Evening star., 1947-11-20
Board Approval Starts
|Shih Of 5 Schools;
Ito Take 7 Weeks
By Colt HendIey, Jr.

transfer OF f1ve white elementary
schools to colored pupils to relieve
part-time instruction and the clos
ing of five other school buildings TOR
economy, following the Board Of
Education's s. approval yesterday.
The changes will take about two
weeks, according to School Supt.
Hobart M. Corning.
In other actions at the meeting
yesterday, the board appointed DR..
Harold A. Haynes, now principal OF
Dunbar High School, as admins
trative assistant to DR.. Garnet G..
Wilkinson, first assistant superin-
tendent of schools, and approved the
retirement of three school employees
The bitter controversy over
whether the FIVE schools should be
transferred had been underway Tor
almost q month. Before it was re-
solved yesterday. the board mem
lbers, in company with experts from
the Health Department and the Dis
trict engineers Office, made a per-
sonal inspection, of the Blow and
Webb elementary schools, two OF
those to be turned over to colored
pupils.
Furnaces Found Safe.
This tour arose out of last-min-
ute charges brought by colored
civic group that the furnaces at the
schools were unsafe. Previously, a
public hearing had been held at
which more than 30 civic groups,
most of them representing colored
citizens, had protested the changes.
When the tests were completed
yesterday, showing that the heat
ing plants at the schools were safe,
most of the board members were
convinced that the advantages OF
the shifts far outweigh any disad-
vsntages or inconvenience that
might exist. Opposing the move
were Adelbert w. Lee and Mrs.
James w. Williams.
George C. Hayes, colored men,
ber, pointed out the board had three
choices-to abolish segregation, to
ignore the fact that more than 1000
pupils are receiving part-time in
struction or to accept the proposal
as a partial solution Of the prob
lem. The move will place $500
children on full-time instruction.
To Relieve Several Schools.
Other schools to be turned over to
the colored boys and girls are the
Bowen, Hayes and Lenox Elemen-
tary Schools. Blow and Webb will
be used as annexes for the over
crowded Browne Junior High School.
The Bowen School will relieve part
time instruction at the Randall
Junior High School. the Hayes
School will do the same for the
Crummell, Payne and Cook Ele-
mentary Schools and the Lenox will
eliminate the part-time classes at
the Van Ness and Bell Elementary
Schools.
To be closed are the Corcoran,
Dent, Hilton and Lincoln Elemen-
tary Schools, because enrolment is
far below capacity, and the Hamil-
ton Cabinet Shop, which will re-
open in the Dent School,
The Corcoran School will not be
closed until February !, but all the
other transfers and closings OFF,
cially will go into effect on December
/. Actually, the changes may be
completed before that date. 7+
Transfer of school principals be-
cause of the changes are as follows:
Miss Ella M. Crook, from principal
of Lenox- -Wallach School to princi-
pal of Wallach School; Mrs. Mary
T. Kyle, from principal Of Beers
Stanton School to principal of STAN
ton School; DR.. Clara L. Pitts, from
principal of Blow-Webb School to
principal of Beers School; Miss Alys
H. Ewers, from principal of Bowen
Greenleaf to principal of Greenleaf-
Jefferson Annex.
Other Changes.
Also, Miss Margaret Moore, from
principal Of Blair-Hayes School to
principal of Blair Madison School;
Miss Edith M. Williams, from prin-
cipal of Ludlow-Madison School to
principal of the Eastern Elementary
School Ito be set up in Eastern
High School to take care Of some
of the children from Blow Webb !;
Miss Elizabeth M. Ramey, from
principal of Hilton Peabody School
to principal of Ludlow-Peabody
School, and Miss Mary A. Hender-
son, from principal of Corcoran-
Grant-Hyde School to principal Of
Grant-Hyde School.
In filling the vacancy of admins
trative assistant to DR.. Wilkinson,
the board picked DR.. Haynes, who
has been in the school system for
% years. He also taught at Howard
University for six years.
DR.. Haynes. who lives at 1887
Franklin street NE, is native of
the District. He was graduated from
the University of Pittsburgh, re-
ceived his masters degree from the
University of Chicago and his doc
tor of education degree from New
York University. Joining the staff
at Armstrong High School, he taught
there for IL years and, in 1882, was
appointed principal of Browne
Junior High School.
Armstrong Principal in 1910.
He was made principal of Arm
strong High School in 1910, trans
fering to Dunbar High School in
1943. In 1881 and 1882 he served
as assistant superintendent in
charge of educational research and
as chief examiner while DR.. H. H.
Long, present chief examiner, was
on educational leave of absence.
Retired by the board were:
Henry Flury, go, of 1909 Twenty
sixth street NE, a biology teacher
at Eastern High School, after 35
years of service. He taught at
Eastern his whole career.
Mrs. Lora H. Heberle of 1915
Sixteenth street NV, domestic
science teacher at Eliot Junior High
School, after 81 years of service.
James Leftwich of 81 L, street
NV, a fireman at the Banneker
Junior High School, after % years
of service.