Evening star., 1928-04-05
FIRE REPORT FAILS
TOAROUSE BOARD
Steel Curtain to Be Erected
| on Central High Stage,
! BalIou States.

Little concern over the contention oil
the District fire marshal that the Cen
sral High School Auditorium is fire
trap Was evinced by the Board of Edu-
= cation at its meeting in Franklin Ad-
ministrstlon Building yesterday after
moon when the Fire Department. on
risl'S report TO the Commissioners was
presented to the board in s conansuni-
cation from Commissioner Dougherty.
& Or, Frank w. Ballou, superintendent
of schools declared that the auditorium,
Is no more of a fire hazard than 1t ever
ass< been, and that the allegation THAT
st IS a menace 10 assembled audiences
is nothing new, Previous complaints.
he said, resulted in an appropriation by
Congress OF funds for the installation
If a steel curtain This money vas
ssvailsole last Summer. but the work
cf erecting the curtain could not have
been completed in time for The opening
aof school last September, Consequent
Nv. DR.. Ballou told the members of the
board. the curtain will be installed fol-
Sowing the close of the current school
session.
The discussion of the fire marShals
report on Central High School was the
second item on the board calendar for
the meeting. snd later in the session
the board was called upon by the Sergt.
Jasper Post Of the American Legion to
grant il permission to stage an. enter
ssainment in the Central Auditorium.
Following & brief discussion, in which
She individual members of the board
considered carefully the R6visahility OF
allowing such use TO be made of the
hall. the petition was refused On the
ground that fixed rule forbade the
use OF school buildings for activities in
Rilich the sponsoring organization would
receive financial gain.
Plans Benefit Show.
In its letter to the Board of Educa-
ton the Sergt Jasper Post declared 1t
desired 10 stage q show for the enter
tainment Of disabled veterans OF the
World War who are housed in hos
pitals in and about washington and to
raise funds 10 assist the post in giving
financial aid to the disabled veterans
and dependents of those veterans who
have died.
The board set April Ia as the date OF
The annual conference between its men,
hers and representatives of civic aSso-
Citations and trade bodies for the pur-
pose Of discussing the needs of the
school system, with view TO framing
the next appropriation bill for submis-
sion to the Commissioners. the Bureau
Of the Budget and Congress AT the
next conference, which. viii be held ID
the assembly han of the Franklin
School, the school budget for the fiscal
year 1890 viii be discussed.
Five scholarships in the Washington
COLLEGE Of Law and one In gas engineer
Ing at Johns Hopkins University were
accepted by the board at yesterdays
meeting. The washington College Of
Law. which for 20 years has offered one
Scholarship each year to the students
cf Business High School. this year in
creased its gift by offering a scholar
Rf1ip TO each of the five high schools OF
divisions / through Q. These embrace
the Central, Eastern. Western, Business
and Mckinley Technical High Schools.
Each of the proffered scholarships is
Tor three years, and each Is valued at
&1QO per year.
The washington Gas Light Co. Of
fered its fourth scholarship to Johns
H8nkins University. and il is open TO
sWl1fte male high school students" Its
value is $3.50 and it entities its holder
tn a fun four-year course. The six
Scholarships were accepted by the board
wsth its thanks.
II The resignation as q member of the
Board OF Education OF Mrs. Lillian Y.
Eerron. placed recently with the justices
OF the District Supreme Court, was
brought officially before the board yes
1erday. In q communication addressed
q the board by Mrs. Marie Hodgkins.
d member the regret Of the entire board
ef Mrs Herron's resignation and its
tribute 70 her service with that body
sere expressed as part Of the minutes
of the meeting.
Cammends Service.
3 In addition TO expressing the wish
that Mrs. Heron soon viii be restored
o. good heaith-she resigned because Of
AinesS-the board IN Mrs. Hodgkins
Communication recorded its sense Of
loss TO the cause of public education in
Washington. due to the severance Of