The Washington herald., 1912-10-17
COMPLETE BOARD
ATTENDS MEETING
New Members Of Education Beard
Are Present for First
Time.
REcolnfEHDAr1oss ARE MADE

Whether the regular Thanksgiving Of.
ifering shall be made by the school chill
dren this year or not was brought W
at a meeting OF the Board Of Education
yesterday. In view Of the fact. thai
there 10 . balance from last year Of
about Q.7oo. there was some opinion
that the custom should be passed over
this year.
Walter s. Ufford. secretary of the As.
sociated Charities. told the members OF
the board that the uses to which this
fund is put might be broadened. tina,
more might be done through 1t for chill.
dren showing the lack of proper nour-
ishment. Mr.. Thurston, assistant su.
lperintendent Of schools. was Of the opin.
ion that the custom should be continued
He said that the application Of thia
fund to supplying children OF the poor
with shoes and stockings had made II
possible for any Of them to attend
school in bad weather. when. otherwise,
they could not have attended.
4 Mrs. Edith Kingman Kern and DR..
Marshall. new appointees to the board
were present. making the first full board
meeting In nearly half . year.
4 A ruling was asked by Mr.. Horner a
to whether a man who had served
drinks in a saloon. beer hall or beer gar
den should be eligible to teach In the
public schools. He said that he wanted
to 60 on record as against the eligibility
Of all who had served In such capacity.
The board gave no ruling. but adopted
the Recommendation Of the superintend-
ent to transfer A. K. Savey to Burville
School.
The following recommendations Of the
superintendent were adopted:
1 nf ." nfosorr.H
| clerk class one.
| Appoint E. H. Smith clerk class one.
| Accept resignation OF p. NICK. Etchi-
1 son. clerk class one.
| Appoint {. R. Clason. clerk class one.
temporarily.
| Accept resignation Of Miss. NJ. b. Trum-
bo. teacher millinery Mckinley Night
School
Appoint Miss Ada Trumbo teacher mil
linery. Mckinley Night School.
| Appoint Emery Cox teacher OF chemis-
| try, Central High School. temporarily.
| Appoint Miss X. NJ. Raber. probationary
| teacher scientific subjects. Business High
School.
Appoint following substitute teachers.
| colored high and normal schools: Music
Miss Louise Howard. Henry Grant, Miss
E. T. Gordon. Academic anbjects-Miss
W. p. Howard. DrawirE-Miss L. 7.
| Lott. Miss r. o. Farley.
Appoint Mrs. NJ. NJ. Henry teacher
eighth grade. Hilton School. seventh divi-
| sion, temporarily.
Appoint Miss H. H. Gibbs teacher fifth
grade. Hyde School
Transfer Miss A. z. Dowling, temporary
| teacher first grade. Smallwood School. to
Maury School. first grade. temporarily.
Promote Miss Bessie Robinson from
third grade to fourth grade. Gales
School.
| Promote Miss Eleanora Henderson from
third grade to fourth grade. Webster
School to Cleveland School.
| Transfer Miss H. w. Merriam, teacher
third grade. from Polk School to Web
ster School.
Transfer Miss NJ NJ Stockbridge.
teacher third grade. Henry School to
Polk School.
Relieve Miss N. J. Tegeler. temporary
| teacher first grade. Hilton School, and
appoint first grade Hilton School.
Transfer Miss NJ. Miller. temporary
teacher. first grade. Grant School. to
Cooke School.
Appoint Miss n. c. Stockett. teacher
| first grade, Force School. temporarily.
Transfer Miss G. S. Silvers, teacher as
| principal Taylor School, to Hilton School
| Transfer Miss NJ. r. O'Brien. teacher
seventh grade from Taylor School.
Transfer Miss S. E. Thomas. teacher
seventh grade. Thirlkeld School. to Tay-
lor School, and assign as principal.
Transfer Miss Mildred Earnest, kin
de-garten assistant, from Takoma School
to Van Ness School.
Accept resignation OF Miss NJ. L. Pyles.
| teacher fourth grade. ketcham School.
Transfer Miss NJ. X. Steinle. teacher
fourth grade. from Bryan School. to
| Ketcham School.
Transfer Miss E. S. Bordner. teacher
fourth grade. from Stanton School to
| Bryan School.
| Promote Miss s. v. Owen from second
grade to third grade. Stanton School
| Accept resignation Of Miss NJ F. Keller
teacher fourth grade. Grant School.
| Promote Miss NJ. N. Short. third grade.
to fourth grade, Jefferson School. to
| Grant School.
Promote Miss Grace Rice from second
grade to third grade. Smallwood School,
| to Jefferson School.
Relieve Miss NJ. Mildred Miller. tempor-
ary teacher first grade. Cooke School.
| and appoint as teacher second grade,
| Smallwood School.
Appoint Miss r. f. Abbott teacher first
grade. Cooke School, temporarily.
Relieve Miss l. G. Vessels. temporary
| teacher third grade. GreenIeaf School.
ane appoint as teacher first grade, Green
leaf School.
Promote Miss B. J. Noah. first grade,
| to third grade. Greenleaf School.
Relieve Miss Z. v. Ellis, temporary
| teacher first grade, and appoint as teach
| er first grade. Hayes School.
Relieve Miss I. r. Douglas temporary
teacher first grade. and appoint as teach
er first grade, Benning School.
Relieve Miss p. NJ. Oberly temporary
kindergarten principal and appoint as
kindergarten principal. Powell School
Relieve Miss A. E. Dowling temporary
| teacher first grade. and appoint as teach
er first grade, Maury School.
Relieve Miss r. E. Barnes as tempo
rary teacher first grade, and appoint as
| teacher first grade. Dent School.
| Relieve Miss A. n. Crook as tempo
rary teacher second grade. and appoint
| as teacher second grade, Greenleaf
School.
Appoint Miss I. A. Applebee substitute
teacher white night schools.