Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-23
A SPECIAL SESSION
BOARD OF EDUCATION TO BE
HELD THIS AFTERNOON.

A special meeting of the board Of educa-
ton to adjust several matters relating to
| the salaries of employees of the school sys-
tenn still pending has been called by
Admiral Baird for pm today. 1t is ex-
| pected 1t will be a short meeting and that
| merely routine business will be transacted.
| There is, however, a possibility that the
committee rules may have its report
ready for perusal by the full board, and If
this is the case some interesting and sig
nifcant action may be looked for at this
| time, for it Is known that the rules COM
| mittee. with the advice of Supt. Chancellor,
has been preparing to recommend a num-
! Der of radical changes in the rules to con-
form with the policy of the board to en-
force strict discipline throughout the school
system, define authority and fix response
| bility.
| A plan of the superintendent to create a
| board of supervision, composed Of ten or
| twelve school officials. to which board
| questions of administration may be re-
ferred before being submitted to the board
| of education, may also be brought before
the board this afternoon. In fact, it is like
| ly that this plan will be included in the
report of the committee on rules. Mr.. Cox
is chairman of this committee and the other
members are Capt Oyster and Mr.. Cook.
Vacancies to Be Filled.
held by the board of examiners for the col
ored schools Friday and Saturday, Novem-
Der and 3, in the Franklin building, to fill
| the following vacancies: One supervising
principal of grammar schools, head of the
| department of English and history for high
schools, one teacher of English and arith-
metic in Normal School No. 2, one teacher
| of German in high schools.
| For eligibility to examination candidates
are required to qualify under one Of the
| following: Graduation from an accredited
college or university or graduation from an
accredited normal or training school, to-
gether with at least five years of experience
as teacher in high school.
Candidates desiring to enter the above ex-
aminations must file with the secretary of
Armstrong Manual Training School, not
later than October 81 statement of their
| intention to do SO, together with evidence OF
their eligibility. The secretary is Robert N
| Mattingly.
Colored People Protest.
| Arrangements have been made to hold a
mass meeting of colored people next Mon
day evening at the Mt. Vernon Avenue Bap-
fist Church to devise means for effectively
protesting against what is termed the IL
legal action of the board of education in
summarily dismissng employees of the
! school system without Investigations The
| chlef speaker at a meeting last night In
Galbraith Zion Church. at which this de-
| clsion was reached, was Rev. Dr. S. L. Cor
| rothers, who severely denounced the school
| board, including the three colored members.
| RESOLUTIONS were adopted at this meet
| Ing last night to the effect that las citi-
| zens we have viewed with alarm the many
| abuses and irregularities practiced by the
| present board of education and it's officers,
| and have expressed our condemnation of
| the same The recent action in the case
of Supervising Principal F. L. Cardozo in
| dismissng him without hearing, and the
| limitations given through the press and
otherwise of the contemplated appoint
! ments are nothing less than scandalous
| jobbery. Therefore, most earnestly pro-
| test against the exploitation of the public
| schools for the personal and private benefit
| of some of the members of the board of
| education, and denounce as false and mali
| cious the representations which have been
| put forth as an excuse for such cOntem-
| plated action; and we appeal to the sense
| of decency of the whole public to condemn
such proceedings, and that the committee
| views with disappointment and disgust the
| silence Of the colored members of the board
| of education to the reflection and misrep-
reservations made by the superintendent
and other members of the board relative to
| the condition of the colored schools, and
| that, inaSmuch as our chosen representa-
! ton have failed to lift their voices in pro-
| test to the false and slanderous attacks
| upon our schools, we deny that our schools
are in any more 'deplorable condition than
| the white schools of the city, or that they
| are in any greater need of sweeping or
| clpa nj ont