Evening star., 1932-09-08
EDUCATION BOARD
ADOPTS SCHEDULE
FOR NIGHT SCHOOLS
Lieut.. Col. W. N. Craigie's
Offer to Remain Cadet
Head Is Accepted.
WHITE EVENING COURSES
PLANNED IN 6 BUILDINGS
Registration Will Take Place at
Opening September 19-Dr. Abram
Simon Fails in Resignation.

The night school program, embracing
the building which will accommodate
evening classes this year and the
courses to be available in each, was
adopted by the Board of Education at
its first meeting of the season yesterday
in the Franklin School Administration
Building.
At the same session. the board agreed
to accept the offer of Lieut.. Col. WAL
lace M. Craigie, U S. A., to continue as
professor of military science and tac-
tics in the public schools at retired pay
despite the fact that for the past IL
years the officer has received active duty
pay. Col. Craigie'S offer, neceSSltated
by his return to retired status through
expressions of appreciation from mem
bers of the board.
Six White Night Schools.
Under the program adopted by the
school board, white night schools will
be conducted in the Central, Roosevelt
and Mckinley High School Buildings,
Abbot Vocational School, Hine Junior
High School and the Webster Ameri-
canization School. Sessions in the COL
ored schools will be held at the Shaw
Junior High School, Armstrong High
School, Bell School, Burrville School,
Patterson Junior High School, LoveJoy
School and the Slater School.
Glasses in the white divisions of eve
ming schools will be held on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays from 6:30 pm.
to 9:51 pm. Registrations for these
schools will take place on opening night,
September 10, at $50 o'clock. The COL
ored evening school classes will be held
on the same days from pm. to 10 pm.
in all but the Shaw Building. Glasses in
that school will begin at pm. and
run to 10 pm. Registrations will be
held in the colored schools 'at 7 pm.
on opening night in all schools.
Courses will be available IN the white
night schools as follows:
Central High School-Mathematics,
history, English. languages, science.
shorthand. typewriting, bookkeeping
ana grade subjects.
Hine Junior High School-English,
journalism, languages, history, mathe-
matics, stenography. typewriting, book
keeping and grade subjects.
Mckinley High School.
Mckinley High School-HiStory,
mathematics, English. journa ism, Ian
.guages, science; vocational subjects
such as electricity, machine shop. wood
working, domestic science, mechanical
drawing, shorthand, typewriting, book
keeping, Office practice and grade
subjects
Roosevelt High School-Commercial
subjects, including typewriting. short
hand, bookkeeping. accounting, office
practice, commercial law, English,
journalism and languages, science and
grade subjects.
Abbott Vocational School-Printing,
welding, sheet metal work, ignition and
theory of plumbing.
Webster America nization School
AmericaniZation work including prepa-
ration for naturalization.
Courses will be offered in the colored
night schools as follows:
Shaw Junior High School-Senior
high school work, including mathe-
mates, English, foreign languages, his
tory, chemistry. civics. economics, life
insurance salesmanship and CONNER
cial subjects.
Armstrong High School-Vocational
subjects, including domestic art, do
mestic science, art and novelty work,
electricity, auto mechanics, machinery,
carpentry, shoemaking, printing, milli-
merry, mechanical drawing and tailoring
Bell School-Grades l to 8 and sew
ing.
Burrville School-Grades / to and
sewing
Francis Junior High School-Grades
to and sewing.
Garnet-Patterson Junior High School
Grades l to g. sewing and music.
Lovejoy School-Grades / to 8.
Slater School-GradeS l to 8.
Resignation Attempt Fails.
DR.. Abram Simon, president of the
School Board, made another unsuccessful
attempt to resign the presidency at yes
terday'S meeting. DR.. Simon notified
the board last Spring that other duties
made it advisable for him to relinquish
the Craftsmanship of the board but an
election of a new president was post
poned, by formal action of the board,
until the next meeting at which a full
attendance is recorded" DR.. Simcns
associates reminded him of this action
yesterday when Mrs. Henry Grattan
Doyle, vice president. and Mrs. Philip
Sidney Smith we're absent. The board
agreed, however, to hold an election
at the second meeting in October
whether there was a full membership
present or not in intervening meetings
of the board are marked by absent
members.
The board. agreed to meet next
Wednesday in order to handle pressing
work incident to the opening of schools.