Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-09-14
2 GRADE SCHOOLS
SHIFTED BY BOARD
Drive to Reduce Cost Brings
Groupings Under Fewer
PrincipaIships.
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transfer, however. at first were inclined
to refuse all compromises. but at the
suggestion of Henry l. Quinn, board
member, the matter was left open for
day, or two to give all the parents inter-
esteti an opportunity to express them
selves on the continuation of the young
est classes at the Johnson building If
this is not desired, the school authorities
will. transfer the entire johnson build
ing to the Powell Junior High School
jurisdiction The transfer will provide
the children Of the Cooke School with
junior high school facilities. which they
now are entirely deprived Of.
Examiners Are Named.
The new boards of examiners. one
for .the white and one for the colored
schools, were named as follows:
Divisions l to white schools)-R.
W. StraWbridge. principal of the Jeffer-
son. Junior High School; Miss NJ K
Stemle. administrative principal of the
BrightWood School; DR.. Ellis Haworth
head of the science department: Miss
Louise Veihmeyer, teacher at the Alice
Deal Junior High School, and Mrs. c.
J. Schaeffer, teacher at the Barnard
School.
Divisions 10 to Is (colored schools
Dr. H. II. Long chief examiner; Miss
M. L. Strong, head of the department
of English; C. c. McDuffie. head of the
foreign language department.; Mrs. R.
N. Hampton. director of art; Mrs. j.
c Smith, principal of the Sumner
Magruder School, and Mrs. I. M. Reid,
teacher at the Garret-Patterson Junior
High School,
A number of difficult cases defying
solution under the existing school board
rules on admissions to the Districts
two. public teachers colleges resulted
in the waving of the rules in some
cases at yesterdays meeting The rules
authorize the admission of students who
are residents of the District with their
parents or legal guardians. There are
some applicants, however, who are self
supporting, but who live in the District
and who. in fact, were among the last
June graduates of the local high schools.
There were others whose parents are
dead and who have lived here with
relatives who are, in fact their sole
support Others are the victims of
broken homes. whose parents virtually
abandoned them to live here with rela-
tives. In each of these cases the school
board waived its rules.
The board declined to alter its rul-
ing, however. in the case of student
whose parents are legal residents of
SIlChy SAloSS, NlN., oilo "AAO AAfS "AeAA
a brother or sister just inside the
District line. The board felt that this
was clearly a case of deliberate plan
ming to secure free education at the
expense of the District. 1t was brought
out. at the meeting that every student
admitted by the school board to the
college means the banning of some
bona fide Washington resident about
whose residence there is no question.
Board members made it plain they were
anxious to exert every care that no in
justice was done anybody.
Night School Sessions.
Night school sessions in the white d.
visions will be held this year on Mon
days. Wednesdays and Thursdays in
stead of Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
days as heretofore, as result OF school
board action taken at the recommended
ton of school officers at yesterdays
meeting The change from Friday
night was made. it was explained. be-
cause attendance generally falls of on
Friday nights because of the number
of SociaI activities in student circles on
that evening The colored night schools
will continue on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays. however.
The board authorized the leasing of
the old Tenley School Building to st.
Ann SaClOuC CIluICu lOI pdIOtllidl
school purposes for a period not to
extend beyond June 80, 1885. The
church had applied for permission to
rent the vacated public school structure
last Spring, but the Commissioners de-
cliped to enter into lease because of
the school boards statement that strict
economy in the matter of appropria-
tons may force the use of the old
structure as enrollments increase. The |
board yesterday merely agreed to make
its stand clear. informing the Com
missioners that It would not use the
school for at least two more years.
The board agreed to ask the Com
missioners to set aside sufficient funds
for the installation of steam-heating
systems in the Blair. Hayes and Payne
elementary Schools, which now are
inadequately warmed with WORKOUT
hot-air plants.
Permission was granted by the school
hoard to the Presidents Emergency
Unemployment Campaign Committee
for the District of Columbia to enter
the schools to contact school teachers
in the N. R. A. consumer drive. The
board declined request that the pupils
be used to help N. R. A. workers con-
tact their parents