Evening star., 1917-01-18
UNDPURCHASED
FOR SCHOOL USES
Board of Education Told at
Meeting of Additional Land
for Three Being Acquired.
ROUTINE MATTERS UP

, announcement was made to the board
yof education at its meeting at the
Franklin building yesterday afternoon
of purchases by the Commissioners of
the District of ground adjacent to the
lexington, Madison and Armstrong
Manual Training schools. Announce
+, ment was also made that the Powell
School addition had been accepted.
Miss NJ. +. Marsden, a teacher in the
lexington School. was promoted to the
position of director of penmanship.
This had dual interest for many. not
only in the schools. but throughout the
city in general-it marks the formal
beginning and unusually active effort
to improve the penmanship of the boys
and girls of Washington, and the ap-
pointment to the position, newly Great
ed. is from local ranks
The opinion of the corporation coun-
sci that the board of education was
entirely within its rights in making the
recent decision abolishing secret socie-
ties from the high schools was read
Teachers Retirement Favored.
Resolutions favoring the retirement
of superannuated teachers were re-
/, Permission was granted Eastern High
School students to hold an entertain
ment tomorrow and Saturday. Permis-
sion was also granted to the Health
and Mothers Club of the Womens
Christian Temperance Union to hold
meetings at the following schools on
the dates named: Emery. January 80;
Curtis. March 13: Peabody. March 20.
and Dent, March 81.
J0hn n,1S
cial Center was granted permission to
use the Phelps School, and the Mott
School Mothers Club was allowed to
give benefit entertainments for the pur-
chase of stereoScopeS and graphic
phone, provided the children were not
solicited. Howard University was
granted the use of the Dunbar High
school March l for musical festival
in connection with the semi-centennial
celebration of the institution.
j. c. Wood appeared before the board
and asked to lecture before the school
children on the care and treatment of
honey bees. dealing particularly with
their Importance to plant life. Rev. Dr.
John Van Schaick, jr.. explained how
ever. that the board had no funds with
which to hire lecturer. expressing at
est in the matter. Following the reg
ular meeting a short executive session
was held
Changes Approved.
The following changes were ap
proved:
observation-disclosures Douglass. la
borer, Garnet; Marguerite Ison, tempo
rariiy, class 3. music; E. v Bumpus,
class Ga, Eastern High, temporarily,
vice Miss Elizabeth Birtwell; Miss Eva
Burrell, caretaker, 212 H street; A. n.
Scurlock, temporarily. teacher Dunbar
Night; John Ryan. janitor, Park View;
Miss j. G. Walker, teacher class Ga,
Western High; E w. Lawrence. tempo
rarily. class 8, trade instructor in
printing; L. w. Lawrence, temporarily
Central High Night: Evelyn Naylor,
csasS Maury; Mrs. nellie Moricle class
4. Peabody, temporarily, vice Miss L.
"A nofn: Miss r. l.. Moss, temporarily.
class 3. vice r. Richardson; Miss d. NJ.
Hamer. temporarily, class 8, vice B.
Richardson, teacher, class 3, Garnet
Patterson-Phelps: C. L. Smith. tempo
rarily, teacher, Business Night: w. A.
Short. temporarily. class 3, Cardozo Vo--
cational; F. K. Parks. temporarily, prin-
cipal. Cardozo Vocational. and P. L.
Robinson, temporarily. class 8, Cardozo
Vocational.
Accept designations of Reuben Fink,
teacher, Business Night; J. E. Smith.
teacher. Mckinley Night; Miss NJ. E.
whitzell. teacher, Business Night, and
Taylor Long. laborer, Garnet School.
Transfers: Miss A. A. Shaw, kinder