Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-19
SCHOOLS CURTA|L
EASTER HOLIDAYS
Sessions Also to Continue
Practically Through
Month of June.
LONGER FIRST SEMESTER

| Curtailment of Easter holidays and
extension of the school year prac-
| tically through the month of June
were measures decided upon by the
board of education yesterday after
/ lost from study on account of the
influenza during October.
! The board unanimously voted
| against consideration of the proposal
to hold school sessions on Saturday,
| following a comprehensive report on
! the subject presented by Ernest L.
! Thurston, superintendent of schools.
/ Public opinion is unanimously against
/ Saturday sessions, Mr.. Thurston re-
ported.
Reasons for Opposition.
He gave the following reasons why
the proposition was inadviSable: Sew
eral religious denominations hold
, their Sabbath on Saturday, he said.
. Saturday is necessary as a holiday
from a family standpoint, as many
| purchases for children are attended
to on that day, etc. Thousands OF
| children work Saturday and have
pledged themselves to buy war saw
ings stamps and bonds with the
the homes on Saturdays. From the
teachers standpoint, Saturday as
holiday is a necessity, owing to much
sickness among the force. and hard
labor entailed on those at work. Much
necessary ianitor work is performed
on Saturday which could not be done
any other day.
Reimbursement of the school currlcu-
lum has been made. Mr.. Thurston re-
ported, but it has been found that the
work of the first semester cannot be
covered Recommendation was &C
cepted that the closing d&tN tor the
first semester be extended slightly,
which will be done by the school adj
ministration.
Great Number of Absences.
Supt Thurston reported that alb
sences of pupils from the public
schools recently totaled 20 per cent
of the enrolment, as compared with
a normal per cent. He said that IT'S
teachers are out daily on account of
illness.
The board accepted with regret the
resignation of Rev. John Van Schaick.
jr. as president. The resignation, sent
from France. was presented through
Commissioner Brownlow. No action
was taken as to successor. John b.
Larner presided at the board meet
ing yesterday.
Emory Wilson, principal of the Gen.
trail High School, who has been Sc
riously i'll for several months, was
granted leave of absence not to ex-
coed a year, with pay.
Changes in personnel were announced
as follows:
Appointments.
W. E. Shouts. temporarily, military
instructor; Edward c. Wilson, Temporal
rily, medical inspector; Mrs. Annie G.
Hurley, nurse, temporarily; Grace Cros-
well, fourth grade, Brookland; Mrs. J. T.
Burmetter, temporarily, seventh grade,
Pea body: Mrs. p. I. Ballard, GA, Central
High; Mrs. NJ. G.. Hart, ga, Central
High: Mrs. NJ. c. Buchanan, Temporal
rily, first grade. II D. Cooke; Dina Hud-
Ter. temporarily, GA, Central High; Mrs.
IL. G. Humphrey. temporarily. second
srade. Hayes: NJ Is. Hardy. temporarily,
Business Night; f. NJ Parrett, tempo
rarily, Business Night: Geneva Poet.
third grade, Wallach; Mrs. B. w. School,
ing. temporarily, third grade, Greenleaf;
Mrs. S. f. Drummer attendance officer;
Mrs. G. S. Garfield. temporarily, first
,>rade. Force: l.. o. Talbert, proba ton
2fN tenure. Manual training, a. a WAL
Eer. temporarily, manual training; E. f.
Brooks. probationary tenure, domestic
science: F.. II. Hough, temporarily, GA,
Miner Normal; NJ. Z. Wilkinson. proba-
lionary tenure. class .. Langston; Irma
Toward, substitute teacher. high schools;
E,lnora Johnson, graded schools, substi-
tute teacher: Mrs. NJ. f. Johnson, tenn
rorarily, first grade, Giddings; NJ. S.
King. probationary tenure, second grade.
ssmothers; NJ. l.. Ferguson, probationary
y, L., l. y;
l. NJ Vermillon. temporarily. clerk,
class 4. fifth division; Mrs. l.. H. Smith.
temporarily. class 3, domestic science:
A. NJ. Monitor, probationary, first grade,
SyphaX: II. T.. King. substitute teacher,
domestic art. tenth-thirteenth divisions:
F. H. Hough. probationary. GA. Miner
Normal School: Mrs. A. G. Lewis, tenn
porary teacher, Randall. night; F. E.
Parks, jr., temporary, principal, Car
doZa, night; G. w. r. RoZier, laborer,
sEastern High community center;
David Shanklin. janitor, Dunbar High;
Central, night; John Coates. fireman,
Old Central High School, night; Henry
Robertson, fireman, Business, night;
John Newton. laborer, Business, night:
Herman Nozzle, laborer, Business,
night; Madison Clark. janitor, McKin-
ley. night; NJ. V. Butler. caretaker,
Burney School, night; Fitzhugh Dick
erson. laborer, Powell: Edward Spers
for two days services rendered; Annie
w i l. e $ on, caretaker, Congress
Heights; Herman Nozzle, laborer, Bust
ness High; Odell Robertson, laborer,
Business High; John Hawkins, laborer,
Dunbar High; John Coates, laborer,
Old Central High: Madison Clark, as
sistant janitor. Mckinley High: Henry
Robertson, laborer, Business High; NJ.
A. Mcmahon. temporary appointment
extended, teacher. WOODBURY.; Ruth
Denham. substitute teacher, high
schools: F. J. Douglass, temporary,
Dunbar. night, principal Mrs. Leroy
A. Reynoldson, S. F. Smith, Helen
Perry. Beth Foss. Daisy Fredley, Sarah
Goldman, Mrs. A T. Miller, Margaret
Hughey. Mrs. E. R Boughton, Mrs. L.
NJ. Cooper, Mrs. T. B. Martin, Mrs. H,
w. Turely and Margery Hutchinson,
substitutes. graded schools.
Promotions.
Mrs. P. T. Kirk. temporary teacher
to permanent. Central High; ]. L.,
Chestnut, probationary to permanent,
Dunbar High; a. B. Hessler, fifth,
Wallach-Towers. to sixth grade; Mrs
NJ E. Lynn, fourth grade to sixth,
Brookland.
Transfers.
E. G. Hazard, kindergarten princi-
pal, Bowen, to Smallwood:-Bowen:. W.
Mrs L w vanderworker, Peabody to
Blow; Mrs. I. W. Vanderworker,
Blow, seventh grade, teacher, desig-
nate as principal; D. A. Bundy, sec
ond grade, Langston, to fourth, Mott;
NJ. f. Watson, first grade, Smothers,
to Giddings; A. c. Knorl, ungraded,
oh $ao