Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-09

| | A 1eWel Wnon mes cooked and q |
| dream when he's raw"
Sweeping changes among principals and
| teachers in the public schools were made
| at a meeting of the board of education
in the Franklin School yesterday after
noon The ratification of the changes
| the reelection of Capt. James F. Oys-
| ter as president of the board; the election
| of Mr.. w. V. Cox as vice president in
| place of DR.. B. W. Evermann; presenta-
ton of the resignation of Miss Mary
| Plant, who says the physical conditions
| are so bad in the Mckinley Manual
| Training School and laws passed by Con-
gress SO discriminating against local
| teachers that good work Is impossible
and the reading of a protest from public
school boys more than thirteen years of
age that they are not allowed to use the
school Fairgrounds for which they have
contributed money, were the features of
| the session.
! The changes in the personnel of teach
| ers and principals affect in all about 27O
persons. The large majority of changes
were promotions. either advances in sal
airy or to more responsible positions.
SUPERVISORS anu Z I1uC1pdAS.
The recent promotions of three school
principals to be supervising principals re-
suited in other promotions. Miss c. l..
Garrison was promoted from the princi-
palship of the Morgan to that of the
Force School, in place of Mr.. B. w.
Murch, who was made a supervisor. Miss
| c. B. Smith, former principal of the
Adams School, was made principal of the
Morgan School, and Miss Janet McWil-
| liams, an eighth grade teacher in the
Force School. was promoted to be princ1-
pal of the Adams School. To succeed
Miss F. l.. Hendley principal of the
Seaton. Miss s. c. Collins. former prin-
cipal of the Twining School, was pro-
NOTED. and Miss NJ. l. FURNACE, a sew
enth grade teacher in the Seaton School,
was promoted to be principal of the Twin
pointed. principal of the Abraham Lin
coin School. succeeding Miss M. p.
Shadd, promoted at the last meeting to
be a supervising principal. Numerous
other building principals were trans
ferred
Assignments of supervising principals
among the colored schools were also
made. ]. c. Nalle will take charge of the
| tenth division; Miss NJ. P. Shadd. the new
| supervisor, of the eleventh division; DR..
| w. S. Montgomery of the twelfth. and H.
| L. Bailey of the thirteenth division.
| That good work. good health and prog
| ress is impossible for teacher In the Nc
| Kinley Manual Training School Is the rea-
son given by Miss Mary Plant for her
resignation. rendered the board yesterday.
INDUCES in Criticism.
| In her letter to the school principal she
said:
| "Since the overcrowded conditions of the
Mckinley Manual Training School have
increased for six years without relief,
and the addition. when completed. will
| leave it much overcrowded. with no
| chance for growth: since the Belgian
| block pavement outside our classroom
| windows make work quite impossible at
times on account of the noise: since the
clerical force assigned to our school is
| not sufficient to do the work of so large
| an institution and teachers have to add
heavy clerical duties to their already over
heavy teaching duties and since Con-
gress, by its latest law, has refused to
| recognize the ability and length of service
| of teachers already in the service here,
| while newcomers are to have both recog-
nized. herewith tender my resignation.
| Good work, good health and progress
are impossible for the individual teacher
under these conditions of noise. over
| crowding, overwork and unfair discrimi-
nation. and l feel it is due to myself and
my family to withdraw from this system
before it undermines my health and ruins
| my efficiency as a teacher"
| "bOyS over 13' Complain.
A communication signed school boys
over 13' was read to the board. in which
complaint is made that boys Of thirteen
and over. under rules issued by H. s..
Curtis, director of public Fairgrounds,
| are not allowed to use the school play-
grounds. although they contributed with
other school children for the equipment
and maintenance The letter says, in
part:
II will hereby inform you that the
children especially the boys of this city,
| have not any enjoyment whatever, after
nine months of incessant labor in school,
l really think that you should allow us
tboys over thirteen years of age) to at
tend the Fairgrounds. / do not think we
should contribute money for enjoyment
and then not receive any benefits If
| such laws were to be agreed upon, it
| ought to have been explained before the
boys over thirteen contributed their
money
The letter concludes with the declara-
ton that this refusal to allow the BOYS
over thirteen to use school Fairgrounds
Is unfair doingS."
Mrs. Mussey. who is chairman of the
school boards committee on school play-
grounds. asked that the communication
be referred to the local Fairgrounds as
ISOLATION. and explained that she will
look into the matter and see that such
boys are given the opportunity they want.
Reflects Oyster President.
After the meeting had been called to-
gether yesterday President Oyster pointed
out that the board must reorganize for
the coming year. and asked that the cleo
ton be entirely by ballot. without nomi-
nations. The election of Capt. Oyster as
president and of Mr. W. V. Cox as vice
president were both made unanimous
1T is gratifying to be recognized by
you in this way President Oyster re-
| marked. THE work the past year speaks
| for itself. We have had some rough
| edges to smooth out and we have done it.
BY our selection of a new superintendent
the school people have been made happy
| and the schools are now working to the
satisfaction of the pupils. the parents and
| the teachers.
| I'VE have been left at the home plate
| by Congress in the failure to appropriate
| money which we needed. But we hope to
be more successful next year in getting
larger amounts for the maintenance Of
| the schools. We have been somewhat
| crippled by lack Of funds and lack of
help. And recently we have had strad-
died on us the child labor law. 1t Is