Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-11
FOR SCHOOL INQUIRY
sENATE'S PROPOSITION RECEIv-
ED WITH SOME SURPRISE.
Miss Daly's Denial of Charges in
Hands of Committee-Progress
of Investigation.

News of the action of the Senate yester-
day, as published exclusively in The Star, in
adopting without discussion a resolution
introduced by Senator Gallinger, chairman
of the District committee, calling for an
investigation of the Mckinley Manual
Training School, was received with some
surprise at school headquarters last even
ing. The resolution provided:
THAT the committee on the District of
Columbia, by subcommittee or otherwise,
is hereby directed to investigate at its dis
erection all matters connected with the adj
ministration of the affairs of the Mckinley
Manual Training School. to inquire into the
conduct of the scholars and the discipline
of said school, and to make such further
investigation into school affairs of the Dis
trict of Columbia as the committee shall
deem advisable.
A member of the board said last evening
that such an investigation into the affairs
of the school and the system would be most
welcome
1t was stated that all the evidence in the
Gardner case is ready for transmittal to
congress, and the papers pertaining to the
charges against Miss Daily will also be
submitted to the committee as soon as may
be desired. 1t is believed that the invesu-
CATION OF the various charges by the Sen
ate committee will result In the correction
of what are alleged to be number of I'M
satisfactory practices in the present an
agement of the school system
At the last meeting of the board of ed
ucation Miss DAILY submitted by a special
messenger written denial of certain addi-
tional charges against her made by Prin-
cfpal Gardner of the school. The paper
was placed in the hands Of the president of
the board, and, not being read during a
recess. the attention Of President Gordon
was called to the oversight
All the charges against Miss Daily had
been read at the previous open meeting of
fhn I'D AVID rxyttar MI nv,tS a,, - -
president was called to the fact that Miss
Days communication had not been read,
as requested, he replied that 1t not
necessary, as 1t was merely a matter for
the members of the board were appraised
of the substance of the letter.
Denial of the Charges.
1t is known that the statement denies
In every particular the allegations of Prin-
cipal Gardner that Miss Daily is opposed to
manual training, upon which claim the
superintendent called the attention of the
board to the possible need OF completely
overhauling the faculty of the school,
Mr.. Gardner is understood to have stated
that a certain article printed in the Eastern
High School paper. the Fastener, in which
the statement was made that at the Nc
Kinley "shop work was written up and
paraded as English was written and
caused to be printed by Miss DAILY. The
effort of Mr.. Gardner is said to be TO snow
by the article that Miss Daily is opposed to
manual training, and therefore out of place
at the Mckinley.
This idea is denied by the teacher, and
by affidavits from Eastern teachers and
the editor of the publication accompanying
the communication In which those persons
state that Miss Daily had nothing to do
with the article. It Is known under what
circumstances the article, which treated OF
the comparative values of academic and
technical training, was written and by
whom.
1t is stated that one teacher mentioned
by Mr.; Gardner disclatms any acquaint-
! anceship with him. and, further, that the
| presentation of the charges against Miss
Daily Is more or less concerted ef-
fort to retaifate on her for the part she
| took with other teachers in calling the at
tention of the board TO Principal Gardner s
alleged maladministratien Of the McIxin-
ley school.
Based on Hearsay.
The communication further states that
every specific charge against Miss DAILY is
| based upon hearsay evidence. and that
nothing has been offered thus far to prove
| the charges.
At the executive hearing OF the committee
last evening Miss DAILY Is said to h ge
caused the exclusion from the room of every
witness except the one under examination,