The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-02
AFFIOAvITS AGAINST MISS KRUSE
They Will BIO Used Against the Howard
School Principal For Conduct Unbecom-
ing Teacher.

| They Will BIO Used Against the Howard
School PrincipallFor Conduct Unbecom-
ing Teacher
Developments in the trouble which in.
wolves the position of Miss Edwina Kruse.
| the Howard School principal. are assuming
serious aspect and II now looks as though
the unpopular principal will have hard
road to travel, as the saying is. II she is al
the head Of the school much longer.
A Republican reporter this morning ap-
preached member of the committee who
has the matter in hand and from him 1t was
learned that affldavits from several stur
dents at the school and outsiders had been
obtained, which will substantiate the charge
of conduct unbecoming a teacher against
Miss kruse. Just what charges are em-
braced in their side of the defence would not
even be intimated by the committeeman,
but he was confident that this blow would
Gust the principal whom the colored people
claim has caused their school to retrograde
instead Of advance. But the committee Is
not stopping at the charge of misconduct.
They are working necessarily to prove that
Miss Kruse is not capable Of filling the po-
sition she occupies.
Later met Isaac w. Howard, editor Of
the Afro-American Citizen, the organ Of
the colored people here. He had this to say.
The statement made by Samuel F. Belts
of the Board of Education, sanctioned by
DR.. Ebert and the Rev. c. L. Jefferson,
that Daniel P. Hamilton did not attach his
name to the petition against Miss Kruse's
prncipalshp Is untrue Mr.. Hamilton, In
the presence of J. W. Brnkley and myself
stated that he had never been approached
by any party relative to the matter, and
therefore never said he favored Miss
Kruse's reappointment. He favors male
principal at the Howard School.
The colored people of this city were ig-
nored by the Board of Education. Their
petition was not considered and this act
has brought the condemnation of the
masses Of our people upon the board. Miss
Kruse,as a principal of the Howard School.
has not given satisfaction for six years.
Since she has held the position there has
not been single pupil sufficiently pre-
pared in the grammar department to pass
an examination under Superintendent Har-
Ian. The school instead Of advancing is
retrograding to the extent that pupils
after passing through the school are being
sent to higher schools outside of the state
to complete their training
"She is neither an honor to her race,
state or any one. The colored tax payers
are determined to vote at the school cleo
ton next spring and If their vote is ignored
they will appeal to the courts, which will
no doubt sustain them in their contention.
I'VE asked the Board of Education for
equal school facilities with the whites. and
by ignoring our petition they have refused
to grant the request. 1t is clear to any
fair minded man that Miss Kruse is not
graduate Of even Grammar school; then
she OF course Is not the equal Of Professor
Berlin, who has the advantage Of repre-
sentative collegiate training and until
there is appointed such principal the col
ored children will not have the educational
advantages now enjoyed by the white chill
dren.
CDR. Ebert and the Rev. Mr.. Jefferson
represent the minority and not the ma
jority Of our populace'