Evening star., 1936-09-17
TWO ARE NAMED
F0RH|CHERPOSTS
BY SCHOOL BOARD
Assistant Principals Picked
for Woodrow Wilson
and Cardozo.
DECISION ON CENTRAL
POST is POSTPONED
Recommendation to Increase Pay
Scale Leads to Heated
Controversy.

Mrs. E. S. Phillips, teacher at Gen.
trail High School since 1928, and Mrs.
J. N. Tate, for IS years . teacher In
the public schools, were advanced to
assistant principalships by the Board
Of Education yesterday.
Mrs. Phillips was made assistant
principal at Woodrow Wilson High
School and Mrs. Tate was promoted
at her own school. Cardozo.
The board postponed action on the
principalship at Central High School
and the vacant post OF assistant prin-
cipal at Theodore Roosevelt, but
special meeting Of the Personnel Com
mittee was called for tomorrow after
noon. to be followed by . meeting Of
the board.
Yesterdays meeting was scheduled
to be the last before the opening of
schools Monday. but In addition to
the failure to I'LL important vacancies
In the system, the transfer of voca-
tional teachers from an elementary
school to o Junior high school status
developed a controversy and another
meeting to discuss this topic Is sched-
uled late today.
Authorized by Congress.
The change in rating of the voca-
tional school teachers was authorized
by Congress at the last session. Under
the act DR.. Frank w. Ballou, super
intendent, recommended that all ex-
cspt II of the Sc teachers involved
be stepped up to the higher pay rates.
The II he refused to include because
they are trade teachers without high
school training.
A heated argument resulted. yester-
day when the four lawyer members
Of the board disagreed on the mean
ing Of the act and Henry Gilligan,
vice president of the board, insisted
that all vocational teachers should be
"blanketed In" under the law.
Robert A. Maurer. professor Of inter-
national law at Georgetown University
and a member of the board, sug-
gested that an opinion of the corpora
tion counsel be asked. Henry I. Quinn
objected on the ground that awaiting
such an opinion would unnecessarily
delay board action. John H. Wilson,
the fourth lawyer member of the
board, supported DR.. Ballou.
Meet Again Today.
ThA rac,.1f
Committee on Vocational Education,
headed by Gilligan, was to meet again
this afternoon to attempt to reach
some conclusion. Wilson is G men,
Der Of the committee. The third
member, George M. WhitewelL is
absent from the city.
Prior to the board meeting, DR..
Ballou walked out of a meeting of
Gilligan's committee when his pro-
posal to require q high school educa-
ton as Q prerequisite to the promo
ton was contested by Gilligan. Later,
at the board meeting, he asked for
ample time Ito discuss this thing
in full"
All members Of the board partici-
pated in the prolonged debate and
compromise proposals by Gilligan and
Quinn were withdrawn finally to
await todays action.
Free Transportation Dropped.
DR.. Ballou reported that because
Of the proration of the $4,000 ap-
preparation for crippled and sight
conservation pupils ordered by the
District Commissioners, 26 pupils at
the Weightman and Magruder Schools
could not be given free transporta-
ton during the coming year. The
Commissioners ordered that the fund
be spent on a quarterly basis, ap-
parently on the ground that nc
deficiency should be permitted.
Last year the funds set aside were
used to take all such handicapped
children to and from school and were
exhausted before the end of the
Spring term. The shortage resulted
in q request to Congress for an ad-
ditional $500, which never was ap-
propriated. The deficiency, however
was made up by an anonymous citizen,
who paid the bus company with the
understanding his identity should NOT
be revealed.
Plans for making offices Of the
assembly hall on the third floor of
the Franklin Administration Build
ing were abandoned because of the
need Of the space for examinations
and for the annual public meetings
held by the board.
Holiday Set on Wednesday.
The board overrode q recommended
ton Of DR.. Ballou and ordered that
the schools be closed next Wednesday.
The request for holiday was made
by George w. Offutt, chairman of the
Citizens Committee arranging for the
annual encampment Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic.
The G. A. r. parade Is to be held
that day. DR.. Ballou said that parents
have the right to keep their children
out Of school for the parade If they
desire. but argued that q holiday would
seriously interrupt the progress of
the opening week Of school.
At the same time, the board author
lied the absence Of Boy Scouts during
next week to assist In caring fol
the veterans.
PLAN REORGANIZATION