New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-10-23

Meeting OF the Tru.,s...-R.a,sn. 8u.sn.s..
A regular meeting Of the Board of Colored
>usaner school building.
Mrs. J.. A.Chambers made application for
thirty DAYS. leave of absence on account Of
sickness: which was granted.
The Teachers Literary Association of the
stevens building requested the use Of the
simmer school building hall Cor their semi.
,ocu,hly meetings. Referred to the supern-
irudent.
The following abstract of the September
r,pcr, was then read:
Number Of pupils on the rolls, 1900 ;
Mol. number Of pupils enrolled during the
month. i,l40; average number of pupils in
,itendancc during the month, J, "a average
T,ub.r Of pupil, III each school, 80 per
.erlace a, attendance, - number of cases
of ,Ayi!nc-s. 10. number Of cases OF corro-
,,l uuni,lmcnt. l3j number Of pupils dis
missed. II; number Of pupils suspended, 32 !;
nupbrr o' INDECENT pupils furnished with
book, =
tn, Committee on Buildings reported pro-
rIes, Of the work on the Stevens building
and the Reese building on Ninth street.
The latter would be ready for occupancy
about the first Of November.
Quite warm discussion took place about
the following letter and affidavit received and
read. from DIR. Augusta, relative to certain
school apparatus ordered by him while teach
or Of botany, &C, in the High School:
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 1873.
r, t., Bout = yras,os cf coored Schools O." Crorgt-
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GENTLEMEN | have the honor to state
that received from the Secretary oc the
Board a communication, dated 18th ult., re-
Guestina me to communicate the name of the
person IL whom gave the written list of the
articles belonging 10 the Preparatory High
School. AMI in answer beg leave to make the
following statement:
In the lirsi place, may state that although
1 ordered the articles from New York and
Philadelphia never received them, but they
were sent directly Ia The Treasurer of the
Board al that time Mr.. John A. GRAY. who
received them, paid for them, receipted for
them, and sent them to the sumner school
building, where | found them.
Directly after the close al the last school
term called upon Nj. G.. /. 7. Cook, the
Superintendent, and informed him that had
been ordered to turn over TO him the prop
erty used by me belonging to the Board, and
asked him to name a day and would point
out TO him the different articles. They were
all placed in boxes, except the charts, which
were hanging in the school room; and all
the boxes were in the building except one,
which contained preparation that had been
broken in transit, Ct which l wrote to the
furnisher, and he promised to have the same
repaired, provided il was sent on free of cX-
press charges. took il TO nv house and ie-
packed il, and Informed Mr.. Gray, the Treas
urer, that it was ready to be sent, and he
stated that he would send il as soon as he
received money. 1t, however, remained at
my house, waiting to be sent, till the new
treasurer, Mr.. Stewart, entered upon his du-
ties. On the occasion mentioned above
Informed Mr.. Cook of the box that was at
my house and explained the reason. and that
! would return il at the same time came to
point out the other articles. Mr.. Cook in
formed me that he could not fiX ,lay then.
but would do SO at some future time. Up to
the present date, however, he las not COM
municated with me on the subject | went
repeatedly to the building, but could not find
him; and finally | carried the box there and
left it in charge of the Janitor, with letters
from the furnisher as to what he was willing
To do, with a request that he would give them
TO Mr.. Cook. On the return of Mr.. Stewart
last month called upon him for my salary,
and he informed me that l was on the paw
roll for the month of May, but that he had
instructions from the Board not to paw me
until had given an inventory Of the prop
erty in my possession belonging to the school
and that he had made out my check and left
ii at the school with the Superintendent, Mr..
Cook, and the Secretary, Mr.. Park, and if |
would call there and fix it with them and sign
the payroll they would give me the check
called at the school just previous to your
last meeting, and took with me an itemised
printed list of all the articles contained in the
boxes, and meeting Mr.. Park, the Secretary,
in the hall leading to his Office, / asked him
If Mr.. Cook was in, and he answered in the
negative. l then informed him what Mr.
Stewart, the Treasurer, had told me, and lie
replied by saying that the President, MIR.
johnson, had taken all the papers away. lie
then invited me into the office, and, after
making search, found the payroll, exam
lned il, and stated that there was the pay
roll, but he found no note upon it as to what
was TO be done, and that | must see the Pres
ident. j then gave him the printed list mem
toned above, and asked him to give il 10
Mr.. Cook.
may here mention that Mr.. Wormley mis-
understood me as to the list which left at
the building being written, as il was printed
instead, although stated to him il was an
itemsed list.
Now, gentlemen, these are the facts of the
case; and can give no other inventory of
the articles in question, as no other was ever
furnished to me. But regret that Mr.. Cook
did not attend to the matter at the proper
time, as it would have saved me the trouble
of writing this communication. And as I'M
derstand that the Secretary Mr.. Park, charged
me, at your last meeting, with falsehood, |
append this, my affidavit, that there NAV he
no mistakes as to what ! say or mean
remain. very respectfully, your obeden}
servant,
a. T. AUGVsTA, NJ. d.
Subscribed and sworn 10 before me this
9Th day Of October, 1873.
john ii. COOK,
Notary Public for ID. e.
Upon the conclusion Of the reading of the
letter quite furOre OF excitement was a,
once produced among some Of the members
The President, Mr.. Johnson, was extremely
agltated and bilious, not so much as to the
letter that had lust been read as TO the one