The Washington times., 1921-11-06
bALLOU To PUSH
ANTFFRAT DRIVE
|NH|GH SCHOOLS
superintendent. in First Section
OF Report, Says Board Rules
Will Be Enforced.
ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES
Lists Steps Taken During Year
for improvement Of Edu-
oationaI System.

Announcing that he intends 10 do
everything in his power to eliminate
fraternities and sororities from the
high schools. DIR. Frank w. Ballou.
section OF his annual report. just made
public, indulges in a scathing denun-
citation OF those secret societies. Tho
other four sections OF the report will
be issued later.
The superintendent, who devotes IA
considerable portion OF a lengthy re-
port to the frat question, declares
such organizations initiate against
effective management OF the school
system and against obtaining efficient
educational results.
The report deals with the frat ques-
ton since II first come up severnl
years ago. He reviews his action In
this regard and declares that parents
have complained to him that those
organizations distract the attention Cf
boys and girls from their studies.
viii Enforce Board Rules.
"The superintendent intends to en-
force the boards rules or orders" DR..
Ballou declares. He includes in the
report the rules of the school board
which prevent members of unapproved
high school societies from participat-
ing In school activities not strictly
educational.
DIR. Ballou, who has been superin-
tendent since July /, 1920. succeeding
Ernest Thurston, declares each citi-
zen should familiarize himself. through
the report, with the condition and
needs of the public schools. The citi-
zens should then assist the school
authorities in their endeavor to i'm
prove the school system.
The first section Of the report deals
almost entirely with the major ad-
ministrative changes during the
school year ending June 80 last. The
new frat rules are classed among the
important changes.
According to the superintendent
twenty-five changes have been made.
The policy of calling upon the pubic
for advice on important educational
matters is one of the chief accomplish
ments during the year, he says.
Changes Made in Year.
Changes intended to raise the
qualifications Of teachers. to improve
teaching and to secure better instruc-
ton for the pupils. basis for with
holding longevity pay, five hour day
for undergraduates and teachers in
grades one and two, age limit for
appointment as teachers. duties OF
administrative principals. re-intro-
duction Of German, changes in re-
quirement for graduation from high
school and physical examination Of
prospective teachers.
Changes intended to secure unity of
purpose and action among those inter
ested In and responsible for the school
CIV n nj fap
of teachers on selection of textbooks,
public hearings on school budget, citi-
zens conference with the Board Of
Education, appointment of committees
of teachers on revision of courses of
study. preparation of the estimates.
Changes intended to clarity and sys-
tematize administrative practice and
procedure-Age of pupils for enroll
ment in kindergarten and first grade.
valuation of outside educational serv-
ice for purposes of retirement act.
classification OF repairs and altera-
tions, establishment of a board Of ap-
portionment, establishment of tuition
fees for nonresident summer school |
pupils. ALLEGATION of class s, group b, |
salaries.
Changes intended to improve or to |
eliminate conditions which initiate |
against effective management Of the |
schools or against securing efficient |
educational results-Teachers in spe- |
cial departments not to be permanent |
ly assigned to schools, study of school. |
house accommodations, policy regard |
ing collections of money in the schools, |
new rules relating to fraternities and |
sororfties and other high school organ
izations, establishment of standard |
classroom units.
Four Other Sections to Follow.
The other four sections of the re-
port will allude to "Schoolhouse Ac-
"A New Salary Schedule
for School Employees" Some Needed
and Extensions of the
School System" and Physical Wei.
fare of Pupils"
In the first section, DR.. Ballou re-
ports that the superintendent issued
an order that children who will reach
the age OF five years by November /
or March Is Of each year may be en-
tered in the kindergartens. 1t also
provides that children who will reach
the age of six by those dates OF each
year may enter the first grade.
Tho need for additional class rooms
Ia emphasized by DR.. Ballou, who de-
clares that many school rooms are
unfit for use as class rooms.
Another change made by the super
lntendent is the passage by the school
board OF a regulation stopping the
collection of moneys for relief in the
schools.