Evening star., 1936-11-19
ROOSEVELT HIGH
PR|NC|PALSH|P TO
MISS BRADSHAW
Assistant for II Years to
Be Only Woman Head Of
Senior Schools.
BOARD SEEKS SEPARATE
BILL FOR EXPANSION
Provision to Use u. S. Land as
Sites for New Buildings Also
to Be Asked.
Miss May p. Bradshaw, for the past

TO Be ASKED.
Miss May p. Bradshaw, for the past
II years an assistant principal at
Roosevelt High School and its prede-
cessor, Business High School, yesterday
was named principal of that institu-
ton, effective December /, to succeed
the veteran Allan Davis, who will re-
tire on November 80.
Miss Bradshaw has been identified
with the Washington public school
system throughout her professional
career, which began in 1901, when she
was appointed teacher In the ele-
mentary schools.
She Joined the faculty Of the old
Business High School, predecessor Of
Roosevelt, in 1909, and has been as
sociated with that school since.
Miss Bradshaw will be the only
woman principal Of . senior high
school in the city. Her appointment
had been expected since the announce
ment that Davis would retire at the
end Of this month.
To Confer on Five-Year Plan.
The Board of Education yesterday
also voted to confer with the District
Commissioners with a view to having
the proposed five-year building pro-
gram authorized by Congress as q
separate act, rather than have the
plan handled as a part Of the annual
District appropriation bill.
The program, embracing new con-
struction and land acquisition to-
falling $4,000, 900, calls for an ex-
panded physical system adequate for
the school population of the District
in 1912. The pending District supply
bill already has dropped far short Of
the proportionate amount needed to
carry out the plan.
The measure, it was brought out,
also will ask authority from Con-
gress to utilize Federal lands for
school sites rather than force the
District to purchase locations from
private owners, who have advanced
their prices in view Of the boards
demand for their property. This
course was suggested some time ago
by Col. Dan I. Sultan. District Engi-
neer Commissioner.
81 Non-Residents Enroll.
DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superintend-
ent. reported that since the compro-
mise agreement under which Lois
Kemp was allowed to enroll at Cor
don Junior High School in spite Of
the fact that she Is nonresident,
81 nonresident pupils have been ad-
mitted to the schools. All Of them
have been enrolled under the condi-
tions that If the Court of Appeals
reverses the District Courts order
permitting Lois Kemp to enter, they
will withdraw at the end of the present
term in January.
The new non-residents are enrolled
in the following schools: E. v. Brown,
/; Gordon Junior High, 6; Hine Junior
High, /; Langley Junior High, 2; Nc
Kinley High, /; Roosevelt High, l.:
Western High, S. and Woodrow Will
son High, 4.
After more than q year Of con-
troversy, DR.. Ballou recommended that
Scholastic, a students magazine, be
retained on the approved list of pub
locations for use in the schools.
Scholastic first came under suspicion
when a committee from the Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations headed
by George e. Sullivan charged that
it was guilty of subversive policies and
should be banned from the schools.
Agitation of Scholastic's alleged poll
cies partially contributed to the en-
actment of the "red rider"
English Class Edition Favored.
Since that time two editions Of the
paper are being published, one for
English classes and another for
classes in the social sciences. Upon
recommendation of a committee Of
teachers and DR.. Harvey A. Smith,
assistant superintendent, the publi-
cation was approved by DR.. Ballou
for use in English classes.
The matter of final approval, how
ever, was held over to the next meet
ing of the board. Meanwhile George
M. Whitwell, board member,
called attention to the fact that the
papers policy is specifically pacafistic.
He asked that all members of the
board consider that question before
passing on the use of the paper in
the schools.
Commencement dates for January
were fixed as January 28 and 20, and
for the end of the school year as
June 81, % and %.
DR.. Ballou was authorized to ar
range with the District Commission
ers for letting contract for tabula-
ton Of the required school census.
The figures have been collected, and
$1,000 was authorized by the last
Congress to digest and tabulate them.
DR.. Smith and DR.. Garnet G. Will
kinson were named on q committee
to work out q program of activity
under the co-ordinated plan of using
the public Fairgrounds Of the schools,
the District Playground Department
and the National Capital parks.
A special meeting of the Finance
Committee Is to be held tomorrow
afternoon to consider problems in
volving new buildings now pending
before the Budget Bureau, Chairman
Whitwell announced.
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