Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-19
sWARTzELL RETAINED
Action of Board Of Education
Last Night
AT SPECIAL MEETING
MANY PETITIONS PRESENTED
FOR RETENTION.
His Reassignment as Principal Of East
ern High School the Only
Solution.
IT SPECIAL MEETING

division of sentiment among the petit
lions submitted to the board of education"
Is assigned as the cause for the reassign-
ment of Principal M. F. F. Swartzell to the
Eastern High School. The decision Of the
board at its special meeting at the Frank
lin last night was not unexpected.
Rallying from all quarters, the friends
of Mr.. Swartzell during the two days after
the announcement that a special meeting
would be held presented so many letters
that after the private caucus of Monday
night the decision of the board was a fore
gone conclusion.
The meeting was called at o'clock, and
was attended by all the members of the
board with the exception of DR.. Charles w.
Needham, who is at Newport. Mr.. E.
Southland Parker announced early in the
day by telegram that he would attend the
meeting, and left his home at Miffiintown,
Pa, in season. With Mr.. Parker met Mrs.
II. L. West Mrs. B. G. Francis, James +.
Bundy. DR.. Richard Kingsman and ].
Holdsworth Gordon, president of the board
Superintendent Stuart also attended the
meeting.
The board came to a decided action in
favor of Mr.. SwartZell unanimously.
The board was in receipt Of numerous let
ters petitioning for the retention of Mr..
Wilson at the Central and for and against
the reinstatement of Mr.. SwartZell at the
Eastern.
The resolution which retains Mr. Swart-
zell in his old position is as follows:
Whereas. since the passage of the reso-
lurions Of June 80, a portion of which re-
lieved Mr.. NJ. F. +. Swartzell from the prin-
cipalship of the Eastern High School, to
take effect at the beginning of the next
school year, and provided that he be as
signed at the first meeting of the board In
September to another position of equal
grade IN the public schools, 1t has been
found fmpracticable to carry out said nor
ton of said resolutions by assigning him to
another position of equal grade and at the
same time conserve the best interests of
the schools; therefore be 1t
Resolved. That so much of said resoIu-
tons as relieved Mr. SwartzeU from the
principalship of the Eastern High School
be and the same hereby is rescinded. and
further that Mr.. Swartzell be and he here
by Is reassigned to the prineipalship of the
Eastern High School"
Eastern Alumni.
The members of the board as they met at
the Franklin We're met by a committee of
Eastern High School Alumni. determined
to secure favorable consideration for Mr..
Swartzell. 1t is reported that Mr.. Parker
said to them, Good for you, boys. You
are standing by the right kind of a man."
Other members said their action was right
and fine, and President Gordon Is said to
have particularly commended the loyalty
ana enterprise of the young petitioners Mr.
G. w. Swartzell came in about 8 o'clock
and had a short interview with q member
of the board There was no delegation or
person to present any word antagonistic to
the retention of Mr.. Swartzell. Prof. Luz
Glen Colliere, head of the French depart
ment, presented a petition from the teach
ers of the Central School against the trans
fer of Mr.. Wilson.