The Washington herald., 1907-04-25

Principal w Bruce Evans and Engineer
| David Monroe. of the Armstrong Manual
Training School, at yesterdays meeting
OF the board Of education were formally
! placed under investigation by the board
Admiral Baird. president Of the board,
read a letter from the taxpayers commit
| tee. in which It was set forth that Mon
roe is a drunkard and that Evans know
ingly maintained him Ia his position with
out reporting him.
! Engineer Monroe, in answering the
charges. says that the man who signed
the charges. together with Prof. Francis
/ /. Cardozo. was ordered out OF his Mon
roe's) home because they came there ito
plot against the administration.
/ II was expected that the committee on
teachers and janitors would make a re-
/ port OF its investigation into the conduct
4 Of Arthur L. Craig, a teacher at the Arm
strong. but this matter was not brought
up Assistant District Attorney Stuart
Mcnamara was present at the meeting.
as were a number Of spectators. including
Principal Evans. Mr.. Mcnamara con-
| ferred with the members Of the board
both before and after the meeting, but he
took no part In the meeting.
| What Committee Charges.
The letter read by Admiral Baird set
forth that the taxpayers committee
/ charged Principal Evans with, through
his influence as principal. being inst-u-
| mental in obtaining the appointment Of
[ his friend" Monroe. on February II. 1906.
/ as the engineer iB-chief Of the school.
knowing at the time that he was an IN
/ safe and unfit man TO be appointed 10
/ the position; that Evans had knowledge
/ that Monroe drank necessarily. ard was
seldom sober. and while in this condition
might cause terrible catastrophe by the
/ blowing up OF the building 1t is further
| asserted that Evans knew that on one
! occasion Monroe was arrested and fined
/ for disOrderly conduct. which fact and
/ others Evans withheld end failed % re-
I pert 10 the board or Jla proper officers
/ The letter recites that II another time
/ Monroe did not report az the school for
/ the night session. and that Prof Balti-
more took charge OF The boilers. and that
! later Monroe staggered in drunk. but left
+ again IN a few minutes
Admiral Baird stated that he had made
/ Thomas 5. Lcisenring. the slgner. and that
lie was not a taxpayer. He then read "a
statement from Principal Evans, which
/ DE had requested.
Evans said that he had "a speaking
/ acquaintance with Monroe before his APP
| pOintment; that he knew his ability as
/ an engineer. and recommended him for
( appointment He had. the statement
. read. been asked by Monroe during the
( Christmas holidays 20 deposit collateral
{ al a police station for him. but this he
! declined 10 do On one occasion Monroe
/ failed % report. and he tEVansl went to
( the boiler room and found Baltimore in
( charge; that Monroe had just been there
/ and gone, leaving werd with Baltimore
/ that he was ill.,
Monroe Calls gt Plot Of Enemy.
Evans said that he had always found
I Monroe capable. He incI0sed with his
+ statement one from Monroe. in which
4 il was set forth that the writer, who
was IA brother-in-laW of Miss Male. who
Was formerly "A teacher at the Armstrong
T building. and who lived IN the house with
him, had several months ago ordered
/ LeisHeFiHg the chairman of THE tax
1 payers. from his home; that be was
( forced 10 do SO second time and 10
/ forbid Francis L. CardOzo also from COM
/ iuE 30 the house to see Miss Male. for
the reason that he. being an employee of
I the schools. did not wish TO have In his
home "a clique who We're plotting against
/ the administration The charges against
him he believed TO be "A plot. he said.
/ springing from this source.
( Or. Chancellor informed the board that
under his orders, Assistant Superintend-
ent Montgomery was making an investl-
cation Of the Armstrong school. but was
not yet prepared 90 report. and after dis
cussi0H, IL was voted that tais iuvestiga-
tion be continued and the matter placed
before the board at its next meeting.
Chancellor DiscIaims Authorship.
Mrs Mussey brought before the board
the recent stories IN the Educational Re
view, which, she said reflected on the
school system ana its administration, rec
ommendmg that an Investigation as To
their authorship be made. Capt Oyster
was on his feet in a minute. saying that
the board had enough investigations on its
hands now He suggested that as refer
ence was evidently made to the superin-
tendent. and he was present, he be asked
If he was responsible for them. With per-
mission OF the president he asked DR..
Chancellor II he was responsible for them.
Or. Chancellor replied that he was in no
way responsible for any of them. Mrs.
/ Mussey asked more detailed questions,
and DR.. Chancellor made the same reply
10 all Of them. Capt. Oyster moved that
the motion be laid on the table, but Mrs.
Mussey asked 20 Withdraw H.
Secretary William ". Conner. of the
board. rendered his resignation. to take
effect July I. with request for the usual
thirty days leave from June T. The
/ resignation was accepted and the leave
granted. It is understood that Mr.. Con-
nor is to enter business.
The resignation of Mark r. Woodland
was accepted. after Admiral Baird had