Evening star., 1943-06-17
Teacher Staff
To Be Cut AZ in
Next Budget
Boord Acts on Drop in
Enrolment; Group on
Delinquency Named

SSuSy I\uUISU
The Board of Education yesterda
voted to eliminate AZ teaching posi-
tlons in the public school system i
the preparation of the 1945 bulge
estimates because of decreased en-
rollments.
Acting Supt. of Schools Robert I
Haycock gave no specific figures o.
the drop in enrollments, but sal
after the meeting there had been
drop In the elementary schools an
a sharper one in the senior higl
schools. He said that as vacancie
occur on the teaching STATS the,
will not be filled.
The schools involved in the actor
are those in divisions to 9, whicl
include all white schools-elemen
tary, Junior and senior high schools
i'he estimated salaries of the 4
teachers is $4,000.
The board approved the names O
28 persons to serve the board in al
advisory capacity on delinquenc,
problems. Mrs. Henry Gratta1
Doyle, president of the Board O
Education, was designated chairman
of the committee, which will b.
known as the Advisory Committe,
on Wartime and Postwar Problem.
OF the Child. 1t will hold its frs
meeting at 8 pm. Tuesday, June 20
at the Franklin School Building.
Named on Committee.
Those named to serve with Mrs
Doyle are Mrs. Philip Sidney Smith
Barney Neighborhood House; c
Melvin Sharpe. member of the boarc
and the District Recreation Board
Mrs. James " Williams, chairman
Committee on Student Activities
Board of Education; Mr.. Haycock
DR.. Garnet C. Wilkinson, first assist.
ant superintendent of schools; Law.
son J. Cantrell, assistant superin-
tendent of schools; Judge Fay L
Bentley, Juvenile Court; DR.. James
A. Nolan, managing director, Wash.
ington Criminal Justice Association
Capt. Rhoda J. Milliken, director oi
the Women's Bureau.
Others are Milo F. Christensen
superintendent of Recreation De.
partment; John L. Young, assistant
superintendent of Negro recreation
Recreation Department: Mrs P. c
Elicit, president, District Congress ol
Parents and Teachers; Mrs. Alice c
Hunter, president, Federation Of
Parent Teacher Associations; DR.
Joseph A. Murphy, Health Depart
ment; Msgr. Lawrence j. Shehan
director, Catholic Charities; Rabbi
Norman Gernstenfeld, Washington
Hebrew Congregation; the Rev. J
w. Rustin. Mount Vernon Place
Methodist Church; the Rev. A. F
Elmes, Federation of Churches; Linr
C. Drake, Scout executive, Boy
Scouts of America.
Also Mrs. Robert G.. Mcguire. Dis
trict Council of Girl Scouts; Charles
M. Fyfe. managing director, Boys
Club of Washington: Harry E. Polk
Metropolitan Police Boys Club; Mrs
Flake H. Pinkett, executive secre-
tary, Northwest Settlement House;
Miss A. Madorah Donahue, Board
of Public Welfare; Miss Mildred
Terrett, executive secretary of the
ChildrenS Protective Association;
Miss Margaret Pepper, president
District Education Association, and
Charles S. Lotion, president. Colum-
bian Educational Association Of the
District.
All Willing to Serve.
Mr.. Haycock informed the board
that "all persons nominated for the
committee have expressed a willing
ness to serve" He also said that q
Representative group of officers will
serve with him on central advisory
committee" to study the administra-
tive phase of the problems of de-
linquency Mr. Haycock will act as
chairman of this group, which will
include school officials and princi-
pals.
After some debate the board said
1t would decide individually on cases
of students who desire their high
school diplomas, although they have
attended private preparatory schools
during part of their senior year. The
proposal came up to cover the case
of students who attended private
schools to prepare for West Point
and Annapolis.
The board agreed to permit the
instruction of approximately SO
student nurses of Garfield Hospital
at Wilson Teachers College for the
school year of 1943-44, but added
an amendment stating that other
training schools for nurses would be
accorded similar privileges in teach
ers colleges.
Retirements Approved.
Informed that the Commissioners
have not yet adopted the regional
metropolitan stabilization plans
set up by the War Manpower Com
mission for positions not subject to
the Civil Service Act and rules or
joint resolutions, the board voted to
follow the example of the city heads.
Mr.. Haycock said there were sew
eral sections that needed "clarifica-
ton"
The retirement of the following
teachers this summer was approved: !:
Miss Sarah E. Beamer, Corcoran
School; Miss Annie C. Keliher, Cur
tis School; Miss Marie L. Sander
son, Janney School, Mrs. Genevieve
T. Staley, John F. Cook School;
Mrs. Florence P. Clark, Margaret
Murray, Washington Vocational
School; Miss Mary E. Randolph,
Chotrr