Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12
HEAD NAMED FOR
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Dr.. William E. Chancellor of
New Jersey Selected.
HAS SIGNIFIED ACCEPTANCE
Expected to Arrive in Washington
Tomorrow.
WAS CHOSEN UNANIMOUSLY
Has Served Two Years as Superin-
tendent Of Paterson Schools
a. Record as Educator.
HAS SIGNIFIED ACCEPTANCE
Expected to Arrive in Washington
Tomorrow.
WAS CHOSEN UNANIMOUSLY

DR.. William E. Chancellor, su-
perintendent of schools of Pater-
son, N. J., was chosen late yester-
day afternoon by the board of edu-
cation to fill the vacancy in the
position of superintendent of the
local schools. The special commit
tee on the superintendencyreported
unanimously in his favor, and after
a conference of an hour with the
committee the board met and
elected him without a dissenting
voice.
His election was announced in
the following telegram, signed by
Admiral George w. Baird, presi-
dent of the board, and addressed
to DR.. Chancellor at his residence,
243 Broadway, Paterson, N. J.:
you have been duly elected su-
perintendent of schools of this city.
Pray report on Monday and wire
us what train"
Dr. Chancellor had already signiied to
the committee that IL he were elected to
the position he would accept and would re-
sign at once as head of the Paterson
schools 1t is expected he will be at his
desk in the Franklin building tomorrow,
and the board of education is arranging a
reception In his honor.
After conducting a very extensive corre-
EnnndanRa fptA
with the various candidates and confer
!, ,CTfng frequently with the other members of
the board for several weeks. the commit
tee decided yesterday to report the name
Of DR.. Chancellor. In order that there
might be a complete understanding of the
matter a conference with the full board
was held about 3:3O o'clock yesterday aft
ernoon in the Franklin building and the
situation was carefully gone over. When
all were satisfied as to DR.. Chancellor's
qualifications the board met in regular ses-
1t was all done very quickly when the time
came. The open meeting of the board be-
gan about 4:3O pm.
Report of the Committees
AS soon as several routine matters had
been presented for consideration Prof Bar
ton w. Evermann, chairman of the spe-
cial committee on the superintendency, read
the report of his committee, which was as
follows:
'The members of the committee from
the beginning have been agreed that the
welfare of the 10000 children In our public
schools is the paramount interest and the
one which must determine their action;
and 1t is needless to say that they know
that this is the feeling of the entire board.
THE committee has been fortunate in
that 1t has had an opportunity to consider
the qualifications of a large number Of edu-
Gators The total number of those who
have applied directly or indirectly, or who
have been suggested by friends, or who
have been asked by the committee II they
would consider an offer of appointment to
the position OF superintendent of schools
for the District of Columbia, Is about fifty.
Among these are number OF the most
distinguished educators and successful
school administrators in America The
committee has endeavored to give careful
consideration to each and every one of
these gentlemen. 1t has made special eff
forts TO canvass fully and carefully the
qualifications of each of the local candi-
dates.
'To make a selection from this wealth
Of material has not been an easy task, and
the committee has felt and still feels that
the board and all others who are inter
ested in the success of our schools would
not approve hasty il-considered action
in the matter of such vast importance. we
have felt that the committee shohld secure
the most capable man that the salary will
bring.
Unanimous Agreement.
"After a careful and conscientious cons,d-
atfon of all the local conditions, the edu-
cational requirements of the situation and
the degree in which those conditions and
requirements would probably be met by
each Of the educators whom we have had
the privilege to consider. the committees feel
much qualification In being able to report
TO the board that 1t has reached a unani-
nous agreement that DR. William E. Chan
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son, N. J., Is among those who are avail
able. the man whom we should recommend.
I'VE therefore respectfully recommend to
the board that DR.. William e. Chancellor
be appointed TO the position Of superintend
ent OF schools of the District Of Columbia"
The report signed by Prof. Ever
mann and the two other members OF the
committee, Mr.. w. V. Cox and Mr.. John
F. Cook
In behalf of the committee Prof. Ever
mann thanked the members of the board
for their interest and loyalty to the COM
mittee in its efforts to select the best man
for the position, and stated that the labor
OF the board was greatly lightened by this
attitude.
A rising vote of thanks to the committee
for its work was given by the board, after
the report had been adopted.
In letter to the committee DR.. Chancel-
lor said he would consider it an honor to
be elected to the position of superintendent
OF the Washington schools.
DR.. Chancellor's Record.
Dr. William EstabroQk Chancellor was
born at Dayton, Ohio. September 25, 1861,
and his early education was gained In the
public schools of that city. He graduated
from the Worcester, Mass. High Schaals in
1885. and four years later, as valedictorian
of his class, he completed the academic
course at Amherst College. Subsequently
DIR. Chancellor attended the Long Island
Medical College and in 1893 he studied in
Europe. In 1895 he was a student in the
Harvard Law School and the latter part of
that year and part of 1896 he served as vice
prfncipal and chief of the department of