Evening star., 1942-02-08

1HOuSdIluS lldNc COliiC iitO eiioo oSS
ton within the last IL months, the
greater number attracted there by
its proximity to the Navy Yard
School population has risen cor
respondingly and for several terms
the Anacostia Junior Senior High
School has had to operate on a
staggered schedule to accommodate
all of the students enrolled.
Facilities Once Thought Adequate
When the Anacostia Junior
Senior High School was built, IT
was thought that its facilities would
be ample for a number OF years
No one anticipated the mushroom
ing population which has made the
Southeast section one Of the most
densely populated in washington
But, when it became apparent that
the Anacostia school was made
uuate, local parent-teacher groups,
civic associations and the Congress
of Parents and Teachers made a
unified effort to obtain a new junior
high school building, with the
thought that on its completion the
Anacostia building would then be-
come a senior high school. After
months of work, the Kramer School
was authorized.
Now comes this heavy blow In
the appropriation by the Govern
ment to its own uses of this sadly
needed school building. 1nasmuch
as the greater portion of the school
population is one which has grown
from the influx of defense workers,
it would seem doubly appropriate
that the Kramer School be rushed
to completion and be dedicated to
the purposes for which it was orig
inally intended. 1t seems unfortu-
nate that the education OF the youth
of our city apparently is to be sioe-
tracked, and these young people
left with mediocre educational op-
portunities.
Solution Hoped for By All.
In the opinion Of the members
of the Executive Committee OF the
District of Columbia Congress-ano
of those of every local unit member
who has been interviewed-it is poor
economy on the part OF those re-
sponsible for the functlonlng OF
public services to deprive the young
people of our community OF their
rights to free edu 1aI. .onal opportunl-
ties. And certainly. there Is IN
ADEQUATE school equipment there is
a lessening of the efficiency OF the
educational effort.
We sincerely hope that solution
to the difficulty apparently expert
enced by the Government in f1ndlng
enough Office space may be 1ouno
in some other way than that by ap-.
nropriating school buildings. School
buildings and equipment are 700
hard to obtain, through the lntrl-
cate channels necessary IN wash
ington, to be easily surrendered un-
less the reason be cogent and the
need declared definite, after COM
plete and exhaustive investigation.
The Board of Managers OF the
n C. Congress will meet in the
NE. A. Building, Tuesday at 10 am
with Mrs. P. c. Elicit, president
presiding.
A meeting of the Advisory Com
mittee for the Annual Summer
Roundup was held Tuesday in the
N. E. A. Building, with Mrs. Leo
Raywid, State chairman. in charge
Others on this committee are, Mrs.
P. C. Elicit, president; Mrs. Luclan
Jordan, fifth vice president; Mrs
EVELYN Bright Buckley, social ny
eiene chairman, and Mrs. Edward
R. Seal. director of publicity OF the
D. C. Congress; DR.. Joseph L.
Murphy. chief of the School Medi-
cal Inspection Service; Miss lnez A.
Cadeil, of the Instructive Visiting
Nurses Society; DR.. A. Harry Os-
trow. chief of the School Dental
INSPECTION Service; Mrs. Josephine
Prescott, superintendent OF the
School Nursing Service; Robert l..
Haycock, assistant superintendent OF
schools; DR.. c. R. Conkhn, OF the
District Medical Society; DR.. Paul
Hoffman, of the District Dental
Society, and Hardy Pierce, acting
director of physical education, D. G..
public schools.
Plans were made for the forth
coming summer roundup. with May
! set as the opening date.
DR.. Murphy announced the ap-
pointment of DR.. Inez Wilbur to
head the eye examination service
recently established in the South
west Public Health Center.
Barnard.
A meeting will be held Tuesday
at lis pm. Mrs. Elizabeth Angle
will discuss Building Body Fit
ness" and will present demonstra-
tions of technique used with chill
dren.
Parents are asked to cooperate
In sending newspapers and maga-
zines to the school on Wednesday
mornings, and on Tuesdays and
Thursdays iron, brass. tinfoil, alumni
mum and rubber will be collected for
defense purposes.
First aid classes for parents will
be held beginning February 16 from
! to 3 pm.
Stoddert.
The Executive Board will meet
Monday at 1:30 pm.
Residents of Glover Park having
papers, magazines or cardboard
which they care to give to the school
for the waste paper salvage program
are asked to call Emerson $3.50 for
collection.
Buchanan.
The association will meet Tues
day at 2:45 pm. Founders day will
be observed. Mrs. Russell Z. Click
ner PIT. A. historian, will be the
speaker.
Plans for a first-aid class are
being made. There will be lunch
cons for both teachers and pupils
during the month.
Identification tags have been fur
nished by the association for the
school children.
Bryan.
The association will meet to-
morrow at pm.
The Ways and Means Committee
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