Evening star., 1919-05-08
|COL0RED FOLK ASK
| BRUCE'S REMOVAL
Representatives of 10000,
Before Board of Education,
Seek His Dismissal.
MUST PREFER CHARGES

A delegation of colored citizens
race. appeared before the board Of
education yesterday afternoon and
demanded the dismissal of Roscoe c.
Bruce. assistant superintendent in
charge Of public schools.
r. r. Horner, spokesman for the
delegation, told the board that Mr..
Bruce, 'by acts of omission and COM
mission" has lost the confidence of
the colored parents of the city. Mr.
Horner made no specific charges.
however, and was reminded several
times by George E. Hamilton, preJi-
dent of the board, that the Colofe
Parents League would have to sub
nit definite allegations in writing
before an inquiry can be made.
Mr.. Horner exhibited a petition
bearing several thousand signatures.
Mr. Hamilton told the delegation
| they could leave the petition pro-
vided they file with the board as
soon as possible the specific charges
| on which they want Mr.. Bruce re-
| moved.
Stammerers to Have Special Care.
| Special attention is to be given in
| future to children who stammer or
have other defects of speech. John b.
Larner brought this question before
| the board and Supt E. l.. Thurston
was instructed to fnd out the extent
| of speech Affections in the public
| schools.
| The request of the Franklin Thorn
son Home and School Association for
an addition to the Thomson School,
| 18th and L streets, was discussed in
| formally by the board. No action was
| taken.
| A representative of the home and
| school association asked the board not
| to consider placing one of the porta-
! BILE schools near the Thomson build
ing.
Changes in Personnel.
| Changes in personnel in the teach
| ing force were announced as fol-
lows:
Appointments-Mrs D. K. Daveny.
| temporarily, teacher first grade at
| Hayes; Mrs Eta Ewing, temporarily,
| teacher third grade at Brookland: NJ.
NJ. z. Evans, temporarily, secretary to
general secretary; Mrs. S. B. Sutton.
| temporarily, teacher first grade at
Eaton; H. P. Money, temporarily,
S. Crook. temporarily. teacher fourth
grade at H. D. Cooke; Mrs. A. W.
Ferry, temporarily, teacher first grade
| at Gales; Mrs. e. w. Ely, permanently.
| teacher first grade at Peabody; Mrs.
NJ. B. Mitchell, permanently. teacher
| Farwell. temporarily, teacher school
gardens: P. E. Thiesfeldt, teacher
first grade at Force; S. T. Watson,
teacher. kindergarten assistant. at Van
Ness; Mrs. A. W. Ferry, temporarily.
teacher third grade at H. D. Cooke;
Mrs E. NJ. Spence, temporarily, teach
er first grade Hayes; F. p. Berg
: A.
Stockwell, temporarily, teacher ply
steal culture; B. E. Tillotson, tempo
rarily, teacher third grade at Green
leaf F. E. B. Smith, temporarily,
| teacher sixth grade at Van Ness; Miss
j. A. Hamilton. appointed teacher sec
ond grade at Wormley; ]. A. Nelson.
| temporarily, teacher GA at Armstrong
| Manual Training; Gideon Hayes, ap-
point, laborer at E. V. Brown; Will
| liam Jordan, appoint, caretaker at
| Takoma Parish Hall; ]. A. Hughes.
appoint, laborer at New Central;
at Petworth; Whitson Pickett, ap-
point, janitor at Kenilworth.
Resignations-Eliza Morton,
| teacher third grade at Brookland; NJ
NJ. Miller. teacher first grade at
Eaton; Mrs: NJ K. Powell. teacher.
teacher first grade at Ludlow; E. E.
Cranfield teacher third grade at
Benning; Mrs. H. A. MacFarlane,
| teacher physical culture; Mrs. r. A.
| Bondurant. teacher third grade at
Greenleaf; Henry Jaskson, laborer
at E. V. Brown.
! Transfers-Pauline Lohman, first
grade, from Hayes to Ludlow; Katie
Black, from West to Bennington.
Leave Of absences-Mrs. P. NJ
Hellman. teacher third grade at Alb
| bot; II. s. Sturtevant, K. A. at H. d.
a.
grade at Gales; Mrs. N. ]. Myers. as
sistant director Of kindergartens (c) !:
Mrs. f. v. Harris, teacher second
grade at Wormley: DR.. S. w. Brown.
teacher 6A at Armstrong M. T.
School.
| berg, to Mrs. L. w. Gordon; B. E.
Miller to Mrs. B. e. Nurse: G. E.
Turner to G. T. Waters; Miss L. L.
Jackson, to Mrs. L. ]. Johnson.