Evening star., 1947-08-11
GrouptoDecide
Harrington Has
School Contest
Committee to Discuss
Entering Candidates
As DeodIine Neurs

whether there will be a contest
1or Arllngton's first popularity elect
ed school board or whether the
nye-man slate nominated SATURDAY.
by the School Board Nominating
Convention will take office automat..
lcaily next January, will be decided
tonight.
The decision will be made by the
Executive Committee of the Greater
Arlington Association at a meeting
at 1918 North Washington boule-
ward, when the question of placing
candidates in. the field will be dis
cussed. Tomorrow Is the deadline
Tor Hing candidates. for the No.
Vember general election.
If the GAA votes to back a slate
then the school board race win be
a continuation Of the fight which
oegan last spring before the Nav
~ referendum on the method OF
selecting the school board and on
a IS 100000 bond issue for schools
and s5,l5o,o00 for public works.
Sponsored by 40 Groups.
The School Board Nominatin1
convention was sponsored by soma
40 citizens groups, spearheaded
oy the Citizens Committee for
School improvement, the Civic
Federation, the Better Government
League, the Arlington League Of
women Voters and the Organized
women Voters. In general, thew
are the same organizations that
worked for an elected School Board
and the bond issues.
The Greater Arlington Associa.
ton opposed the change in the
method OF selecting the School Board
and the bond issues. The GAA
since has been reorganized as a
nonpartisan organization and num-
bers prominent Democrats and Re.
publicans among its members.
AT least two members of the
present School Board are expected
TO be on the GAA slate, should
one be named. 1t was considered
doubtful that any members of the
present board will run without GAA
backing
Nominees Listed.
Nominated Saturday night at the
convention at Ashton Heights Wo:n-
ems Clubhouse were:
Mrs. Edmund D. Campbell, 2s13
North Glebe road, wife of a former
county board member who served as
co-chairman of the nominating
conference which sponsored the
convention.
Colin c. Macpherson, 6201 North
Eighteenth road, a contractor and
builder and longtime Arlington
resident.
Barnard Joy, 171S North Hartford
street. assistant deputy director,
extension service, Department of
Agriculture.
o. Gelnn Stahl, 626 South STAFF
ford street, deputy director of per.
sonnel, Federal Security Agency.
c. E. Tuthill, 1910 North Ninth
street, a George Washington Uni.
versity professor.
Two alternates were named:
Stanley Collins, 2715 Key boule-
ward, a teacher at Anacostia High
School, and Mrs. Art Brown, 3sla
North Military road, wife of an
associate editor OF Nations Busi-
ness, and last years president Of
the County Council Of Parent.
Teacher Associations.
Former College Dean.
Mrs. Campbell, who holds degrees
from Salem College and Columbia
University, is former teacher and
dean of the Moravian College for
Women and Mary Baldwin College.
She has four children.
Mr.. Macpherson, a graduate of
Western High School, Washington,
and the University Of Virginia, has
lived in Arlington since 1910 and
has one child.
Mr.. Joy, a resident Of Arlington
for 10 years and father of four
children, has degrees from Oregon
State, the University Of Maryland
and George Washington Univer.
sity. He is a former teacher.
Mr.. Stahl, a former teacher, has
been with the Government for IL
years. He has two children and
holds degrees from Evansville COL
lege, the University Of Wisconsin
and New York University.
Mr.. Tuthill is an assistant pro-
lessor OF psychology at George
Washington and has degrees from
Manchester College and Iowa State
University. He has lived in Ar.
lington for five years.