Evening star., 1932-10-20
.DR,J0HNS0N NAMED
AS NEW PRESIDENT
OF SCHOOL BOARD
Chancellor of National Uni
versity Is Chosen
Unanimously.
VICE PRESIDENCY GIVEN
TO MRS. DOYLE AGAIN
Foxhall Village Group Petitions
for Erection of Proposed Build
ing on Reservoir Road.

DR.. Hayden Johnson, chancellor of
National University and dean of its
School of Law, was elected president OF
the Board of Education at its meeting
late yesterday.
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, prominent
in womenS club and civic organization
affairs, was reelected vice president of
the board.
At the same meeting the school re-
ceived petition from group of Foxhall
Village residents to relocate the pro-
posed Foxhall Village elementary school
site from Foxhall road and @ street to
Reservoir road west of FoXhall road
The bo2rd took the request under ad-
superintendent, will study the situation
In choosing DR.. johnson for its
president the Board of Education Sc
lected the successor of the late DR.
Charles Francis Carusi at National Uni
verSity, who, at the time of his chan
cellorship at that institution, IVES presi-
dent of the School Board Following
DR.. Carusi's death the board elected
Rabbi Abram Simon, a past president
to the craftsmanship of the board. Dr.
Simon has sought for three months to
be relieved of the School Board presi-
dency on the ground that his church
duties needed more of his time than
the School Board position allowed him
Mrs. Doyle Nominated.
When Rabbi Simon called for the
election yestercay-at the first fully
attended meeting of this year-George
Whitwell, member, promptly nominated
Chancellor johnson. The nomination
was seconded by Henry Gilligan Mrs
Mary A. McNeill then nominated Mrs.
Doyle for the presidency. There was
no second, however, and Chancellor
Johnson's election was unanimous.
native of Washington, Chancellor
johnson was graduated from the Wash
ln9ton High School, predecessor of Gen.
tral High School, in 1898. He took the
bachelor Of laws degree from George
town University in 1895 and the master
of laws degree from the same institution
in 1895. He received the doctor of laws
degree from National University, where
he had taught for many years, in 1925.
He was made chancellor of National in
1881. He has been a member of the
school board since last July.
Chancellor johnson took the chair
and presided over the election of vice
president. Mr.. Gilligan nominated Mrs.
Doyle and she vas seconded almost by
acclamation several members voic:ng
approval of her nomination. No other
nominations were made and she was
elected. Mrs. Doyle is the wife Of DR..
Henry Grattan Doyle, dean of the
Junior College, George Washington Uni
verslty. She is native of Cambridge,
Mass, where she was educated at the
Cambridge Latin School.
She subsequently was graduated by
Radcliffe College, with distinction in
romance languages, in 1914. She is
member of the National League of
Women Voters, the American Associa-
tion of University Women, the Rad
cliffe College Alumnae Association. the
Columbia Women of George Washing
ton University, the Chavy Chase Home
and School Association and the Chevy
Chase Citizens Association. She also
holds membership in the Radcliffe Club
OF Washington, the Chevy Chase
Womens Club and the Monday Eve
ming Club.
Oratory Contest Approved.
The board. during the business ses-
sion, approved of the Tenth National
Oratorical Contest which is sponsored
by The Evening Star here. The re-
quest for authority to present the con-
test in the school again was contained
in letter to the board by Theodore
w. Noyes, editor of The Star.
The FoXhall Village residents OBJ
lection to the location of the proposed
elementary school was based by Lieut.
Louis Puckett. U. S. N, spokesman for
the group, on the contention the close
proximity of the school would lower
property values of adjacent homes in
the village. The protest already had
been presented to the District Commits
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