Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-10
SCHOOLS TO HAVE
| CHANGES IN SOME
| BOOKS NEXT YEAR
Two Committees Announced
by Dr.. Ba|Iou to Study
Publishers Products.

Changes in a number of text books
USED in the high and graded public
schools will be made next year.
This was indicated last night when
superintendent Frank w. Ballou
appointed committees of supervisory
Iofficials and teachers for the purpose
lof making comprehensive study of
lschool books now in use and others
(which are published from time to
time.
In organizing the text book COM
mlttees DR.. Ballou pointed out that it is
ms aim to provide District school chill
dren with the best available books.
The superintendent and other Of
fcials have felt for some time that
many of the books now in use should
be replaced by others more suitable
for children attending the schools of
today.
Duties of Committees.
These committees are expected to
indicate text books which, in their
Judgment. should no longer be kept
in use, and also to suggest new books
which should be adopted. Or. Bal
lou. however, will exercise his judg-
ment or texts, following the recon-
imendatlons of the committees.
Each committee is expected to re-
port to DR.. Ballou by January l, 1921.
IIhe superintendent hopes to make
his recommendations for new text
books to the board of education in
February. This will give ample OPP
portunity. in the opinion of Supt. Bal
lou, to secure supply of text books in
! preparation for the opening Of schools
in the following September.
Charles Hart, principal of Eastern
High School, was named by DR.. Bal
lou as chairman of the committee to
study text books in the senior insti-
tutions. The committee to study the
DOCKS in the elementary schools is
headed by Alexander T. Stuart, direo-
tor OF intermediate instruction.
| Selected for Task.
| The personnel of the high school
! committee. is Mr.. Hart, George ].
| Jones, head of the department of his
| tory of Central High School; r. N.
Mattingly, head of the department of
mathematics of Armstrong Manual
| Training School: Dasie l. Huff. teach
! er IN commercial subjects of Business
| High School; Anna McColm. teacher
or English at Central High School;
| U. S. G. Bassett, mathematics teacher
| at Dunbar High School; N. F. Brown,
teacher of English at Dunbar High
| School; NJ. c. Halves, Latin teacher at
! Eastern High School: L. w. Mattern,
chemistry teacher at Mckinley Man
ual Training School, and Nine. B. J.
| Bimont, French instructor at Western
| High School.
The committee on elementary school
| text books is composed of Mr.. Stuart,
Miss Rose L. Hardy, director Of pri-
| mary instruction; Miss E. F. G. Mer-
F.! rift, assistant director of primary in
| struction; Miss Flora L. Hendley, su-
pervising principal of the sixth di-
| vision: Marion p. Shadd. supervising
/ principal of the eleventh division; B.
W. Murch, supervising principal of
the first division; Miss Metella King,
eighth grade teacher in the fifth d.
vision; Mrs. R. G. Moore. seventh
grade teacher in the thirteenth di-
vision: Miss F. F. Schoenborn, sixth
grade teacher in the third division:
| Miss Louise Viehmeyer. fifth grade
| teacher in the eighth division; Miss
B. l.. Lucas, fourth grade teacher in
the ninth division: Mrs. L. B. Francis,
! third grade teacher in the fifth di-
| vision: Miss Bessie Brown. second
grade teacher in the seventh division,
| and Miss NJ. S. Harris. first grade
! teacher in the tenth division.