Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-01
Profs. johnson and Montgomery
Succeed Messrs. Sites and Cardozo.
ACTION OF TEE SCHOOL BOARD
A Full List of the Teachers Ap-
pointed for Next Year.
o 7 II Err ACTION KEN

"A regular meeting or the board of trus-
tees of public schools was held at the
Franklin building last evening There were
present Messrs. Whelpley, Barnard, Har-
ries, Hazen Wilson, Bruce, Cornish and
Shadd and Mrs. Stowell and Mrs Terrell.
These trustees constitute the entire MEM
bership of the board, with the single ex-
cepdon Of DIR. Wilmer who lie In Europe
There were also present I'm the capacity
or interested spectators. Mr. r. S. Lacey,
d. II. Twombly and other friends of Mr.
=. NJ. Lacey Sites, ex-principal of the
Eastern High School, and the Rev. Dr.
farson of Capitol Hill, who said he ap-
peared there merely a citizen of Capitol
Hill TO hear what was said about the Sites
case. Others present were Superinten-
dents Powell and Cook, Mr.. Swartzel Of
the Eastern High School, and Mr.. joseph
RACK, secretary of the board.
Committee Meeting,
The meeting was called for $50 o'clock,
ana most of the persons interested in the
proceedings of the board were present at
that hour, but II was not until o'clock
that the president called the meeting tn
order and started the business of the even.
ing. The interval was consumed by a meet.
ing OF the committee on normal and high
scnools In the final consideration of Ger.
tam nominations teachers involving
changes in the principalships of the Eas..
err Hlsh School and the Colored High
tention was devoted to the latter school
ana the result was shown in the subse-
q1ent Proceedings of the school board.
me, Inc meeting of the board followed tho
usual order Of business and was started
with The consideration of routine business.
Resisnatfons Accepted.
designations were received and acosn,.a
as follows:
Z. A. Hilton, librarian at Eastern High
school; A E. Snyder, teacher Of typewrit-
ing In Business High School; Gertrude A.
MacNutt, teacher of mathematics in Vest
ern High School; Bertha Buchler, teacher,
Grant School,
Miss Florence f. Shipman. teacher in the
Eastern High School, who was married
yesterday, rendered her resignation orally
10 MT. Lane, and it was accepted by the
board.
The High school Cadets Trip.
A communication was read from Burnside
Post, No. s, Department of the Potomac.
G. A. r., inclosing a copy Of resolutions
adopted by that post inferentially CRITICS.
ing the school authorities for the action Of
the High School Cadets in going to Rich
mond to participate in the JEFF Davis monu-
ment ceremonies.
Mr.. Harrles made a motion that the sec.
rotary reply to this communica ton that
the matter in question had never come be-
fore the committee high and normal
schools, and that the school board Itself
had no jurisdiction in the matter.
Mr.. Sites Letter.
A number of communications were then
read by the secretary in regard to the case
of Mr-C.M Lacey Sites, principal of the East
ern High School, including one from Mr..
Sites himself. He rehearsed briefly the his
tory of the case from its inception, with a
view of showing that he had been harshly
dealt with, and concluded as follows:
"One member of the committee, the trus-
tee representing Capitol HILL and there
lore. presume oily, the proper medium OF
popular complaint, stated to me the 18th
instant that the committee had not In its
possession single line of documentary
evidence against me; that there was no
list of complainers and that he recalled
hut one case Of parent who had made
complaint. Another member of the COM
mittee. who said to me after the committee
had acted, that, if it were possible, the
whole faculty of the Eastern High School
should be changed, has never in my knowl-
edge visited the school nor seen single
teacher at work, and had never before
spoken to me about school management.
So far as 1 know, not single member OF
the committee has ever inspected the school
in working hours. Members of the commit
tee, during the past three weeks, have said
to some who called upon them that the
position they had taken must now be main
tanned for the dignity of the committee
that their stand having been taken public
ly, they could not reCede
Since nothing has been specified against
which TO defend myself, make this state
ment a protest rather than defense.
In the first notification that came to me
of the action Of the COMM ttee, 1t was sug-
eested that X would greatly simplify mat
tiers to receive my resignation. However
true this may have been-end 1 cannot
Sal demands
that / should protest unreservedly against
summary removal from position which
have so long occupied, and, as L hope, with
good results TO others.
The secretary read petition signed by a
I lumber of citzens-patrons of the Eastern
High School-declaring their entire satie-
faction with Mr.. Sites management Of the
school, and asking for his retention.
Flags for Endcavorers.
1t was stated, at this point, that there
We're several other communications bear
ing upon the case of Mr.. Sites but mas
much as they had already received the fun
| consideration of the committee on normal
and high schools. to which they would he
regularly referred in the natural order CT
business, 1t was decided TO dispense with
their reading at that time The considera-
ton OF the Sites case was temporarily laid
aside in order TO consider communication
from Mr. Ross, president OF the board OF
Commissioners, recommending that the
public school flags be loaned to the local
Christian Endeavor societies for use I'm the
decoration of the churches during he COM
ing convention. President Whelplcy ex-
planned that these flags were the private
properly of the schools, having been pur-
chased by subscription or received 10y do
ration. Nevertheless the superintendent
was instructed to direct the jantors Of
| the various buildings TO deliver the flags to
the Christian Endeavor committees for the
purpose indicated.
The real business of the meeting then
taken up, being the appointment of teachers
for the next school year. and the Sites
case was again brought before the meeting.
Mr.. Wilson, president Of the normal and
high schools committee, said he had been
directed by the committee to present The
| following report to the board for its
sheraton:
Mr.. Sites Successor.
THE committee on normal and high
schools recommends the appointment of
Mr.. II. NJ. Johnson in place of Mr.. c. NJ.
Lacey Sites as principal of the Eastern High
School. This recommendation is made with
out any reflection upon the moral charac-
ter or scholarship of Mr.. Sites, but for the
reason that in the judgment Of the COM