Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18
FEELING OF UNREST
SCHOOL TEACHERS UNEASY BE-
CAUSE OF RUMoRs.
Belief That Colored Intructors May
Be Observation-Disclosures Of Nor
NAL Graduates Probable.

Notwithstanding the statements OF Supt.
Chancellor to the effect that he is be-
lever in the employment of local teachers
in the public schools in preference to out
siders the rumor is gaining currency and
strength that he Intends to keep his wealth
er eye open for teachers in the local col
ored schools while he is on his proposed
visit in the southern states. 1t is stated
that he has expressed this intention on
several occasions.
For some reason not altogether dehnable
as far as many of the teachers and patrons
of the schools are concerned, DR.. Chancel-
lor's repeated statements to a representa-
tive of The Star that he is going to look
out for the best interests of the local nor
NAL girls, and is also going to become in
timately acquainted with the working of
the local system so that he may improve
1t wherever possible, have failed to make
deep impressions in the quarters named.
Normal school teachers and pupils who
are in the same building with the superin-
tendent and conduct practice or model
schools there are conscious of the fact
that DR.. Chancellor has not yet been in
side of one of their school rooms during a
part of the day when the Rotations have
been in progress. Yet he is proposing to
CO. at the expense of the District school
fund, on a trip through the south to study
schools there.
Do Not Talk Openly.
While these pupils. and especially the
teachers, are afraid to talk openly about
these matters, or from reasons of policy
refrain from doing so, the feeling is none
the less pronounced. and it crops out too
frequently to be kept from the ears of
curious reporters.
For a long time the normal school girls
have been anxious over their future. as
have those who are contemplating entering
the normal schools next fall and are pre-
pairing for that course in the various high
schools. This condition of affairs was re-
ported in The Star several days ago, and
along with it was a statement from the su-
perintendent denying that he had the
slightest intention of overlooking the nor
NAL graduates. This assured the pupils in
these schools somewhat but they are still
restless under rumor not yet denied, that
the superintendent intends to require them
to pass examination at the completion
of the course as requisite to graduation.
Chief Feature of Work.
This has never been the practice, it is de-
clared, and the course of studies is not
mapped out and conducted with an exam
nation of any kind in view. Practical ex-
perience in handling classes is the chief
feature of the normal school work, and
from it's very nature is not such as to make
an examination the best, or in any way a
fair, test, it Is claimed
Repeated inquiries as to what is coming
are made by the normal gins of their
teachers, who have only to say that on the
whole they are nearly as much in the dark
as their pupils.
One normal school teacher was heard to
remark recently she hoped the superintend-
ent would spend few moments inspecting
normal school work before making any ex-
animation requirement..
That remark, it is said, expresses the at
titude of practically the entire teaching
body, with the exception of a few whom
DR.. Chancellor has taken under his wing
and made enthusiasts for his theories