The Washington herald., 1919-03-06
PROF. WHITFIELD
NAMED SCHOOL
MUSIC TEACHER
Long Contested Question
of Bandmaster Finally
Settled.
BEGIN DUTIES AT ONCE
Board Announces Teachers
Attending Summer Schools
VIII Be Paid.

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bers at regular meeting held at the
Franklin School yesterday afternoon
approved the appointment OF L. (.
Whittell as a teacher of wind instru-
ments they put their okeh on a long
contested campaign to have a band
master in Washington's public
schools.
Prof. Whittell will Immediately take
over this feature OF the schools musi-
cal programs and hopes to progress
so rapidly that he will be able to show
some of the pupils efforts at the
spring entertainments and athletic
events.
An invitation was issued to all
teachers in the schools to attend con-
ferences in Hartford, Conn, and st.
Louis. 1t was pointed out to these
teachers that they would be granted
pay with leave for this purpoSe.
Following is a list of the appoint
ments, designations, promotions and
tansfers which were approved at the
meeting yesterday Afternoon:
Appointments.
niAit. AllCc JdCCdIu as ledCileT CLASS
GA, French. at New Central High;
l. E. Wittell, temporarily, teacher
class three of Music; Elizabeth Hum
mers, temporarily. teacher class GA at
Wilson Normal; L. B. Baldwin, tenn
porarily, teacher at Business Night;
Mrs. NJ. H. Hopkins, temporarily,
teacher third grade at Eaton; Mrs.
NJ. D. Vail, Temporarily, teacher eighth
grade at Z. V. Brown: H. F. Mitch
ell, temporarily, teacher at Eastern
Night; ]. E. Zearfoss, temporarily,
teacher at Mckinley Night; Lillian
Peyton, dental prophylactic operator;
Clarinda Mitchell, kindergarten AS
sistapt at Wallach: A. J. Whitcomb,
librarian class four. Central High
School; X. l. Padden, temporarily,
teacher class ga at Mckinley High
Z. L. Peck, teacher third grade at
Van Ness; Mrs. F. H. Schuh, teach
er class three Domestic Science; Mrs.
r. B. Beisel. temporarily. teacher
class three Domestic Science; E. A.
Gardner, teacher at Wallach Night;
A. G. Thompson, temporarily, libra
rian class four, Central High School
Elizabeth Wilson, teacher class ga
at Western High; A. ]. Marsh, teach
er class GA at Mckinley; c. E.
AS[Cs NCAAlpOl army. ltdCDeE CLASS bA al
Armstrong NJ. T. School; A. F. Pc
ters, teacher class one at Philips; G.
H. Booker. teacher first grade at
Garnet; E. l. Moss. temporarily,
teacher ungraded school at Doug
lass-Simmons.
c. 3. Curley, temporarily teacher.
class GA at Dunbar High; Frank
! Coleman. teacher, class ga at Arm
strong NJ. T.; E. c. Walton, tempo
rarily teacher, third grade at Ami
don; Cora Rockenbaugh. teacher,
class l School Gardens; r. NJ. Smith,
teacher. GA at Mckinley High; Mar
tin Barnfather. teacher. class 3,
Manaul Training; II. n. Dorman.
permanent teacher. class GA at Busi-
ness High; Henry Jackson, laborer
at E. V. Brown; Nettie King, care
taker at E. V. Brown; L. A. Brown.
janitor at Reno: Horace Jefferson,
laborer at Congress Heights; Ralph
Cant. laborer at Business High; ].
3. Woolfork, janitor at Takoma
/ Morgan Peyton, temporarily fireman
at Armstrong Night; Richard Car
ter. temporarily fireman at Arm
strong Night; Odell Robinson,
! laborer at Business Night; L. A.
Brown, temporarily janitor at Reno
! Night; Emma Kenney, temporarily
caretaker at Mckinley Night; z. A.
Hunter. temporarily community sec
retary at Powell: E. F. Ellis, tempo
rarily community secretary at Ran
dali: NJ. w. Davis, temporarily COM
munity secretary at Tyler; B. H.
Taylor, temporarily community sec
retary at Toner: B. D. King, tempo
raril special assistant to general
EaPrator,r
Tolliver, janitor at Phillips: ]. H.
Brown, temporarily Janitor at Love
JOY; Ellis johnson, laborer at Wal
ZACH.
ResiGnations.
Dorothy Hellman. teacher third
grade at Eaton; Mrs. H NJ. Moulton,
teacher at Business Night; S. A, Wal
lace, teacher at Eastern Night. q
c. Eliot. kindergarten assistant at
Wallach: Mrs. R. J. Fee, teacher
third grade at Van Ness; J. A. Smith.
teacher at Wallach: H. NJ. Leary,
teacher at Mckinley Night; Daniel
Moore, laborer at Congress Heights: ::
Herman Mozie, laborer at Business
High: Mary Jordan, caretaker at f.
V. Brown; Morgan Peyton, fireman
at Armstrong: B. w. Thompson, la
oorer at Wallach.
Promotions.
Mrs. f. L. Paul, teacher at Cen
tral High, from Glass ga to Class
OBJ; V. w. Dishman. kindergarten as
slstant. from Phillips to Bell, kim
dergarten principal; NJ. A. Mason.
from fourth grade at Mott to fifth
grade at BurTVille; NJ. V. Carter,
from frat 10 -
grade at Mott: r. II. Ashton, from
fourth grade at Deanwood to fifth
grade and principal at Bunker Hill
road; c. 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: ]. 1. Minor, coaching
teacher. from Glass to~Class 4 from
Randall to Garnet.
Transfers.
). B. Waters, from sixth to sew
enth at West School; Z. B. Stefan.
from fifth to sixth at Takoma: II.
NJ. Bugbee, from third to fourth at
Takoma; c. H. Williams, from
third to fourth at Powell; N. A.
Plummer, fifth grade, from Or
rhans' Home to Bruce; G. T. Dod-
son. from third grade at Orphans
Home. to fourth grade at Gar
net; E. G. Gray. from Douglass
to Garnet, class two; 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.
A. l.. Hendry, teacher at Brown:
A. T. Howard. perpetual leave; A.
5. Moore, teacher at Bell; F. r.