Evening star., 1915-03-18
MARRIED TEACHERS
STILL UNDER BAN
Rule As Is Upheld by School
Board in Mrs. He'll
mans Case.
SEEK AN EXTENSION
OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING
Delegation Petitions for Establish
ment of Model Farm-Chevy
Chase Asks Social Center.


ton Of a woman teacher when she mar
ries. is to be retained by the board, ac-
cording to unanimous action taken at a
meeting at the. Franklin School yesterday
afternoon. Further than this. Mrs. Gladys
Alne Strong Hellman. who protested
against the regulation and asked for re-
instatenent. was denied reappointment.
Apparently the rule had been thorough
" discussed before the committee on rules
made its report yesterday. as no question
or discussion of any sort arose when the
report was made. 1t was passed along
the same route and in the same manner
as any one Of dozen or more routine
matters.
Following is the report in full. signed
by John B. Larner. chairman OF the com
mfttee; Henry P. Blair. president of the
board: Ernest H. Daniel, vice president
of the board. and DR.. c. w. Childs. all
members Of the committee:
Your committee on rules. to whom
has been referred the application OF
Mrs Gladys Aline Strong Hellman for
reinstatement. begs leaves to report
that they have given full and careful
consideration to the questions involved,
and after hearing the argument pre-
sented by counsel for Mrs. Heiiman.
and considering the communications
referred to the committee. are of the
opinion that her application should be
denied and that rule 40 should not be
amended.
The communications to which refer
ence Is made are those from various
womens organizations, including a
number of associations advocating suf-
frage for women. 1t is considered prob
able that the fight against rule 4o will
be continued.
The question as to rule 40 has been
under consideration for several months.
The report is dated March II, 1915.
To Extend Vocational Training.
Pleas for more extensive work in vo-
cational training in the District were
made by a delegation of men and wom-
en-. headed by Mrs. Anna Begenholm
Sloane They represented a large num-
ber of organizations Of the District.
Those who spoke included Mrs A. A.
Birney, Mrs George Thomas Small
wood, DIR. Cora King, William n. Saun-
ders, Mrs Nannette B. Paul. Mrs. Ly-
man F. Kebler. Mrs. William b. HARDY.
Mrs Ellis Logan, Miss Elizabeth Tim
low and Dr. Lyman F. kebler. Mrs.
Anna Hendley and DR.. Helen Perkins
were also in the delegation.
That the board of education should
provide model farms and teach farm.
ing. among other vocations, was urged
bv Mrs. Stone, who made the principal
report She declared that a govern
ment expert might be obtained for the
work, and that the products obtained
from the farm would, according to m
formation from the Department of Ag-
riculture, be enough to pay for MS
salary
She ended her talk by urging the
board of education to purchase tract
of land suitable for farming. and devise
some method by which the Industrious
worker may in time own the acres he
cultivates."
Board Is Handicapped.
Henry P. Blair. president of the
board, in answering the pleas, called
attention to vocation work already be-
ing done i'll Washington. and also
pointed to the many handicaps innova-
tions of various sorts meet.
I'VE have already met with opposi-
ton at the Smallwood School because
of statutory authority" he said. The
Smailwood School has been devoted this
year to vocational education.
W NJ. Stuart and ]. W. Gardner.
president and secretary of the Chevy
Chase Citizens Association, respective
Iy, appeared before the board to ask
If permission to use the Chevy Chase
School as a social center might be
granted DeIOIe the HcAl IilSetiHS OIL the
association, April z.
A vote of thanks was extended to the
Washington base ball club for its cour-
tesy In allowing the use of the park
the entire week Of the competitive
drill. Ernest T. Williams, battalion
colonel of the cadet regiment, vice J. E.
Porter, who was graduated in February.
The following changes were ap-
proved:
Appointments.
Miss Eunice Farnsworth teacher of
the first grade. Webster School.
Miss NJ S. Ison, teacher of music in
the white graded schools, temporarily.
Substitute teachers of music in the
white graded schools-Miss n F.
Pyles
graded schools-Miss l.. H. Diedel, Mrs
NJ B. Gibson. Miss NJ. N. Proctor.
H. z. Armes, teacher OF Latin In tho
Central High School. temporarily.
Miss NJ. L. Kubsl. substitute teacher
Of stenography in the white high
Miss II. l. Carter. substitute teacher
Of business subjects in the white high
schools.
Miss Mary Brennan substitute teach
| y,
economies. biology. French. mathe-
rnatics. botany and business subjects
in the white high schools.
Miss L. l.. Burlingame. substitute
teacher of French. German, English
and mathematics in the white high
schools.
Miss Julia solomons. substitute
teacher of domestic art in the Nc
Kinley Manual Training High School
Miss n. A. Saunders, kindergarten
| assistant and assign tc--aiagruder School.
temporarily.
J. J. Lore. as laborer at the J. O.
Wilson Normal School.
Promotions.
| Misc E. K. Schneider. from the third
grade to the fourth grade. and trans.
fer from the Blow School to the P,erc.
School.
! Miss p. L. Patterson. from the sec.
| ond grade to the third grade anf
transfer from the Webb School TO tn,
| Blow School
Miss Alma Barker, from the frs
grade 10 the second grade. and trans
! fer from the Webster School to th,
Webb School.
| NJ b. Mahany, from laborer at tn,
j. O. Wilson Normal School to janito
| of the Arthur School
Changes in Schools.
Open a first grade at Montgotner,
School.
Close fourth grade at Linooi,
| School.
Close first grade at Phillips School
! Transfer Of Teachers.
| Miss II. y. Ware, teacher of the frs