Evening star., 1927-02-17

schools. by members OF the Board OF
Education at a regular meeting held
in the Franklin School yesterday
afternoon. In taking the unanimous
action the board declared I'VE have
the utmost confidence in the admins
tration of DR.. Ballou and other admin
/ istrative officials"
| The purpose Of the vote of conf
| dence, it was stated, was to plainly
show the public that board members,
who are informed, whole -heartedly
| back DIR. Ballou up in his request for
| "a additional school teachers before
! the House District subcommittee on
| appropriations.
| The board also went formally on
| record as approving the decision of
| the Senate appropriations committee
| to have the Bureau of Efficiency make
| survey of the school system. The
members took the view the act was
| friendly one and voiced confidence the
| investigation will back up DIR. Ballou
and the school administration and
| perhaps silence some of our misin-
| formed and uninformed critics"
Investigation Welcome.
Speaking for myself" said DR..
Ballou in touching on the Bureau of
| Efficiency investigation. land believe
| for those associated with me in the
| responsibility of organizing and ad-
ministering the public schools, / want
| to advise the Board of Education that
we cordially welcome any impartial
investigation of the organization and
administration of our schools.
I'VE are confident that such an in
vestigation will show that. while OBJ
viouSly there are possibilities of i'm
provement, the schools are being ad-
ministered honestly and efficiently and
with as much financial economy as is
consistent with the high quality of
education which we believe the people
of the District of Columbia expect us
to provide"
Henry Gilligan, board member,
frankly declared at the board meeting
that he resents recent accusations
made at various civic meetings that
Board of Education members are rub
Der stamps"
Board Critics Warned.
"I don't think" said Mr.. Gilligan,
I'VE should sit supinely by and let
critics so unfairly assail members of
this board. / have taken up a spe-
cific case, and I serve notice that l
will not let any such remarks go by
unheeded or unchallenged as long as
l am member of this body"
StldI It ScI Qoi, uStAii5 p1CoAuSiAI
of the board, who presided, announced
that a decision just rendered by the
controller general will go a long way
toward clarifying the recent salary
question among certain junior high
school teachers.
BY a vote of 8 to 2 the board voted
to appoint C. C. McDuffie to the rank
of head of the department of Ian
guages at the Dunbar High School,
effective today. The action was pre-
ceded by feeling appeals made by Rev.
F. 7. A. Bennett and Mrs. McNeill
that another teacher who has served
longer in the system should have re-
ceived the promotion rather than Mr..
McDuffie. Those who voted for the
promotion of Mr.. McDuffie were: DR..
j. Hayden johnson, Mrs. Marie Hodg
kins and Mr.. Gilligan. Mr.. Carusi did
not vote, inasmuch as there was no
tie.
School Ready Monday.
Notice was given that the Francis
Junior High School is expected to be
ready for occupancy on February Fl,
the Stuart Junior High on May l and
the Macfarland annex the latter part
of this week.
DR.. Ballou, President Carusi and
Mrs. McNeill were named committee
to decide whether permission should
be given for the holding of a narcotic
week in the schools. The committee
was empowered not only to decide
this question, but also to formulate a
policy in the future on this question
if they so desired.
1t appeared to be the opinion of the
board that the cruSades are becoming
so numerous that they are interfering
with the proper routine of the schools.
Changes i'm Personnel.
The following changes in personnel
were approved:
designations Christian Gates,
teacher, class la, Abbot Vocational
School: Raymond Hewlett, engineer
janitor. Wormley School; Ernest Berk-
eley, janitor, Brent School, and l.. o.
Baum, laborer, Eastern High School.
Terminations-Mar Call, teach
er, class IA, jefferson Junior High
School; Marjorie Bradley, teacher,
class IA, Langley Junior High School;
Augusta kriener, teacher, class IA,
Macfarland Junior High School; K. z.
Stokes, teacher, class IA, Macfarland
Junior High School; M. M. Flack.
teacher. class IA, Columbia Junior
High School, and George Walker, care
taker, Randall Junior High School.
Promotions-Mildred Amiss, teacher,
from class la, domestic art, to class
IA, Columbia Junior High School; r.
J. McGowan, teacher, Macfarland
Junior High School, from class PA to
&C; NJ. E. Bowen, teacher, Macfarland
Junior High School, from class IA to
PC; NJ. G. Matthews, teacher. Langley
Junior High School, from class IA to
l2-C; Mary Short, teacher, Stuart
Junior High School, from class IA
to &c; Raymond Wilkinson, from Ia
borer, Western High, to engineer jani-
tor, Phillips School: Louis Toliver, en-
gineer janitor, Phillips to Sumner
School; William Jackson, from engi
neer- janitor, Sumner to janitor, Ran
dali Junior High School; Charles In
loes. from assistant engineer. Dunbar
! High. to engineer, Randall Junior; A.
| C. Harrison, from janitor. Slater, to
assistant engineer, Dunbar High
School; Samuel Cosby, from laborer,
Douglas, to janitor, Slater School;
Ferdinand Diegelmann, janitor, from
Toner to Brent School; II. c. Fisher,
| from coal passer. Dunbar High. to
| fireman, Dunbar High School; George
| Monroe. from janitor. Cardozo, to en-
gineer- janitor, Wormley School.
Transfers Approved.
| Transfers-M. d. Atkins. teacher
class Ia. Brown School, from grade
. to g. Marion Yancey, teacher class
| Ia, Brown School, from grade to 2,
e. l.. Reeves, principal class 6, from
| TruesdeIl to Toner School; NJ. L..
Smith, principal class 6, from Toner
to TruesdeH School; d. j. Dyson.
teacher class IA, from Monroe School
to Carbery School; NJ. L. Dermody,
teacher class Ia. from Monroe to Nor
gan School; f. P. McAuliffe. teacher,
| class Ia. from Carbery to Monroe
| School; Marion Smith. teacher class
| la, from Petworth to Monroe School:
| A. r. Entwisle. teacher class &C, from