Evening star., 1934-06-22
EXPERTS TO. LEAD
CHARACTER STUDY
FORD.C. TEACHERS
Board of Education to Hire
Three Consultants for In
stitute Opening July rs.
$4,000 APPROPRIATION
AVAILABLE FOR WORK
Course Is Preparatory Step
Toward Experiment in Eight
Schools Next Year.

The Board OF Education, at its nnal
meeting of the Summer this morning.
authorized employment of three ma
tionally known educational consult
ants to conduct the Character Educa-
ton Institute for local teachers, which
will open here July 25.
DR.. Frank w. Ballou. superintend-
eut of schools, told the board that
those selected to be in charge of the
institute are DR.. w. w. Charters, d.
rector of educational research, Ohio
State University; DR.. Ben D. Wood
professor of psychology, Columbia
University. and DR.. Charles r. Mann
director of the American Council on
Education.
The board authorized compensation
for each consultant not to exceed $50
a day, and necessary travelling ex-
penses. The institute will last for
three weeks, and at least one of the
consultants will be on duty during
the entire period. DR.. Ballou said.
$4,000 Provided for Work.
The last appropriation act for the
District provided $4,000 for payment
of compensation and travelling eX-
penses for consultants employed in
character education.
The institute is the preparatory
step toward Inauguration of the
character education experiment to be
conducted in eight of the Districts
public schools next year.
In recognition of his long salts
factory service, the board recommend
ed to the District Commissioners that
they extend the period of service OF
Harry o. Hine, board secretary, who
was to have been retired when
he reached his SEVENTEEN birthday
July "a.
Mr.. Hine has been secretary TO the
board for 27 years, and has been en-
gagged in educational work for so years
from the time he first taught in a
little school house in a small Penn
syIvania town.
Praised for Work
The resolution concerning the Hine
term extension stated the board wished
to express to him its appreciation OF
the efficient services he has rendered
as its secretary during the period OF
over quarter of a century he has
held that Office, and also for. the
genial and courteous manner he has
uniformly maintained toward all with
whom he has come in contact"
The extension was recommended
that the board may not be deprived
of the benefit of the varied and unique
services he has so long, so efficiently
and so faithfully rendered to it."
The District Commissioners were
requested by the Board of Education
to defer action on the sale of the ole
Tenley School, Wisconsin avenue anc
Yuma street, until it is definitely de-
termined that the property is nc
longer needed for school purposes.
Sale Has Been Protested.
The last Congress authorized tht
Commissioners to dispose of thi
property Since that time the Boart
of Education and a number of citi
zens' associations had protested
against it's SALE The board asked tn,
Commissioners to give it an opportu
nifty to be heard before any action i
taken looking toward sale of tn,
school
DIR. Ballou told the board the schoo
enrolment for the District showed al
increase this June of 1850 over las
year; the figures we're 85,789 on Jun,
IA this year and 83,929 on June las
year.
The retirement of the following
teachers was authorized: Miss Grace
Vale, Central Higha6chool; Miss A. A
Hinkel, Hine Junior High School, ant
Mrs. Harriet E. King, Slater-Langstor
School.
A commemorative resolution on tn,
death of Maj Raymond o. Wilmarth
assistant superintendent of schools
which occurred four days ago, wa
authorized
The board decided to change thi
name of the old Phelps Vocationa
School to the Archibald H. Grimk,
School.
DR.. Ballou recommended to tn,
Personnel Committee the promotion
of Miss Clara Hickman from teache
at the Hardy School to administra
tive principal.