Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-12
CardozoCourses
ToBeExpanded
In Central Shift
Extra Room Available
Will Permit Broader
Type of Education
By Colt HendIey, Jr.

Soit tISHotSy, IT.
A significant expansion of the
curriculum now offered at Cardozo
High School will go into effect
when the students shift into the
Central High building next fall.
Robert N. Mattingly, principal
of Cardozo. said extensive courses
in home-making and everyday liv-
ing will be added when the shift
is completed. In addition, the
physical education program will
be improved tremendously be-
cause of the facilities that will be
on hand. -.
Summed up simply, Mr.. Mat
tingly said plenty of room at
Central High will allow a decided
improvement in the type of edu-
cation offered to the colored
students.
The Board of Education last
week ordered Central High School
turned into a colored institution,
thus bringing to climax a
controversy which had ragged for
nearly a year. The change must
be made by August /.
Plans Being Drawn Up.
School Supt. Hobart M. Corn
ing and his staff now are draw
ing up plans to effect the trans
fer.
The main problem is just how
to disperse the 1900 senior and
junior high students who attend
Central during the day and the
1920 adults who take classes
there at night. In addition, the
District Recreation Board must
reach a decision on what it will
do about the extensive recreation
activities carried on at Central
for white residents.
The Recreation Board will meet
Tuesday. Milo Christensen, rec
reation. superintendent, said he
will recommend that the board
set up a special committee to
study plan which he will submit.
DR.. Corning will submit his
preliminary plan for effecting the
transfer Of classes at the next
Board OF Education meeting on
March %.
Home Making Courses.
Under consideration by school
officials is proposal to put the
senior high students from Central
into Roosevelt High School and
possibly, change the name to Gen.
tral-Roosevelt. =
In discussing the additions to
the Cardozo curriculum, Mr.. Mat
tingly said that the present Car
dozo school always has been sub
ject to criticism because of the
physical plant and certain defects
IN the courses offered.
The Middle States Association
OF Colleges Secondary Schools in
1943-when examining Cardozo
for accreditation-warned about
those two points, he continued.
Next fall, complete courses in
making and living will be
offered to both boys and girls, Mr..
Mattingly said.
These courses will teach the girls
how to promote the home" he
continued. This includes cooking,
sewing, how to market and live on
a budget. The boys will get gen.
eral instructions on home main
tenance and other related sub
jects.
Business Courses Emphasized.
All this will be in addition to the
regular courses offered by Cardozo,
which emphasize business training.
Cardozo offers college prepara-
tory course at present, aimed to-
ward those students who might
want to go to college and study
to be teachers of commercial sub
jects. This course also will be
expanded somewhat.
Cardozo's enrolment now is
more than 100. Within two or
three years, Mr.. Mattingly pre-
dicted, it should rise to above 1000.
I'VE are looking for a general
improvement in the education Of
fered, because we will not be lin
tied by space problems" he stated.
Class sizes also will be reduced
Mr.. Mattingly said.
He explained that at present, for
instance, a teacher might have
four large classes to teach every
day. With additional classrooms
available, the four classes could be
split into five groups, which the
same teacher could handle.