Evening star., 1923-02-22

read the book and was in a position
10 say that it is emphatically not
un- n-American, and that it contains no
un-patriotlc statements
Instruction Hours Lengthened.
Upon recommendation OF DR.. Bal
lou the supervising principals were
authorized to lengthen the time of
instruction in the first and second
grade to five hours a day, at the be-
ginning OF the new school year in
september. 1t is not the intention of
the school authorities to put this
plan into operation in the entire
system simultaneously, Dr. Ballou eX-
planned. but only in school buildings
where facilities are available.
Ire hVe- -hour-a-day program for
tenoent said. is not designed to give
the children more work to do. but
simply to give them more time i'm
which to do the work
me board authorized DR.. Abram
simon, president, to make a request
10 the commissioners to ask Congress
iCf an emergency deficiency appro-
prlatton of 100000 to- replace the
school supplies destroyed in the fire
tuesday night at the public school
northeast DR.. Ballou said that if
TINS money is not secured many pupils
VIII be forced to furnish their own
materials throughout the remaindeT
OF the current school year
Action on recommendation that
the superintendent of schools be au-
thorized to sign the public school pay
roll in lieu of the president of the
school board was deferred until the
next meeting. pCir nipally because Of
Johnson
Changes i'm Personnel
Changes in personnel approved by
Rcsignations-C A. Newton. teach
err, class 3. Domestic Art; Carolyn All
ken, teacher, class B, Van Buren
school; NJ. L. Frost, teacher. class >.
Grant School; Sam Aiken. teacher.
class >. Webster School; ID. a. Har-
Eett. caretaker. Kingsman School; j.
F, Meany. coal pasSer. New Eastern
High School; J. j. NalIey. Iaborer,
New Eastern High School; John Poul-
%ton. laborer. New Eastern High
er. class 8, Shaw Junior High School
Terminations-N Nettie King care
taker, Z. Y. Brown school: G. L. Will
kInson. caretaker, Garrison School;
NJ. NJ Cooke, teacher. class 3. O Street
Vocational School: H. Il. Alexander
School: E. b. Lisc mby. teacher. class
GA, Armstrong. Manual Training
school: G. l.. Watkins, teacher, class
3, Shaw Junior High School.
Leave OF absence - Ii. {. SchertZ,
teacher. class GA. Central High school;
u. ii. Thrasher. teacher. class l. Gar
rison- cleveland School: l.. G Carpen-
ter. teacher. class ., Reno School.
Promotions-Carolyn Aiken. teacher.
Van Buren School, from class . to
class 3: l.. l.. Marshall. teacher. from
class ,. Slater-Langston School to
class >. physical training department:
+. L. Skinker. teacher. from class .
Garrison cleveland school, to class
j.. physical training department.
class 4, from Blow School to domestic
art: n. w. Merriam, teacher. class 4.
from John Eaton School. to music: II
r. Hall, teacher. class >. from Blair
Hayes School to special class. Blair
Hayes School: NJ V. Littleton. teach
er. Bryan school. from grade to
grade 5; NJ 6. Henry, teacher, Bryan
school. from grade ) to grade 4 NJ
T.: McGroarty. teacher. class 4. from
Fillmore school t6>John Eaton school
a. /. Richmond. teacher, Fillmore
school. from grade ) to grade 6; II.
{. Smith, teacher. class >. from Car
berry School to Johnson-Powell School
W. A. s Smith. from laborer, New
Eastern High School. TO caretaker,
from janitor. Hilton School. to labor
er. New Eastern High School; L. |.
Thomas, teacher, class ,. from Mont
Gomery School to Reno school
Appointments-R. r. West, teacher
temporary, class 4. Fillmore School
T.. Q. Ormo, teacher, probationary
class >, Gales-Blakc School; Ruth
Lindsay. temporary teacher. class 3
Gales Blake school; L. NJ Diane
temporary. teacher, class >, Eckington
School; L. X. Purinton, temporary
teacher. class 2, Carbery School: II
@. Clover, temporary teacher. class
! ), domestic art: r. NJ. Holloway
| temporary teacher. class 3, domestic
art; Helen Monar. temporary teacher