The Washington times., 1916-02-17
OPPOSITION VOICED
TOSCHOOL FORUMS
Board Postpones Action On
Community Request Pend
ING Inquiry.

Opposition TO the use OF the public
school buildings AZ Sunday meeting
places for community forums devel-
oped In the Board OF Education At tts
meeting in the Franklin School yes
terday.
Or. c. w. chiIds. one Of the colored
members OF the board, declared that
he. for one, was opposed to the
schools being used for secular pur-
poses on Sunday" Other members in-
timated that they were against the
A request from the Grover Cleve-
land community forum for permis-
sion to use the Grover Cleveland
School precipitated the discussion;
The matter was turned over to Sue
Investigation as to what e being done
IN other large cities with regard to
the use of school buildings.
Superintendent Thurston will report
his fndinss at the next meeting OF
probably. will be taken.
The board granted the request OF
the Grover Cleveland forum for use
OF the school for next Sunday after
noon only. It was understood that
relieve officials OF the forum Of em-
barrasement the latter, IL was ex-
planned, already having completed
plans 70 meet in the school on Sum
day.
Miss Edith Marshall. Of New York,
was appointed director Of primary I'M
gtfuction.
Appointments and designations.
The following changes in personnel
were approved by the board:
designations accepted--C. E. Fortune,
janitor In the Webster School; r. r. De-
iansy. Iaborer. Emery School; Miss Il. J.
Curtis. teacher, Briggs School. q. ID.
Bittner, stenographer, secretary's office;
c. A. johnson, teacher eighth grade,
Thomson Night School; u. r. TIFFANY,
teacher Of cooking. Berret Night
School; Miss d. N. Smith. teacher Of
third grade In the wallach School, and
Mics ~ H; Perry. teacher. M Street
Appointments Miss G.. q. PhIliips.
teacher in the Phillips School: Miss Y
ID. Bache, teacher Of cooking In the
Berret Night School Miss Y. y. Gard
sh RgcSoS e sssnst teacher N
the same school; Miss r. G. Ruprecht,
temporarily, in the Addison school;
Miss e. L. Potter. temporarily. domestic
science: Miss Helen Hubbard: tempo
Misc M. p. Ogden. teacher OF first grade
in the Hilton School; Miss Edith Mar
shall as director of primary instruc-
ton: Miss Rachel Tolson. second grade.
Wilson School Substitute teachers In
the white graded schools: Miss A. NJ.
Root, Miss Mae Wander Pyl. Mrs. Nellie
Ehrie. Mrs. Havilnnd Doran. and Mrs.
Agnes Dougherty; Miss Helen Rider.
white I srsded school; Miss Ethel Keats.
substitute teacher. music. white night
school: Miss Theresa Meyers, substitute
teacher. physics. mathematics. English.
German and Latin. white high schools;
mathematics. in the white high schools:
Mrs. Agnes Dougherty. substitute
teacher OF English, history. Frcnch and
German In the white high schools: 1.
nnatica French German. Spanish. Eng
lish. history. economics. civics. short
hand and typewriting. white high
schools: r. F. Kirby. janitor, Webster
school: Ernest simonds. laborer. Emery
school: Miss =. N. Boyd. Temporarily
teacher. MONTGOMERY School; Miss j. p.
Howard. teacher class "a. and Miss A:
2. waddleton, temporarily. teacher ut
Stevens School.
Promotions and Transfers.
Promote--J. C. f. Palmer. clerk. to
photographer. and transfer from imam
cial office to secretary's office; Miss +.
C. Carroll. teacher. transfer from first
grade. Hilton, to third grade. Wailach
fourth grade. stevens. to NTH grade.
Stevens School; Miss O. T. Dodson.
teacher of second grade. Phillips
School. to teacher OF third, grade, Thom-
son Night School. and Miss II. l.. ease.
teacher, second grade, Wilson School, to
third grade, Garnet School.
Transfer-Miss J. F. Jones. teacher.
from Montgomery to Stevens School:
Miss N. L. Mason. teacher. from Sum-
ner to Montgomery School; J. J..
Thomas, teacher. Business High Night.
20 eighth grade. Thomson Night School;
Miss u. b. Brown. teacher. from third
grade Garnet to third grade Briggs
from Garnet to Deanwood school; Miss
A. v. williams. teacher, from Dean
wood to Garnet school: Miss M. A.
Hurd. teacher. from Jones to Logan
School; z. r. Benson, teacher, from
Pierce to Webb School; Nellie Boyle
teacher from Pierce to Webb School;
4. /. Newcombe, teacher. from Webb "a
Pierce School. and Miss Alma Barker,
teacher, from Webb to Pierce School.
Grant leave OF absence to Miss K. X.
Tiffany for one year and Miss Bertha
Rodgers. teacher, OF E. v. Brown
School. for three months. Terminate
Ruprecht. teacher OF the Bow School;
establish principalship at the Conduit
Road School and designate Miss X. l.
Carroll as principal. Close the follow
ing classes at the Armstrong Night
School: Class In sewing, class In me.
chanical drawing. and discontinue the
services OF the following teachers in
the Armstrong High Night school: J.
=. Cornell. r. 1. Vaughn and Selma
Saunders.