Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-18
BOARD FOR HALT
ON COLLECTIONS
IN THE;SCHOO[S

The board of education, at its meet
ing in the franklin School yesterday
afternoon. voted to discourage the
practice of taking collections in the
schools. except for purely patriotic
purposes.
Action was taken on motion of Rev.
DR.. Abram Simon, new member OF the
board Several organizations recent
" have protested against the increas-
ing number of collections in the
schools.
The board two weeks ago granted
permission for the gathering OF con-
fund through the schools, and yester-
day it granted request of Mrs.
Cabot Stevens, conducting this drive
here that the children be allowed 70
make their returns after the Christ
mas holidays. instead of before the
holidays begin.
Fixes Christmas Holiday Period.
The board announced that the
Christmas holiday period for the chill
dren will extend from Tuesday after
noon December %, to January
CoIored residents of Deanwood ap-
peared before the board to ask that
a community center. be established
at the school in their section. 1t was
anno,ypced that the school janitors
will be let off the whole day before
Christmas eve
The board acknowledged receipt of
a cycloramic curtain for the stage at
Central High School, given to the
school by the Kiwanis Club.
Changes in personnel in the schools
were announced. as follows:
Appointments.
lanes Newman. laborer. Business
Night: Charles Newman. laborer. Busl-
ness Night: Mrs. NJ L. Quincy. teacher.
phillips Night. temporarily: M Z.
Brown. teacher. Mckinley Night, tenn
porarily: E. NJ Tyler. teacher. Business
Night, temporarily; C: NJ. MorrlSon'
janitor. Tyler: for special ser r;tor ~
Ter. for special service Decemb Der 49, =.
M Morrison, janffor. Tyler, for addi-
tionai services December 81; James
Newman. laborer. Business High:
Charles Newman = G. lae Clark. t teaoher'
fourth grade, Benning. temporarily;
Mrs. o. c. Lawns. teacher, third
grade, Madison, probationary; MIS-.
N. B. Mccormick. teacher, first grade
Van Ness .I pr9Gatf9 n1ass Hamilton
Special, Temporarily; S. T. kimble,
teacher. Mckinley Night. temporarily;
Miss B. A. Grubbs. teacher, fourth
grade. Greenleaf. probationary, and
Cooking, Sewing and Manual Tram
ing.
Resignati0ns AccePte.
Henry Robertson, 1aborer. Business
Night: W. E. Fink, teacher. Business
Night: Henry Robertson, laborer, 6usi-
ness High: Ralph Cant, laborer, Bust
ness High; Mrs. L. b. Holloway, teac ci1
lotson, teacher, third grade, Madison
Helen Veach, teacher. Business Night;
Cecile Arnold. teacher. Van Ness;
Mrs. o. B. Keys. school nurse, public
schools: r. c. Burns, teacher, Mckin-
ley Night.
Promotf6ns and Transfers.
Miss E. E. Brooks. teacher domestic
science, probationary to permanent
l.. o. Talbert.. teacher. Manual Train
ing. probationary to permanent; MISS
NJ. s. King. teacher. Smothers School,
probationary to permanent; MISS NJ.
E. Wilkinson, teacher. Langston, pro-
stationary permanent; Miss A: M.
Monitor, teacher, Syphax. probation
ary to permanent: F. H. Hough,
teacher Minor Normal, probationary
to permanent; w. P. Humphrey. teacn-
er. Manual Training. probationary to
Central High, probationary to perma-
nentS Mrs Annie q. Hurley. nurse,
public schools, probationary. to per
manent; NJ. SP. -Burklin.. teacher. He.
brew Night. to ;Americanizsfion Ni hr
eighth grade, Henry Polk. to. Thom-
son: E. B. Lowe. teacher, Business
High, to Central High: Margaret Bay
", teacher, eighth grade. Fran KIM
Thomson. to Business High School
class ga
Miscellaneous.
Terminate Temporary appointment
Of Clare TomlinSon. teacher fourth
grade, Greenleaf School: certify to
Increased compensation for the fol-
lowing: c. C. Osborn, Business High
Night School: Bertha Christman. Bust
ness High Night School: change the
name of Miss L. C. Rupert to read
Mrs. l.. r. Hughes; carry the name OF
Harry English and Miss n E.. Simons
ON the pay rool of the I'D of ex-
aminers for the white SCHOOLS.
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