Evening star., 1935-06-21
CHARACTER WORK
PLANS SUBMITTED
BaIlou Tells Board Expert
r,ent Last Year Reached
3,3OO'PupiIs.

Extension Of the character education
experiment to include pupils from the
kindergarten through the Junior high
school but necessitating the employ
ment of only q small number Of ad-
ditional counselors and clerks win be
effected when the next term opens In
September.
DR.. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent
of schools, submitted q report to the
Board Of Education yesterday outlin-
ing the work he hopes to have accom-
plished in the second year of the three
year program.
During the last year approximately
$500 pupils were reached by the pro-
gram. This number represented q
large increase beginning with the mid
year examinations and promotions,
DR.. Ballou said. On that basis, the
number next year may be doubled, for
a larger number of classes will be
reached in some schools and promo
tions will again be considered in con-
tinuing the work after the Christmas
holidays.
Eight additional research assistants
and counselorS will be employed to
carry on the work, DR.. Ballou said,
and six statistical clerks will be added.
Experiment Last Year.
The experiment last year was con-
Quoted in two elementary, two voca-
tional, and two junior high schools.
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tutionS on the larger scale beginning
in the Fall.
In the H. D. Cooke School the
experiment began with 106 pupils. In
the Morgan School the students num-
bered 1873. Both these figures were
virtually doubled In midyear.
Next year there viii be about 697
at the Cooke School and 67s At Nor
gan. The Abbott Vocational School
had $40, the Washington Vocational
School, 413; Eliot Junior High, 267,
and Randall Junior High, 331.
Mrs. Philip Sidney Smith asked DR..
Ballou if study Of the curriculum has
been a part Of the general character
education experiment. He replied
that it had not, but that among the
additions to be made to the instructive
force will be an expert in curriculum
revision who will be assigned to the
staff of Miss Bertie Backus, assistant
superintendent in charge of the ex-
pertinent, but who will work closely
with Miss Jessie La Sale, in charge
0R al ,x,iII
confer regularly with DR.. W. w.
Charters, consultant, on his monthly
visits to Washington.
DR.. Ballou also promised the board
he would submit another report show
ing progress Of the experiment when
the new board convenes for its first
meeting after the end Of the fiscal
year, June 80.
Committee Membership.
DR.. J. Hayden johnson, dean of the
board and vice chairman Of the Per-
sonnel Committee, asked that nom
union teachers be granted membership
on the several committees that have
been set up to study new system of
teacher ratings. Committees so far
appointed, DR.. johnson said, represent
only the organized teachers, whereas a
large number do not belong to any
union organization.
Roosevelt High School was granted
the privilege of organizing q mat
club beginning in the Fall, but a pro-
viso was set up that the members of
tho oII1h y,,t1ef houa hofI, fha rx-r;k%av,
consent Of their parents and q ply
sician's certificate. The boys viii par
ticipate in both intramural and in
terscholastic boxing and wrestling.
The plan, recommended by DR.. Ballou,
was also approved by Birch e. Bayh,
new director Of health and physical
education Of the school system.