Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-22
Matter of Cold Schools.

| The subject of cold schools was taken
| up again at the meeting. Complaints
came to the board that the ventilating
system at the Morse School was bad and
that, in addition to foul air, the pupils
had to endure low temperature on the
days when the mercury outside the build
ing cuddles into the bulb A letter from
Commissioner JudsOn said that the VEN
tilating system was all right and that il
was not worked properly. He put the
blame on the teachers, who got hold OF
the letter and wrote a vigorous reply to
Supt. Stuart. saying that 1t was not their
fault that the school was improperly VEN
tilated and heated.
Some mention was made of the Reno
School, as we'll as the Morse School. The
janitors at both schools are going to try
soft coal. in the belief that they will get
better results from the furnaces.
Capt. Oyster offered resolution of re-
| greet that w. Y. Cox had left the boa I'd.
In this resolution the thanks of the mem
bers for the services of the late presi-
dent Were expressed and the resolution
| was adopted
Of the Armstrong Manual School, was
presented to the board. Mr.. Evans claims
that there is wide-open opportunity
! for dishonest folk to steal school books
and get rid of them at secondhand book
stores, because the law on receiving
| Stoien SOOuS ictS I1OI require Lie SSCOHu-
hand book shops to make returns. as In
the case of pawn shops and junk deal
erS. The letter will be referred to a COM
mittee for investigation.
\ Merry Christmas letter from the
board to all the teachers, officers, jan
itors and other employees of the. seht0ls
was framed at the meeting and will ne
sent out today.
| E. H. Daniel. the new member of the
board, taking Mr.. Cox's place, made his
| first appearance at board meeting yes
terday. He will be assigned to commit
tees within few days.
Many Changes Approved.
Changes in the schools approved yester-
day were as follows:
Appointments.
Miss Mary Mason. teacher, second
grade Congress Heights School. ninth di
vision.
Miss H. y. Gordon, teacher. second
grade, Smithers School. twelfth division.
Miss Josephine Mccoy. teacher. second
| grade. Maury School. seventh division.
Miss V. f. Chase, teacher. first grade.
Garfield School. thirteenth division.
designations Accepted.
| Miss +. N Lansdale, teacher, fifth
grade, Curtis School, first division
Miss NJ T.. Meriweather, teacher. third
grade. Briggs School. tenth division.
| l. T.. McNeal, teacher. bookkeeping and
| arithmetic, Business High School.
! Miss NJ. r. Simpson, teacher, fifth
| grade. Congress Heights School. ninth
| division.
Put on Substitute List.
Miss Harriet Thompson, high schools,
in Latin. English and history.
Miss L. Ruth Alden. high schools, in
mathematics and chemistry.
Promotions.
Miss :. r. Ciokey, from fourth grade to
| nth grade, and transfer from Hyde
School to Curtis School. first division.
Miss N F. Heflin, from second grade
to third grade. and transfer from Maury
School. seventh division. to Addison
School, first division.
| Miss ]. G. Lockwood, from fourth grade
| to fifth grade. and transfer from Ketcham
No Congress Heights School, ninth divi-
| sion.
Miss f. B. Adams. from first grade to
| third grade, Garfield School, thirteenth
| division.
| Miss NJ /" Pyles, from third grade to
fourth grade, and transfer from Congress
Heights School to Stanton School, ninth
| division.
Miss NJ. e. Taylor. from second grade
to third grade. Congress Heights School.
ninth division.
MISS C. n. Rucker, from third grade to