The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-14

The regular monthly meeting OF the
| Board OF Trustees of the Public Schools
| Of ,h. ni.,,i,, ~. ,,o,,,.,,,,i, 80. ia -
" was Aeiu
'eruaS afternoon at the frankIn sehooi
building President James ". Whelpley
presided
After the meeting the results of an ex-
ecutive session of the Board of School
Trustees held on February 20 were made
known The question under discussion was
the efficiency of G. f. T Cook Superin-
tendent of Colored schools. The Board
| resolved itself into a committee of the
whole and submitted the following resolu-
ton. which was adopted. to the District
Commissioners.
Wb.,.,s that j., ,ho i,,-,-t;,-a,i,, Of the
Superintendent of school, Of the Ninth Tenth
and Eleventh divisions this board finds much inef-
| hciency in the neglect by The incumbent OF the
"oN pertaining TO The strictly educational Tea
~ t''5 .'.t' g -ooo,,,,oe,d
TO tho II1,o,II 1,,,,,isone+a 81 The Disrict of
| Columbia that a change be made in the Office of
the Superintendent OF schools OF the Ninth, Tenth
and Eleventh divisions. and that they appoint
to 1t man who Viii bring to the position al
ih'' II s''nus IoI Hoiu III euuc"'i'"Si e'a"uPO'"'
At yesterdays meeting of the Board,
| 4 communication was read from the
headquarters of the Afro-American Coun
ell asking that children in the colored
schools of the District be permitted to
contribute penny each for the purpose
oil raising funds 10 test the validity OF the
Louisiana constitution of 1898. The letter
was laid on the table, it being against the
rules OF the board to grant the request
Inc secretly was instructed TO notify the
Aifo-Amerlcan council oil the BOARD $ ac-
ilon ana TO state the reason Tor IL.
n petition from the Young Mems Chris
tan Association asked that they be al
lowed 10 place placards in the different
school buildings announcing the event oil
lecture on liquid air to be delivered at
the association building. The lecture be-
ing pay affair, the request was not
granted The board explained that the
entertainment was all right in its charac-
ter, but in granting the request the rules
of the board would be violated inasmuch
as the placarding of the schools would be
in the nature of an advertisement.
Arthur W. Craig. of Alabama, in a
written communication asked for the po-
sition of principal of the colored training
school in course of construction in this
city. The letter was referred to the COM
mittee on appointments.
The resignation of ]. W. Freeman, jan
itor of the Banneker school, was accepted
and the appointment of Haywood Jennings
in his stead was confirmed
The subject of establishing a cooking
school near the Logan school to obyiate
the necessity of the children travelling SO
long a distance to the present cooking
school was discussed al some length. The
principal objection which the parents had
to the present location. said Miss Francis,
a member Of the board, was the long dis
lance. The cooking school at present, she
said. being located at 911 Street north
west, some of The children had to travel
distance of three miles.
Upon the motion of Mr.. Harries that the
request OF the parents OF children TO locate
a cooking school nearer the Logan School,
the Board gave its unanimous consent.
resolution was ADOPTED conierLlng the
tue oil superintendent upon Mr. Gardner,
the instructor Oh the manual framing de-