Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-19
Jobs ENOUGH MAYBE.
Normal School Girls Concern
ed About Teachers Places.
"CHEER up" SAYS STUART
Weddings Open a Way-Mr. Oyster
Shows Board Muddy Water From
Stanton School.

Normal School girls who have been Won
dering whether they would get positions
as teachers after graduating next month
need not worry any longer. because 1t is
quite definitely understood that young
Dan Cupid always comes to the rescue Of
those who would be teachers.
1t was in this way explained to Star
reporter at a board of education meet
ing yesterday afternoon. OF course. the
school teachers and Normal School girls
understand that Congress has allowed
the District twenty-four new salaries and
the same number of teachers next year.
The schools wanted sixty-nine new teach
ers, but they did not get what they
wanted. There will be about $50 gradu-
ates from both Normal schools this year.
and the girls have been led to believe that
out of the entire class only twenty-four
will get positions as teachers.
But oupt. Stuart says mat there never
has been time when some of his best
teachers did not go off and get married
in the summer. They leave school with
the frmest intentions CT coming back IN
the fall. but along comes handsome
man-and there's a vacancy in the schools
anu a new job Tor u normal school grad
uate. SO the MESA e vf Supt stuart Is
Cheer up, there are going to be jobs for
ali. Maybe not right away, but within
the year.
Water From Stanton School Well.
During the board meeting yesterday
President Oyster produced a pint jar of
what he called water. 1t was almost cof-
fee colored. When it had been sitting on
the table for i've minutes it was seen
to be half a pint plain mud and half
pint of muddy water. President Oyster
said 1t was water from the we'll at STAN
ton School, on the Hamilton road, Good
Hope.
The board was much interested. The
water came from a we'll which the school
people nave been trying to get the Dis
trlct authorities in the engineer depart
according to the statements made at the
meeting. President Oyster has been try
ing to get that well matter Strengthened
out for long time. He said yesterday
that the wells of the Congress Heights
Garfield and Hilton schools had been
closed up. and that the well from which
the sample of mud had been taken. after
ten minutes flushing, was the only we'll
left in that section. Toward the close of
the meeting a letter from Commissioner
was looking into the matter and would
see that something was done.
Alley Opened Through School Site.
Another little matter which caused the
board some worry and which will have
to be Strengthened out. in a hurry was
the report that the District had opened an
alley right through the lot at 18th and
Harvard streets, on which tn new hum
dred-thousand- dollar normal school build
ing is to be built. The committee on
sites will take the matter up today.
The thanks of the board were extended
to Librarian Bowerman of the Public Lii
brary for his courtesies in distributing
books through the pubic schools. Let
tiers from Gen. Tasker H. Bliss were
read. praising the high school cadets ia
warm terms for their appearance at the
ceremonies when the statues of Pulaski
and kosciuszko were unveiled, and prom
Using to be present at the annual drill.
A letter from DR.. Rebecca Stoneroad.
in charge of school Fairgrounds, was read
in which permission to raise funds for
school Fairgrounds was asked. 1t will
be answered later. Last year DR.. Stone
roads efforts Melted $4,000. which was
spent on fifteen Fairgrounds. A letter
from the Takoma Park Citizens Associa-
ton was received in which the boards
ultimatum to dispense with expensive
fummery'' at commandments was ap-
proved.
Changes in the Schools.
The following changes in the schools
were announced:
Promotions-Mrs. /. E. Weaver, librar-
ian at Sumner Library, from class to
class 3.
Acknowledgements Ross, librarian
at Mckinley Manual Training School;
c. L. Tucker, caretaker of Brightwood
Cooking School: w. T. Essex, janitor of
Blow School; T. F. Tucker, janitor Of
BrightwOod School.
observation-disclosures W. Mundell, as
janitOr of Blow School; Harry Budd, as
caretaker of Jefferson Portable School:
B. w. Hulse, as caretaker of Brightwood
Cooking School; c. p. Berkeley, as jani-
tor of Arthur School: John Darlington, as
caretaker premises 1O17 18th street north
west.
Enthusiastically Snyder, from clerk
in Franklin School to librarian at Nc
Kinley Manual Training School; Miss r.
p. Sanderlin. teacher Of physical culture,
from Western to Business High School:
G. NJ. Hulse, janitor, from Phelps School
to Brightwood School: Henry Long. jani-
tor, from Arthur School to Phelps School;
NJ. p. Reyes, from caretaker of premises
1O17 18th street northwest to janitor of
Phelps School.