Evening star., 1949-07-01
BoardApproves
NONRESIDENT
Tuition Raise
Substantial Increase
Would Be in Effect
In Schools This Fall

approved substantial increases in
tuition fees for the next school
year for Virginia and Maryland
students attending District schools.
The increases. approved at the
boards final meeting of the cur
rent year, will be sent to the Com
missioners for action. They would
be effective this coming fall.
The proposed increases are as
follows:
Teachers colleges, from 1903 to
1926; senior high schools, from
$217 to $255; vocational high
schools, from $242 to $276; Junior
high schools, from $164 to $192;
elementary schools, from $110 to
1922.
Increased Costs Cited.
Largest increase is for classes
for crippled children, which next
year are listed at 1888, jump of
S63. Students attending evening
schools would pay $29, an increase
of only 81.
The higher rates are based on
increased student costs, School
Supt. Hobart M. Corning told the
board. They include the costs
of the retroactive $3.50 pay raise
granted to school employees by
Congress, he said.
About 1000 nonresident stu
dents attended the Districts
schools the past school year. The
number was only about half that
of the previous year because stu
dents, who formerly paid no tut
ton because their parents work
in the District, have been required
to pay tuition since last fall.
AS had been expected, c. Melvin
Sharpe. acting president of the
board since March. was elected
president for the next year. DR..
James A. Cannon was elected vice
president.
Mrs. Magdeburger named.
Mrs. Edward c. Magdeburger
was named alternate delegate to
the District Recreation Board,
succeeding George E. C. Hayes,
whose term as a board member
has expired.
Mr.. Sharpe, the new board
president, has been member
since 1899. He became acting
president when Mrs. Henry Grat-
ton Doyle resigned after heading
the board for many years. A Dis
trict resident since 1905, he re-
tired in 1916 as executive assist
ant to the president of the Po-
tomac Electric Power Co. He
Is 68.
In a statement after his elec-
ton, he told the board he hopes
to see it develop a broad policy
for the advancement of the
schools"
I'D like to see that all small
pickering and small mlSunder-
standing is wiped out" he said.
DR.. Cannon, the new vice presi-
dent, has been a board member
since 1910 and is chairman of
its Finance Committee. For many
years he was chief of staff and
chief surgeon at Gallinger Hospi-
tai and a faculty member at
Georgetown University.
New Members Sworn In.
Three new board members also
were sworn in at the meeting
They are Mrs. Magdeburger, who
has been serving an interim ap-
pointment in place of Mrs. Doyle
DR.. Phillip T. johnson. an ortho-
pedic surgeon who succeeds Mr.
Hayes as a colored member o1
the board; and Adelbert w. Lee
who was reappointment to his
third term.
A project that will bring free
symphony music to Washington
school children next winter also
was approved by the board.
Five business firms have agreed
to sponsor student concerts of the
National Symphony Orchestra. Of
fering them for the first time
without an admission charge.
At least six concerts will be
given in the school series, and
symphony officials are seeking for
an additional four.
Companies already lined up as
sponsors for next season are the
Hecht Co., Campbell Music Co.,
Lee !. Butler, Inc. Peoples Drug
Stores and Sears, Roebuck & Co.
The Hecht Co. will sponsor two
concerts, and the other firms will
sponsor one each.
Each Program to Cost $500.
Cost of each program is set at
$1,000. In the past, the concerts
always have been given at loss
to the symphony association. &C
cording to its officials.
A brief dispute developed at to-
days meeting over a proposal to
create a standing committee on
school athletic affairs.
Member Albert E. Steinem, in
urging the move, declared the
"board should give consideration
to promoting athletics in our
schools" with the aim of making
sports a greater source of pride
to the city.
DR.. Cannon, however. opposed
the step. asserting that the pres.
ent Student Affairs Committee ha,
jurisdiction. After an exchange
between DR.. Cannon and Mr.
Sharpe over parliamentary action
the matter was assigned to thu
Rules Committee for study.
DR.. Corning reported that schoo
officials are preparing a detailed
answer to missionaries SEN
them by Representative league
Democrat, of Texas. regarding
enrolment decline in the High