Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-20
DISTRICT SCHOOL
TERM FOR 1929-3O
LAUNCHED TODAY
Officials and Teachers Ar
ranging Program and Out
lining System Details.
SERIES OF CONFERENCES
HELD THROUGHOUT CITY
Supt. Ballou Inspecting New Build
ings and Repair Work
Recently Completed.

The oficial l929-30 school year was
launched ct 1880 o'clock this morning,
when the school officers and teaching
personnel Of the public school system
met in q series Of conferences through
out the city in preparation for what
probably will be the greatest entry Mon
day morning Of pupils to the classrooms
which the Washington system has
| known.
While the teachers were meeting with
the supervising principals of both the
white and colored schools, DR.. Frank
w. Ballou, superintendent Of schools,
was inspecting new construction and
school building repair work of major
Importance since the close of schools
last June. Before leaving his ONCE in
the Franklin Administration Building
DR.. Ballou had dispatched to all officers
and teachers q plea for the exercise Of
every safeguard of the school children
against trafnc dangers. The appeal was
in the form Of q circular letter which
was read at each Of the teacher-and-
officers conferences.
Out-Of-TOwn Pupils Registering.
Meanwhile. the high school board
Of admissions. under the Craftsmanship
of DR.. w.. P. Hay OF the Mckinley
High School faculty, was interviewing
and registering the last of the out-of-
town boys and girls who propose to
enter a Washington senior high school
this year. BY noon today approximately
40 OF these new pupils had been reg
1Stered and score had undertaken the
examination for admission to the local
schools. The board Of admissions began
its work Of receiving the out-of-toWn
prospects Wednesday, continuing that
duty through yesterday to complete its
task early this afternoon. Besides reg
istering the newcomers, the board Of
admissions, which is composed Of a
teacher from each high school and q
secretary from q junior high school. is
compiling data on each of the boys and
girls SO that when the young strangers
undertake work in their new schools
these admission board members will be
available to counsel, advise and other.
wise assist them in acclimating them
selves. Besides DR.. Hay, the admission
board this year includes DIR. A. l..
Howard Of Business High School, Miss
Dorothea Sherman Of Central Miss Ella
son Of Western and Miss M. c. Halves
Of thet Powell Junior High School,
secretary.
Most Of the children interviewed
carried suficient credentials to admit
them to q senior high school on trial,
and less than 20 were required to take
the examination.
The meetings Of. the teachers with
their otncers today marked the termina.
ton Of the vacation period for the
faculties Of all District of Columbia
Public Schools.
The teachers Of the first division met
with Henry w. Draper at the HYDE
School, Thirty-second and o streets.
The third division instructors met with
Miss Janet McWilliam at the RAYMOND
School, at Tenth street and Spring road,
Selden M. Ely met with the fifth divi-
sion teachers in his new ONCE, at the
Emery School, on Lincoln road and
Prospect street northeast.
The seventh division teachers met
with Miss z. A. Hummer at the Wal
ZACH School, Seventh and d streets
southeast, while the teachers of special
activities and Of the night schools con-
fered with w. B. Patterson, supervis-
ing principal Of the night division, in,
the Franklin Administration Building.
Similar conferences were held in the
colored schools, with teachers of the
tenth and eleventh divisions meeting
with Miss e. r. G. Merritt in the Cleve-
land School, at Eighth and r streets:
those of the twelfth division met with
L. l.. Perry in the Franklin Administra-
ton Building, and the thirteenth divi-
SION instructors conferred with j, C..
Bruce at the Lincoln School. Second
and streets southeast.
Tra6ac Safety Considered.
In addition to the routine business
incident to the termination of the va
cations Of the city'S school children
Monday, the teachers and their officers
received the advice Of DR.. Ballou as to
ways and means of continuing last
years record Of no child losing his life
IN the vicinity Of any public school
building through trafic accident.
Principals should give attention at
once to the posting Of the no parking
signs at the fronts of school buildings"
DR.. Ballou wrote. instructions will be
sent to the principals from time to time
by Mr.. s. M. Ely, supervising prin-
cipal. who Is chairman of the COM
mittee on safety. It is especially de-
sirable in those buildings where the
boy patrols have been organised to
begin their activities as soon as DOS
sible after the opening of the schools
A distinct step forward has been taken
by Maj. Pratt, superintendent of police,
In the assignment Of an ofIicer in each
precinct to cooperate with the schools
Of that precinct in all safety measures
organized by the respective principals.
Help Of Teachers Invoked.