Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-29
CUPID DEPLETES
RANKS Of CITY'S
TEACHERS
Education Board Has Plan for
High School University, U.s.
ing Old StoCkade.

w. NJ. Station. superintendent of AT
lanta', public schools, announced to
, the board of education yesterday aft
ernoon that Dan Cupid had again made
serious inroads on his teaching corps
and then proceeded to read list Of
designations But he did not explain
whether all Of them was quitting
school work for matrimony
Following the suggestion of w. r
Daley, president. the board declared
itself in favor of a university plan for
the four city high schools. A resolu-
ton was prepared to be presented to
council Monday urging that the Boys
High school property, the Boys Tech
High school property, the Girls High
school property and the English Com
mercial High school property be sold
and that the city stoekade building and
sufficient land around it be donated
to the school department for the loca-
ton Of a city high school university
Four new high school buildings are
needed badly. The city has prepared
to build an English commercial girls
high school on Washington street The
city also has purchased let at the
corner of Fort and Gilmer streets for
a new stockade.
Board Seeks Prompt Action.
The plan of the board of education
will not interfere with any of the other
plans Several of the leading members
of council have already declared in ia
Vo" of it. The board is simply crying
for prompt action. They declare that
the sale of the Old properties will bring
in sufficient money to build the new
schools.
The board of education has re
established the Seegmiller system Of
drawing aud manual training as a part
of the curriculum Of the public schools.
But the system is to be conducted in a
more simple manner than formerly.
The report of the boards special
committee on drawing was that this
system be retained and that the sejec-
ton of the head of the drawing depart
ment be referred to a special commit
tee. Members of the board said that
Miss Elizabeth Getz, the former direc-
tor of the department. would not apply
for reelection. The report of the com
mittee was adopted.
BY the adoption Of a resolution the
board declared that children whose
homes are not in Atlanta would moi be
admitted TO the public schools A num-
/ Der OF applications from children who,
want to live with relatives or friends in
Atlanta and attend the public schools
were turned down But the board
adopted resolution admitting the chill
dren Of the employees of the Federal
prison to the. public schools. although
the prison is outside the city limits.
The following new teachers We're
named by the board:
For the Girls Night Scholars. Os-
car Gamble and Miss Eva Notes
Grade Teachers for the Grammar
Schools-Misses Ena c. Proctor. H. c.
Wilt, Josie Webb, Mildred Hardy. Lucy
BroyIes, Opal Archer, Gussie Carr Mae
Speers, NJ. f. Laird, Gertrude Beck
man. Daisy Bearden and Annie Huize
Eight designations Accepted
Supernumeraries for the Grammar
Schools-Misses Fannie Henley. Lisha
Moore. Lillian Blair. Louise Leiper
Lillian Logan, Osna Bernstein. Geral-
dine NigneauX, Eugenia Jones. Grace
Terrell, Alethea Latham and Louise
Outlook.
Negro Grade Teachers-Sadie Ander-
son, Arlena McCune, Susie NJ Howell.
Negro supernumerary. Gladys Phillips
These designations were accepted
Misses Zelma Smith May r. RAFFERTY,.
Katherine Greer, Elizabeth Thomas.
Myrtle F. Dame, Bertha Jones, Flora
Thornton and kutha White
Resolutions expressing sympathy to
the family of Miss Belle Kennedy. the
assistant principal of the Girls High
school who died recently. were adopted