Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-07-10
FOUR NEW SCROOLS MAY
BE UNNAMED, DUE TO
ROW OVER SELECTIONS
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sioners in lieu of those recommended
by the board. Al its ;leeting April IL.
I however, the board declined TO accept
the names chosen by the Commission
ers, and insisted that the names 1t
had originally selected be approved.
Three days later the board trans
mitted to the Commissioners a COM
munication outlining It's reasons for
insisting on the approval of the orig
inal names. This letter remains un-
answered.
Names suggested by the board for
the new schools are:
For the school to be erected to re-
place the Tenley-Bernard T. Janney.
who was connected with the school
system from the early 70s until his
ldeath January IA. 1916 The Com
missioners recommended that this
| building be named George Truesdell.
Commissioner from March 10. 1894, to
May Z, 1897
For the school in the vicinity of
Spring road. Joseph J. Darlington.
resident OF Washington for many
years, an influential member of the
board of education and a respected
| Leader of the bar. The name Of
Charles Raymond Walker, Commits
sioner from January 81. 1888, to Feb
ruary 3. 1890, was recommended for
this building by the Commissioners.
Would Honor Henderson,.
For the Ingleside School. John B.
Henderson, FORMER United States SEN
ator from Missouri delegate to the
pan-American congress and long
identified with the development Of
Washington. The Commissioners
recommended for this school the name
of Garrett J. Lydecker, Commissioner
from March IL, 1882. to April l, 1885.
For Old Eastern High School, which
| will open in September as a Junior
high school-George Bancroft, former
to the Court of St James and to
Germany; a foremost American his
torian and a resident OF the District
for many years. Lemon Galpin Hine
Junior High School is the name sug-
gested for this building by the COM
missioners. Mr.. Hine was commits
sioner from May 81. 1889. to Septem-
| Der 80. 1890.
1T is the opinion of the board of
| education that the policy Of naming
| of schools for persons in one official
or social group is not a procedure
which recognizes the fundamental
principles upon which the decision in
regard to the naming Of a public
building should be based" the school
board told the commissioners.
Views Explained.
THE purpose of designating a school
| by the name of an individual Is pri-
| marily to serve for the inspiration and
the education of the children who, in
the years to come. will attend this
building. The selected names should
be those of persons not only of local,
but national significance, and this is
most markedly true in the Nations
Capital.
THE board of education joins glad
| ~ in honoring men and women who
which is. displayed by those who have
devoted themselves to the upbuilding
of the city, and in the Office of the Com
missioners of the District of Columbia
We believe, however, that it would be
confining the selection of names to this
group. such a policy would fail to
recognize hundreds of men and women
| who have lived lives which ought to
! serve as an example for the boys and
girls to whom, in the future, the name
eff a school building will become a
! household word.
Name Impe rative.
1.-THE board of education believes
that the name of a new school should
be selected with all due regard to
local conditions and to the honoring
of an individual, but the placing as a
continual remembrance before our
children of a name which will fur
nish the greatest inspiration should
| be the primary factor in. determining
| the selection. Such a policy would
require that the selected names be
| chosen from a broad field and should
not be confined to any one particu-
| lar class or individual.
| '"The range Of names borne by the
| existing school buildings In the
! District of Columbia, demonstrate
that the choice OF names from g broad
| field has been the practice In the past
and In the opinion Of the board of
education Ii would be unfortunate
| to adopt q policy which would involve
the limiting Of the choice OF names to
With the letter the board forward
ed to the Commissioners some clas-
sized historical Information as to the
prastice of the past In honoring men
and women of national or of local
distinction. These data were compiled
by Alexander T. Stuart, director Of
intermediate instruction, and showed
that of the 1856 school buildings thir-
teen were named for Civil Commits
sioners and three for Engineer Com
missioners.
II the deadlock between the board
and the Commissioners is not soon
broken some of the officials believe
| by hyphenafng the names chosen by
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