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

Entering Candidates
As DeodIine Neurs
Whether there will be a contest
for Arlington's first popularity elect
ed school board or whether the
f1ve-man slate nominated Saturday
by the School Board Nominating
Convention will take ofIice automat-
icaily next January, will be decided
tonight.
The decision will he made by the
Executive Committee of the Greater
Arlington Association at a meeting
at 281S North Washington boule-
ward, when the question of placing
candidates in the field will be dis
cussed. Tomorrow is the deadline
for filing candidates. for the No
vember 4 general election.
If the GAA votes to back a slate
then the school board race will be
a continuation Of the fight which
began last spring before the May
n referendum on the method of
selecting the school board and on
a 100000 bond issue for schools
and $5,15O,0O0 for public works.
Sponsored by 40 Groups.
The School Board Nominating
Convention was sponsored by some
40 citizens groups, spearheaded
by 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, they
are the same organizations that
worked for an elected School Board
and the bond issues.
The Greater Arlington Associa-
tion 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. It 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 Wom-
ems Clubhouse were:
Mrs. Edmund D. Campbell, 29l2
North Glebe road. wife of 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 stat
ford street, deputy director of. per-
sonnet. Federal Security Agency.
c. E. Tuthill, 2310 North Ninth
street, 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, 1918
North Military road, wife of an
associate editor of Nations Busi-
ness, and last years president of
the County Council of Parent
Teacher Associations.
Three Withdraw Names.
Mrs. Campbell was nominated on
the second ballot when she received
IS of a possible 107 votes, or three
more than the two-thirds necessary
for nomination. Mr.. Macpherson
was chosen on the fourth ballot;
Mr.. Joy on the fifth; Mr.. Stahl on
the seventh and MIR. Tuthill on the
eighth and last.
The field of possible nominees
was reduced to % before the ballot
ing started when three persons
withdrew. They were the Rev.
Aaron Mackley. colored, minister
of the Mount Olive Baptist Church;
Mrs. Elmer Carson, a housewife of
4027 North Glebe road, and Coils
Stocking, assistant director of the
United States Employment Service,
who lives at 1925 North Glebe road.
Co-chairman Campbell, who pre-
sided, told the delegates it was of
utmost importance" that they at
tempt to arrive inpersonally at a
well-balanced school board.
"You must not only nominate
five good school board members" :"
Mr.. Campbell said, "but you must
nominate five persons who can win
in November"
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, 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-
fessor of psychology at George
Washington and has degrees from
Manchester College and Iowa State
University. He has lived in Ar
lington for five years.