Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-17

thurities, Mr.. Carusi gave the board
roticc he stands ready TO put his
Shoulder 10 the wheel to help III the
iiaht To gain more authority for the
Eoard of Education.
AS the matter now stands. the
hoard gets al! the criticism cuEtin'
ued Mr.. CaruSi, and there IL Ner:'
little sympathy with it's attempt 10
escape on the plea that il is hamper
ed on every side by lack Of author
itv TO do any more than il is doing.
Or. RaHou welcomed DR.. Carusi's
views and invited him 10 confer with
him on what was being done along
this line.
Gen. Fries Letter Filed.
The expected discussion over the
letter OF Brig Gen. Amos A. Fries.
L. s. A.. head of the Chemical War.
fare service. critiCiZing too much
homework and shifting of teaching
responsibility in the schools" was
turned aside when The board de 'iuel
10 file" the letter. Copies OF the lei
ter. however, are in the' hands o. :tii
members OF the board Tor Their lu.ur-
nation and, study.
Requests OF several schools Tor
electric lights brought the statemen,
from Mr.. Greenwood that every
schoolhousa in The District will be pro
vidad with electric lights before the
close OF the school year.
DR.. +. |. \. Bennett made q "om-
plant 10 the board regarding The
rating of officers Of the colored
schools lie based his criticism Oh
the promotion of II. b. Jones from
teacher in the reanWood School u
principal Of the Military Road School.
but stated he had decided 10 with
draw his opposition and recommend
tire promotion "unCer protest.
Personnel Changes.
Changes in personnel approved by
the board follow:
designations aln'euY W alter
teacher, class, IA. re,Yorth Schoo,; Nj.
L. Stodder. teacher. class IA. division
Q: Mary sherman. c,erh. business
High school Il. X. Cady. ,ahorer
Eastern High Schooi: J. VI. Lee. jan
uor. Raymond School; James Mciar-
lane, coal passer. Eastern high School.
Ternlination-J. :. Ware, caretaker,
SyphaX School.
Retirements- A N"~1 sc, :eacner,
class IA. John"rn- ancroft School;
f. w. Taylor, teacher, class Ia,
Douglass Simmons School.
Leave OF absence-A. L. Patterson,
teacher, class IA. Thomson School;
Maude Moody. teacher. class Ia,
Domestic Art: D. e. Italian, teacher,
class IA. Johnson Bancroft School;
NJ r Cupid. teacher, class "A, Doug
.ass-Simnions School.
Promotlons-J. :. Ware, from JAM
tor. SypnaN School to engine IT Janitor.
] +. took School: II. B. Jones. from
teacher Deanwood School, to princl'
pal, Military Road School.
Transfers: Virginia Kirby, teacher.
class IA. from Hubbard Raymond 70
Johnson Bancroft School; T. l..
Raun. teacher class IA, Hubbard Ray
mond school. from supplementary
teacher, to grade ,; NJ. L. Pepper,
teacher. class IA, Force Adams School,
from grade TO grade ); ). I.
schwartz. teacher. class Ia, Force
Adams School, from grade l to grade.
3: NJ. CT. Hobbs, teacher, class La,
from Blair Hayes to LudlowTaylor
School; Ernest Simonds, from laborer
to coal passer, Eastern High School;
P. w. Doyle. laborer. from Ross
School to Wilson Normal School; NJ.
E. Wilson. principal. class 6, from
New Bell to J. +. Cook School; S. {.
Lewis. principal, class s, from j. F.
Cook to New Bell School; l.. c. II.
Bradley teacher, from Lovejoy TO
Browne. teacher, class la, from Gid
dings- Lincoln TO Lovejoy School; l.. 5.
Turner. teacher. class la, from Biz
ney to Deanwood School; c. B. Manns.
teacher. class la from Ambush to
Dougiass-S Simmons School.
Appointments--T. H. Shaw, tempo
rary teacher. class Ia, Vocational
School: X. V. Edmonston, temporary
teacher. class IA, Columbia Junior