appropriation of 81 600;
expenditures, S52s50; balance. $471.5O
For janitors' salaries, appropriation of
500. 100; expenditures. Sal, 747. 10; balance,
81 $3.50: balance, sS.7s2.4o For clerks
and librarians, appropriation Of $40. los;
expenditures. So. SO7.76: balance. $6.347 "a.
|
ty-four at $500 per year and one each at
$500, 1915 and $3.50. This report also
showed that In the past six months there
| were the following changes in the corps
Of employees of the schools: Appointments,
$40; transfers, $50; dismissals. II; promo
tons and increases. LAO; reductions. "a;
designations, u; temporary salaries, IS;
temporary employment, 2; dropped from
rolls, 9: changes in designation. l.;
changes in name. 6; leaves Of absence
granted. D: suspensions, l; permanent ap-
pointments. 8; marriages. 5; deaths, g.;
extension of leaves, 5; automatic increases
| withheld. II.
Upon the recomme ndation of the pIay-
| grounds committee, the board decided
to close the school Fairgrounds during
| the months of January, February and
| March.
Letter Excites Comment
A letter from the Commissioners caused
| much comment in the board. The letter
| was in reply to one sent by the board
asking for repairs in the Thompson School
building, and the Commissioners stated
| that the repairs were inadvisable, as the
| board has advised Congress that it was
| unfit for use as a school building. After
| the letter was read President Oyster
| pointed out that the Commissioners must
be familiar with the delay in getting new
| buildings. requiring usually three years
! or more. He said he was. therefore. I'M
| willing to accept the view of the Com
| m!ssioners. as. he thought tha walls
| should be calcimined and other similar
| repairs made to make the teachers COM
| Portable in the meantime. Other men,
| bers of the board declared that the build
| ing had been subject of complaint, and
| by action of the board the matter was
| turned over to the president
| Another letter from the Commissioners
| was read which included one from
| Building Inspector Ashford stating that
| repairs have been made to the basement
of the Threlkeld School in Georgetown.
| That is clever answer on the part of
| Ashford" declared Mr.. Oyster. Il didn't
know he would condescend to do that.
The lstter of Dr. William F.. Chancellor.
! the deposed superintendent. written to
! the Commissioners protesting against
| more waste of public funds in the APP
| prevail by the board of certain acquisitions
| for text books, and which the Commits
| sioners referred to the board. was read
and placed on file. There was no COM
| ment on the letter.
Convention of Superintendent.
The board granted the use of one room
in the Franklin School building January
II to the Washington Ma nassas Indus
| trial School Association il which to hold
its annual meeting. Announcement was
made to the board that the convention of
the Eastern Manual Training Associa ton
Will be held IN washington in the spring
! of this year. Report was also made to
| the board by Assist Suot. p. NJ.
! Hughes, chairman of the local COM
| mittee. regarding arrangements made for
the meeting of the department of superin-
tendents OF the National Educational AS
| sociation, to be held in this city February
| ~ 26 and -. He said the convention
sessions will be held in the Metropolitan
NJ. f. Church and that reception to the
visitors will be given in the Corcoran Gal
lery of Art the night of February 81. at
| which the Marine Band viii! furnish mu-
sic. To raise the expenses of the conven-
ton. amounting to about 500. it is recon-
n,ended by Mr. Hughes that the board
appoint a committee. This matter was re-
ferfed to the superintendent of schools
with power to act.
Supt. Stuart gave the board Off
cial notification Of the death of Miss Mary
f. kealey, principal Of the Maury School,
and the board instructed Secretary Hine
to write the family of the deceased let.
ter of sympathy.
| 1t was also announced that the teachers
of the 10th. 18th. 18th and 18th divisions
Of the schools. which include the colored
schools. desire to meet the new suoerin-
tendent and the board members to ex-
| press their loyalty at the NJ Street High
School building tomorrow afternoon. 1t
Is planned to hold meeting similar to
that held in the Central High School
building Tuesday afternoon. in which the
white teachers participated.
A letter from DR.. G. NJ. kober, secre-
tary of the Presidents homes commits
Il OH uyh ha n