Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-08
Maury Elementary
Sets Up Two More
|Part-Tinle Classes
By jones 6. Deone

Two more part-time classes
now are operating at the Maury
Elementary School.
The extra classes were set up
yesterday at the colored school,
Twelfth and B streets NE, Asso-
ciate Supt. A. Kiger Savoy said he
regretted putting more children on
the limited schedule. but he said
1t was necessary to cut class sizes.
Two other classes at the school
have been on O part-time basis
since schools reopened.
Nearby Payne School, Fiji
tenth and c streets S. E.. also
has four part-time classes. Payne
and Maury operate under one
principal. Both have far more
students than their theoretical
capacity.
Addition Ready In Spring.
An addition to Payne, slated
for completion next March. pre-
sumably will make it possible to
restore full schedules for all the
children then. These are the only
part timers in the school system
now, except for many four days
a-week undergraduates.
A multiple-purpose room has
been converted into a classroom at
Slowe School, Fourteenth and
Jackson streets NE, and an extra
class also has been set up at
Crummell School, Gallaudet street
near Providence street NE, Mr.
Savoy reported.
Five or six Negro senior high
school teachers soon may be
transferred temporarily to junior
highs to help meet a serious
teacher shortage on the lower
level.
The senior highs have some
what smaller enrolment than ex-
Ipected, but junior high pupils
have jumped above predictions
Assistant Supt. Harold A. Haynes
Explained. The transfers will be
submitted to the school board fol
approval next week, he said.
The school system now has 81. ::
per cent Negro pupils, officials
reported.
Tormnp Than Ev~ooknN
The latest enrolment check
showed colored children outnum-
bering white by 8,477. This margin
is 1913 pupils bigger than ex-
pected. Total enrolment, now al
a record 100,819, still is short Of
the prediction by about 900, how
ever. Another check will be made
late this month.
New students at the Veterans
Center at Armstrong High Schoo
include 157 enrolled under the
new Korea-war CT bill.
Board of Education commit
tees will meet tomorrow starting
at 2 pm. Plans for a new South
east junior high school. held-ur
by the buildings and grounds
committee, will be one OF the
topics.
Coming to Submit Report
Supt. Hobart M. Corning next
week will submit to the board
an analysis of the recent report
on school construction prepared
by a special committee for the
District Commissioners.
Meanwhile, II Washington or
CARNATIONS made public a joint
letter, sent to DR.. Corning, charg'
ing a discriminatory" difference
in pupil-teacher ratios in the
white and Negro schools and ask
ling information on the subject
The letter was sent by thu
American Friends Service Com
mittee, Local q Of the American
Federation Of Teachers, Wash
|ington Chapter, American Coun'
jcil on Human Rights, Washing
ton Chapter, Americans for Dem
|ocratic Action: Gerater Washing
ton Area Council, American Vet
lerans' Committee: Catholic Inter
racial Council, Unitarian Fellow
ship for Social Justice, Washing
ton Fellowship. Washington In
; Idustrial Union Council, st. Pete
! Claver Center and Washington
urban League.