Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-05-11
PUBLIC SCHOOL SCANDAL.
The Case Ventilated Last Evening
at u Meeting of the Board Of Tfus.

PUBLIC SCHOOL SCANDAL.
The Case Ventilated Last Evening
At u Meeting of the Board Of Trus.
tees.
The Board of Public School Trustees met last
evening. Communications were received Offer
Ing TO sell premises at 5th and streets, and
1st, between and C, for school purposes; re-
ferrec. the communication from the commit
tee Of Israelites, OF which Mr.. 8. Wolf is chair
man. in reference to school holidays, of which
mention was made In yesterdays STAR, was
placed on the file Applications for Janitors'
Eugene Lffiy.
Applications for teachers positions were re-
God 5om aey Halle Pery "
5. l. Johnson !musiel, Lizzie s. Wheeler,
Anna 8. Cotter, Mary 3. Strather, Sarah s.
Gordon, Margaret Clegg. Mary L. Mcdonald, L.
Dabney, j. c. Golwales. Maude HALEY. j. NJ.
Shipper. Tine designations OF Lillian Partridge
and =. M. Williams, teachers In first division,
teachers in seventh division, were presented
and accepted. The committee on teachers made
report recommending that Miss N. E. L. NC
Miss Wa@s and nd So om
I'd to Sd, first division, vice Miss Mclean pro-
NOTED, and Mary M. Dyer, I'd to 4th, third divi-
sion. vice Miss Rowland promoted; so ordered.
VARIOUS SCHOOL MATTERS
The superintendent presented abstract OF
reports for April, showing: Whole number of
pupils enrolled-White: Washington, 1906:
Georgetown; 1,a2s; county. s67. Colored: W ash
Total, 81 ,SO4. Number OF teachers employed
White schools: washington, 243; GEORGETOWN.
80: county. 25. Colored schools: Washington,
122; Georgetown, 10; county, "a. Total, ass
Nun Der OF cases of corporal punishment White
schools, Ia; colOred schools 81. Number OF
pupils dismlssed.White, Z; colored, G. The
examinations In the colored schools. A letter
was received from the superintendent, calling
attention to- a deviation from the plans as TO
stairways and landings In the neT school
building on street, between 9Th and It'll. and
1t was referred to the committee on buildings.
communication was received from Mr.. Henry
johnson, advising MIR. Smith that he had re-
the reason that two days-GoOd Friday and
Easter Monday-the children were marked
absent, which Is not In spirit with the reso-
be to the prejudice OF the pupil; referred. Mr..
Farley offered q resolution authorizing the
trustees Of the sixth division to rent an old
school building on the Queens Chapel road;
adopted.
The committee on rules made report on the
resolution referred at the last meeting OF the
board recommending the necessary amend
ment to the rules In compliance Herewith
The amendment Is that teachers now In the
schools who have taught therein continuously
In any grade below the eighth for three years
grade, provided the records show that such
teachers have been successful, both as instruc-
tors and discipllnar1ans. Mr.. Middleton moved
that the report lay over. as 1t was a very i'm
portant one, and the subject was now agltating
other boards. He saw by the papers that the
same proposition was pending In the Baltimore
beard. The motion was adopted. The COM
mittee On rules made report on the amend
ment relative to teachers visiting other schools
on furnishing substitutes, recommending that
1t DE not adopted; laid over. Mr.. Pearson called
GtrPct1OC - nf
honor be omitted from the annual report; and
1t was adopted.
FEMALE TEACHER INVOLVED IN A SCANDAL.
MIR. j. Z. n. Wilkinson remarked that there
were certain reports as to Miss c. E. Lewis,
colored teacher who recently resigned, and
moved that the vote accepting her resignation
be recOnsidered. He presented letter from
Miss Lewis, In which she detailed the circum-
stances OF the case. stating that on the 10th OF
April she was accosted In the street by Mrs. j.
G. B. Marshall, who stated that her husband
had been allenated from her. and that in her
opinion his visits to the house where Miss
LEWIS was staying was the cause OF 1t. The
sub board (Messrs. Brooks, Smith and Pope,
hearing OF 1t requested Miss Lewis to resign,
which she did, but subsequently asked leave TO
Re Letter Of when aG the
claims to be guiltless OF all blame, and says
Mrs. MARSHALL subsequently wrote letter, ex-
oneratipg her. (the teacher, which letter was
school board to examine into all the facts.
Mr.. Wormley presented petition OF thirty
or more ladies to the trustees TO give Miss
Lewis hearing.
After considerable debate a motion of Mr.
Wilkinson to reconsider was agreed to. Yeas
Messrs. Loveioy, Samson, Middleton, Dodge,
Brown, Wilkinson and Wormley-1O. Nays
MessIs. Smith, Pope and Brooks-3.
The resignation was on motion OF Mr. Smith,
not accepted, and the subject referred to the
committee on teachers, pending which Miss.
Lewis stands suspended. Adjourned.