Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-07-02
CALLAHAN To HEAD
DISTRICT SCHOOLS
Election as President OF
Board Today Seen-Mrs.
Hodgkins to Be Vice.

Daniel j. Callahan, vice president
of the board Of education, will be
elected president of the body at its
annual reorganization meeting this
afternoon, it was predicted today
Mrs. Howard l.. Hodgkins, it is be-
lieved, will be named vice president
A member of the board since April
5, 1922, Mr.. Callahan has taken ar
active interest in school affairs and
was instrumental in starting the in
vestigation Of Muzzey's history text.
book by a committee OF the board OF
which he is chairman. He succeeded
Daniel A. Edwards. Mrs. Hodgkins
was appointed to the board April s
1921, as successor to Mrs. Margarita
Spaulding Gerry, who resigned.
Greenwood to Take Oath.
A feature of the reorganization
meeting will be the administering OF
the oath of office to Ernest Green
OF the District Supreme Court to sue
coed DR.. Abram Simon, whose term
expired yesterday. Harry o. Hine
will swear in Mr.. Greenwood as well
as Mrs. Coralie r. Cook and James r
Lloyd, who were reappointed to the
board for another term.
Whether to locate the new addition
to Western High School In the rear
or front of the present building will
be decided by the board. It's action
will be guided by report to be sub.
mitted by Municipal Architect Alber'
Harris, who was requested to studs
the plan submitted by an ARCHITECT
employed by Georgetown citizen:
calling for the erection of the annex
In the rsarssef the structure Tn
engineer departm ent has recoInne nd
ed that the addition be built in from
of the present building.
VIII Consider Examinations.
The board also is scheduled Il
consider comprehensive report con.
corning the methods and procedure
of holding examinations for teachers
eligible for promotion to group Z
for superior work, drafted by a spe
cial committee headed by DR.. J. Hay.
den johnson. Other members wer,
Edwin c. Graham and William L
Houston. Before framing it's recon-.
mendations the committee held Ave
hearings at which teachers and mem,
beers of the boards of examiners gave
testimony.
Outstanding Recommendations.
Outstanding of the committee'l
recommendations are:
That an increased amount of tins
be given to those taking the exam
ination.
That no candidates be allowed II
take the necessary oral examination,
unless they make a rating Of at leas
70 per cent in the written examina.
ton.
That the scope Of the written ex'
animation be limited to the subject,
taught by the candidates.
That the examinations be classi
fed in three divisions--written, ora
and personal, character and ability
that the maximum ratings of eaci
division be 800 for the oral, 800 foI
the written and zoo for persona
character and teaching ability.
That Questionnaires be not sub
stituted for the oral examination.
That the rating IS" (meaning salts
factory given to teachers taking tn,
administration of Supt. Ernest L
Thurston be given the highest pos
sible percentage of 80, or equivalen
to the rating "E" which has beer
used during DR.. Frank w Ballou',
term to designate the percentage o
OF 40. :
DnrlnE the hearings before tn,
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