New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-08-28
The COlored school heard.

I ih tht NidII.
! There was little of interest done, if we
except the resolution Of Prof. yashon which
was adopted, as follows:
Examinations of applicants for teacher
ships shall be had at appointed times in the
several branches Of study pursued in the
schools, and to the successful applicants
therein certificates of the first, second and
third class shall be awarded, as follows, viz :
First class, for an average per centum of cor
rect answers not below ninety second class.
for an average not below seventy-five, and
third class, for an average not below sixty
Inc committee also recommend that the
| salaries hereafter be graded in accordance
with certificates held, as follows Third class,
$3.50 the first year, and 5000 thereafter |;
second class, $3.50 the first year, and 900
thereafter; first class $3.50 the first year, and
/ $500 thereafter, together with an annual
allowance OF slOope year in the case ofeach
! principal teacher.
! That first-class certificates be given to all
such teachers as may be appointed principals
Tor the coming school-year, and second-class
certificates to all who have been occupyinr
ful! teacherships in the course Of the past
year; and lastly, that an examination of ap-
plcants for teacherships be ordered for We'd
nesday, the 9th instant, and one of teachers
desiring to be promoted for Saturday. the
10Th day of December next.
This would be both desirable and give
good results in the schools, if we could hope
that it would be carried out with any degree
of fairness.
Mr.. Archie Lewis, well-knOwn as the muir
derer of the Queens English, presented the
following resolution, which is a one-sided ar
rangement entirely, giving the teachers no
guarantee against dismissal at any time
This is quite in accord, however, with Mr..
Lewis ideas OF equity and Justice. His long
experience in the Supreme Court should have
enlightened him. He has not profitted from
his surroundings
Resolred That on and after the 1st proxi-
mo, thirty days notice be required from all
person. connected with the schools who con-
template resigning, under a penalty of for
fixture of salary for the time above dcsigna-
ted. Referred to the Committee on Teach
ers and Textbooks.
Professor Vashon moved that the secreta-
ry be instructed to notify every applicant for
a position as teacher of the examination to
be held on the 9th instant
This gave rise to some discussion, several
members claiming that only applicants
residing in the District of Columbia should
be informed, when Mr.. Nashon withdrew his
original motion, and moved that hereafter
n" applications Of persons not residing IN the
District be receirsd. Laid on the table.
No better specimen of Prof. Vashon could
be given than the above. Honest in purpose
he offers to notify ecery applicant, and be-
cause some trustee, whose ideas of learning
are limited to the ten miles square of the
District, objects and appeals to the preiu-
dices of his fellows, he rithdrars 1t and moves
that thereafter no applications of persons not
residing in the District be received" Woul Id
any sane person believe that the gentleman
who offers such a resolution is a literally edu-
Gated man that he has Just been elected a
professor in Acoln University, Mississippi,
and has been Qor very brief period
teacher in these schools from which he would
exclude other persons as meretOrious as him
self!!! The Board had too much good
sense TO pass such a ridiculous motion.
What would our Professor have done had
Acorn stopped to such petty prejudice.
What would Harvard do with Agassiz?
Cornell with Goodwin Smith, or Princeton
with the learned DIR. McCosh, if such course
were to be pursued?
Mr.. johnson moved that preference shall
be given to tho selection of teachers for the
colored schools Of Washington and George
town to persons residing in the District
Adopted.
Here is the solution this is the way to do
it and yet be parliamentary. II. j., late
of Philadelphia" knows the ropes and cuts
the Gordan knot. Fortunately; for himself
he didn't come to the District to instruct the
youth, but to do the dirty work of his supe-
riors, hence it is peculiarly fitting that he,
a carpet-bagger, should attempt to keep out
foreign teachers from the District. If the
Governor wishes any better evidence of the
fawning sycophancy of this man Johnson, it
cannot be found. Thank God, there has al
ways been Free Trade in intellect, and any
community which does not encourage ability,
from whatever place it comes, can never hold
its own in the intellectual race
Men who pass such resolutions, no matter
what may be their motives, are unworthy to
hold positions as guardians OF education.
To be Bourbon in politics is bad enough
| to be Bourbon in education is worse. The
disgrace of the whole thing consists in the
fact that the majority of the people of the
District are in favor Of treating all men and
women according to their merits, and do not
pretend to judge ones ability by the place
where they were born. We call attention to
the fact that the above report on which we
have commented does not come from the
Organ on which Mr.. II. J. plays; but from
the veracious Morning Chronicle, which prints
several things omitte dby the National Repul-
ltcGa.
New Commercial school.
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