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pal fire department. A large fire will be
made In each school yard on the morning
of the 9th, the gongs will be rung and the
students will march out in regular fire
drill, and, under the supervision of a fire.
man, will put out the flames. Drills will
be given in the use of fire apparatus in
the school buildings. II do not believe
that many Of the children know how to
use the fire extinguishers placed in the
buildings" said Superintendent Thurston.
TT will be a good thing to teach them in
this way"
A report was made to the board on the
cause OF the fire In the Morse School a
few days ago. It was declared to be due
to oId-type, faulty furnaces. New fur
naces and steam heat were recommended
for the building.
The petition Of Rev. Wilbur F. Crafts.
superintendent Of the International Re
form Bureau, to have wall charts bearing
the Ten Commandments placed on the
walls of all schoolrooms was Endorsed by
the vice president OF the board, Frank
Daniels, and was passed. The placing of
the charts will not be compulsory, but
will be left to the discretion of the teach
ers. Books containing Scriptural stories
and poems and passages from the King
James version of the Bible, Exodus 20,
which have been indorsed by twenty-siX
denominations, will be distributed by DR..
Crafts to the teachers for readings to
their classes.
Emory Wilson, principal OF the new
Central High sSchool, asked permission
to charge each student a gymnasium and
swimming pool fee OF 81 a year to defray
the expense OF installing sanitary lockers
and a laundry to wash bathing and SYM
nasium suits. The petition will be con-
sidered.
Permission was granted the Junior So
ciety of the women's Christian Temper
anoe Union to use room OF the Pet
worth School for meetings the second and
fourth Mondays of each month from $3.50
to 4:3O p. m.
A petition signed by sixty members of
the Southeast Mothers Club was pre-
sented. II asked for the holding Of night
sewing classes at the B. B. French
School The matter will be taken up
when the night schools are organized.
The following appointments, changes
and promotions were ratified at yester-
days meeting;
Teachers Appointed.
Miss NJ H. Merrill. class S; a P. Stat
ford class S; g. T. Knaub. class 2 Randle High.
lands; Rebecca Portion, class 2 lexington; @. r.
Walford. class 4 Threkeld; K. 8. SUNNY class s.
B. H. Hetheld class Z Brookland; Emily Mia,
dofsCy, class Ga, Business High; H. f Benzler,
class 4 Webster; Temporarily, W. NJ Yater. class
l. military instructor: L. A Knapp class 2, Glove
land; Mis- z. l. Catch, temporarily. dAs e, Cen
tral High; A. ]. Gregory, class 2 TakomA; D. L
StebbinS Tyler School; Arthur Brooks. military In
structor. class |; 1. B. Howard Temporarily. class
music; z. G. Peytnn. class atypical. Stevens; J.
L. Taylor. temporarily class 60, Dunbar High; W.
A. Short, temporarily class ; Cardnzo Vocatio1Al
F. z. ParkA temporarily, principal g., Cardo1o No
cational; P. L Robinson, temporarily class J. Car.
dozo Vocational; Chorreris Dixon. class 2, s. J.
Bowen; Mrs. L. E Hutnhins class "a, Mckinley
High; h s. SturteVAnt, class l, Arthur; Cynlle
IrstOn. class l. Congress Heights; L New. RlopSer.
class !, Pierce.
Substitutes Named.
Mr.. O G. Fulton, English. history mathematics and
physics In white high schools; Miss z. P. Moultou.
English history, French. mathematics and Spanish