Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-25
APPROVED BY BOARD
ACTION OF OFFICIALS IN ExCLUD-
ING PUBLICATION FROM SCHOOLS

At n regular meeting at the Franklin
building last night the board of education
approved the action of the president or the
board and the superintendent in suppress
ing the circulation of the publication OF
the May number of Our Dumb Animals
on the ground that it contains certain Of
fensive articles against President Roose-
veit as related in yesterdays Star
The Washington branch Alumnae or Lake
Erie College, Painsville, Ohio, rendered
scholarship in Lake Erie College to
female graduate of the Western, eastern,
Central or Mckinley schools, and the oHer
was accepted by the board with thanks:
Mr. James Rudolph Garfield. commission
er of corporations. is presideni o. 'ne
board of trustees of Lake Erie Coilese.
The Objectionable Articles.
The articles which appeared in the publ
cation known as "Our Dumb Animals, ana
to which Superintendent Stuart excepted
were three in number. One was under the
heading. president Has Shot Bear as
follows: 40 .,a+
1--WE see in our papers of April ~ that
President Roosevelt has shot a pear
Whether it was a male bear or lehiaie
bear. whose young might De III uinSe' W.
diving of starvation, we do not KNOW
saw in the papers a few days siiice NC.
the President was to be received at ms
hunting ground by procession at INC
head of which was to be carried IN d case
a bear which at the close of the reception
was to be turned out of its cage ana aiio s as
thirty minutes to run away. at the END Oh
which time the dogs and hunters We're "
pursue and kill him or her, as the case
might be.
Now whether this Gagged bear was the
one that President Roosevelt shot we DO
not know. but if it was the same pear, ana
the President is aware of the tact ne
has done what under the laws OF Massa-
chusetts would be punishable by nne OF
$50 and a years Imprisonment.
(SigneD GEORGE T ANGELL.'
Another article said the President was
deserving of censure from both houses OF
Congress. 1t read in part:
1T seems to us, saying nothing or It's Ell
fects on the youth of our country, that
the President of the United States mas
more important duties than to spend two
months in the wild west hunting Wild
animals, which. if they have any chance
for "a square dear to defend themselves.
might endanger his life or his ability to
perform the duties of President 1t seems
to us that instead of being entitled to any
credit for such a performance, he is de-
serving of vote of censure from both
houses of Congress.
(sgneO GEORGE T. ANGEL"
The editor also quoted a letter from
President Roosevelt to the Rev. H. X.
Job. formerly pastor of the Congressional
Church. in Mddleboro, Mass, in part as
follows:
and if we can only get the camera in place
of the gun the next generation will
see an immense change for the better in the
life of our woods and waters"
Commenting on this Mr.. Angel wrote:
And, by the way, speaking of Sunday
amusements, we do not see that our Presi-
dent has taken a chaplain with him on his
proposed two months hunting trip
We have no doubt that without a chaplain
the President, with the aid of his small
Bible, can pass his Sundays very properly
as the head of great Christian nation. And
probab bly, in that whole book nothing better
can be found than the Sermon on the
Mount, which tells what we have inscribed
on or near the watering places which we
have established for animals in nearly $50
Massachusetts, towns the words: Blessed
are the merciful.'
Another article states that the Rough
Rider Regiment seems to have been as
proud as a city hoodlum of the name
Rough" and criticises the President for
shouting Give them hell. boys in Cuba,
which the writer claims doubtless caused
the death of many an American soldier.
In the third article the President is criti-
cised for making up a regiment of Rough
soldiers from Texas.