Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-08

Vice President w. ". Cox, Mrs. Ellen
Spencer Mussey. Mrs NJ c. Terrell. w.
D. Hoover and r. r. Homer Mrs. Hill.
whose resignation Is expected within
| few days. visited the Franklin School
| building just prior to the meeting. but
did not remain to take part In its DELHI
erations.
[ In opening the meeting President Oyster
reviewed some of the work during the
summer He announced that the con-
| tract for the uniforms for the high school
cadets had been let to Saks G. Co.
| Through the lack of sidewalks along
Georgia avenue near the Brightwood
| School. he pointed out, the lives of school
children are daily endangered by speeding
automobiles.
"There will be a serious accident there
some day" he declared.
| The District authorities. he explained,
had been urged to put sidewalks near the
school building.
! Praise and Criticism.
| Praising the District Commissioners for
their willingness to cooperate with the
board for the Improvement of the schools,
President Oyster took occasion to pay his
| compliments to Municipal Architect Ash
ford. He took up the criticism by Mr..
| Ashford that the janitors had failed TO
keep the lawns around school buildings
| in good condition, and declared the
| trouble was with the character of the
stuff the municipal architect had allowed
| to be put into the lawns. intimating That
debris rather than good soil had been
used He also exhibited pictures of lawns
complained of, to show that the District
officials failed to clear the lawns OF debris
and therefore, did not make 1t posslDie
! in some cases for the 1anltors 10 Keep Tie
| lawns looking well.
| He has now recommended to the Com
missioners that some one else do MS
work" continued Capt Oyster. And the
| controller of the treasury has upheld MIN
f;oy1S
Capt. Oyster pointed out that, although
! the estimated cost of school buildings mas
recently been raised by District omcials
| from 5000 to $1,000 per room, the DoaIu
is still unable to get satisfactory ouno-
| ings. ,.u,, -,
This rate seems extravagantly hlgn,
he remarked. when you consider tnat
you can get a good house for $e'UV;
they cost a great deal of money. and. 1t
seems to me. we ought to get what we
want for the money!
Schedule of Tuition Fees.
Upon the recommendation of w. v.
Cox. chairman of the ways and means
! committee, the following schedule of tut
ton fees for children living outside of
| the District, prepared by Secretary Harry
| o. Hine. was adopted: Normal school. 500
per year; high schools. $o7: manual train
ing schools, s76; eighth grade, SAB; sew
| enth grade, $50; sixth grade. 20; n1tn
grade. S23: fourth grade. SO; third grade.
! $40; second grade. $11; first grade, $lo'
kindergarten, $26
To enable the board to have an tnven-
tory of all school property. 1t was de-
cided yesterday to request the District
Commissioners to furnish the ooard Win
list of all school sites in the Dlstrlct,
whether in use now or abandoned, with
information as to location and area. 1t
is understood that the school authorities
recently learned of some abandoned
school sites of which they did not know
formerly.
To put all clerks in the public school
service on an equal basis, so far as the
extent of annual leave goes, the board
decided yesterday that all clerks and
librarians shall be relieved of their pres
ent duties and shall report to the secre-
tary of the board, who shall assign them
to work as required. In making this mo-
ton Mr. Cox pointed out that the clerks
in some of the libraries and other offices
| other than at school headquarters were
taking leaves during the vacations OF the
schools while the clerks at headquarters
are required to work during most of the
vacation season; and he urged that all
clerks in the service should be treated
alike. Under the new system 1t Is not con-
templated to make a wholesale trans
fer of librarians and clerks, but 1t is ex-
pected that outside clerks can help out
the headquarters clerks at rush seasons
and that leaves of absence can be equal
lied
Building Named for Eaton.
The Commissioners reported to the
board that one Of the school buildings
will be named In honor Of John Eaton. a
former United States commissioner Of
education. It was also announced In a
letter from the District building that an
analysis of the water at the Deanwood
School had been made and the drinking
fluid was found to be free from unhealth-
full contamination.
Mrs Mussey announced that the school
Fairgrounds have been a great success
during the past summer, the first under
the direct supervision of the board. Prac-
| tically all of them will be closed, 1t was
an average daily attendance Of 300 There
will be an exhibition of the industrial
work done on the Fairgrounds at the
| Public Library some time in October.
Changes Authorized.
Changes among school employees were
approved by the board, as follows:
| Grant extension of the leave Of abb
sence for three months to Mrs. NJ. r.
Hampson, teacher in the Central High
School. to take effect September I. 1909.
| Accept the resignation of Miss Ruth
Runyon. teacher of physical culture in
the Central High School, to take effect
after June ~, loO0.
| Transfer Miss F. r. Skinner, teacher of
| physical culture in the grades, to teach
| er of physical culture in the Central
High School, to take effect September l,
1909.
Grant leave of absence for three months
! to Miss NJ. NJ. Duvall. teacher of the
| first grade. Greenleaf School, eighth divi-
sion, to take effect September l. 1900.
Grant leave of absence for three months
| to Miss H. d. Troxell, teacher of the
second grade. Orr School, ninth division,
| to take effect September 1, 1900.
| Accept the resignation Of Miss E. G.
Frey, teacher of the second grade. fourth
| division. to take effect June 80, 1909
| Grant extension of leave Of absence for
three months to Miss L. NJ. Warman,
| teacher of the eighth grade, fifth division.
| on account of i'll health. to take effect
| September /. 1909.
| Transfer Miss Gertrude Young, eighth
grade principal. from the Arthur School,
| fifth division, to the Carberry, seventh d.
vision, vice Miss Clayton, to take effect
September /.
| Accept resignation of Miss Isabelle
Dykes, teacher of the second grade. Pierce
School, sixth division. to take effect, June
| so, 1863.
Transfer Miss A. NJ. Clayton, eighth
grade principal. from the Carberry School.
| seventh division, to the Arthur School.
| fifth division. and assign as principal, to
take effect September /, 1909; vice, Miss
Young.
| Grant leave of absence for three months
/ to Miss L. E. Lanman, teacher of the
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