page_title: Frank Ballou
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Frank Ballou / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Title: As Honorary Vice President of the National Tuberculosis Assn., President Harding presented to Dr. Frank Ballou, Supt. of Schools, the cup offered for the schools having the largest enrollment based on population Abstract/medium: 1 photographic print.
context_page_description: Frank Washington Ballou, PhD, was superintendent of Washington D.C. public schools from 1920 to 1943. Frank W. Ballou High School is named in his honor.
context_section_description: Ballou become superintendent of Washington, D.C. public schools in 1920. During this time, he oversaw the building of sixty new schools and raised teachers salaries.
caption: President Warren G. Harding presents Dr. Frank Ballou with an award cup presented to schools with the largest enrollment based on population. Image from Library of Congress.
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