Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-26
SIS Ordered to New Class
rooms Will Not Go if Par
ents Have Their Say.
MASS DESCENT PLANNED
ON DISTRICT OFFICIALS
Park View Platoon and Monroe
Schools Involved in Tangle
After Boundary Order.

| The IS children transferred from the
Park View Platoon School yesterday to
the Monroe School will not attend class
in the Monroe building, but will be sent
! each day to their old school, and If this
be treason. make the most of 1t.
| This was the declaration of parents
of the transferred children. as they
threw down the gauntlet to the public
school officials this morning by send
| ing or taking their boys and girls to
| the Park View School, on Warder
street. between Newton and Otis streets,
! in defiance of the orders issued for their
transfer.
Consequently. some so of the children
and at least 20 mothers appeared at
the Park View School at 9 o'clock this
morning. where admission to class was
denied the children by Miss Emily
Scrivener, principal
Out Of Her Control.
Miss Scrivener explained to the
aroused mothers that the transfer of
the children was a move over which
she had no control. regardless of any
sympathy she might have in either
| direction, since the order establishing
boundaries for the Park View School
had been sent by her superior officers
in the public school system.
| With the doors Of the platoon school
]
mothers with their boys and girls took
/ up their watch In the corridors Of the
| building, where they remained awaiting
! the arrival of any school oficial who
| might issue new orders. until at II
| o'clock they departed for their homes
! and later selected a delegation to visit
! the Franklin Administration Building
: to appeal to DR.. Frank w. Ballou, super
intendent.
The group was escorted to the ONCE
of Robert L. Haycock. assistant super
| intendent in charge of elementary
| schools. They were advised by Mr.. Hay
cock to show "sportsmanship" and send
their children to Monroe School pend
! ing final action.
A few moments after the protestant
began addressing Mr.. Haycock, DR.
Ballou entered the ONCE where he re-
manned standing silently throughout tbs
half hour session.
! Officials Await Report.
While the mothers sat determinedly
with the conviction that their children
would not be pupils at the Monroe
School, officials at the Franklin Ad-
ministration Building were awaiting a
report on the situation from Selden M.
Ely. supervising principal of the fifth
division, in which are located the two
schools involved.
| their children we're transferred to the
Monroe School was to increase the en-
rollment in that building, which they
contended is being surrounded By
colored residents. Enrolment in the
Monroe School, they pointed out, has
decreased because many families have
moved.
In this view the mothers are upheld.
in part, by some of the school officials.
I
tendent in charge of elementary schools.
and Mr.. Ely declared that the situation
chiefly was brought about by economic
factors"
Reiterate Determination.
At the conclusion of the meeting al
Mr.. Haycock's Office the mothers re-
iterated their determination to SEND
their children each day to the Park
view School until final decision Is
made by the board. Several declared
intentions of entering their children
in private schools, rather than permit
them to attend the Monroe.
Among the mothers who were most
active in the protest today were Mrs.
Conklin Tyrrell. $40 Keefer place.
whose S-year-old boy was transferred
from the third grade: Mrs. Alfred Han
nemann, 633 Keefer place. whose three
boys, ranging from the first Through
! The Sl4II RTdQSS. were OIucLcO u dip
ferred and whose youngest child wa
refused admittance in the kindergarten:
Mrs. Lena Levine, 1927 Warder street
whose 1l-year-old sixth grade girl wa
affected by the transfer
Many Others Active.
Others active who were present al
both meetings, and their children. In
Guided:
Mrs. M. Silver, 1902 Park place. 10
year-old sixth-grade girl; Mrs. H. J.
: Nachman, 3l06 Park place, 9-year-olo
fourth-grade GIRL Mrs. E. H. Bowie,
j., SAB Kenyon street, 6-year-old first
grade boy: Mrs. j. z. Beavers. 651
| Keefer place, 7-year-old first-grade girl
. and 11-year-old fifth-grade boy: Mrs
| Albert D. Rickenbacker. 635 Keefel
. place, 12-year-old sixth-grade girl;
Mrs. B. Cohen, GIG Keefer place, r.
, year-old slxth-grade girl; Mrs. Edward
Cohen, $40 Keefer place, 9-year-old
, fourth-grade girl; Mrs. Eel Emmanuel
: 37Ol New Hampshire avenue, 5-year-
S old boy: Mrs. william Banos, 622
5 Keefer place, S-year-old second-gradt
: girl, and Mrs M. Shatensteir, $50
Kenyon street, 1o-year-old flfth-grade
girl