Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-02
SCHOOL BOARD ASKS
: ECONOMY IN DRESS
Urges High School Students to
Adopt inexpensive Gradu-
alton Regalia.
TEACHING STAFF CHANGES

resolution appealing to high school
students to wear plain, inexpensive
graduation dresses as a war economy
measure was adopted by the board of
eduction at its meeting in the Frank
| lin School yesterday afternoon. The
resolution was offered by Mrs. Coralie
Cook, and read as follows:
1.-The board Of education calls the at
| tention Of graduates of the various
high schools of the unusual opportun-
ity for patriotic service in the matter
of cutting down graduation expenses
We cordially recommend that one
simple and inexpensive dress be made
to serve for both graduation and class
day exercises. Teachers are asked to
gestion is offered to parents that they
stimulate their daughters to this
practical patriotism by investing the
amount so saved in liberty bonds or
war savings stamps.
A plan under which the board of edu-
cation and the trustees of the Public
Library would cooperate to establish
branch libraries in schools was read
by Mrs Cook and held over for action
at the next meeting.
The following changes in the person.
mel of the school force were announc-
ed:
Appointments.
B. Il. Yoder, permanent teacher class
GA. Business High; D. Y. Wilson, teach
er class 3 at Greenleaf; c. S. Fenton,
temporarily, trade instructor, class e..
Mckinley; NJ. E. White, teacher first
grade at L,angdon: Mrs; J. W. Springer.
Science; Katherine Wells. kindergarten
assistant at Brightwood; Mrs. C. r.
Thomas. temporarily. teacher class l
at school gardens: w. NJ. Laughton.
Night: Elizabeth Wilson. temporarily.
teacher class GA at Eastern High:
Eloise Tebbs. teacher class school
gardens. temporarily; L: r. Maxwell,
teacher first grade at Abbot: ]. B. Eos
ter. teacher temporarily at Central
Night; G. NJ. Womersley. teacher first
grade at Brent: r. G. Smith. teacher
first grade at Park View; I. +. Lewis,
teacher second grade at Pierce; B. L.
Pulizzi, principal at Tenley; Mrs. H. L.
Home. temporarily; Ethel Hoffman, as
principal temporarily at Industrial
Home; G. NJ. Goodhart. teacher class
Domestic / Science; Ruth Robinson.
sett. teacher class at Congress
Heights; Maria Bissett. teacher class
at Johnson; B. L. Lucas. teacher third
grade at Stanton; H. c. Smith. teacher
teacher class at Brightwood Park: NJ.
s. Dodge. class l at Gage; Mrs. E. S.
Boyer. temporarily. teacher class 3 at
Henry; w: E. Jennifer. clerk class at
Dunbar High; D. o. w. Holmes. teacher
class GA. permanent. at Miner Normal;
J: S. Thomas. temporarily. teacher
class ga at Armstrong Manual Train
ing; Marea Scott. temporarily. teacher
class l at school gardens; L. o. Tai
Night; H. NJ. Cross. janitor temporar-
lily. at Edmonds; Parthenia Johnson,
laborer, temporarily. at Gales: Helen
Glascoe, laborer. temporarily. at Force:
Mary Proctor, laborer, temporarily, at
Monroe: Peter Kane, assistant janitor
at Mckinley Night; Catherine Haw-
ktns. temporarily, as laborer at Wilson
Normal School; August Amman, jan
itor at Polk; William Magruder. la
temporarily. laborer at Force: James
McNiH. laborer at Brookland; o. l..
Homer. laborer at Franklin School, E..
Q. Jenkins. caretaker at Park View;
Mrs. Helen Bardwell, assistant COM
| munity secretary at Park View.
designations.
H. I. Zeiders. teacher at Thomson
| Night; E. W. Hefebower, Bradley,
| teacher class 3; F. c. Slater. teacher
| class at Seaton; Blanche Colt, teacher
! class 3, domestic science; E H. Jones,
\ teacher at Mckinley Night; Al Marsh.
| teacher at Mckinley Night; G. E. C..
| Hayes. clerk class 3 at Dunbar High;
! Rose Bruce. laborer at Gales; John
| Rest, assistant janitor at Mckinley
| Night: Robert Lee, laborer at Wilson
Normal; J. w. Berkeley. janitor at Polk :
| Joseph Montgomery. laborer at Frank
lin, and Mary Iefiefie, caretaker at Park
| View.
| Promotions.
K. L. Thompson, teacher at Park
| View Night. from one to two nights;
| l. c. Drummer, from teacher class g.
! Manual Training. to trade instructor
class ) at b. B. French; Belma Kause,
| teacher fourth grade at IAangdon to
teacher fifth grade at Twining; Mrs.
| Gabrielle Pelham, community secre-
| tary at Miner Normal, from 5000 to
| 5000; +. n. Moss, teacher at Langdon,
from first to third grade: r. J. McGown.
| teacher class 3, domestic science, class
3: L. w, Mattern, teacher at Mckinley
Night, from two to three nights; S. v.
Lacy, teacher school gardens. from
| Shedd, teacher first grade at Abbott to
teacher third grade at Cleveland; C. r.
KoontZ. from kindergarten assistant at
| Fairbrother to kindergarten principal
| at Pierce, temporarily; Eleanora Hem
| derson, from fourth grade at Henry