The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-09-13
Strenuous Contest for
PrinCipalShips Ended
and SucceSSfulOneS
Have Been Named.
SEVERAL INTERESTING
FEATURES OF SESSION
Roster of School Officials
Complete With Exception
of a Few Lower Grade
Teachers.

As the result Of the examinations
held Tuesday. the Board OF Education
has made the following appointments;
TO be principal Of the Eastern High
School. DR.. W. S. Small. OF Clark Unit
versity, formerly superintendent OF
schools In San Diego. Cal. and recently
Principal of Division No. 8 OF the schools
OF Paterson. n. j.
To be principal Of the Mckinley Man
ual Training High School. Dr. George
=. Meyers. formerly principal OF the
high school at Colorado Springs, Colo
TO be principal Of the NJ Street High
School tcolored), w. II. S. jackson. for
p merly head of the mathematics depart
ment in that school.
To be principal Of the Armstrong
Manual Training and Commercial High
School (cOloredJ, DR.. w. Bruce Evans,
reapIointed.
To be mead of the department Of
drawing of the white schools. Mrs. S.
+. ". Fuller.
To be supervising principal of the
white schools. w. W. Black. of the
Chicago Normal School
To be supervising principal of the coll
ored schools. r. c.. Bruce, of Tuskegee
Institute.
To be head OF the department Of Ian
guages Of the coIored schools, A. II.
Glenn formerly teacher of Latin In the
NJ Street High School.
Special Features Of Session.
The meeting az which the above ap-
pointments were ordered was remark
able for many things.
Chief among them is he fact that II
completed the roster of school officials.
save for less than half a dozen places
as teachers OF the lowest grades. No
action essential TO the opening of the
schools now remains for the Board of
Education to take. save alone the as
slgnment of the teaching corps into
salary classes. which is TO be done at a
meeting ordered for tomorrow after
noon.
Another interesting result is the ter
minaticn by definite action of the con
troversies which have for the past sew
eral wears involved the Eastern. Me
IIinley. and NJ Street High schools.
Heads for these three buildings were
obtained through the examination
ordered 10y Superintendent Chancellor
week ago. In every case the ap-
pointment was given TO the eligible
who obtained the highest marking in
that test, those ratings having been
made by the board of examiners pro-
yided in the. new school law and not by
Dr. Chancellor.
Bcth Or. Small and DR.. Meyers are
already well known educators. Both
are doctors OF philosophy. Both have
prosecuted extended courses and post
graduate study in pedagogy and schO-
lastic specialJies. Both have had the
practical experience of high school
teaching. Mr. Jackson. who is named
principal of the NJ Street High School
IS a graduate of Amherst and has taught
IN the Washington schools for fifteen
years.
The Pedagogues Supplanred.
But the interest in the appointees is
hardly greater than that in the persons
whom they supersede. DR. Small sup
plants Principal SwartzeIl. around
whose head controversy has ragged for
two years The latter was appointed a.
teacher on motion OF Ur, Chancellor, but
even that post was not given him by
the unanimous action of the board. A
vote against him was cast by Admiral
ZelHs recent conduct In the Office OF the
superintendent did not entitle him 70
recognition The president OF the board
said ii was his desire to make IL en-
phatically plain 10 Mr.. SwartZell that
although he was reinstated by a major
ity vote that action was not unanimous.
DIT. Meyers succeeds Principal A. I.
Gardiner, who resigned as head of the
Mckinley school at the close Of last
year The newcomers reputation as al
pedagOgue and man of strength war
rants the board, say several OF Its mem
pers, IN anticipating q resOlute suppress |
SION or the disorder and indispOsitiOn 20
cooperate which has interfered with
the work Of that school for years.
IN connection with Mr.. JacksOns ap- !
polh'ment. the board took occasion for ]
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