Evening star., 1916-09-24
Conferences and Lectures Will
Hold Sway During
Week.
ALSO TO MEET WITH
DEPARTMENT HEADS
Everything Expected to Be in
"Ship Shape by Time Schools
Open October 2.

Teachers of the public schools of the
: District of Columbia are to begin work
/: tomorrow morning. All this week they
will have to attend conferences. meetings
with heads of departments and lectures.
Ernest L. Thurston, superintendent Of
schools, yesterday announced the schedule
e for the week In the circular of directions
issued the superintendent explains that
: at times other than those set in the regu-
!, lar program teachers are subject to as
signment by their respective supervisory
officers. All special teachers and others
: not assigned to meetings must be engaged
/. in school work during regular school
hours, under direction OF their respective
: supervisory officers.
: 1t is believed that everything will be
in such ship shape" order by the time
schools are opened, October >. that no
time will be lost by the pupils. but they
may begin Immediately with their
studies.
Schedule as Arranged.
ton follows:
Tomorrow:
= 10 a.m.-Meetings of all teachers with
principals and directors. except in the
case of kindergarten teachers who will
attend the meeting of the supervising
principal to whose division they are as
signed.
p.m.-Meeting of all kindergarten
teachers of the white schools with the
2 director of kindergartens at the Thorn
son School, 18th aHd-L streets north
west.
TUESDAY
10 a.m.-Meeting of all grade teach
ers in the assembly hall Of the old Cen
trail High School, 7th and o streets
northwest The president of the board
of education and the superintendent of
schools will address this meeting.
p.m.-Meeting Of the teachers of the
NTH grade with the director of inter-
mediate instruction, Thomson School
3 p.m.-Meeting of the model teach
ers and a special primary group with
the director of primary instruction at
the Wilson Normal School
= p.m.-Meeting of teachers of grade
three and four with the director of
llusic in the assembly hall of the Nc
kinley High School
p-m.-Departmental conferences of
high school teachers with heads of
departments.
English department-McKinl High
school
Mathematics department-McKinl
High School :. d
fhysicS MISUNDERSTANDING High
School.
Modern language department-Busi-
ness High School
A teacher who has assignments in
more than one subject should select,
2 ia case of conflict, the subject repre-
senting the major part of his assign
ment.
DR.. Hall Quest to Lecture.
Wednesday, 10 a.m.-Lecture by DR..
. A L. Hall-Quest of the University Of
Virginia, Supervised Study" For
: teachers of the high schools. normal
schools and grades five to eight, in
elusive. and others interested. As
sembly hall of the old Central High
School
$40 a-m.-First and second grade
teachers Few to the grades to meet with
the director of primary instruction at
Wilson Normal School
p.m-Lecture by Mrs. Anna E.
Comstock. on Nature Study Methods :"
For teachers Of the third and fourth
grades, at Wilson Normal School
p.m.-Meeting of teachers of the
sixth grade with the director of inter-
mediate instruction, Thomson School.
p-m.-Joint meeting OF ung.aded
and atypical schools with W. 3. Pat
terson and DIR. w. S. Montgomery, at
the Henry School.