Evening star., 1924-11-02
PUPILS SAVE $45,58O in YEAR
IN AUTOMATIC SCHOOL BANKS
$lQ,I48 Record Ciues Fifth Division Lead Re-
ports of Other Activities Here Pub
lislted by Supt. Ballou.

District public school children de-
posted $45.5S0.74 in Washington banks
last year through the medium Of auto
matte receiving tellers in Sc. school
buildings, according to the annual re-
port Of Dr. E. G. Kimball, supervising
principal Of the third division, made
public last night by DR.. Frank w.
Ballou, superintendent of school Pupils
! in the white schools deposited $40,074.11
of the total.
With deposits amounting to $1e,14S.44.
the fifth division led all others The
sixth division was next with $7,91S39.
Deposits Of other divisions were: First,
s2.321.s6; second. $1.466.3S; third, ST.
1897; fourth. $7,S66.19; seventh, S3.-
603.76; eighth, $4.035.s2; tenth, S6S5.41 f;
eleventh. $1,703.76; twelfth. $616.59
thirteenth, $1,7s5.76, and two colored
junior high schools $715.11.
These tellers. which are self -vend-
Ing stamp machines, are one OF the
practical means we are now using in
the schools in an effort to teach thrift
and to develop the habit of saving"
said DR.. kimball The plan pursued
Is for school authorities to permit a
local bank. which owns the automatic
receiving teller to place the machine
in particular school and to operate
1t for the mutual advantage of the
school and bank
More Tellers Placed.
During the year tellers have been
placed in six schools, not before sup
piled. These are: Ludlow, Phillips,
Birney, Bell, Cardozo and Randall
Junior High. On the other hand, one
bank which served five schools went
out of business. Its affairs were
taken over by another bank and the
policy of the acquiring bank as to
school tellers is as yet undetermined.
Meanwhile, the tellers at these five
schools-Adams, Dennison, Force,
Franklin and Thomson-have been in
active
This year has brought out first
experience with thievery in connec-
tion with the tellers. In two or three
instances schools have been entered
and tellers carried off bodily. In other
cases machines have been damaged
more or less seriously by miscreants s
in efforts to force them open. Seven
schools in widely scattered regions
have suffered from attempted or sue
cessful robbery of this sort. Bank
loss has been covered by insurance in
some cases and probably in all. New
tellers have been supplied to some of
these schools, but not to all Of them.
Differences Wide.
I'm general there is good reason for
congratulation over the ACCOMPLISH
mentS of the year. There is a wider
difference, however, in the achieve
ments of different schools than one
likes to see. Different causes lead to
these varying results. Without emu
merating these causes, it seems suffi-
| cient to say that teacher and bank
representative are both essential
IN
suggestion, stimulation and service
must all be supplied. The bank must
give interested service and with a de-
pendable regularity. Helpful Stimu-
lus and encouragement must come
from the teacher. The very happy
experience of numerous schools has
conciusively demonstrated that good
teamwork between teachers and
bankers is sure to bring most graft
| flying results
| Supt. Ballou made public stimuli
| taneously with DR.. kimbaITs report
those OF various directors of speciaI
activities The combined reports
form the fifth installment of DR.
Ballou's annual report TO the board
| of education.
Special Schools Report.
Reporting on the activities in the
special schools. Walter B. Patterson
!
| in atypical schools have overcome
their various handicaps and acquired
! better habits of thought and action
A large increase in the enrolment
! at the Hamilton Health School, he
said. has made it difficult to keeI
/ within the authorized allotment for
! the purchase Of milk and nutritious
/. food supplies Mr.. Patterson also
(; told of the growth in the Americana
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