Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-18

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| cured copy Of the school law, and. after
perusing it carefully, reached the conclu-
sion that the board had no right to exclude
| them from any session, except committee
meetings dealing with the appointment Of
| teachers" Several Of them determined to
| re-enter the room, and the sliding doors
| were pushed open for that purpose. Mr..
| Domaine met the leader at the door. how
ever, and took the copy Of the law which
| the excluded man had in his hand, with
| the promise that he would show 1t to Ad-
| miral Baird. The doors were closed quick
| ly, and the embryonic raid did not en-
| large. ~
| 1t was learned by a Star reporter that
! the board, In executive session, listened
| to an argument by Attorney Davis in be-
| half of full investigation of the charges
against Mr.. Cardozo. Mr.. Davis pointed
| out the serious nature of the charge con-
tanned in the reference to anonymous let
| tiers, said to have been abusive toward
| school officials, and on that ground particu-
larry demanded the hearing. Several sharp
remarks regarding the law were made by
| DR.. Chancellor in answer to arguments
| by Mr.. Davis, the superintendent indcat-
| ing that he was very impatient with any
| efforts to block the swift action Of the
board in dismissing Mr.. Cardozo.
Form Of Communication Altered.
Mrs. Mussey said she would be in favor
of full investigation Of the charges. In
view of their serious nature.
DR.. Chancellor, after Mr.. Davis finished
speaking. decided to alter the form Of his
| communication in recommending the dis
| missal of Mr.. Cardozo.
He withdrew his first communication from
the records and refused to give 1t up.
After about half an hour the board al
| lowed the public, represented by four news
paper reporters and about half a dozen
| colored persons. to re-enter the room.
| Business was resumed.
til -t,-k
right the public had been excluded at the
! so-called executive session."
| "Oh. you can call 1t recess, If you like"
the admiral replied. good-naturedly. Il as
sure you, we have taken no action what
| ever"
After waiting few minutes DR.. Chan
| cellor was ready to present his substitute
communication recommending Mr.. Cardo-
EOS dismissal. He said:
| For the good of the service recommend
that F. L. Cardozo supervising principal of
the thirteenth division, be dismissed, to take
effect Immediately. The circumstances are
that Mr.. Cardozo has admitted to me fire.
quent acts of disloyalty to his superior, the
assistant superintendent of colored schools
Recommendation Adopted.
| The recommendation was adopted without
a dissenting voice, Mrs. Mussey asking that
she be excused from voting because she
| the case in hand,
| Mr.. Cox of the ways and means commit
| tee reported that the committee had con-
| ferred with the District Commissioners in
regard to the estimates for the school ex-
| penses during the next fiscal year, and had
| thought it advisable to make some altera
| lions In the estimates as approved by the
! board at the previous meeting. The item
| providing for the employment Of three po-
| licemen as truant officers was stricken out
| on request of the Commissioners, he said,
and certain names were transferred from
the list of teachers to the list of officers, to
| conform with decision of the controller
| Of the treasury. The board unanimously
approved the action of the committee.
Prof. Evermann moved that President
| Roosevelt be requested to designate several
| officers Of the marine hospital service to
make a sanitary inspection Of the local
| school buildings. The motion was carried.
| Mrs. Terrell inquired why Prof. Ever
| mann had not let persons know his new adj
| dress. She declared she believed it was in
| territorial on his part. Capt. Oyster agreed
| with Mrs. Terrell Prof Evermann said he
had no intention of keeping his new address
| from members of the board, but admitted
! that he was trying to conceal it from the
public. He failed to tell the reason for
this. There laughter in connection
with these remarks.
To Have Copies of Minutes.
minutes of each meeting be furnished every
member Of the board before the next sue
ceeding meeting in order that business
| might be facilitated Admiral Baird said
such would be done.
Mr.. Cox asked Capt Oyster for report
| from the committee on the investigation of
| the office force, Of which he is chairman.
| Capt. Oyster said he had not had time to
do anything toward conducting an investi-
cation, and was not ready to make an Of
fetal report, although he thought the force
was not sufficiently large and that the sys-
| tenn ought to be improved.
The board adjourned about $50 O'Clock
upon motion of Mrs. Mussey.
Changes Authorized.
The following changes were made by the
| board, upon the recommendation Of the su
perintendent
| Lena Dickson, deposed from position as
janitress of the cooking and sewing rooms
| in the Armstrong Manual Training School.
| Margaret Sommerville, named as janitress
| of the cooking and sewing rooms in the
| Armstrong Manual Training School.
| Matte Young, appointed as caretaker Of
| 1903 H street cooking room, at salary of 81
per month, to take effect after Septem-
| Der l.
Miss E. E. Parkinson, transferred from
! the third grade second division. to the
| Washington Normal School No 1, as the
| special beginning teacher, and increased in
| salary from $61O 10 $S5O.
| The resignation of Miss Elizabeth T.
| Schutt, teacher of the third grade, fourth
| division, to take effect November /, &C.
| cepted.
| Miss Evangeline McGroarty, normal grad
| uate, appointed to first grade, second d.
vision, and assigned to class 2, at a salary
| of $780, to take effect October Is.
Miss Rose A. Dugan, promoted from the
| second to the third grade, and transferred
| from class to class 3, and promoted from
a salary Of $500 to $3.50. to take effect Oc-
| tober 10.
Frederick A. Weihe. appointed teacher Of
| physics in the Mckinley Manual Training
| School. and assigned to class 6, group A.
| at a salary Of $500, until remedial legisla-
ton can be secured, to take effect Octo-
\ Der 10. -
Miss Sibyl Baker, appointed as teacher
| of English in the Business High School, and
| assigned to class 6, Group A, at a salary OF
| $3.50 until legislation can be secured, to
| take effect October 16.
Recommendations Approved
The following recommendations for the
white night schools were approved:
| Promote Miss r. e. Stanley from a po-
| stion as teacher to the principalship of the
| Wallach School.