The Washington herald., 1917-01-04
Wage INCREASE SHOULD
INCLUDE D. {. SCHOOLS.
Board Will Stand by Estimates and
Petition Congress.

That the employees of the District
schools should not be exempted from any
general increase in salary granted gov
ernment employees and workers In other
branches Of the District service. was the
unanimous opinion Of the Board Of Edu-
cation as expressed in a resolution pass
ed at yesterdays meeting
DR.. Van Schaick, chairman Of the
board, felt that the members should
stand by their estimates submitted In
October. but at the same time make II
plain that the teachers, janitors and
other school employees should not be dis
eliminated against when a general In
crease is contemplated. The ways and
means committee of the board was au-
thorized to appear before Congress In
support OF the increases.
The board refused to concur in the
opinion OF the Comptroller Of the Treas
ury that children of army officers To-
Gated at Fort Myer, Va, were not en-
titled to free tuition In the District. DR..
Van Schaick expressed the opinion that
army officers, located here for the de-
tense Of the Capital were entitled to
community facilities and believed . mar
row Interpretation had been placed upon
the law. 1t was voted to give the chair
man and the superintendent the right
to argue this point before the proper
authorities and the power to seek relief
from Congress II II II made necessary.
The Washington Society Of Fine Arts
was given authority to use the audi
torium Of the new Central High School
to entertain the delegates to the National
Society Of Fine Arts on February g.
A communication from Lewis NJ. Thay-
er was read. as follows:
THE inclosed clipping from The Wash
ington Herald receives the hearty in
dorsement OF the writer. In my opinion
a grave mistake would be made should
an incompetent person be placed in
charge Of the new printing plant In the
Central High School
The employing printers anticipate ap-
plications from these students to finish
their trade with them. and unless school
ed by very competent, up-to-date in
structor. they would have to commence
at the bottom Of the ladder again. In
fact, their acquired knowledge would be
OF no account unless 1t could be applied
to the present high-erade standards
which the public demands from printers
in this age"
In reply to this Superintendent of
Schools Thurston stated that he was
making an intimate study of the prob
lem involved with the teaching Of print
Ing In the high schools. He said the fact
that the present graded salary schedule
printer at the trade rates was only one
Of the questions that must be solved.
The matter of holding the South At
lantic amateur outdoor athletic cham
pionship games at the new Central High
School stadium, and a request for per-
mission to use the new Central High
School Hall on February q for amateur
theatricals was referred to DR.. Van
Schaick and the superintendent to de-
termine whether such permission could
be granted under the law.
The following changes were approved:
Appoint Miss G. z. Brooks temporarily. class ).
domestic art.
Promote Mir z. N. Brown from teacher class l.
Cardozo Vocational School, to principal, temporz-
rily. Of Street Vocational School.
Transfer Miss II. B. Wilkinson from class s. do
nestle art. to Cardozo Vocational.
Terminate temporary appointment Of NJ. L. Her
cent. Ga Mckinley.
Appoint J. z. Wood Temporarily Ga Mckinley.
Appoint temporarily NJ. L. Hercent, Ga, Central
High.
Appoint Helen Hannah, K. A. Dent
Transfer Mrs. J. W. Shaw teacher from Arm
strong Night TO Dunbar Night.
Reinstate Miss II. z. Richards, teacher class s.
Syphax School.