The Washington herald., 1917-03-08
NEEDN'T Be Citizens
TO TEACH, SAYS BOARD
Petition Of Association for Wholesale
Dismissals Refused.

ne several unnAturallZeu teaCneTS IN
the public schools Of Washington are not
going to lose their places.
The Board Of Education yesterday re-
ceived a resolution Of protest from the
Rhode Island Avenue Citizens Associa-
tion against aliens teaching in the public
schools and briefly discussed the matter
The whole system of teaching modern
languages said DIR. Van Schaick. de
pends on getting as teachers people who
have the right accent. and almost inva-
riably the best teachers are so-called
aliens. or possibly naturalized citizens.
We have to get Frenchmen or women to
teach French, for example, and often the
unnaturalized teachers are better than
the naturalized ones.
There is a great demand now for in
struction in Spanish and the sensible
thing to do is to get the best Spanish
teachers we can, whether they are nat
uralized or not. All the teachers in the
schools have to take an oath to support
the Constitution of the United States and
1 do not think we are risking our chill
dren In any way. We have only five or
six unnaturalized teachers, and they are
all particularly valuable"
None OF the members Of the board
spoke In favor of disturbing these teach
ers in any way and the board voted
merely to inform the Citizens Association
to support the Constitution.
Pupils Ready to Enlist.
The board received from the principal
of the Armstrong Manual Training
School. In behalf OF his pupils. an offer
OF their services to the country in event
OF war. The boy pupils offer to turn
their machine shop and printing office
over to the government and the girls
offer to make surgical dressings and any
thing else they can. 1t is expected that
the Navy Department will give the boys
In the machine shop some small jobs. on
cartridges. to see what they can do.
Mrs. observation-disclosures. of the Parent
Teachers Association Of the Brightwood
School, appeared and urged that domestic
sciences be taught this summer at the
Brightwood School and also that weav-
ing be taught at all the schools.
The board asked Mrs. Susie Root
Rhodes, one OF its members and in
charge Of Fairgrounds, to confer with
Superintendent Of Schools Thurston to
work out a system OF allowing credits
to pupils for kitchen and carpenter work
done in vacation schools.
Board Changes.
Promote Peter l.. Robinson. manual trimming from
class to class )
Terminate Temporary appointment Of J. L. Taylor,
Appoint J. l. Taylor Mis-, teacher e.s. Ga. Dun,
bar High School.
Discontinue service. Of the following night school
teachers: Mis- s. A. Saunders, Armstrong Night
Miss l. NJ. Harris, Armstrong High Night: Mrs.
c. $. Watson. Armstrong Night; J. ". Clifford.
Dunbar Night; c. z. Lucas Dunbar Night; W. B.
Evans, principal. Phillips Night
Appoint Marguerite ls0n, temporarily class 5,
music
Appoint Mn. B. B. Thompson. teacher class !,
music
Terminate Temporary appointments Of the follow
ing teachcrs in night schools: X. Z. GOnlenbach.
b. B. French Night: d. L. CLARK Morse Night
Appoint r. J. McGown. temporarily, B. B. French
Night and Morse Night
Maxwell.
Promote Miss s v Jennings from clas to class
s. o Street Vocational.
Terminate Temporary appointment of Mis- L. A.
DUckett, class Ga. Armstrong High.
Accept resignation Of Mis-. NJ. u. Stevens care
taker, Pctworth.
Appoint Mary IeHene. caretaker Petworth.
Transfer Clarence Tslbett. jantor. from Peabody
to Congress Heights.
Promote G. NJ Nix, jAnftor. from Toner to Pcs-
body.
Appoint J. H. nowdar. t,nitor. Toner.
Appoint ]. E. Mckinney, temporary, janitor, Con-
gress Heghts
Miss J. P Howard teacher, Dunbar High from
probationary to permanent.
Close frst grade Cleveland School.
Open first grade II. d. Cooke School.
class 3 domestic science.
Appoint N. D. Moon. teacher Clan ;. domestic
science.
Transfer Katherine Brackett X. A. from Seaton
10 WdghtmAn.
Transfer L. A. Knapp class 2, Cleveland to h. D.
Cooke
Appoint Ms. Lula Z. Harry substitute teacher Of
art.
Appoint Mn. B. B. jackson substitute teacher in
graded schools.
Appoint the following substitute teachers in the
graded schools: Miss Margaret Moore, Miss Welens
Elder. Miss Olive Rinsman and Miss A. c. Smith
Appoint A. G. Smith substitute teacher in kinder
gartens.
Appoint Miss Hazel Griffith as substitute teacher
OF domestic art.
Appoint Mrs. A c. Smith substitute TEACHER Of
English. German. and history in the high schools.
Appoint Miss f. r. Bright substitute teacher of
business subjects in white high schools.
Appoint Miss Irene Postles substitute teacher Of
all business subjects in the white high schools.