Evening star., 1915-02-04
VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
WANTED IN SOUTHEAST
Chevy Chase Also Applies to Board
of Education for a Handi-
craft Teacher.
W. C. T. U. and Stanton Suffrage
Club Ask That Matrons Be
Assigned to Buildings.

Need for more vocational and pre-
vocational work in the public schools
of the District was emphasized in two
communications received by the boar
of education at its meeting at the
Franklin School yesterday afternoon
one request was from the Southeast
Washington Citizens Association and
urged the establishment Of a vocational
school in the southeast. The other was
from parents of children iii the Chevy
Chase School and requested that Spe-
cial teacher of handicraft be assigned
to train the boys i'll tn: use of their
hands during the same period the girls
of the Third. fourth. fifth and sixth
grades are instructed in sewing
These requests were referred to their
proper committees. It is not thought
likely q vocational school will lie es-
tablished in the southeast during the
present school year, but q is quite pos
sible one will be opened there AT the
beginning of the next school year.
Ask for School Matrons.
requests from the ". {. T. [. and
the Stanton Suffrage Club. urging that
ratrcus be put III school buildings,
were also referred to the proper COM
rlittee. President Henry T.. Blair ex-
planned. however. that nothing could be
done about this until next fall.
Another request referred to u COM
mittee was for the use Of The hall OF
the franklin School for choral prac-
tice, as was also request for per-
mission to establish Il lunchroom in
the Bryan School.
Provision for the disposal of old.
worn-out material was made by the
board. communication regarding
rule 45,'' which automa tically re
signs" teachers who marry. was re-
ierred without comment to the commit
tee on rules.
An offer from DE- Charles +. Nesbit.
superintendent of insurance in the Dis
trict of two prizes of $50 each. and
two of SO each for the best essays by
school children on Prevention of
Fires" was accepted. The essays may
not be longer than 1000 words.
Committee meetings and the straight
ening out of certain phases of orSani-
zation made the board nearly an hour
late in meeting.
The following changes We're approv-
ed:
Appointments.
Miss Elizabeth Ferguson, teacher of
stenography and typewriting. Business
High School. temporarily.
Miss Gertrude Hastings, substitute
teacher OF mathematics and German,
In white high schools.
Mr. Henry Anderson, substitute tea ch-
er OF French, German and civics, in
white high schools.
Miss X. S. Sunny, teacher in Wilson
Normal School. temporarily.
Mrs NJ L. Green, teacher of fifth
grade, Curtis School, temporarily.
Nils Margaret Reed, teacher Of first
grade, ketcham School.
Miss jamie Meiklejohn. teacher of first
grade. Woodburn School
Miss Louise Maher, teacher of second
grade Rrightwood School
MISS 2. B. Torbert, teacher of first
grade, Greenleaf School,
Miss ADA Moody, teacher of second
grade. stanton School.
Mrs g y Wilder, teacher of second
grade, temporarily
Mss F. T. Thompson, teacher of sec
ond grade, temporarily
Mrs ". NJ Fessenden. substitute
teacher in graded schools.
Mrs Emily G Dickinson, substitute
teacher in graded schools.
Miss Marion Nailor, substitute teach
er in graded schools.