Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-08-10


The Board OF Public school Trustees held
an adjourned meeting last night, and re-
sumed the consideration Of the reports In
relation to Mr.. ]. E. Thompson. Mr.. Curtis
presided, with Mr.. ]. 81. Brooks secretary,
and all the members were present except
Messrs. Brooke, Ferguson and Smith.
LOOKING TO THE REoPENING OF THE
SCHOOLS.
Before proceeding with the special bust
ness, MI Packard offered q resolution d.
superintendents and Or mel pals on Saturday,
September ID, as follows:-White schools OF
Georgetown, Curtis building, 81 O'Clock;
schools list district, franklin, IL q. m; ID
do, Seaton, II m; Sd, Wallach, ~ p. m;
4th, Jefferson, p. m; colored schools, sum-
notice on the I'D and 2ad instant as to this
meeting, in the papers, and the rules Of last
year be adhered to; adopted.
Mr.. DERRICK offered q resolution directing
the committee on property to procure q room
and furnish IL for the advanced female gram
mar school; adopted.
Mr.. Rey burn offered resolution directing
the committee on property to rent and fur
nish three rooms In the first district. zone
for primary and two for secondary schools;
referred.
MR.. HovEY on THE WAR PATH
The consideration OF the case of Mr.. Tnomp-
son was resumed, and Mr.. Hovey, after re-
peating his statements on the subject made
at the previous meeting, spoke at some
length OF a .cacher being regarded as a model
by his pupils, and that he should be an ex-
ample 10 them. 1t had been shown that Mr..
Thompson had visited saloons and used to-
bacco, aud In this respect he was not setting
good example. He desired 10 take back
the chsree he had made that Mr.. McLelI an
had, with Thompson, visited lewspapsr
office ard endeavOred TO have dispatches sent
off In Mr.. ThompsOn's interest. He had
made inquiries and found That Mr.. Thonp-
son was Inot accompanied by Mr.. Mcclellan
but lie ID had offered 10 bring Mr.. McLel-
Ian 10 the Office the next day To- su5stantiate
bis statements. He stated this as an act OF
Justice 10 Mr.. Mcclellan, who Mr.. Crosby
Noyes ,havlng set himself up as q censor,
says is man of character, &c.
Mr LlOyed raised the point that Mcclellan
not being on trial ii was unnecessary to bring
his name in.
MT Hovey said that he proposed to defend
himself from the attacks OF these two men
NOyes ard McLellan-both having written
some of the articles in THE STAR.
Mr.. Lloyd said that even il Mr.. Mcclellan
had written some OF the articles, Mr.. Crosby
Noyes was the responsible party, and IL
was TO be presumed that he wrote all the ar
ticles.
The chair ruled that Mr.. Hovey could pro-
ceed.
Mr.. Hovey said while the articles in THE
STAR were levalled at the whole board, they
were particularly directed against him. He
STAR, but of Crosby 8. Noyes, the man
whose name appears at the head OF the first
column, second page OF THE STAR. These
of members, and were full OF unreasonable
vituperatiou. By this time the public knew
his condition of health. He gets bilious
about once a week, and then the articles con-
tain such phrases as ''inpaired digestion"
&c. His bile works off In this way; Ii bolls
over and then be cracks the whip like plan
tation master. Mr.. Hovey next read one of the
articles, and said he made no complaint
against The STAR, 1oe IL Is an excellent
pa per; but he did object to the man whose
name appeared at the head of the first coll
umn, second page of The STAR, getting Off
bis bile in this manner. He knew not on
what this Cesar had fSi and be- ONE SO
great. He referred TO some OF the questions
published recently by the Cdpital as his
enjoyed 1t when he read IL In the Cdpitul.
THE STAR had copied these quotations and
c co. Zen nnfa S upon them saying
tiOn as that asking for a reason why Chicago
was located on its present site, was an ass.
There was good reason for such question,
and he would pronounce the man who would
find fault with IL an ass. Mr.. Noyes could
go on and crack his whip, but he could not
influence the board. Mr.. Mcclellan had writ
ten some OF these articles, and he could
prove IL.
Mr.. Lloyd objected again, that Mr.. McLel-
Ian was not on trial.
Mr.. Hovey repeated the charge.
Mr.. Reyburn COLI cided with Mr.. Lloyd
hat as Mr. Mcclellan was not on trial, notn-
iLg of this kind should be brought In.
Mr.. HOvey said he intended TO speak on
he would certainly say what be intended
during the evening at some lime.
Mr.. NOyes is absent from the city, having
gone TO the White Mountains. The readers
al The STAR know that-biIiOas or nOt-he
Is fully capable OF defending himself against
ATTACKS OF any kind from any quarter, and
the Irrelevant personal nc sitter dragged into
this controversy is left for such notice when
he returns as he may deem Pfoper.-RepI
Mr.. LLOYD IN THOMPSON BEHALF.
Mr.. Lloyd, after the rules had been sus-
gftr ~ g IN of
Iii. Thompson, who he claimed. came out
OF this investigation, which mad It's origin In
Trejudice, stainless. Sr. Lloyd read from
the rules as 10 the duties OF Superintendent
and principals, and said that the fact that
Mr.. Thompson had never been reported or
reprimaDded by the superintendent was evil
deuce that he was a good principal. Toe
teachers have asked his re appoi ntment, and
they were the best judges HIS qualifications
an a teacher had never been disputed, aud
the superintendent, j. o. Wilson, had en-
Lloyd claimed that their condition was
chargeable 10 the janitor not attending to
bis business. He should have been about
the building from TO II O'Clock, and from 1
To O'Clock especially, but In these hours he
was attending 10 other business, and the
principal was very often absent from the
building visiting the other schools OF the
district, and he Thompson there fore, could
not give all his attention TO this building.
Mr.. LLOYD referred TO the disagreement be-
tween Champlin and Thompson, and re-
marked that they had not been on good
terms for two years.
Mr.. ChampIIn desired to state this was
lot the fact; he did not wish 20 be misuuder-
stood; they had not been disagreeing for such
a length of time.
Mr.. Lloyd continued, charging that the
condition of the blac boards was due to the
Interference of Mr.. Champlin, who had pre-
vented Mr.. Plowman from repairing them.
He argued that the condition OF the property
showed that Mr.. Thompson had exercised
due care, and poticiDg the charge of Excess
sive marking OF the percentage made, he
said 1t had been shown ,onclusively that
Mr.. Thompson had nothing to do with the
marking, and in reply TO the charge that
Mrs. Martins name was not put on the re-
port by herself, he said that Mr.. Thompson
did not put II there. He read In this connee-
lion letter from Z. II. Thompson to the
effe ct that Mrs. Martin and himself did not
agree as TO the marking OF the papers, and
this disagreement led TO each one marking
the papers of his or her sehOol. The high
ave age is explained by the fact that eighth
srade Questions were used. He agreed that
the evidence showed that tobacco chewing
was INDUCED In, but that the school was
being blamed for what some members of the
debating society had dOpe. in this connee-
tion he read the affidavit OF w. j. Stephen
son as TO the statement OF young Nolan that
tobacco spittle was drop ID by society mem
beTs, &c. AS TO calling boys liars, he read