The Washington herald., 1917-05-03
WILL RELEASE PUPILS
Who CAN Aid COUNTRY
Credit viii Be Given for Unfinished
School Term.

The Board OF Education yesterday aft
e.noon granted sweeping authority to
Superintendent Ernest l.. Thurston to
release for the remainder OF the school
wear any student who can be OF service
to his country.
The only restriction imposed was that
students SO released should be in good
scholastic standing. The &C ton applies
to boys and girls in all grades OF high
school work, as well as to seniors who
are approaching graduation
John B. Larner, suggesting action along
this line, said many eoncerns in the
city. especially the financial institutions,
had lost employees through enlistment.
They need business graduates, ne said
Seniors who wish to take advantage
of the opportunity to leave school at
once will receive their diplomas the same
as they would at the close of the school
term on June 20, Mr.. Thurston said.
Others in lower grades will be given
credit If they 80 to work in the fields
or factories.
Authority was also given the superin-
tendent to permit the use of school build
ings for entertainment or other pur-
poses without formal vote of the board
except in a few instances. The board
also approved a request for the collection
Of books and magazines in the schools
for the use of soldiers and sailors.
The following appointments. transfers
and other changes in the teaching force
were approved:
Appoint Frances Mcknight. teacher
class 2, Benning.
Appoint Mathilde Eiker. teacher class
Ga, temporarily, Business High.
Reinstate E. X. Davis. X. A. Bowen
School
Appoint Mrs. A. E. Williams. tempo
rariIy, X A. Bowen School
Accent resignation of Helen Rice class
@ Cleveland.
Appoint Mrs. E. N. Disney. temporarily,
class ., Tenley.
Accept resignation of Dorothy Lange,
clerk class 3, Financial Office.
Promote L. ]. Wright, clerk. Mckinley,
from class to class g.
Promote Blanche Rauchenstein. clerk.
Business High. from class to 2
Terminate services OF F. 8. Farley,
teacher, Park View night,
Promote NJ. V. King class 3. Edmonds
to class T. Pm, Ludlow, temporarily vice
L. Z. Glenn.
Appoint Mrs. D. l. Ebert, teacher
class 3, temporarily, Edmonds.
Terminate service OF c. B. Allen.
teacher Madicon night and n. w. jerks,
Madison night.
Promote Miss B. L Yoder, teacher, from
class 4. Maury to class Ga, Business
High
Promote X. E. Bohrer. from 5th Brent
to 9Th Maury.
Promote E. A Higgins, from 4th Dent
to 9TH Brent.
Transfer NJ. E. Yount, from Webb to
Dent
Promote n. A. Atcheson. from Sc
Wheatley to 4th Webb.
Promote Julia Mcdonald. from 1st to
Sd Wheatley.
Appoint Cora Corning, teacher class ..
Wheatley.
Promote L. H. Wright. teacher. from
class 5. Hayes to class 4, Hamilton
Promote Gail Mattox, class Taylor to
Hayes.
Promote E. C. Magruder, from class Z
wheatley to class 3, Taylor.
Appoint Thelma Davis. teacher class 2,
Wheatley.
Appoint Mrs. c. I. Thomas. teacher
class 2, school gardens, temporarily.
Discontinue services to 1. A. Applebee,
teacher, jefferson. night.
H. z. Warner. teacher class ga Busi-
ness High, from probationary to perma-
nent.
Accept resignation Of Frances Mcknight
clerk class /, Wilson Normal.
Appoint NJ. NJ. Milne, clerk, class l,
Wilson Normal
Accept resignation OF Miss M. E. Mont
gomery, teacher. class 3. domestic
science.
Discontinue services of the following
night school teachers: H. C. Haynes,
Armstrong. night; J. D. Baltimore, Arm
strong, night; R. A. Roy, Cardozo, night
Mrs. ]. w. Shaw. Dunbar, night, tenn
porary appointment terminated.
Terminate temporary appointment OF H.
A. Martin, Langston School.
Transfer Maud C. Murdoch, from Crum-
nell to Summer.
A .
Cdummell.
Appoint S. r. Johnson. teacher class 2,
Langston, temporarily.
Accept resignation of Mrs. D. L. Brown,
teacher class ;. Stevens.
Promote L. n. Brown. teacher class
to class 3, from Briggs to Stevens.
Transfer Gladys Freeman, from Reno
to Briggs.
Appoint E. E. Nickens. teacher class 2
Reno.
Discontinue services of the following
night school teachers:
Pauline Graham, Birney night; B. E.
Madden, Burrville. night, temporary ap-
poIntment terminated: I. c. Plummer,
Deanwood night: G. L. Sadgwar, Love-
joy, night; n. f. Alexander, Lovejoy,
night; A. o. Stafford, principal, Randall;
Halle S. Brown. Randall. night E. L.
Kinner. Randall, night: S. D. Matthews,
Randall, night; A. f. Williams, Randall.
night; w. A. Short. Cardozo. night; ]. T.
Brown. Cardozo, night.
Accept resignation of Charles Allen, la
borer, Wilson Normal.
Appoint w. R. Simmons, laborer, Will
son Normal.
Accept resignation of Robert Chapman,
Lovejoy.
Appoint Arthur Meadows, laborer, Love-
Joy.
Dismiss Russell Cannon, laborer, NJ
street High Douglass Simmons.
Appoint F. NJ. johnson, laborer, NJ
High Douglass Simmons.
Accept resignation of Markus Maiden,
Dennison School.
Appoint Richard BurreII. laborer, Den
nison.
Accept resignation Of Eli Brown, la
borer. Birpey.
Transfer Jesse Brown, laborer, from
Dunbar to Van Buren.
Appoint Clarence Minor, laborer, Dun
bar High.
Accept resignation of J. H Thomas,
laborer. Central High.
Appoint F. l. Scott. laborer, Central
High.
Accept resignation Of John Darlington,
laborer, Gales.
Transfer Landona Page from McCor-
mick to Gales.
Transfer Margaret Chapman from
Il