The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-21
WOULD FIX TIME o.
TEACHERS PAY ONlI
SET DAY OF'MONTH
Board Recommends Sixth
for SettlementSchool Y
Changes Ordered.

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Changes Ordered.
School teachers hereafter will be paid
on the eth of each month II the Dis
trict Commissioners comply with .
suggestion forwarded to them today
following action at the Board OF Eduoa-
ton meeting yesterday afternoon.
The resolution suggests that 1.-THE CO.
operation Of the officials Of the District
OF Columbia charged with the duty Of
paying the officers and employees under
through the Commissioners Of the Dis
trict of Columbia, to the end that q
definite pay day may be established
on the -, 9Th Of each month. except
all reasonable efforts shall be made to
make the payments on the preceding
Captain Oyster asked what had be-
on the nrst day Of each month. which
had been referred to MT. Blair for .
legal opinion. This plan was to make
ns ~ Closing Pa Il. ro. & then the e s:
payments on the first day Of the month
This plan had met with universal COM
be carried out because OF . statute
which said that the first period for pay
ment should end on October ], and
monthly thereafter.
Rolls Handled Rapidly.
1t was stated by Mr.. Blair, In answer
to some recent criticism aimed at the
secretary's office. that the rolls always
were out Of his ffice ana on their way
to the District building by noon Of the
first day Of each month. He said any
earlier wss Be
made after midnight Of the last DAY OF
-Four days is the minimum Of time
the Disbnrser's OFFICE" Mr.. Blair said.
This opinion Is the result OF indie
pendent investigations by several mem
The proposition to use the site Of the
new Central High School until work on
that structure is begun as playground
mittee to be impossible. The COMMITTEES
on sites and buildings, Of which w. d.
Hoover is chairman, reported that this
plan would be In violation 81 tn the ,a act
for the construction Of the new Central
building.
Change Coal Buying System.
Coal for the schools hereafter will be
purchased by the same system used by
the District. This system gives a pre-
MUM for coal measuring above q Ger
tain caloric grade, and imposes q PEN
atty for coal below that grade.
The committee which was TO invest-
Seventh street that the Mckinley Man
ual Training School hurts their business
reported that a meeting would not be
held but that the W tSa MANI , wUr.d De
! Captain Oyster read q report made
him by the secretary. who investigated
the names Of the score Or more sisnsrs
room be closed. and: according to the
secretary.s report. this list contained an
undertaken, a physician. 2 SECONDHAND
Capt James r. oysters Christmas
greeting to all the school teachers. jani-
tors, and other employees Of the schools
graph stating that the board. II 1t were
Santa Claus, would present the teach
ers with retirement law was ap-
An old well at the GARFIELD School was
ordered closed by the Commissioners as
Iunsanitary.
| Changes and Transfers.
The following appointments, transfers.
and changes were made:
Transfer Miss J. e. Doing. teacher Of
the sixth grade, from the Ross School
to the James r. West School.
Appoint Miss J. =. Doing as principal
OF p fne Miss MOORE from tn.
NTH grade to the sixth grade Ross
Promote Miss l. L 4. 4; Mourning Mo-, from ON
transfer. from the Powen School to the
Transfer Miss J. E. Dyer from the
Petworth School to the Powell School
third grade to the fourth grade. and
J transfer from the WOODBURY. School to
the Petworth School.
Promote Miss Mary Mcintyre from
!, the first grade, to the third grade.
Appoint Miss NJ G. Peck as teacher Of
the hrst grade and assign to the Wood
Transfer Miss A.. G. Lind, teacher.
,, from the Ross School to the West
School.
Transfer Mrs. A: A. hewitt, teacher.
School.
Appoint Miss A. p. Myers. teacher of
. the second grade, West School.
Transfer Miss Laura Jacobs k sn6eri
to the West School.
Appoint Miss NJ @. Reich as substi-
tute librarian in the white normal. high.
and manual training ing, schools nls ,,,u the
third grade to the fourth grade. and
transfer from the Force School to the
Dennison School.
Promote Miss N. I. Noack from the
first grade to the third grade, and
transfer from the Adams School to the
Force School.
} Appoint Miss N. c. Darrah as teacher
Of, the first grade and assign to the
Adams School
Appoint MISS l.. B. suman teacher o,
domestic art in the graded schools OF
the first nine divisions.
/ Appoint Miss l.. F. Scott substitute
teacher IT. the Business High School.
Appoint Miss Ruth Whitford substi.
tute teacher in the graded schools OF
the first nine divisions.
Appoint Miss Ruth Collins substitute
, teacher In the kindergartens OF the his'
nine divisions.
Appoint Miss Evelyn Simmons subsIi-
. tute teacher in the kindergartens OF the
first nine divisions.
Appoint Miss NJ, II, Brakhagen SUD,
stitute teacher of German. French. and
English In the white high schools,
: Accept resignation Of Clifton BYRD az
janitor Of the Reno School
Appoint o II, Homer as iantor of