Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-03
PARK VIEW CITIZENS
TO co TO CONGRESS.
Parents of striking" Pupils
Act as School Board Votes
/ to Study Problem.

Parents of striking school pupils,
who have refused to comply with the
edict for transfer from the Park View
School to the Monroe School decided
today to take their fight to the Dis
trict committees Of both houses Of Con-
gress
This decision was reached at a meet
ing of the parents. held late last night
at the home of j. z. Beavers, 65l keefer
street. At that time it was decided by
the majority OF the parents to continue
sending their children to the Park View
School as they had for the past week.
The as yet ur1ppointed delegates were
expected to ca>l upon Senator Arthur
Capper and Representative zihlman
some time today.
Meanwhile 19 of the children &C
tually were in class at the Monroe
School today Five of these were pupils
who had not previously entered that
building in accordance with the trans
fer order Prior to today IS of the
children had presented their transfer
cards to Monroe. but at no time was
the actual attendance greater than 10.
Today's new entries bring the total
number of children 10 actually enroll
at Monroe to 40
The Board OF Educa, ion heard a Wild
range of testimony at its pEotrart9d
meeting yesterday afternoon and &c
cided that thorough study OF the whole
situation should be made before flnai
action is taken. and that pending that
final action the transfer of the Park
View pupils remains officially in force.
Despite the plea of Henry l.. GiIl4gan,
board member. who showed himself
perhaps more in support Of the rsbcliin2
parents than any other member, that
both sides stand by any action this
board may take and abide by 1t with
grace" the parents were determined TO
keen their children out of school entirely
rather than submit to the transfer.
Consequently the same p.tiab!e crowd
of little boys and girls appealed in vain
again for admittance at PARK VieW this
morning.
The hearing Yesterday was marked
by the support of many OF the conten-
tons which the rebel parents had made
by Seldom M Ely, supervising principal
of the fifth division. 1t is Mr.. Ely's Of
nee which has jurisdiction over both the
Park View School and the Monroe
School. to which the 81 children were
ordered sent, and it was Mr.. Ely'S re-
port upon the factors IN the controversy
which was anticipated in The Star yes
terday as the msans Of Official sup
port which the protesting parents might
receive.
Recommended ton AppIauded.
Mr.. Ely recommended in that report
that children residing east OF Georgia
avenue and south of Park View be ad-
rnitted to the Park View School. All of
the transferred 81 children live in that
territory, and the recommendation of
Harry c. Hine, secretary Of the Board
of Education, was signal for lusty ap-
pleuse on the part Of the delegation of
parents and civic association members
who filled the boardroom.
In discussing the ALLEGATION Of the
territory south of the school, MIR. Ely
considered also the area within two tri-
angles to the north which will be af-
fected with the opening of the Raymond
Schools eight-room addition.
My judgment is that the area tC
the south of Park View and east OF
the middle line of Georgia avenue
should be assigned to Park View" Mr.
Ely reported. This would provide the
proper number of pupils to organize
a typical platoon school under plans
now contemplated. Further. if the
southern area continues to be allocated
to Monroe, a typical platoon school
could be maintained with all the pupils
aIlocated to Park View from the two