Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-24

along with his story.
Don't you have a shirt?" HI
was asked by Mr.. Koontz.
Jaw, they get wrinkled." the
red-head said.
well. so do mine" Mr.. Koontz
shot back at him.
Previous Trouble Recalled
After the boy had been told tt
stay out of the gymnasium unless
he was assigned there. the prin-
cipal told a listener: THAT was
a boy who came close to starting
a race riot around here two years
ago. He flattened a colored kio
in front Of the school. He was
out of school at the time. ! got
his father in here and ] got SO
mad thatI said IF had that kid
I'd take care of him. So the
father said 'Okay.' and he en-
rolled the kid in Anacostia."
/ Mr.. KoontZ laughed at himself
/ After a conference with his
two assistant principals - they
discussed various and tedious re-
ports required at Franklin School
school administration headquar-
tiers. and Mr.. KoontZ filed them
in on a recent meeting he had
attended-the principal walked
out for a look around.
He was stopped by a girl of l6
who held a pink slip on which
somebody had written married.
1t was her ticket 70 get out of
school.
"She's pregnant" said the prin-
cipal in an off-hand way later
What can you do?"
Thefts a Constant Worry
Going down the hall he tried
to open a number of lockers. One
of his biggest worries is thefts-
from jackets to cadet uniform
buttons. He found one locker
open, took the boys name down
and went on checking.
He went into the bathroom to
see if his name had been put UP
recently. But the walls were
clean. He has been called a vari-
ETY. of names on walls.
Back in the Office he lectureo
two girls who had left their books
on the school steps. A boy came
in and said his locker had beer
cleaned out" and the principal
sent him down to the lost anc
found.
He made several efforts by
telephone TO get his baseball
coach out of the afternoon ten
mis- meeting but finally lost when
he reached the top man.
After a quick lunch, Mr.. Koont7
went out on the Anacostia fats
to be present during a cadet
ceremony. He spotted tall guy
mimicking orders at the cadets
and had an AL high" football
tackle go fetch the boy. The
principal told the boy to cut II
out.
Back to the Office. He talked
with his assistants again about
the daily bulletin and what
should 90 in it. Then he was
off to check on a temporary
teacher.
Teacher Problems, Too
1 Back in the Office, Mr.. Koontz
launched into a long discussion
with a teacher. The school will
be evaluated shortly and there
was a complicated form for each
teacher TO fill out. He told the
teacher he thought there had
been too many failures in certain
subjects and said it must be that
a certain teacher was not getting
down and working with the kids
Just Offering the stuff" as he
puts Il.
Tired after the discussion
which concerned achievement
levels he threw some water on
his hair, combed 1t. and then
walked out to watch the student
body during a fire drill. Filing
past. the students watched the
principal form the corners as
their eyes.
He came back to another dis
cussion with apother teacher.
Report cards had been handed
out at the end of school and
Mr. Koontz walked around the
school. occasionally stopping a
boy or girl to ask them how
they had made out Some smiled
at their record of "all D's." One
girl seemed pleased about a
flock OF BIS" A thoroughly
bored big guy said he had
Ifiunked nutrition.
The principal recognized a
Inattily dressed young man walk
ing out of the building with a
group OF boys.
you stay'n out OF trouble ?"
the prime pal asked.