Evening star., 1932-10-06
"Guardianship" Students Are
Restricted-Seven Are
Admitted From D. C.
26O GRADUATES RETURN
FOR HIGH SCHOOL WORK
Organization of New Sections for
Increased Enrolment in De-
preston Is Favored.

out-of- town parents WHO have had
| Washington guardians" legally ap-
pointed for their children in order that
| they might be enrolled without tuition
| in the teachers colleges were taken by
the Board of Education late yesterday
The board, advised that seven such
nonresident students had been enrolled
at Wilson Teachers College. with the
| result that seven Washington students
had been kept out of the college, voted
| to continue these students for the, re-
mainder of this yeAr and to admit nc
| additional guardianship students
! whose parents still live.
| At the same time the board au-
thorized the Teachers College to en-
roll the seven Washington students
who otherwise would have been de-
prived Of educational rights legally
and morally theirs" In taking these
actions the School Board characterized
the guardianship practice as "a viola
| ton in principle, If not in letter" OF
| its nonresident rule.
At the same meeting Of the board
! it was revealed that $50 high school
graduates returned to the District high
I
| graduate" work. The explanation ad-
vanced to the board by the school Of
ficials was that unemployment con-
| ditions here had made 1t impossible
| for the boys and girls to secure po-
| sitions. and rather than remain idle
| they had undertaken to continue their
| studies.
DR.. Ballou Exposes Guardians"
The strategy of nonresident parents
| who had guardians appointed for the
| children in order to enroll them in
| the Wilson Teachers College was re-
!, vealed by DR.. Frank W. Ballou. super
| intendent of schools. in a report to
| the beard The board had limited the
| number of first-year students at the
college this year to $50 in order to main
| tain a balance between the freshmen
and upperclasSmen. The board also
| undertook to prohibit the entrance of
| nonresident students in order to guar
| antee Washington boys and girls an op-
| portunity to prepare for the teaching
profession in the District college In
framing its rule governing admission
to the college. the board declared that
students whose parents .'or legal guar
dams live in or are employed in the
District would be admitted without
payment of tuition.
Grasping upon the legal guardian"
phrase, seven out-of-toWn parents went
into court and had guardians named
for their children. Dr. Ballou advised
the board. Dr. Edgar c. Higbie. presi-
dent Of Wilson Teachers College ad-
mitted them on the apparent legality
Of their eligibility. however appealing
to the superintendent for counsel.
DR.. Ballou. convinced. he told the
board yesterday that such a proceduce
was violation of the principle and
the intent of the board, prohibited the
enrolment of additional such guar
dianship' students. The enrolment OF
these seven nonresident students, fill
ing the $50 limit on the freshman class,
prevented that number of bona fide
District students from attending the
college. DR.. Ballou then authorized the
immediate enrolment of these seven
District students so that. pending for
NAL action of the School Board, which
he anticipated would be favorable to
them, these students would not suffer
delay in beginning their work.
Seven to Finish Year.
In approving DR.. Ballou's administra-
tion of the matter. the School Board
agreed to permit the seven guardian
ship" students to continue throughout
the remainder of this year, with the
understanding that the continuance in
Wilson College next year would be de-
pendent upon existing conditions in the
institution at that time.
DIR. Ballou's report on the senior high
schools post graduate" students
showed that 158 of these are in the
white schools and 102 are in the colored
schools. Mckinley High School, with
Sc. has the highest number of post
graduate" students in the white schools.
and Cardozo, with "a. heads the list of
schools follow: Central, 81: Eastern. Is
and Western, 46 Other colored schools
are: Armstrong, A. and Dunbar, 4. Ad-
mission Of "post-graduates" in the new
Roosevelt High School, Dr. Ballou re-
ported, had been declined admission
because of the uncertainty as to the
enrolment of pupils who might prop
erly belong in that school, which was
opened for the first time last month.
Pointing out that it always has been
the custom to enroll a few graduates
who desire to take additional work,
since their enrolment did not increase
the individual school building enroll
ment to an extent which would require
LIE employment OF dQQlClOQdl GeaCllng
facilities and personnel
During the period of financial de-
preston, however" DR.. Ballou advised
the board yesterday. increasing num-
bers of high school graduates have con-
tinued in the schools. particularly be-
cause they were unable to secure en-
ployment, and in some instances be-
cause they were unable to qualify for
enrolment in college or university.
The number of students enrolled now
in several of our high schools probably
does necessitate the organization of ad-
ditional sections of students. thereby
increasing the amount of teaching to
be DONE
Post Graduate Work Approved.
Members Of the board expressed their
convictions that such additional ex-
penditures should not be refused, and
indicated further that the merits of
such service as the schools row are
providing in this direction warrants
Addressing the Public School Asso-
citation last night following the board
meeting, Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle,
vice president of the board, predicted
that the return Of so many graduates
will necessitate the appointment of ad-
ditional teachers in the system.
Following Mrs. Doyle's statement,
James G. Yaden and other members of
the Federation of Citizens Associations
who were at the associations meeting
demanded that only graduates of the
District of Columbia Teachers Colleges
be appointed to positions in the local
school system Harry N. Stull and
George Bishop supported this contention.
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