Evening star., 1944-05-04
Delay Sought
On Golf Club
Liquor License
School Bourd Acts
To Probe Conditions
At Anocostiu

Delay in renewal of q class "DS
license to sell beer at the Ana
costa golf course clubhouse has
been requested by the Board of
Education while it investigates pos
sible unsatisfactory environment"
for students of the Anacostia High
School, AIT feet away, and the
Kramer Junior High School, 500
feet away.
The principals of the two schools
involved protested general bad en-
vlronment" at the board meeting
yesterday and have been asked to
furnish facts and instances" by the
next meeting. Meanwhile, the board
asked the Alcoholic Beverage Con-
troll Board to delay renewal Of thu
license, held for year by the S. G.
Loeffler Co.
Family Play Area.
students OF both schools use the
golf course after school hours and
all during the summer, Mrs. Opal
Cookery, principal of the Anacostia.
and John Riecks, principal of the
Kramer, wrote. The clubhouse is a
family" recreational area and
should not be permitted to sell beer.
Mr.. Riecks said. Mrs. Cookery said
she had been considering holding
girls swimming classes in the pool
there, within few feet of the beer
stand.
The meeting yesterday was marked
by an argument between members
over the administrative Judgment
OF Robert L. Haycock, superintend-
ent OF schools, and resulted in
eight OF nine members voting vigor-
Gus support of all his appointments
past and future-of teachers.
clerks and janitors in the school
system.
The ninth member, Adelbert w,
Lee, who raised the issue, did not
join in the confidence vote. He
subsequently refused to approve any
more Of Mr.. Haycock's personnel
recommendations, sometimes as nu-
merous as 800 month, unless he
has a chance to investigate each
one personally.
Argument Starts.
The argument started when Mr..
Lee asked for rescindment of an
action he voted himself last month.
a transfer by Mr.. Haycock of Miss
Grace Robinson from the statistical
to the finance Office to replace
Richard K. Harris, shifted to the
day care Office. Mr.. Lee said he
had reconSidered the clerical trans
fer, normally never questioned by
board members when recommended
by the superintendent. He now be-
lieves it an unwise action bleeding
regular school employees into the
"non-educational' nursery school
program.
The eight other members refused
to vote rescindment and expressed
faith and confidence" in Mr.. Hay
tcock. for 48 years a District school
teacher and administrator. Under
board rules, only appointments of
principals, superintendents, teach
ers' college and other supervisory
personnel" are considered In detail
by board members.
The board at the next meeting
will also change the name of the
Dennison Vocational School, Thir-
teenth and Allison streets NV,
and the proposed new Abbot School
in the Brentwood area, to remove
stigma" of correctional" school
attached to the old names. Now
classed as vocational high schools,
these schools were first opened Is
years ago for students maladjusted
to regular academic schools.
Decision on the proposed boxing
course was also postponed to the
next meeting. Insertion of a $685.
600 item in the 1944-45 budget for
repair of sliding earth at the Phelps,
Young and Browne Schools was re-
quested of Congress through the
| Commissioners.