The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-29

The annual meeting of the Providence
Public Education association was held
last evening in Wilson hall, Brown uni
versity, with the president, Professor
Walter G.. Everett in the chair. A large
audience. composed OF leading educators
of this city, representative citizens. men,
bers OF the clergy and Rhode Island bar,
college professors, teachers and inter-
ested parents were present.
This representative company was
brought together by the fact that IL was
generally known that the evening would
be devoted to a discussion OF the import
ance OF continuing the kindergarten
schools in this city. the association hav-
ing been requested by the managers or
the Providence Free Kindergarten asso-
citation to devote the evening TO such a
discussion.
Before the dicussion concerning the kim
dergarten question was taken up, the
regular business incidental to the annual
meeting OF the association was tran
sacted.
ANNUAL REPORTS.
In this connection the annual reports
were presented and officers chosen for
the ensuing year.
The annual report of the secretary,
Mrs Carl Barus, was an admirable one
and gave most comprehensive idea Of
what had been accomplished by the asso-
ciation during the past year, with sug-
gestions as to the needs OF the coming
year
THAT the coming years is TO be a criti-
cal one In the history OF our pubic
schools" she said, must be evident TO
any one who has given the subject the
least consideration and that the time is
ripe for our association 20 wage even a
more vigorous campaign than heretofore
I'm behalf OF those measures which our bill
advocates.
There will be need not only for the
continued services of those who have
actively worked upon committees, this
year. but the larger body of our mem
bership can immensely increase our In
fuence by helping 20 secure for our as
ISOLATION the sympathy and cooperation
OF those interested but not Identified with
10 as yet"
THE TARBELL CASE
Referring 20 the action OF the school
committee in dlsmissing superintendent
Tarbell. the report continued as follows:
Upon pretext that made no specific
charges q majority OF the school COM
mittee agreed. without permitting time
for dellberatlon, TO adopt the resolution
OF its leading member and retire an eff
Client officer The executive committee OF
the association. believing with a large
number OF citizens that so summary n
dismissal must have more definite and
serious reasons than those which seem
ingly satisfied a majority OF the school
committee waited awhile with the ex-
pectation that the school committee might
realize that they owed the public, whose
representatives they are. fuller expla-
nation for the important step they took
50 hastily.
FINDING that no official informat tion was
20 be given spontaneously. the executive
committee OF this association detailed
three OF It's members 20 open a corre-
spondence with the president ot the school
committee and on behalf OF n society
which concerned itself with the better
ment Of our schools. to inquire, II he
would furnish definite charges TO supple
ment the vague statements thus far
given.
"The president Of the school committee.
having declined either officially or per-
sonally 20 accede 20 the request the ex-
ecutive committee of the association
deemed the correspondence should be