Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-19
PRINCIPALS TO BE CHANGED
Miss S;monds 10 Leave Cass School,
Kate L Brown to Succeed.
MISS FITCH GOES TO LAKE
Many Other Changes win BE Made
by the Hoard Of Education at
Its Meeting Next Mon
day Evening.

Miss Mary E. Simonds. for thirty five
years school teacher and one Of the
most potent educational factors In the
city. win retire from the principalshfp Of
cass school At the close of the year. Her
place win be taken by Miss Kate L
Brown. present principal OF. Bancroft
Miss Mary A. Fitch. principal ofscen-
trail school. win be made principal OF
Lake next year. Miss Emma whitmore.
present principal Of Lake. will retire
having taught for thirty-five years.
These and other changes will be made
by the Board Of Education at its meet
Ing Monday evening. The entire list Of
transfers and changes of principals. sub
mitted TO the teachers committee by
Superintendent E. L. Graft. has been APP
proved. according to w. 7. Bourke. chair
man Of the committee
NJ. F. Sears, member OF the teachers
committee, said the list submitted by Mr..
Graft. including the transfers and APP
pointments In the larger schools OF Lake
and Casss was approved because 1t was
"a good list and met with no objection
from the committee
Loved By Ali.
With the retirement OF Miss simonds
Omaha loses one of the best beloved
teachers on the staff. During her teach
ing experience here she has held the prln.
cipalship Of Cass. where she began when
the building was completed. until now.
when she retires on pension.
Parents Of children who attend Cas-
school have shown Miss Simonds many
favors and have repeatedly expressed
their confidence In her.
Miss simonds came to this city from
Burlington. Ia. Her teaching work IN
Omaha extends over period Of twenty
seven years. During that time she has
worked enthusiastically for Q better
school system, but she modestly requests
that her work BE no. exploited"
Miss Fitch, who succeeds to the princi-
palship OF Lake, the second largest school
In the city. has taught for twenty-seven
years. beginning in Omaha. She Is .
graduate Of the Omaha High school and
has taken work at the Peru State nor
NAL
For eleven years she has been principal
OF Central, going there from Leaven-
worth. where she was principal for six
years. She was principal Of the Dodge
street school before 1T was converted
into the city jail. Her first school was
In the Pleasant building where she was
soon made principal, q position she held
for your years. ~
sgfr Miss Fitch sis Pleased. i
Two years ago Miss Fitch. accompanied
by Miss Kate McHugh. principal Of the
high school, went to Europe and spent
several weeks there studying school
systems.
She was much pleased when told that
the teachers committee OF the Board Of
Education had approved her for prin-
cipal OF Lake. II consider II q promo
ton and am very glad" she said.
Miss Brown. who will be principal Of
Cass next year has been principal Of
Bancroft for several years. Her transfer
to the head of cass Is a promotion. I'M
solicited by her because she was greatly
enjoying her work at Bancroft,
Changes In the smaller school prin-
cipalships have not been made public by
the committee. I'VE think It best to have
the entire board act before the list Is
published" said Chairman Bourke.
There is q possibility that some
changes In the list will be made" said
Mr.. Graft. but only a possibility.
think the HIST will go through a. ap-
proved" Other members Of the board
have not been consulted. but those who
have seen the list approve It. The mem
bers OF the teachers committee are w.
T. Bourke. NJ. +. Sears. C. 7. Walker.
Or. ]. ]. Foster and Il. J. streitz.
Assignments Monday Might.
Assignments Of other teachers and
vice principals win be announced at the
meeting Of the board Monday night. The
LIST of teachers and principals contains
more than 500 names. The school chill
dren of the city number 1000.
Other important changes have been
made and will be announced at the meet
ing Of the board Monday night. although
Of the COMMITTEES will say moth
Ing further now. Among other reports
Is the rumor that Miss Mary Henderson
of Dupont school will retire. go west and
become the wife OF ranchman.
During the week principals and teach
srs have been waiting eagerly for news
of changes. They have. been meageriy
rewarded by the committee. as. the
changes are made without consulting
them Several. principals have besieged
the office of the superintendent In an
effort to discover what the board was