Evening star., 1933-01-01
SCHOOLS ADVANCE
DESPITE ECONOMY
1882 Memorable for Launch.
ing OF Sixth High, Named
for Wilson.

Efforts TO push forward to higher
educational standards in the face Of
marked curtailments of expenditures
characterized the year 1892 for the Dis
trict Of Columbia public school system.
The building program, the Cadet
Corps and the teachers college program
suffered most from the budget balancing
retrenchments that limited all govern
mental activities during the past IL
months. The administrative, teaching,
clerical and custodial personnel's salary.
Of course, suffered In common with all
other Federal and munipical pay through
the operation of the economy act.
But despite curtailments, 1882 win be
remembered as the year in which the
Districts sixth white high school
named only recently the Woodrow VIII
son High School-actually was launched.
Funds for the preparation Of the struc-
ture's plans were made available by
Congress. she drawings actually were
purchased The proposed school was
named for the wartime President at
the request of virtually all the civic or.
ganizations in the general Northwest
section that will be served by the school.
school were included In the 1884 bud
get as it was transmitted to Congress
during the last month Of 1882.
Teachers College Part.
Wilson Teachers College played more
than one prominent role in l932s
pageant In the schools In February
the college building was pronounced
unsafe" and 1t was abandoned an hour
after school officials received the engi-
neers' report ffom the District Build
ing. The personnel of the college was
transferred to the old Columbia Junior
High School Building at Seventh and o
streets and exhaustive technical surveys
were begun on the Wilson College
Building itself. When these surveys
were completed it was decided tne
building could be repaired without tne
mended after the initial investigation.
This repair work now Is nearing COM
pletion.
The economy act dealt blow to the
Cadet Corps when it denied active pay
stains to Lieut., Col. Wallace M. Craigie,
u. S. A., professor of military science
and tactics in the schools, and his flve
assistant officers. thus relieving the
school of all official aid from trained
Army men. Col. Craigie, however, de-
cltned to leave the corps and voluntarily
remained on duty with the boys on re-
tired pay, although 1t meant a steep re-
duction for him.
The year saw the opening OF the new
Roosevelt High School. This handsome
structure replaced the Business High
School. which had been outgrown by Its
student body for several years. Another
important school opening was the new
Hugh M. Browne Junior High School
for colored pupils.
Fight Over Cupola.
In school construction night CEN
tered about eupola on the new VIII
liam Howard Taft Junior High School.
After the School Board and the Fine
Arts Commission had approved plans
showing a cupola the Engineer COM
missioner sought to save public funds
by having the building erected without
the cupola. The Fine Arts Commission
was aroused and civic groups were an
gered and after prolonged agitation the
two other members Of the Board Of
Commissioners voted against the Engi-
neer Commissioner and ordered the
cupola constructed.
Another difference arose over the To-
cation of the elementary school In Fox
l1aIl Village. After site was pur-
chased and the contract for the schools
construction was about 70 be let : small
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