Evening star., 1919-03-06
CLOSING Of NIGHT
SCHOOLS FORCED
No Expedient to Garry Them
on Adopted by the Board
of Education.
HIANHEC IRI CnunOt
CHANGES IN SCHOOLS

1 Congress, carrying with it the hopes
OF school officials for continuation
OF the public night schools. was ex-
pected TO hold the attention of the
board of education at its meeting at
the Franklin School yesterday. II
was expected that some expedient
would be adopted by the board TO
carry the money needed for operating
the night schools over as an addi-
tional urgent deficiency item. But
no inkling of such discussion in secret
session by the board came out in pup
lie session. and the night schools Will
be forced to close very shortly un-
til the extra session of Congress
when the District bill carrying a de-
fciency appropriation of $4,000 for
The maintenance of the night schools
! IS passed. number of day school
teachers earn from $500 to $500 year
~ by teaching in the night schools.
Orch stra Teacher Named.
J.. Z. Witten was appointed teacher
of orchestra and band in the musical
department of the schools Ihis ap-
pointment is an innovation in the
schols of Washington, although II
has been known for some time that
efforts to organize bands and orches-
tras in each of the high schools would
be made.
j.. All music teachers in the schools
here were invited to attend confer
ences on musical topics in Hartford,
Conn, and st. Louis the latter part of
| this month.
Changes in Schools.
The following changes were an
nounced in the personnel OF the
schools:
| Appointments-Mlle Alice Jaccard,
| as teacher class GA French, at New
| Central High; l.. E. Wittell, tempo
rarily, teacher class of music; Eli
er class GA, at Wilson Normal E. B.
Baldwin, temporarily, teacher at
| Business Night; Mrs. NJ. H. Hopkins.
temporarily, teacher third grade at
| Eaton; Mrs. NJ. ID. Vail, temporarily,
| teacher eighth grade at E. Y. Brown;
| IL. +. Mitchell, temporarily, teacher
| at Eastern Night; J. e. Zearfoss, tenn
porarily, teacher at Mckinley Night;
! Lillian Peyton. dental prophyiactlc
operator; Clarinda Mitchell, kinder
Whitcomb, librarian class 4, Central
| High School; X. l. Padden, tempo
| rarily, teacher class ga, at Mckin-
ley High; E. L. Peck, teacher third
| grade at Van Ness; Mrs. F. ii. Schuh'
| teacher class 3, domestic science; Mrs.
! r. B. Beisel, temporarily, teacher
| class 3. domestic science; E. A. Gard
| ner, teacher at Wallach Night; A c.
Thompson. temporarily, teacher at
| s270 at Mckinley Night; Mrs. S. l..
| Kotinsky. temporarily, librarian class
| 4, Central High School; Elizabeth
| Wilson, teacher class GA, at West
ern High; A. ]. Marsh. teacher Grass
| 6A, at Mckinley; c. E. Lee, tempo
| rarily, teacher class ga, at Armstrong
| Manual Training School.
| A F. Peters, teacher class l at Phil
| lips; G. II. Booker, teacher first grade
| at Garnet; E. L. Moss, temporarily,
! teacher ungraded school at Douglass
4 simmons; C. B. Curley. temporarily,
/ teacher class ga at Dunbar High;
| Frank Coleman, teacher class ga at
Armstrong NJ T.; E. c.. Walton, tenn
!porarily, teacher third grade at Ami
Idon: Cora Rockenbaugh, teacher class
H. School Gardens: r NJ. Smith, teach
er class sA at Mckinley High; Martin
Training; H. N. Dorman, permanent
teacher, class ga. at Business High;
Henry jackson, iaborer. at E. v
Brown: Nettie King. caretaker. at E.
tV. Brown: l.. A. Brown, janitor, at
Reno; Horace Jefferson. laborer, Con-
lgress Heights; Ralph Cant, iaborer, at
business High; J. B. Woelfork. Jani-
ltor, at Takoma; Morgan Peyton, tenn
lporarily, fireman at Armstrong, night;
IRichard Carter, temporarily, fireman
lat Armstrong, night: Odell Robinson,
,laborer, at Business, night; L, "A.
Brown, temporarily. janitor at Reno.
might; Emma Kenney. temporarily,
caretaker. at Mckinley. night; e. A.
Hunter, temporarily, community sec
iretary at Powell: E. F. Ellis, tempor-
iarily. community secretary at Randall; !;
NJ W. Davis. temporarily. community
lsecretary at Tyler; b. H. Taylor. tenn
porarily. community secretary at
cial assistant to general secretary
community centers; Louis Tolliver.
ijanitor. at Phillips; H. Brown, tenn
porarily. 1anitor at Lovejoy; Ellis
Johnson. laborer. at Wallach.
Rssignaiiens Pc - Dorothy HellTan' nan
NJ. H. Moulton. teacher at Business
Night; s. A. Wallace. teacher at East
ern Night; G. c. Elliott. kindergarten
assistant at Wallach; Mrs. r ]. Fee,
A. Smith, teacher at waliach; II NJ.
Leary. teacher at Mckinley Night:
Daniel Moore. laborer at Congress
Heights; Herman Mozie. laborer at
Business High: Mary Jordan, care
taker at Takoma Park; John Ford.
laborer at E. V. Brown; Mary Ford.
caretaker at Z. v. Brown: Morgan
Peyton. fireman at Armstrong: B. w.
Thompson, laborer at Wallach.
Promote the following: Mrs. r, L.
Paul. teacher at Central High, from
class GA to class 6B: v. W. Dishman,
kindergarten assistant, from Phillips
to Bell. kindergarten principal: Nj. A.
Mason. from fourth grade at Mott to
. fifth grade at Burrville; NJ. v. Carter.
|. from first grade at Garnet to fourth
|: grade at Mott; r. II. Ashton, from
! fourth grade at Deanwood to nth
grade and principal at Bunker Hill
road: G. c. Jones. from second grade
at Garnet to fourth grade at Dean
wood; Lillian Robinson. from second
grade at Lincoln to third grade at
Deanwood: J. I. Minor. coaching
! teacher, from class to class 4, from
! Randall to Garnet
Transfers.. 3. Waters. from sixth
to seventh. at West: z. B. Stefan. from
fifth to sixth. at Takoma; H. NJ. Bug
bee. from third to fouEth, at Takoma:
c. II. Williams. from third to fourth.
at Powell; n. A. Plummer. fifth grade,
from Orphans Home to Bruce: G. T.
Dodson, from third grade at Orphans
Home to foruth grade at Garnet; e.
@. Gray. from Douglass to Garnet,
class 2; NJ. E. Thomas. from third
grade at Deanwood to second grade at
Lincoln: N. M. Quander. coaching
teacher, from Garnet to Randall.
Leave OF absence was granted to
the following. A. l.. Hendry. teacher
at Brown; A. T. Howard. perpetual
leave, A. s. Moore, teacher at Bell; F.
Il. Broadus. principal at Bunker Hill
Road; Mrs. K w, Collins, and Arthur
Brooks, military instructor.
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