Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-21
DIR. BALL0U ORDERS
F|VE-H0UR DAY FOR
PRIMARY TEACHERS
Part-Time Instructors Will
Assist in Larger Inter-
mediate Grades.

4 An order requiring teachers in the
/ primary grades Of the public schools
1 to work a full five-hour day instead
i Of three and a half hours, as at pres
1 ent. was issued yesterday by Supt.
Frank w. Ballou and approved by the
board of education. The part-time
| teachers now will be required to tutor
backward children in their own classes
! grades who have large classes.
Explaining the order, DR.. Bal1ou
stated that since the basic salary of
! all teachers in all classes of ele-
mentary schools is uniformly $1,000 a
year. there no longer exists any justi-
| fication for differentiation among the
! teachers of the various salary groups
1 with regard to the number of hours a
j day that the teacher of each group
i shall serve.
/ 1T should be clearly understood"
| said DR.. Ballou, that in adopting this
ing in the immediate future pupils in
grades one and two to attend school
for more than the three-and-a-half-
hour session, which is the present
duration of the attendance of such
classes. Any attendance of pupils of
Ii grades one and two for period longer
than the three and a half hours daily
will be a voluntary matter, to be de-
cfded on by the parents Of such
Il pupils"
I Granted Leave Of Absence.
i The board granted Supt. Ballou a
leave Of absence from October 81 to
| November 2. inclusive, to attend a BAN
i quet in his honor in Boston. where he
/ was a former assistant superintendent
/ of public schools. and to inspect public
i educational institutions in New York.
i Announcement was made that meet
ing of the teachers council will be held
i Wednesday, November 10. at pm. at
the Franklin School. The question of
i teachers salaries will be threshed out
at the council meeting.
!! Edwin c. Graham and Daniel A. Ed
Il wards, new members of the school
board, were sworn in at the public ses-
sion of the school governing body by
Harry o. Hine. secretary Of the board.
Coach Still Suspended.
Suspension of Louis A. Battersby.
teacher in class ga Business High
coach. was ordered continued. The
1 charge preferred against him is absence
i without official leave. The former
coach now is said to be teaching in the
schools at Fresno, Calf
H Miss Ina c. Emery. originator of the
4 children's pageant which is to be staged
at Central High School Saturday night.
Il reported to the board tho progress Of
7 her plans for the affair.
/ The board approved the appointment
of 21S night, school teachers and prin.
cipals. One hundred and fifty-six Of
them are white and 112 colored.
Other changes in personnel approved
by the board are as follows:
Nisht SCHOOL Appointments.
| Appoint the following teachers and
principals Of the night schools, as
signed to the school designated:
Mckinley High Night-Genevieve
Marsh.
Old Central Night-C. E. christiani,
Zoe Malcolm, Wilhelmina Rhode, NJ.
M. Donovan. airline Du Four, K. Y.
Cowling, G. G. Meyer and Cora Nc
Carly.
Henry Night school-c. K. Finckel.
principal: NJ. R. O'Brien. B: p.
Aldridge, G. R. Smith, A. e. Sullivan
and N. H. Barnes, teachers.
Park View Night. 8. Farley.
principal: J. s. oliphant, X. 6. Whit
comb. r. J. Werner and x. L.
principal; r. q. Marsden, C. n. Ship
ley and F. A. Colford, teachers.
Central High Night print shop-C.
S. Fenton, teacher:
principal; w. A. Horstkamp and o. E.
Burroughs. teachers.
Northeast Industrial Night-C. w.
Warren, I. C.. Barrows and A. F.
Maitland.
Mckinley High Night-Natalie DER
mier. Janette samuels, Louise Ayers,
I. F. O'Neal,' c. G. Eichlin. M D.
O'Connor, A J. Marsh, s. ]. Mauchly,
Irving Coggins, J. e. Zearfoss, D. e.
Drummy, n. A. Sotzin. Fannie Cassin,
Q. H. Fursley.' M. c. Brown and E. P.
Hughes.
ford, Nellie Richards. E. NJ. Hold,
Mary OBrien. H. F. Warning and c. J.
western High Night-E. s. Newton.
principal; s: H. Gardner; G; r: Dewitt oeg +
E. Buckley, teachers.
Business High Might. S: Mann,
Eda Burlack. H. N. Dorman. Frances
Young, L. v. Keathley. G. A. Blume,
w. A. Hearsill. C. M. Davidson. A. 8.
Hazelton. R. F. Parker; 9: NJ johnson,
gan, A. B. Figueroa. b. L. Acher. F. L.
McCrurn. B. E. Bozman. e. L. Brown,
A. M. Forbes. Estelle Fenno. ]. M.
Gantley, E. c. Garrettson, = Q. Har-
ned. H. P. Hoover. l. N. Hunt. N. p.
Pierpont, s. H. Rife. G: L. Smith. P. E:
Shorb, Nellie Slack. Hazel Davis and
w. J. lTastet. teachers.
Eastern-W allach-M. A. Whitson. M.
F. Murray. v. E. Opdyoke, E. A. Ben
|OLiel, M. A. Mcmahon and May Raj
terry, teachers.
Mckinley High-L. M. Mattern, head
of department.; F. w. Richardson.
Ferd Erickson and L. E. Stewart.
teachers.
Mckinley High Night-Teachers, G.
NJ Lane. J. ]. Thomas and s. E. Kim
principal. N. s. Ripley; heads Of de-
partments. l. M. Heron. D. C. Jack
son, H. b. White and r. w. Straw
bridge; teachers. A. G. Thomas. Vens
Spence, E.. K. Draper; n: H: White,
Business High Night-Teachers. Eu-
lalia Locaze, NJ. T. McKenna, E. c. Mar
lette, Celeste Mosher, c. M. Guyon, L. M.
Foss, Irene Orndorff, N. c. Curtis,
Sybil Cooper, g. H. Walks: E. c. Wes-
Yoder, Bertha Christman, Mary Clary,
C. r. Cox, r. A. Culbertson, L. M.
Denit, G. E. Eaton and c. r. Earring
Business High School Night-Prin-
cipal. F. E. Lucas; assistant prinGi.
teachers. E. B. Lucas. Harry Mills
eastern -wa1lach Night Principal.
Charles Hart: assistant principal. M.
H. Burroughs; teachers, G. A. Van
Dorent NJ. B. Hardy. M l. Underwood.
Elizabeth Harris. Margaret Bayly. ].
E.. HILL C. e. Combs and o. F. Quier.
Colored Night Schools
Armstrong Night. P. Taylor. prin-
cipaI Temporary; r. B. Wilkinson,
r. E. Martin. L. r. Fears. c. w. Childs.
F. C. .JohnsonA M. v. Johnson. e. D.
Burren. =; T: Stokes. I. E. Giles. F.
moreland, J. ]. Jones. E. H. Lawson,
W. c. Chase, T. T. McKenny, J. A.
Walker. L. M. Robinson and G. A.