Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-27
REPORT ON ''FRATS'
Troubles Put Up to High
School Principals.
REFERRED TO committee
Supt. Stuart Brings Matter Up at
Board Meeting.
DIR. DAVIDSON MAKES ADDRESS
Heartily in Favor Of Clean Athletic
Sports-Announcement
of Prizes.
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE
DR.. DAVIDSON MAKES ADDRESS

Putting the fraternity troubles up to
the principals Of the high schools. Supt
A. T. Stuart handed over to the board Of
education yesterday afternoon the re-
port Of the High School Teachers Asso-
citation regarding the secret societies Of
the higher schools. AS indicated in The
Star, the entire matter was turned over
to the committee on high schools as a
summer legacy, so that by the first meet
ing in the fall the students may hear
the fate of their fraternities and sorori-
ties
In reporting the matter to the board,
Mr.. Stuart outlined the history of the
fraternity situation in the last three
years and stated that the high school
principals had been instructed to grapple
with the situation. Said MIR. Stuart:
1T will be seen that the control of fra
ternities and the responsibility for their
behavior was laid upon the principals
of the respective high and manual train
ing schools with instructions to promptly
report any influence among them that
'manifestly makes for evil
Owing to the publicity given the teach
erS report by The Star, the report went
straight to the committee without being
read
DR.. Davidson Present.
DR.. w. NJ. Davidson. who. July /. will
be the superintendent Of schools Of
the District of Columbia. was present at
the meeting. He made a little speech
to the members. following the lines Of
his interview with a Star reporter yester-
day. He told newspaper men present that
he is ..aH for clean sports in the schools"
and that he will take a lively interest
in fostering school and athletic spirit.
A matter of prime importance to many
normal school graduates was the recon-
mendation By Mr.. Stuart to extend the
eligibility of the normal class graduating
in February. 1911. SO that they will be
ranked with the June class, their eligibil-
ity remaining until February, 1912. The
recommendation was adopted, and will
make it possible to appoint as teachers
many normal school girls who otherwise
would have had trouble in that particular.
The board was unanimous and very
earnest in its recommendation to retain
DR.. Isabel Lamb, medical inspector,
whose work in the normal schools was
said to be of the utmost value The
Commissioners will be asked to retain DIR.
Lamb and not to replace her with a
man. as has been planned
Wants Salary Adjustment.
for by A. A. Doolittle. a Central High
School teacher. who claims that former
Supt. lChancellor's action in refusing to
recognize Mr. Doolittle's examination in
certain instance had lost for Mr.. Doo-
little S2,27s.33 in salary. 1t is claimed
that the teacher passed an examination
in 1907, for promotion to class q. group B.,
one of the high salary groups. Mr.. Chan
cellor. ii is claimed, gave the teacher the
wrong mark. The board will have COM
mittee look into the matter.
Announcements were made yesterday of
several awards of prizes. Lucy Veran-
dial Lomax was announced the winner or
the first Gait Legacy prize. $50; Ethel
Viola Jones, second. $50. Honorable men,
ton was granted Henry Watts.
The prizes offered by DR.. George NJ.
kober for essays in domestic science
were announced yesterday as having
been awarded to Miss Helen Irene Mum
ger, SO; Miss NJ. Hazel Chisholm. S.. and
Miss Ida l.. Carl. 81. The conditions of
the contest made 1t necessary to make up
menus for three days. explain the cost OF
one days meals and the energy value of
one days dinner.
Examinations for eligibles for appoint
ment to positions as teachers of music
resulted as follows, according to a report
made to the board: Newton T. Hammer.
Ethel G.. Lee and Helen Burkhart.
Changes Are Ratified.
Changes in the schools were ratified as
follows:
Appointments:
Miss Ethel Keats. substitute teacher of
music: Miss \ NJ. Merrill. permanent
teacher. Eastern High School: Miss A.
H. Murdoch. teacher first grade. Syphax
School.
Mrs. NJ S. Price. caretaker, Cooke Cook
ing School.
u. II. Robinson. laborer, Mckinley
Manual Training School: Miss E.. l. Sum-
my, Miss G. c. Ivey. Miss L. B. Hardell.
Miss E. NJ Schaeffer. Miss Elsie Bret.
Miss c. G. Meyer. Miss r. B. Cumpston
| Miss E. A. Holzer, MSS K. S. Wells
| Miss NJ. H Knickerbocker. F. L. Cardozo
skilled laborers, school gardens.
Promotions:
| Miss A. ". Lewis. third to fourth grade
Cardozo School; Miss L u Jackson, nyal