Evening star., 1953-06-11
Corning Critic
Reappointed 10
School Board
Faulkner Keeps Sect;
Two New Members
Named by Judges

Robert r. Faulkner, often an
outSpoken critic of School Supt.
Hobart M. Corning, has been
reappointed to the Board of Ed
ucation.
Two new members named by
the judges Of the U. S. Court for
the District of Columbia were:
Rowland F. Kinks, 38, presi-
dent Of National University.
Mrs. Margaret Just Butcher,
40, colored. an associate profess
sor Of English at Howard Uni
versity who is in civic and edu-
cational circles.
Mr.. Kinks replaces Albert e.
Steinem. and Mrs. Butcher re-
places Mrs. James w. Williams.
Mr.. Steinem. an attorney, has
served on the School Board since
1948. He is vice president. Mrs.
Williams. colored civic leader,
has been on the School Board
since 1899.
The new members appoint
mentS are effective July /. They
will serve three-year terms.
Second Time for Kinks.
1t is the second time Mr.. Kinks
has been appointed to the School
Board. He was named a men,
ber by the judges last June to
fill vacancy created by the
resignation of DR.. James A.
Cannon. Before he took over,
he was named Assistant Attor-
ney General and was unable to
accept the appointment to the
School Board.
Mr.. Faulkner, Washington
attorney then was named to the
vacancy to serve through this
June.
Mr.. Kinks left the Justice De-
partment last February to re-
turn to National University as
president. He will continue his
connection with the university.
A native of Washington, Mr..
Kinks was graduated from Nc
Kinley High School, Virginia
Military Institute aid National
University School of Law. He
passed the District bar exam
after studying two years at Har-
ward.
During World War II, he
served as a lieutenant colonel
in the Army. He went to Ma
tional University in 1948 as dean
OF the Law School, reorganized
the institution and carried on a
fund drive that put the school
on a firm footing.
Washington Native.
Mrs. Butcher also is a native
Of Washington. Her late father,
Ernest E. Just, was professor Of
zoology for "a years at Howard
University. Her mother was the
first colored woman to be grad
uated from Ohio State Univer-
Sity. She,, too, was a teacher
in public schools and univer-
sites.
Mrs. Butchers husband, James
w. Butcher. is assistant profess
sor of drama at Howard Uni
versity, where he has taught
for 18 years.
The new School Board member
is not in Washington now. She
is teaching summer school at
Texas Southern University in
Houston.
Mrs. Butcher taught in the
District public schools before
joining the Howard faculty
eight years ago.
The Butchers live at 1712 Six
teenth street NV. Mrs. Butcher
has daughter, Sherry E. Worm
ley, is, by previous marriage.
She is at Dunbar High School.
Mr.. Butcher has a daughter.
Grace, II, also by a previous
marriage. She is in Sharon,
Mass.
Mrs. Butcher went to the Mott
Elementary School here and was
graduated from Dunbar High
School.
She was graduated from EN-
erson College in Boston in 1884,
later earning her masters and
doctors degrees at Boston Uni
versity.
Both Mrs. Butcher and her
husband went to Europe several
years ago on Fulbright grants.
She went to France to lecture
at three French universities. He
went to England to study drama