Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-05-11
Mr.. LEM WILL MOVE
TO AMEND THE RULES
Plan Is to Give All Buildings Names
OF Famous Confederate Leaders
Board Refuses to Join In Request
for Federal Aid-Arraneement for
the Commencement.

Acting upon the suggestion OF the
John w. Danici Chapter. United
Daughters of the Confederacy. con
tanned in a formal letter from the
chapter to the board. Trustee q. Al
bert LEM served formal notice on
the school board last night tnat at
the next regular meeting of the BODY
he will move to amend the rules and
regulations so as to name all of the
city public school buildings in honor
CT virginias illustrious sons. Mr.. LEM
stated that he desired to have the
new building in the Second ward Dear
the name of Thomas Jefferson and II
Is more than likely that the build
ing will be given that name.
In its letter to the board. the chap
ter suggested that the buildings be
named John Warwick Daniel. Robert
4. Lee. Stonewall Jackson. Mathew
r. Marry. j. T.. b. tSuart. j. Bank
head Magruder and A. p. Hill The
suggestion met with the instant and
hearty approval of the trustees and
they Immediately went into the mat
ter Of naming the buildings. Mr..
LEM moved that the Second ward
school be named for Thomas Jeffer-
son. but at that point President
Pickett called the attention OF the
beard to the fact that the buildings
are numbered in the rules and regu-
iatiens and that 1t would be necessary
to amend the rules in arder to change
the numbers to names. Thirty days
notice must be given before the rules
can be amended and Mr.. LEM served
notice that at the next meeting he
would move t. amend the rules.
Robert E. Lee High School.
1t is very probable that the school
board viii name the High school the
"Robeft +. Lee High School," Sew
~syalsof the trustees are in favor OF
this name for the High school as they
regard General Lee as Virginia's most
illustricus son and think that it is
ut and proper that the High school
as the head of the city schools should
bear the generals name.
A letter from Luther T. Gulick, sec
rotary of the Russell Sage Founda
ton. requesting the trustees to adopt
suitable resolutions calling upon the
representative in congress from this
district TO support bill appropriate
ing $4,000 for the use of the Nation.
al Rnresl of Education in sending
out lecturers was read and discussed
before the beard. Supt jenkins made
CT lxsf,, a
with the request, saying that he did
not think it would be wise for the
school board to put itself on record
as favoring national aid for the State
public school system He said thai
II would be a dangerous thing and
might lead TO all kinds OF trouble. liz
thought that the state should keeT
its educational system as a purel,
state institution with which the nation
al government could in NJ way in
terfere.
Letter Laid on Table.
Col Human didn't agree with tt,
superintendent. but Mr.. LEM movet
that the letter be laid on the tshl,
and the motion prevailed without dis
sention. A majority of the trustee.
are against the adoption 4 the reso
tons as requested by Secretar,
Gulick.
Chairman HUFFMAN Ct the commit
tee on rules and regulations. reporte,
that his committee had hoped Z,
make a report TO the board at tht
meeting on the grading Of the teach
ers. but tina; owing to the grea
amount e work connected With IN
grading. the committee had not con;