The Washington times., 1906-06-09
GARDNER SURPRISES
HIS SUPPORTERS
Resignation as Principal of
Mckinley School.
MISS DALYS CASE HEARD
Teacher Is Criticised for Discourtesy
to Parents When They Ap-
pealed to Her.

A 1. Gardner resigned his position As
principal of the Mckinley Manual
Training School last night and in thirty
seconds after its reading by the Super
intendent of Schools A. T. Stuart, 1t was
accepted by the Board Of Education
without a dissenting voice. Mr.. Gard
ner stated that under no conditions
would 1 remain in the school for an
other year
The Industrial committee having the
charges against Miss Ida DAILY under
Investigation reported through their
chairman. Mrs. Francis. on the three
complaints by Mrs Nettle Ernst. Noble
d. Larner and Miss Mary Bedell In
the first two cases Miss Daily was
c-aicised for discourtesy to parents
3en they appealed to her for redress
and In the case OF Miss Bedell. the only
ooe acted upon by the board last night.
1hat lady was exonerated from the
charge Of appropriatinS articles belong
ing to others to her own use.
Sympathizers of both Miss Daily and
Mr.. Gardner were out in force last
night Nearly two hundred parents
teachers. and some pupils packed the
library at the Franklin school where the
meeting of the board was held.
= As a thunderbolt from a clear sky
came the announcement from Superia-
teudent Stuart that Mr.. Gardner had re-
signed. TO the parents who supported
AIr. Gardner
ripple of applause by the sympathiz-
ers of Miss DAILY swePt over the room as
Superintendent Stuart read:
Washington, d. G, June s, 1906
Superintendent A. T. Stuart:
/ hereby tender my resignation as pr1n-
--F glE4 Tx -Fr,Ta
School TO take effect at the close OF the
present school year
| took up teaching only as a temporary
occupation, but for various reasons have
continued II longer than at first ex-
I now believe that the time has arrived
foT me to make a change and / wish TO
say that under no conditions would
remain in the school another year. Very
respectfully, A. J. GARDNER.
Case of Miss Daily.
Sympathizers OF Mr.. Gardner waited
for the reading of the report OF the in
vestigation of the charges against Miss
DAILY. The report of the industrial
committee discussed each case sep
arately. Regarding the charge Of
Mrs. Nettie Ernst that Miss DAILY
had Disseminated against her son
Charles TO such an extent that
he was forced to discontinue his studies;
also for shamefuIly abusing me when l
called upon her for an explanation" the
committee reported that those persons
who were present in the office of the Nc
KiEIey school at the time that Mrs.
Ernst called We're examined The COM
mittee found that ''in her treatment Of
Mrs Ernst Miss Daily had not been
courteous" The further charge that
Miss Daily had Disseminated against
k,,oA
In the Larner case. in which Noble D.
Larner. pupil at the Mckinley school.
charged Miss Daily with too heavy as
signment of lessons TO be prepared, and
that Miss Daily had thrown out his pa
pers in a recent examination on a charge
of cheating. the committee reported as
follows: The charge that Miss Daily
had assigned unreasonable amounts Of
work TO be prepared at home is a matter
of such an educative feature as to be
left entirely with the Superintendent and
the Director having that school in
charge; that the throwing out Of Mr..
Iarner's papers on a charge OF cheating
was unwarranted"
The third complaint. that Miss Mary
Bedell q young lady pupil at the school
had appropriated articles of others TO
her own use, was disapproved, accord
ing TO the testimony Of witnesses heard
by the committee Ine committee re-
ported that while testimony does not
show at any time that Miss Daily made
direct charges against Miss Bedell It
does show her suspicious to have been
so strongly aroused that she started an
investigation without the knowledge of
her principal. which investigation could
not have been more thoroughly done mad
she made charges and known she could
prove them
Miss Bedell Vindicated.
Messrs- Parker. Needham. and Bundy
said that they had had no opportunity
20 read the testimony. but DR.. NeedhaIn