The Washington herald., 1913-11-13
BOARD ACTSON
DAVIDSON CASE
Resignation Of Superintendent
Of Schools Is Formally
Accepted.
REGRET IS EXPRESSED
Committee Of Chamber Of Commerce
Asks that Resident Of District Be
Appointed to Place.

the District was formally accepted oy. tne
! Board OF Education at the meeting IN
the Franklin School building yesterday.
The resignation is to become effective
December /. or any date between that
time and January !, 1sil the date to be
fixed at a conference between DR., David
son and President Blair, or the Board or
Education.
Ernest II. Daniels, vice president Of the
board moved that the resignation OF Mr.
Davidson be accepted with regret. after
President Blair had read a communication
from the school superintendent telling OF
his appointment as head OF the pubic
schools OF Pittsburgh. Pa The resignation
was acted on, and then President Blair
expressed briefly the regret Of every
member of the board at the prospective
loss OF DR.. Davidson's services.
want wnshingtcnian Named.
As soon as the board met a committee
from the Chamber of Commerce, headed
by Col. Robert n. Harper, waited on the
body and presented q resolution passed
by the chamber urging that resident OF
the District be appointed as successor TO
Ipr, Davidson. The other members OF the
committee. of which Col. Harper acted as
chairman, were Fulton r. Gordon. DR..
Edwin C. Reed. Arthur Ramsay, William
F. GUIDE, and Joseph jacob
Immediately after the acceptance OF the
Davidson resignation. the board went into
executive session, President Blair an
lnouncing before the session that possibly
the names Of candidates for the vacancy
made by the resignation OF the school
head would be considered"
1 Resolutions were passed by the board
lfavorIng the selection OF a site at Eight
leenth and Monroe Streets Northeast for
a public school in preference to several
other sites Congress has appropriated
81, 900 for the purchase OF a school site
in this locality. The board also adopted
a resolution that the usual Thanksgiving
offering for the poor children of the
schools be made from the school relief
fund.
List of Changes.
The following list OF changes in the
public schools were announced:
Promote Miss Martha GriEEs, teacher Eighth Erade
to teacher Of drawing. CentrAl High School
| Promote Miss Louise KlnENlcy. teacher eighth
grAde 10 teacher of English. Business High School
Appoint NJ =. Finley, r.. probationary teacher.
permanent teacher Of chemistry. Central High
school
Promote Mis- Ruth Rizsr teacher eighth grade
| 10 teacher OF English Central High School.
Appoint B. W. Morss teacher q eighth grade
| Temporarily.
Appoint Mrs. NJ. h. HOultOn teacher eighth
srade Temporarily.
Appoint P. N White. probationary teacher. PEI,
mAnen: teacher Of stenoETaphy Business high
School
Appoint Miss J. Z BROOKS permanent teacher Of
English in the department Of business praetice Of II
Street High School.
Appoint T. r. Holmes permanent teacher q
Mathematics in AmstrOns Manual Thinning School.
| Appoint c. y. FAnGs teacher Of physics, Ann
strong Manual Training School
APPOINT Miss Z. @. Reed teacher hrst grzde.
Webster School
Appoint Miss NJ E. White teacher second grade.
Van Buren, School.
Trander Miss J. D. Mason, kindergarten principal.
Seaton School to Webster School.
Tander Miss A. d. WALL kindsrEsrten principal.
Thomas School to Webster School.
Grant leave without pay until JGnuay 81, 1914.
on account Of illness to Miss 3. ]. Coin, kinder
garten principal Taylor School
TrznSer Miss L. N. Pesrce. Kindergarten prin-
dpsl, seAton School to Taylor School
Accept resignation Of Mis- II. L Reinburg. teacher
second grade, Wallach School
Transfer Miss ]. L. Brown. model teacher second
grade. FrInklin School to wSllach School.
Transer Miss 4 +. Robinson, teacher second
grade. Industrial Home School to franklin School
Appoint Miss L. N. Payne teacher second
grade Industrial Home School.
Accept resignation Of Miss G. @. Fegenbaum.
teacher third grade. Bryan School.
Transfer Miss A. a. Williams teacher third
grade. Stanton School to Bryan School
Promote Miss N. @. McGll first grade to third
grade, EdmoodS School to Stanton School.
Appoint Miss N. L. Wood teacher hrSt grade
70 Edmonds School.
Grant extension Of leave without pay for Gx
months to Miss J. n. Wharton.
Grant perpetual leave to Miss f. @. whitney.
AcceTt resignation Of Miss P. L. Cove, teacher
Eth grade, Blair School.
Transfer Miss Z. r. Woodward teacher fifth
Grade, Van Buren School to Blair School.
Transfer Miss G. l. Franc, teacher eth grade
RGndIe Highlands School to Van Bursn School
Promote Miss Z. S. Moore. third grAde to fourth
gr1de Randle Highlands School,
Promote Miss R. B. Cooper. frst grade to third
grade Towers School to Randle Highlands School.
Appoint Miss F. L. Barker teacher hrst grade.
Towe7 School
Accept resisnation Of Miss NJ NJ schcheld.
teacher third grade, Van Ness School
Promote Miss z. @. Marsden, first Erade TO third
grade, Arlidon School to Van Ness School
Appoint Miss NJ J. Jarboe teacher hrst Grade.
Amidon School
Accspt resignation q Miss NJ J. rhOnsssn. teacher
ffth grade wheatley School,
Promote Miss B. p. GElliher. fourth grade to hfth
rrade Ludlow School to wheztley School
Prusnots Miss Selma Kause. third gr1ds to fourth
Grade Hayes School TO Ludlow School
Promote Miss /. NJ. Adridse. sec0nd Grads to
third grade Pierce School 10 Hayes School
Promote Miss NJ. +. stoddArd, first Grade to second
grade, Ludlow School to Pierce School
Transfer Miss Clara Hickman, model teacher first
g1ade, Thomson School to Ludlow School.
Transfer Miss Elsie Roche model teacher hrst
grade Polk School TO Thomson School
Appoint Miss E Baker teacher first grade. Polk
School
Appoint Mis- NJ NJ Greenwood teacher In foreign
chss' Thomson Night School
Promote J. A. Montgomery teacher Of manual
training in the graded Schools from class three to
class four.
Grant extension Of leave without pay for two
months to Miss Florence jenkins.
Accept resignation Of Miss E D. FAlconer, teacher
third grade Van Buren, School
Promote Miss z II. Goodwin second ETade to
third grade, Grant School to the Van Busn
School
Ippo.nt Miss N. A. Burch teacher second grade
Grant School
transfer Miss l. d. Washington from the un-
graded schools to the o Street Manual Trimming
school as teacher Of dressmaking.
transfer Miss y. o. Flag trum second grade TO
Art grade, Payne School to BurviIle School
Appofnt Miss s. v. Jennings teacher third grade.
Appoint Mrs T. ID. Burren teacher third grade.
Appoint ]. Z. Monroe teacher Of manual trimming
elementary sShoolA
transfer Miss L. r. Lewis, teacher second grade,
10 frst grade, Simmons School to the Loyetoy
School.
Transfer Miss ]. B. Cole. teacher frst gr.de,
LoTejoy 10 Jones School.
Appoint Miss B. / Masruder teacher hst grade
LoFejoy School
Tnnsfer Ms A. w. Savoy, teacher Of domestic
art, Street Manual Trimming School. to elementary
schools.
Transfer Mis- 8. Z. olark, teacher Of domestic |
ssenee. Street Manual Training School, to ele- !
mentary schools
Appoint P. A. Roy teacher p,Astering. casdOzO
voc1tional School
Accept resignation Of Mis- +. II Burreu. kinder |
rzrten principal. syphax School.
Appoint Mis Marietta Kirby knderHzrtsn assist |
ant eyphax School
PSrmoie 6. W. Madden. teacher manual traininr. |
Appoint Mis- q. M. Ffizzen substitute teacher
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