Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-30
CHANGES IN SCHOOLS
Transfers Made Necessary by
the Shifting of Population.
ACTION TAKEN By BOARD
fractional Commotion Over Retention
of Colored Superintendent.
OPPOSITION TO r. C. BRUCE
Matter Not oMcially Considered, But
Politics in Evidence-Appoint-
ments and Promotions.
ACTION TAKEN By BOARD
OPPOSITION TO r. C. BRUCE

Although the contention based on the
effort to have Roscoe Conkling Bruce
assistant superintendent of public schools
removed from Office was left entirely out
of the formal proceedings of the board
of education at it's meeting yesterday
afternoon at the Franklin building school
politics was being worked actively be-
fore the meeting. during the meeting and
after the meeting.
The opposing factions on the Bruce
question showed their hands in several
ways. Dr. Davidson had listened to a
delegation Of the anti-Bruce element pre-
vious to the meeting, when a delegation,
headed by Daniel Murray, called on him
to discuss the question which is still
keeping the colored schools in tur-
MOL.
Mrs. A. NJ. Curtis, chairman of the NJ
Street High School ParentTeachers' AS
ISOLATION was present during the meet
ing of the board and took great interest
in the appointments of colored teachers.
She limited that associations would be
formed throughout the colored school or
ganizations. and that these organizations
would go on record, If necessary, in IA
vor of Mr. Bruce.
The Bruce question was the cause of
an adjournment of the board while an
elementary school committee went into
executive session to determine Just how
to place Helen Harris, daughter of Mrs.
Harris, member of the board of educa-
ton.
Helen Harris was finally appointed a
second grade teacher and detailed to a
newly opened kindergarten. 1t was said
that Mr. Bruce had not recommended the
opening of this school because. in his
opinion, it was not needed, but after con-
siderable argument on both sides Mr..
Bruce was asked to make the recon-
mendation and complied.
Necessary Changes Made.
Many changes and transfers, the OPEN
ing of new schools and closing of old
ones. have been made necessary by a
shifting population. In the new sections
of the northwest several schools were
formally opened by board action yester-
day. A fourth grade in the Force School
was closed. and a new one opened in the
H. D. Cooke School. The Tyler School
lost a third grade and gained a fourth
grade. In the Hayes School the number
of children entering the first grade has
necessitated the opening of new school
Of that class. The kindergarten. which
was opened upon the recommendation OF
the committee which met during board
session das in the Wormley School
new first grade has been found nee
also for the Morse School. which did
away with second grade, and the Alb
bot School has not enough pupils for a
second grade. LAX of new third-grade
pupils forced closing of that class in
the Conduit School, while all of last
years third grade go on up to a new
fourth grade which was formally opened
hard problem was presented at the
Eaton School. Cleveland Park, where the
sixth grade was closed and a fifth grade
od Hn1t nd fn~ fhA CO
luton of this problem, was taken from
the sixth grade and placed in charge OF
this new fifth grade, the understanding
being that she loses no chances of pro-
motion thereby.
Problem in Military Affairs.
The committee on military affairs was
asked yesterday to settle a question OF
policy affecting the examination for high
school cadet officers. 1t was said thai
the cadets had difficulty last year in Ind
ing boys who wanted to accept staff po-
sitions, and the board will take the COM
will be allowed to choose whether or not
they can take examinations either for
company or staff positions and whether
il they fall at one they can go in for the
other.
Permission given to a teacher to make
a tour of inspection of certain out-of.
town schools brought up the question OF
whether or not teachers should make
formal report of these visits to the board
Mrs. MusSey suggested that hereafter al
such permissions should carry explicit d.
rections to make reports This will be fol-
lowed.
For the first time in the memory Of the
board members, that organization die
not accept the name of school building
as suggested by the Commissioners. A
letter from the District authorities con
veying the information that a new build
ing had been named the Randle Highlands
School was turned over to the committee
on sites, buildings and grounds for ar
expression of opinion. The committee was
asked also to suggest name for the new
twelve-room school at Sth and T streets
northwest.
The business section of the Armstrong
Manual Training School will be trans
ferred to the Phelps School as soon as
possible, according to motion presented
details will be left to the high school com
mittee
Changes, transfers, ETC., made neces
sary by the shift in school population
were approved as follows:
Appointments.
Miss Marcelle Delattre. teacher OF
French, Eastern High School
Following as substitutes in white high
and manual training SctloOlS MISS hdte
w. Gunther, Mr.. Reuben Finkelstein and
Miss Henrietta S. Riggs.
Following are substitutes in first nine
divisions Of graded schools: Miss Ida r
Younger, Miss Ella T. Price and Miss
HOrtense HanO
| Miss Ethel harrington. substitute teach
| err i'm domestic art department.
| Miss Dorothy LANCE, teacher of type
writing, Business Night High School.
Mrs. X Y. Cowling. teacher fifth grade
Wallach Night School.
Miss A. NJ. Bragg, teacher eighth grade
WaIlach School
Miss Flora DeIwig, substitute teacher OF
domestic science.
Mr. II. T.. Statham, teacher of book
keeping. Business High School.
Following as substitutes in colored high
schools: Miss r. V. Lane and Miss s. n
Meriwether.
| Miss T.. L. Hart, substitute teacher OF
| domestic art in graded schools.
Miss F. T. Towers. temporary teacher
| Of bookkeeping. Business High School,
| Miss n. c. Sheehy, teacher first grade
Cooke School.
Miss NJ. c. Dent. teacher second grade
Grant School.
| Miss E. A. F. Holzer. teacher second
grade, S. ]. Bowen School