Evening star., 1947-01-16
Teachers 10 Get
Pay Proposal Of
Corning tuesday
Bourd to Consider
Recommendations of
School Head Next Day

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ing will explain his pay recon-
mendations to District public school
teachers next Tuesday before sub
mitting them to a special meeting
Of the Board of Education on
Wednesday.
The school board approved the
plan at meeting yesterday, after
DR.. Corning said he was anxious to
get the teachers reactions. He will
talk to colored teachers at Arm
strong High School at 3:45 pm. and
white teachers at Mckinley High
School at 8 pm. on Tuesday.
The board also agreed to meet at
$3.50 pm. Wednesday at the Frank
lin Building to act on the pay pro-
posals. Under the Teachers Pay
Act which granted the local teachers
a $3.50 pay raise last summer, the
board must submit new salary pro-
posals to the chairmen of the House
and Senate District Committees be-
fore February /. The act itself ex-
pires June 80.
Terms Not Divulged.
Although DR.. Corning's proposals
are based on report submitted by
the schools Joint Legislative Coun-
Gil, which includes many teachers,
the superintendent said he wanted
to give all of the systems 5000
teachers a chance to be heard before
committing himself.
With teachers pay live issue
throughout the Nation as q result of
thinning teachers ranks, DR.. Corn
ing said he expects large turnout
at both sessions. He declined to di-
vulge the nature of his proposals
before the meetings.
Other actions of the board yester-
day included approving the retire.
ment Of two veteran school teachers.
They are Miss Eta H. Matthews,
81, of 2001 Sixteenth street NV,
teacher of English and social
science at Langley Junior High
School, and Miss E. Grace Deal,
62, of. 1885 Phelps place NV,
teacher of mathematics and geog-
raphy at Hine Junior High School.
Began 48 Years Ago.
Miss Matthews, a graduate OF
Washington Normal School and
George Washington University, be-
gan teaching here more than 48
years ago in the elementary grades.
A past president of the Junior
High School Teachers Association,
she also acted as faculty adviser to
the Pilot, Langley school news
paper.
Miss Deal also began her teaching
career in the elementary grades,
entering the District school system
80 years ago. A graduate of Johns
Hopkins University, she also at
tended George Washington Univer-
sity, Maryland State Teachers Col
lege, Columbia University, the Uni
versity of Chicago and took classes
at Harvard University. She, too, Is
past president of the Junior
High School Teachers Association,
and was a member of the City Text
book Committee for 10 years.
The board also:
/. Approved drawings of three
proposed schools submitted by
Municipal Architect Merrel A. Coe.
These were the Kelly Miller and
Sousa Junior High Schools and
Male Elementary School, for all OF
which funds are available.
r. G. Williamson Promoted.
2. Made permanent the appoint
ment of Mrs. Josephine G. Smith,
1948 Second street NV, as director
OF Division 10.
;. Promoted Robert G. William
son, 1917 Kearney street NV, from
teaching at Kramer Junior High
School to instructing science at Will
son Teachers College.
4. Transferred Mrs. Agnes T.
Beckwith, 2115 F street NV, from
instructing at Wilson Teachers Col.
Ilege to teaching at Anacostia High
School.
S. Accepted the resignation of DR..
Harold B. Buckley, 5000 Hamilton
street, Hyattsville, Nd, as head OF
the Department of Business Educa-
ton in the white schools. after q
years probationary service.
6. Approved daylight saving time
for the District by unanimous vote.
7. Accepted the resignation as
Il head of the colored Girls Cadet
Corps of 1t. Col. Madeline Bridges
and appointed to succeed her 1t.
Col. Dolores Mcdaniel of Dunbar
High School. Miss Bridges, it was
explained, was forced to leave school