Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-11
BURROUGHS GROUP
CR|T|CZES DALLOU
Rulnor of Shift of Sixth
Grade, Called Unfounded,
Brings Attack.

Citing rumor, which school officials
already had declared unfounded, to the
effect that the sixth grade in the John
Burroughs School was to be transferred
to another building, the John Burroughs
Citizens Association last night sharply
criticized DR.. Frank w. Ballou. super
intendent Of schools, for what it termed
''ironclad" methods.
A resolution requesting the resignation
OF DR.. Ballou was lost sight of in the
general confusion of discussion and
never was formally disposed of.
The association recalled the transfer
of the seventh and eighth grades to
the Langley School last February and
some of it's members declared that now
there was a possibility that the sixth
grade was to be taken from the Bur-
roughs Building. Condemnation of Dr.
Balou on these bases spread to include
his entire administration, the record Of
which, Robert N. FurniSs and Mark j.
Dondero declared, sis in the pages of
the Congressional Record bearing ample
proof of his inadequacy to hold his
position"
Robert N. Haycock, assistant super
intendent of schools in charge Of ele-
mentary schools, said he knew of no
proposal to remove the John Burroughs
Schools sixth grade.
Denies BalIou Responsible.
Commenting upon the transfer last
February of the seventh and eighth
grades from the Burroughs School, Mr..
Haycock declared the shift was made
at the recommendation of Seldom M.
Ely, supervising principal of the fifth
division and the school officer charged
with the administration of the schools
in the territory embracing the Bur-
roughs neighborhood. DR.. Ballou, he
said, had nothing to do with that
transfer.
Mr.. Ely himself told The Star today
that representatives of the Burroughs
citizens organization had asked him
about the sixth grade transfer rumor
and that he had advised them such a
move was not contemplated. He said
the citizens went from him to Mr.. Hay
cock.
The Burroughs Citizens Association IS
the organization which sponsored a
strike" of seventh and eighth grade
pupils in that school last February as
a protest against the shift of those
classes.
The Burroughs association at its
meeting last night also touched lightly
when it was suggested that the erection
Of a new junior high adjacent to Bur-
IOuBAIS WOOllQ CItdDG u ucGQ 4OI GhA PCA4r
tiers, bricklayerS, etc.
Oppose. 1-HOur Parking Below Avenue.
The association went on record as OPP
posing the proposed plan Of one-hour
parking south Of Pennsylvania avenue,
giving as its reason the fact that it is
below the business district. The asso-
citation also favors the present Pension
Office as an armory for the National
Guard. Through the efforts OF the as
ISOLATION, stop signs have been placed
along Monroe between Twelfth and
Twenty-sixth streets.
With the admittance of SO new mem
bers last night, the association now
has 363 active members. The following
were named as committee chairmen:
Legislation, Joseph H. Rooms; Public
Health, John M Stockard; Parks, Ray
L. Gilbert; Public Utilities and Zoning,
Robert M. Furniss; Highway, Mark J.
Dondero: Publicity, Wilbur s.. Finch:
Membership, j. K. Lawson; Police and
Fire, William A. Horn; Athletics, L. A.
EidsnesS, and Schools, William E. Ra-
benhorst Kenneth p. Armstrong pre-
sided at the meeting.