Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-09
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is GIVEN CANTRELL
Teacher of BrightWood Junior
High to Take Up Post at
Paul Junior High.

Lawson j. Cantrell, teacher in ~ss-.:sge
of the Brightwood Junior High School
Annex, was appointed principal of the
new Paul Junior High School at a
meeting yesterday afternoon of the
Board of Education.
DR.. Frank w. Ballou, Superintendent
of schools, announced that Mr.. Cantrell
was chosen from six applicants for the
position only after thorough examina
ton Of the record and experience of
each. The new principal is graduate
of North Texas State Normal School,
George Washington University, with de-
grees of A. B. and M. A.. and of Column
bia University in courses in supervision
and administration and direction of a
junior high school, He has taught in
Texas, and as teacher of science, man.
ual training and mechanical drawing,
has served at the mcfarland Junior
High School, the Vocation Junior High
School and the Hine Night School. For
three years he has been teacher in d.
rect charge of the Brightwood Junior
High School Annex.
Given Wide Endorsement.
Every school and citizen organization
in the community gave him its unquali-
fled Endorsement, DR.. Ballou announced.
Mr.. C..ntrell is 81 years old, is married
and has one child.
The possibility that at some time in
the future every graded school will have
a matron to care for its small children
appeared yesterday with the announce
ment that all delegates making recon-
mendationS for the next years budget
will be asked to express some opinion on
this subject
The proposition was brought before
the board by Mrs. Leslie B. Wright
mother, of the new Murch School, who
requested that colored woman who
formerly was employed as caretaker of
the portable buildings there be retained
as matron or janitreSS.
DIR. Ballou explained that the granting
of this was impracticable because of the
nature of the work to be done and the
lack of funds for the employment OF
any one except an engineer, janitor and
a fireman.
The school superintendent reported
progress in the electrifying of portables
throughout the District OF the &c
buildings first ordered electrified, he
said. work on Is has been completed.
Thirty others to be modernly lighted
are now in the hands of workmen, he
asserted.
S7,1O0 Sought for Land.
The board voted to request the Dis
LTlCI SOIuILlSSlOileTS W nave 1ICOIpO-
rated in the first deficiency appropria-
ton bill a provision for $7,100 for the
purchase of land adjacent to the Murch
School for playground purposes. This
action was taken on the recommended
ton of Maj. L. E. Atkins, assistant En-
gineer Commissioner.
resolution from the Stanton Park
Citizens Association asking an inspec-
ton of the boilers in every school was
answered by DR.. Ballou, who directed
that the association be informed that
an annual inspection is made and the
janitors in the buildings are capable
of keeping the boilers in good condition
between inspections.
The board granted the request of
S. D. Matthews, principal of Garfield
School. that he be allowed to practice
law and gave DR.. Ballou leave to attend
a meeting of the American Historical
Association in New York, January 81.
The retirement of Miss Marian White,
teacher of domestic science at Central
High School, was approved. The board
voted to allow Miss s. B. Kent, principal
of the Morgan School, who has reached
the retirement age, to continue in serv-
ice until June 30 of this year.