Evening star., 1952-11-20

of 10 senior high schools. This
will apply only until February. In
the white schools the shift will
mean replacement of temporary
junior high teachers, and it is
those temporary teachers who
may be fired.
Vacancies Free Funds.
Five additional salaries are
available for transfer to colored
use because of vacancies in white
schools.
Five of the new Negro teachers
Will be assigned to grade schools
fo1 the rest of the school year.
The others will be assigned to
junior highs.
Mldyear graduations and the alb
Sence this year of any incoming
grade school graduates will cut
junior high enrolment in Febru-
airy, meaning the extra salaries
won't be essential after then, Supt.
Hobart M. Corning told the Board
Of Education.
DR.. Corning told the board that
the services of the replaced white
junior high appointees will be
terminated" But he told report
ers afterward that the dismissals
aren't definite yet.
Roosevelt High School has only
one counselor. The other salary
is being permanently transferred
to the colored schools, DR.. Corning
said
Construction Funds Out.
The superintendent indicated he
has definitely given up his attempt
to get permission to transfer sur
plus construction funds to salaries
for new teachers. Congressional
and District officials threw cold
water on this scheme earlier in
this week.
DR.. Corning called the teacher
shuf1ing undesirable, and he re-
ported that a similar move in
September hurt teacher morale.
But he said the emergency re-
quires the step again. Two white
teachers were fired and As were
switched to lower grades just be-
fore schools opened.
At it's meeting yesterday the
school board:
Approved wage scales for en-
ployes of the new centralized
cafeteria system. The director will
get from $7,700 to $4,000 and
assistant directors from $4,000 to
$500. depending on education
and length of service. Wages of
other employees will range from
80 cents to $1.371a per hour.
Liquor License Opposed.
Asked for amendment of the
law to provide an automatic pay
increase for teachers at the end
of the first probationary year.
Voted to oppose liquor license
application for an establishment
across Eleventh street from Will
son Teachers College.
Approved a plan for free insur-
ance for football players and op-
tional insurance for all students
and employees. at their own ex-
penSe.
Failed to create a special COM
mlttee on educational television,
as proposed by Vice President Al
bert E. Steinem.
Hear Citizens on Transfer.
Heard citizens testify for and
against proposed transfer of the
white Bryan or Buchanan Ele-
mentary School in Southeast
Washington to Negro use. A crowd
of onlookers, mostly white, packed
the board room.
Speakers for the proposal were
John B. Duncan. president Of the
Federation Of Civic Associations,
and Andrew Thalley, president Of
the Payne -Maury PTA. Those
against were Mrs. Nelma Beaghan,
president. Buchanan PTA; Mrs.
R. j. Colson. Bryan PTA; Mrs.
Edna Williams, Buchanan parent:
Charles Parker. Mrs. Herbert F..
Wallach. Hine PTA; Mrs. Arthur
c. Wagner. Citizens Committee
for Community Action; Howe p.
Cochran. Capitol Hill Southeast
Citizens Association. and William
L. Mackey, 511 Tenth street Sc.