Evening star., 1947-09-18

Corning Report Notes
Fair Breuk for Women
In Appointments
The Board of Education today
was squared away for another school
year, after a meeting which was
concerned mostly with promotions,
retirements and other routine mat
ters.
Assembling for its first session
this fall in the Franklin Admins
tration Building yesterday, the
board approved the promotion of
Is persons to fill administrative po-
sitions in the shool system.
Before acting on the appointments
the board heard report from
School Supt. Hobart M. Corning in
answer to discussion in making
appointments and promotions.
Critics Are Refuted.
DR.. Corning said the policy always
has been to give preference to people
in the school system in spite of what
critics might say. He listed SO major
administrative appointments made
since March, 1916, and pointed out
that only one of that number was
from out of town.
Women were getting a fair break
also, he said, pointing to the fact
that 1873 per cent of the appointees
were women. A tabulation of the
school officers shows that 601 per
cent are women, he added.
Orson w. Trueworthy, English
teacher from Paul Junior High
School, was named director of the
Capitol Page School with a yearly
salary of $4,000. A native of Wash
ington, he is graduate of Central
High School, Wilson Teachers Col
lege and received his masters de-
gree from George Washington Uni
versity in 1910. He began teaching
in 1886 and was in the Army from
1912 until 1916, leaving with the
rank of captain.
Charles c. Knight, Central High
School teacher, was made tenn
porary director Of the night and
summer schools, filling the vacancy
created by the recent death of Ed
ward j. Lockwood. Mr.. Knight
who lives at 1880 Park road NV,
was graduated from Coe College
and received his masters degree
from the University oS%Wisconsin
in 1923. His salary also will be
$4,000 year.
Night School Principals.
The board named the following
teachers as principals of the night
schools for this school year:
Clifford v. Smith, Armstrong
Evening School; Albert L. De Mond,
|Cardozo; Thomas A. Heathman,
Francis; Miss Esther C. Peyton,
Garnet-Patterson; Mrs. Gladys w.
Farley, Randall; Mrs. Vivian T.
Turner, Washington.
Also, Richard K Brown, Gen.
tral; Claude M. Ray, Chamberlain;
William p Trail, Mckinley; Harold
G. Crankshaw, Roosevelt, and Rob-
ert J. Volland, Bell. .,--
Miss Margaret K. Patterson was
transferred from principal of Fill
more-Hearst School to principal of
Lafayette School. Miss Mary A.
Henderson was named principal of
Grant nt-Corcoran-Hyde School. For
merly she was principal of Grant
Corcoran. Miss Ruth E. Dick was
shifted from principal of Hyde
Jackson School to principal of Jack
son-Fillmore School. Miss Viola
Offutt was transferred from prin-
cipal of Murch School to principal
of Murch- h-Hearst School, while Ben
jamin j. Henley was transferred
from principal of Van Ness School
to principal of Bundy School.
Miss Willie F. Brown was pro-
NOTED from teacher at the Crum-
NEIL School to principal of the
Pierce-Taylor School. Mrs. Muriel
M. Alexander, assistant principal of
Banneker Junior High School, was
named assistant principal at the
Browne Junior High School.
Retirements Approved.
Retirements were approved for:
Carl Trometre, 70, who has been
in charge of ordnance for the High
School Cadet Corps for the last
Is years Mr.. Trometre, who lives
at 1923 Girard street NE, was we'll
known to the many cadets who
have passed through the ranks since
he first came to the public schools.
Miss Florence T. Judge, mathe-
matics teacher at Woodrow Wilson
High School, after "a years service.
She lives at 1920 Forty-fourth
street NV.
Mrs. Ann S. johnson, first-aid
nurse assistant at the Browne Junior
High School, of 1243 Irving street
NE, after % years.
William A. Connor, laborer at
Eastern High School, because of
disability.
Three Contests Approved.
The request of the Board of Pub
lie Welfare for use of four schools
during the school year as child care
centers was approved by the board.
The schools are Truesdell, Grant
Mott and Harrison.
The Washington Post was granted
permission to conduct a student art
contest; The Star was permitted to
sponsor writing contest in CO.
operation with Scholastic Magazine,
and B'nai Birth was given per-
mission to sponsor an essay contest.
DR.. James A. Cannon, physician
member of the board. expressed his
dissatisfaction with the nurse and
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