The Washington herald., 1917-03-09
REAPPOHyT SWEENEY
public SCHOOL HEAD
State Board Of Education Names aSu-
penntendent to Serve Four Years.
THE HERALD BUREAU,
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Alexandria, Va, March a-Capt. Will
lam h. Sweeney has been reappointed
superintendent of the public schools OF
this city by the state Board Of Educa-
ton. His new term II for four years.
Capt Sweeney has been superintend-
ent Of schools Of this city for the past
seven years. having succeeded the late
kosciusco Kemper.
Practically his entire life work has been
connected with the schools For q num-
Der of years he was q teacher at st.
Johns Academy, Of which the late Rev.
Richard L Crane was the head. After
ward he was q teacher in q Washington
school for boys. and while holding this
position he was chosen superintendent
OF the public school system Of this city.
M. d. Hall has been reappointed su-
perintendent Of schools Of Fairfax
County.
The annual reading and debating con-
test between Herndon and Alexandra
High Schools will be held at 8 o'clock
tomorrow night in the Young Peoples
Building.
The readers for the Alexandria High
School are: Miss Kathryn Henderson,
John Curtin, and the debaters are Elwin
Brawner and Willard Blewett.
MessrS. Brawner and Willard will up
hold the negative side Of tthe question.
Resolved, That every able-bodied male
citizen between the ages of Is and "A
should be compelled, under adequate pro-
vision. to serve. at least one year in the
army or navy"
The Judges will be Dean william A
Wilbur. George Washington University;
Willard Rice, Y. N. e. A, secretary,
Washington. and Rev. E. B. Jackson,
pastor or the First Baptist Church. this
city.
Mr.. Ward, Of the department of Edu-
cation, Washington, addressed the Alex
andria City Teachers Association yes
terday afternoon. He talked informally
on the plan Of the department to work
for better schools, more cooperation Of
schools and communities, and increased
pay for teachers
Prof. c. T. Ryan, teacher of English
in the high school, was selected to rep
resent the association at the meeting of
the Eighth Congressional district in
Orange, March 10 and 16
At the close Of the program Of the
fourth academies OF st. Mary's Academy
yesterday afternoon, which was a musi-
cal and literary affair, reports for the
highest averages in February were made
as follows: Fourth academic Miss Anna
Cook. SO; second academic, Misses Ella
league, Margaret Wibert and Regina
Fannon, 90; first academic, Misses Emma
Hubbard, Oro Robitaille, Lucy Triplett,
"; second year commercial. Miss May
Brock. 's6: first year commercial, Miss
Vivian Webster. 80: one year COM
nIercial, Miss Susie Murphy. 81; eighth
grade, Miss odetta Biggs. '97; seventh,
Miss Catherine Grace, 90; sixth, Miss
Margaret Schoeni, 80: fifth. Miss Theresa
Boyd, '96; fourth, Misses Emily Lannon,
Dorothy Harrington, Virginia Nugent,
Josephine Gilroy, go; third, Misses Helen
-Ndridge, Elsie Jacobs, '95; second,
Frances shuman. IS; primary, Miss Cor
nelia Nugent. s5.
Ribbons in expression for February
test: Junior course, third yellow, n.
Wattles, c. Graves, c. Wattles; senior,
twelfth orange, Z. Hubbard, F. Evans;
postgraduate course, dramatic art, Sec
ond old rose. ]. Duncan.
In the Circuit Court for this city to-
day in the suit Of the Bis Mac Manu-
featuring Company against the Virginia
Fruit Product Company. Incorporated, G.
washington Lewis was appointed re-
ceiver for the defendant company, and
]. Randall Cation was appointed special
commissioner for ascertaining and re-
porting liabilities OF the corporation.
Miss Martha V. Zones, 70 years old,
died yesterday afternoon at 30e South
Fairfax street. She was a sister of Rev.
Henry Zones, OF Westmoreland County,
Va.
The funeral Of Miss Sarah Lukens took
place this afternoon from Wheatley's
Undertaking Chapel. Rev. s. A. Wallis,
OF the Episcopal Theological Seminary
officiating.
Officers chosen by the Methodist Pro-
testant Church are: r. J. Ayers, F. ".
Deeton. W. Allen, H. B. Smith. Norman
Roberts, c. f. Davis, stewards: W. 5.
Risdon and II. B. Smith, trustees; p
W. Deeton and Norman Roberts were
elected delegate and alternate respec-
lively to the annual conference, and the
delegate was requested to ask the re-
turn OF Rev. E. T. Kirkley as pastor.