Evening star., 1925-09-17
BAN UPON "FRATS'
IN SCHOOLS STAYS
refusal to Sign Pledge Is
Aut0tomatic Bar From En-
try Under New Rule.

Ties, the Board of Education yester-
uay afternoon readopted the anti
fraternity rule which has been on its
statute books since 1921. A slight
modifcation stipulating that any
pupil who fails to sign q pledge card
automatically becomes ineligible to
participate in certain school activities
was the only revision.
The rule was readopted primarily
TO remove all questions as to its le-
sahty. The court held during the re-
cent litigation that the rule was lille
gal because board members had not
oeen notified seven days in advance
OF It's adoption. Copies of the re-
adopted rule. 1t was pointed out, were
submitted to members, together with
notice of the contemplated action
Wlthln the se-called legal period.
Twining Protest Fails.
Despite a strong protest from a
delegation representing the white
community in the vicinity of the
TWining School. the board ordered
dissolution of the union between the
ABBOT and Twining Schools and
turned the latter over to the colored
system. The Abbot will become a
vocational school, while the Twininc
VIII augment the buildings in the
eleventh division. The change will
become effective Monday with the
peglnnlng of the new school term.
Ihe deputation from the Twining
school community urged the board
not to make the change for another
year in order to give the white resi-.
dents in the neighborhood who de-
sired to do so an opportunity to
move. 1t also was argued that by
taking the school facilities away from
hardships by forcing them to walk
further to school across dangerous
traffic lanes and street car tracks.
w. F. Smith, principal of the Wis
consin Avenue Manual Training
School. was transferred to the prin-
cipalship of the Abbot Vocational
School. number of other changes
In the teaching personnel were or
dered to complete the readjustment
OF the school system for the new
term.
resolution from the American
Federation of Teachers, adopted at
It's convention in Chicago last July.
requesting that one of the new
public schools be named in honor of
Sanuel Gompers, late president of
the American Federation of Labor.
was referred to Supt. Frank
w. Ballou. The superintendent indi-
Gated that he would shortly submit
to the board list of names for some
or the nameless buildings
Course Revision Outlined.
DIR. Ballou outlined to the board
the procedure contemplated in the
proposed revision of the courses of
study for the elementary schools. In
accordance with this plan, the super.
mtendent announced that he had an.
pointed a committee for reviewing and
taking final action on each course of
study before its presentation to the
board. DR.. Ballou heads this com
mlttee. Other members are Asst
Supt. Stephen E. Kramer, Gar.
net c. Wilkinson, Robert L. Hay-
cock, Rose Lees Hardy, Marion P.
Shadd, Jessie LaSalle and II. HI. Long.
In addition to these officers the com.
mittee also will include the supervis.
Ing officer in charge of the subject
when that subject is being reviewed.
The reviewing committee will CO.
operate with similar committees In
other cities as well as the commits
sion on curriculum of the National
Education Association, of which DR.
Ballou is a member.
Changes Announced.
Changes in personnel approved by
the board follow:
Resignations-H. B. Bragg, teach.
er. class LA, Macfarland Junior High
School; A. G. Canning, teacher, class
3A. now on leave of absence: S. P.
OsSar, teacher. class Ia, domestic art.
p. r. Atkinson, teacher, class la,
Emery-Eckington School; f. Il. Fair.
child, teacher, class Ia, Gage School,
d. j.. Lynch, laborer, Force-Adams
School; &. s. Parker, teacher, clasS1 A .
Dunbar High School.
Leave OF absence-Jeanette Spei-
den. teacher, class la, school gar
dens; j. NJ. Schn1itt, teacher, class
la, grade 4, Cooke School: K. c..
Reid. teacher, class la, Ketcham-Van
Buren, School; M. r. Todd, teacher,
class La. Wheatley School; A. l.. Hin
ton, kindergarten principal. class la,
Petworth School; Rosebelle Biser,
teacher, class la, Pierce Webb School:
NJ. E. Host, teacher, class la, Brent.
Dent School: NJ. d. Boots, teacher.
class Ia, Cooke School; M, E. Mocka-
bee, teacher, class IA. Peabody-H Hilton
School; M. V. Werlich, teacher, class
IA, Hubbard Raymond School; f. P.
Holton, teacher, class la. Logan
School; A. c. Taylor, teacher, class
IA, Lovejoy School; G. S. Chavis,
teacher. class Ia, Military Road
School; z. M. Bundy, teacher, class
IA. Slater-Langston School.
Promotions-M. d. Moon, teacher,
domestic. science, from class IA TO
Glass "a, Columbia Junior High
School; L. P. Hester, teacher. Jeffer-
son Junior High School, from class
"a to &c; Il. II. Kendrick, teacher.
Columbia Junior High School, from
class "a to &c; L. X. Oliver, teacher,
Columbia Junior High School, from
Nlo A IN JnfI
physical training, from class la to
class 3A, Central High School: NJ. j..
Davis, clerk, from class 2, Randall
Junior High School, to class 4, office
of assistant superintendent in charge
Of elementary schools; II. +. Jones,
teacher, from class La. Sumner Ma,
gruder, to class "a, Shaw Junior
High; H. F. Morris, teacher, from
class la. Slater-Langston. to class
"a, Randall Junior High; 3. A. Ross,
teacher, from class la, division 10.
to class "a, Randall Junior High.
Transfers-Sara Morris, teacher,
class la. from Abbot-Twining to Sea-
ton: a. e. Rodger. teacher, class la,
from ketcham-Fan Buren, to Bright
wood; c. j. Schaeffer, teacher, class
la, from Cranch-Tyler to Thomson;
Q. NJ. Hayes. teacher, class la, from
Thomson to DentBrent; M. l.. Cook,
teacher, class Ia, ketcham.Van Bu-
rem, from grade Z to s: +. NJ. Cros-
well, teacher, class la, from Wallach.
Towers to Thomson r. f. Cogovan,
teacher, class Ia, from Brightwood
TO Emery Eckington; Helen Winter,
teacher, class la, from Johnson Ban
croft to Cooke; Doris Jeffrey, teacher,
class la, from Brightwood Park to
Cooke; c. r. Johnson, teacher, class
la. from Johnson-Bancroft TO Bright
wood Park: E. L. Smith, teacher,
class IA. from Thomson to Dennison:
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