The Washington herald., 1914-12-10
BOARD DECLINES
european TALKS
Scholars Not to Have Lectures
on War by Miss
Dabney.
DECORATIONS APPROVED
Fine Arts Society to Conduct Stu
dents Through Oil Painting Exhibit.
Many Changes in Teachers.

The offer OF Miss Catherine Dabney to
/ give a series OF lectures on the European
war in the public schools OF the city
failed to receive acceptance by the board
Of education at its meeting in Franklin
School Building yesterday afternoon.
II was argued that even an impartial
presentation OF subjects related to the
war would prompt discussions which
would in turn lead TO violation Of Presi-
dent Wilson's request for the strict OBJ
/ servance OF neutrality.
Decorations Approved.
Miss Grace Temple and J. r. Marshall
reported to the board on the work done
by the League for the Decoration OF
Public School Buildings, an organization
OF 800 members which has as its object
the Improvement of the appearance OF
school rooms. Miss Temple told Of work
done In twenty-nine District school build
ings, consisting of tinting the walls L
harmonious colors. hanging framed photo
graphs. engravings, and water colors,
placing muslin curtains at the windows
| and flowers in the rooms. The board
commended the work of the organization
and promised It support in the future.
The offer of the Washington Society
of Fine Arts 20 provide representatives
/ Tor the purpose OF COnOuCllnB members OF
the high school senior classes through
the exhibition OF Contemporary American
OIL Paintings. which opens at the Cor
coran Gallery OF Art December Is. was ac-
cepted.
The following changes in the personnel
OF the schools were approved by the
board:
Appointments.
Mis- Bertha Moore As kinderEarten assistant in the
DennisOn School.
Miss Il. Z. Gonzeubach as TEACHER Of cooking in
the B. b. French Night School.
Mis- GeneTieVe MIsh as nbsituts teacher in the
night schools.
Substitute teachers of miIHne-y in the night
schools: Mis- Annie Sloan. Mis- AntOinette RuI-
pert. and Mis- NJ. SWank
Mrs q. D. Wilder as teacher Of the second grade.
Temporarily.
Miss Camille Du Bcse Is teacher Of the hrs
grade in the Johns1n school.
c. W. HAWtins lAborer at the Webster School.
Mrs. Olive Grigsby as carvtAker Of the domestic
srienoe room in the SmA1wuod School
Miss Z. e. Mckinley. kindergarten assistant and
a-isn To Montgomery School, temporarily.
Mrs L. VI. Cua6 substitute teachG In the
white graded schools.
Mis- J. ". Wharton as teacher Of the secoud
ETade in the Congress Heights School. Temporarily.
Miss ". =. Fisher as substitute teacher u domestic
science in the graded schools. white
Miss Alice Bore as substitute teacher Of history,
literature. and music in the white high schools.
in the Maury School.
Albert Shorter kbor-r at the Monroe School.
ResiEnatIons Accepted.
Miss L $ Jacobs teacher q cooking a; the B. B.
French Night School.
Miss ]. NJ Fillmore, kindergarten principal. Ran
dali School
G l. Compton. laborer at the H. D. Cooke
School.
Mis- Z. Z. LASER. kindsrsnrtsn assistant. Denni-
son School
Mis- Z J. white. teacher of the fourth Ernd+
Designate Miss A. L. Glsskis. teacher Of the
eighth grade. 8 principal, X. D. Cooke School. !
temporarily.
Transfers.
Miss l. +. Mayer. kindergarten assistant from !
Montgomery School TO Mott School.
Miss A. ". SnAllWoOd. teacher Of the thisd |
grade. from the Park View Portable School to the |
Powell School
Miss =. p. FsnaId teacher q the sixth grade. |
from the LangiOn School TO the Gage School.
Miss II. n. Evans teacher q seventh grade. /
from the Gage School 20 the Emery School
Miss A. ". Mitchell. kindergarten PRINCIPAL. |
from Wormley School to Randall School.
Promotions.
Miss sara Pierce from the hrst grade to the !
third grade and transfer from the johnson School
to the PARK View Portable School.
Miss L. X. Belcher from kindergarten assistant !
To Kindergarten principal. and transfer from Mott
School to Womley School.
Cornelius Sullivan FINN laboreT u the Webster .
School 10 lAborrr at the II. n. Cooke School.
Miss X Z. Fletcher from the sixth grade to the
seventh gradC. Gage school.
Miss Z. '. HamAun frum the third grade to the
fourth grade. and transfer from the WaIlach 10
the Towers School.
Mis- A. Z. DuTBnz from the drst grade to the
third grade and transfer from the Maury to the
WallaCl School.
Leaves of Absence Granted.
Without pay. for three months to Miss Julia Nc
ClellIn teacher third grade Powell School
Perpetual leave q absence, without pay, to Miss
G. NJ Parker. teacher o. seventh grade Emery
School.