Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16

Various matters of interest to scholars,
teachers and parents were taken up and
disposed Of at yeserday's meeting Of the
board OF education, which eliminated
with the quiet announcement by Presi-
dent Oyster that he would retire from
the chair at the close of the present
school year. The announcement was
made in conversational manner and took
UP less than a minute. President Oyster
said he had no intention Of resigning
from the board-merely of relinquishing
the gavel. He limited that his nomination
for president would go to w. V. Cox, vice
president of the board.
Teachers College Of George Washing
ton University came in for an official
compliment from the board by way of a
resolution adopted unanimously. The
resolution set forth the esteem in which
George Washington University is held
throughout the country and decried the
possibility of the teachers department
OF the university closing, in the following
words:
THE board of educa ton believing that
the standard and efficiency of the work
of teachers in the District of Columbia
have been notably increased as conse-
fered by Teachers College. desires to ex-
press its strong sense of the value to the
public schools of this work. and the ear
nest hope that the trustees. realizing it's
great Importance to the community will
rot suffer it to be discontinued or
abridged, but will find a means to main
tain and develop it,
1t was shown that in the past three
years about eighty teachers have availed
themselves Of the opportunity to COM
plete their professional education at
Teachers College.
Report on Teachers Pension Bill.
w. V. Cox made an official report to
the board concerning the bill for the
retirement and pensioning Of teachers.
This measure is put away to sleep in
Congress at this session, but Mr.. Cox,
who has followed the matter inch by
inch. believes that early next winter
the measure will become a law. Speak
ing of the bill, Mr.. Cox said:
THE board of education believes
that the retirement bill has failed to
come before and to pass the House
of Representatives only because the
last District day was devoted to other
business. The board also believes that
the bill will go through the Congress
in the early winter and so bring much
work has been done by all inter-
ested in the bill. Realizing the in
terest and valuable assistance rendered
by the many friends of the schools Of
the District of Columbia, the board
takes this opportunity to express it's
appreciation to the committee of the
House, which has reported an excellent
bill; to the various organizations
which have given active cooperation,
the Board of Trade, the Chamber of
nd no yo rfn 1iti
sOeiations; to the daily press for the
convincing editorials and to the many
private citizens, all of whom have APP
proved the bill and actively worked
for its passage.
a letter from the High School Princi-
pals Association informed the board that
the teachers want to see the boys strug
Cling on the gridiron. and asked for a
conference with proper committee so
that foot ball can again be established in
the high schools. The teachers also want
to extend the hours of high school ses-
sions to $50 p. m, and make 1t compul-
sorry that teachers should stay until = to
receive parents and visitors An athletic
school teachers also.
The board approved a suggestion from
the principal of the Business High School
that hereafter it should not be necessary
for pupils taking the two-year course 10
study stenography as long as they do
now Hereafter those who do not want
to become stenographers will not have to
devote so much time to this particular
study, especially those taking the shorter
course at Business High.
New Normal School Site.
What the school officials are going to
do about the vacant lot at 18th street
Girard and Harvard streets is a question
yet to be decided This is the site
bought by the District for the new Nor
NAL School. 1t appears now that in the
various real estate transactions previous
over to the District two or three alleys
were left running through the block
either actually or Oh paper One of these
the new school building. The law re-
quires that every property owner who is
served by the alley must consent before
the alley can be closed. This consent
must now be obtained by the board. Will
liam D. Hoover. chairman Of the COM
mittee on buildings. sites, etc, said yes
terday that ii was probable that the con-
sent could be obtained.
George Washington University scholar
ships for high school graduates were an
nounced at the meeting. The winners are
Harold p Greenwald. Mckinley Manual
Training School. 1921 per cent: Esther
E. Galbraith, Central High School, 81. Al
School. 1854 per cent: Matte Eiker, Cen
trail High School S4.56 per cent: Alvin
Nee Brown, Mckinley Manual Training
School, S4.H per cent, and Melville G..
Baker. Mckinley Manual Training School,
STAT per cent.
The board accepted the offer of Rev.
Joseph Himmel. g. j.. president OF George
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