The Washington times., 1912-11-21
DEP0SED SCHOOL
PRINCIPAL FAILS
TO GET HEARING
Board of Education Refuses
To Reopen Evans
Case.

Atempt OF w. b. Evans, deposed
Pnncipal OF the Armstrong Manual
framing High School, to get the Board
VI Education to reopen his case met
with as short shrift as the protest
maze when Evans discharge was rec
oHmcnded at the board meeting three
weeks ago. With only one dissenting
vote the Board OF Education refused
EVahs request for public hearing.
mrs. Caroline Harris was the member
who voted for Evans. His other sup
pHner on the board. r. r: Horner.
seven,ns S1iorsd. was absent from last
At the Boare of Education offices
tooay the opinion vas expressed that
TN tne letter to the board is the last echo
IN the case. except possibly, in indirect
EouId have recourse to the law In an
ter1s Gst ,,,sa 70 get reinstated. has not ma
President Oyster was out of the city
=. Blair. presided at the meeting. which
was uneventful except for the Evans
letter. The board voted Monday. De-
esmber %. a holiday. Christmas va
eve and as this year that day Is Tues-
Gay. II was thought not necessary to
caH the children to school for just one
Tay ,Sis In the week. Monday. the twenty
Awards were made for exhibits at the
BUSINESS High School In competition for
the Gait prizes. Miss Katherine Watson
Farrar. 1898 Eighteenth street north
west. was given the frst prize Of $40
for her exhibit OF costumes OF people Of
the; different nations. Frederick Morse
Dickey. 1917 Third street northwest. was
awarded the second prize Of so for an
exhibit Of birds. wild and domestic"
Mrs. II. Calvin Gage. on behalf Of the
Aoa 80 T1f- l,l
ters OF American Founders and Patriots.
onered three prizes Of IS each for essays
by school pupils. The board voted to
accept the offer. and details of the
terms will be announced in the schools
Appointments and changes adopted
perintendent Davidson were as follows:
Appoint Miss L. N. Brown teacher,
hrst grade. Briggs School.
appoint Miss +. A. Braxton teacher,
nrst grade. Wormley School.
Accept resignation Of c. r. Clason,
clerk In class one. November 13. 1912.
appoint Edward Goldberg. temporart.
not to extend beyond December 81
lsl2 clerk in class one.
teacher. M Street High School.
Appoint e. C. Wesley teacher manual
training. grade schools.
Appoint Miss M. v. Smith teacher
, first grade. Wormiey School
Appoint Following substitute teachers
high and normal schools: Cedric Fran.
els and J. II. Martin.
Open teachership in geography. de.
Rartment business practice. NJ Stree,
Transfer Miss M. OH. Williamson
geography teacher. from Normal School
No. to department business practice
NJ Street High School.
Appoint Miss I. G. Plummer teacher
Deanwood Night School.
Accept resignation Miss f. NJ Smith
teacher. eighth grade, Wisconsin Ave-
nue. Manual Training School.
Appoint Miss Dorothy Shaw kinder
garten assistant. Van Ness School.
, eighth division.
'. Appoint Cedric Francis teacher night
schools. Armstrong School.
Appoint G. Il. Bittner substitute teach
er mechanical drawing, Mckinley Night
Appoint F. w. Richardson substitute
teacher shopwork. Mckinley Night
School.
Appoint Miss H. NJ. Patzschke substi.
tute drawing teacher. white graded and
high schools.
Appoint Miss Virginia Kirby substi-
tute teacher. Business High School.
teacher mathematics, white high sch ools
Appoint Miss b. Schragcnheim sub
stitute German teacher. white high
schools.
Appoint Miss o. r. Chaplin substitute
= teacher Of English. history. Latin. and
math ematics. white high schools
Appoint e. d. Thompson substitute
teacher shopwork, Mckinley Training
School.