Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-20
FILLING VACANCIES
IN TEACH|NlFORC|
School Authorities Ninu
Strengthen Staff-Bard
Meets.

steps have been taken by etp1 +,
authorities to fill the places of,,ay v,
school teachers who have takenk ~ ~
| eminent positions. -
| Ernest L. Thurston, superinteht u
of schools, said yesterday at the IT. e
| ing of the board of education Inc e
| Franklin School building that lie =
| than twenty-five women formerly. 8
ployed as teachers have come 4 /.
| These are hardly enough to file =
| many vacancies. Arrangements .
under way to obtain the servicee .
| teachers to bring the staff up to- g
full strength. a
With a record enrolment in =
schools and many day teachers dol =
duty as night school teachers also,i .
All available candidates are urged / .
take the tests for teaching in -
| grades. An examination for teacha =
| in the grades and in special subjedS
was held at the Franklin School toda:-
New School Is Desired. :
| Favorable consideration was accordeE
a petition signed by 152 householderE
| of the Columbia Heights section Of
Washington. asking for immediate
erection of sixteen-room school build
ing in that part of the city. L. Y.
Lampson, secretary of the Federal
| ton yesterday. George E. Hamilton,
acting president of the board, said that
a sympathetic attitude is assured.
Mr.. Lampson pointed out that this
section of Washington has grown more
| rapidly in the past ten years than any
other section, and that the danger to
small children in crossing busy thor
loughfares prevents many mothers from
sending their children to schools dis
, tant from their homes. The petition
asks for the erection OF the proposed
school building near Spring road be-
| tween 10th and 18th streets northwest,
and for the building Of a playground
| in the same vicinity.
Economy in Coal Urged.
letter from NJ, C. Hargrove. pur-
chasing agent of the District OF Co
| lumbia, urging the strictest economy
| in the use of coal to heat the schools.
was read at the meeting.
| On recommendation Of John B. Lar
ner. acting president the board was
asked to send Christmas cable mes
| sage to its president, DIR. John Van
| schaick, jr.. who is Somewhere in
France" serving with the Red Cross.
Half holidays on December "a and
I31 will be permitted to all janitors en-
! ployed by the schools.
| The following changes in personnel
were approved:
Appointments.
Appoint the following: Mrs. C. G
White. kindergarten assistant at the
Gage; Mrs E. L. Ruber. Kindergarten
I NJ
Leonard. kindergarten assistant at the
Bryan; Mrs. NJ. w. Henderson. kinder
garten assistant at the Thomson: Mrs
e. B. Whitney. teacher second grade at
Brightwood; Mrs I. B. Jones, tenn
Cooke: NJ. NJ. Clements, teacher second
grade at Corcoran; Charles Blakenship,
teacher at Mckinley Night School: Mrs.
A. c. Mckay, teacher second grade at
Park View; Mrs. NJ. Y. Drummer. tenn
wood Park: Mrs. L. c. Schreck, teacher
second grade at Ludlow; Lula Lee.
teacher second grade at Blair: Mrs. NJ.
L. Steele. teacher third grade at Wheat
ley: Mrs. E. @. Smith, teacher fourth
grade at Kenilworth: Mrs NJ. c. Lee.
teacher second grade at Takoma; Mrs.
A. c. Mckinney, teacher first grade at
Johnson: Mrs. NJ. Y. Beller. temporarily
as teacher first grade at webb: Mrs.
N. B. Gammell. teacher. temporarily,
second grade at Van Ness; Mrs. c. L.
Ebaugh, teacher first grade at Towers
Mrs. NJ. G. Henry. teacher fourth grade
at Congress Heights: Mrs. NJ. T. Wheel
err. teacher first grade at Bradley: Mrs.
c. Q. Johnston, temporarily as teacher
second grade at Bowen; Mrs. A. D.
Knopf, teacher second grade at Jack
son: Mrs. c. L. Miller. teacher third
grade at Jackson: Mrs. C. Nice. Geiger
Threlkeld: Mrs. N. w. vann. teacher
first grade at Jefferson: Mrs. J. T. Bur
meister. temporarily as teacher second
| grade at Towers; Mrs. 2. F. Ellis. tenn
| porarily as teacher second grade al
| Hilton: E. E. Lewis, temporarily as
| teacher class domestic science): Mrs
| l. NJ. Minor. temporarily as teacher OF
| fifth grade at Abbot; Mrs. V. l.. Ebert
! temporarily as teacher seventh grade
at Petworth: Mrs. L. NJ. Cain, teacher
/ teacher class 3. temporarily, at Specia
| School; I. V. Hall, teacher first grade
at Lovejoy; Mrs. B. B. Jackson, tenn.
| Dorarily as teacher seventh grade al
| rily as teacher class at Stevens: G. w
Rozier. temporarily as laborer at f. H
S. community center; Joseph Mont
gomery, temporarily as laborer a.
Franklin: Mrs. E. H Willis. teache,
| second grade at Gage; Mrs. A. B. Field
teacher second grade at Langdon: Ma.
rion Johnson, librarian at WesterI
High; 1. G. LYMAN, teacher second
| grade at Garfield: H. M. Bailey, as la.
borer at M Street heating plant; Louise
Burrell. laborer at Webster; D. H. Bor
den. laborer at New Central High; Ros.
James. janitor at Grant
Appoint the following as substitutes.
Mrs. Nina Clafiin Piozet. Mrs. H. w
Bum. Mile. A. Piquet, Mrs. Miller Ham
ilton. A. B. Fischer, Mrs. E. A Moses
NJ. H Shannon-Staub, Ruth Atwood,
Mrs. =. H. Bartlett, Martha Jewett,
| Gertrude Hoppe. Mrs. A. NJ Phillips
Mrs. Emily Davis, Mrs. Glen Poole, Mrs
F. G. DetweiIer, Mabel NJ. White and
| C. NJ. Hill
designations.
Accept the designations of the fol-
lowing: ]. B. S. Handy. teacher first
grade at Cooke: NJ. W. Farquhar, kim
derEarten principal at Buchanan; Rose
Brill. teacher second grade at Ecking-
ton; Amelia Hollander. teacher first
grade at Johnson; NJ. G. Appold, teacher
second grade at Van Ness; Lucinda
English. teacher second grade at Tow
ers: Mrs. p. 8. Dorsey, teacher second
grade at Hilton: ]. e. Smith. teacher
at Mckinley Night; Ada Stinemetz,
teacher class (special); H. NJ. Jones.
| teacher class Ga at Mckinley High;
Z. NJ Baker; teacher third grade at
Towers: N. V. D. Skfllman. teacher at
Wallach Night; D. n. Border. laborer
at NJ Street; George G. Brown, laborer
at Powell, and William M Mooney.
janitor at Twining,
| Promotions.
| Promote the following. NJ OBJ