Evening star., 1907-11-16

q TrleRI OF Dr. ESefmann, was puFcHdSeu'
and although physiology is studied for
only fifteen minutes each week, 81 CAB, or
one-sixteenth of the entire textbook ap-
preparation. was expended for it and an
other physiology.
II still insist that every step I have
taken has been legal. My visitors yester-
day admitted to me that they had been
looking for an opportunity such as this
for the last four months"
'Deviating From Truth"
DR.. Chancellor also said afterward. with
reference to the charges brought against
him by the board. that those VINO are
in the habit of deviating from the truth
are naturally suspicious and also that
he had ordered Capt Oyster and Prof
Eyermann out of his Office yesterday.
Capt. Oyster had this to say today IN
regard TO the interview in DR.. Chancel-
Tor office yesterday:
He did not order us to get out of the
room. / would have felt sorry for him
IL he had If he has attacked the veracity
of the board members, all have to say
is that he is judging us by himself.
The board of education is determined
to do the best it can for the schools.
We have made mistakes, and We are
willing to correct any we have made.
We certainly have made one great mis-
take. that of appointing DR.. Chancellor
as superintendent OF schools, and We are
determined TO correct Ilat one at once
In view of the peculiar wording of the
present school law 1t is apparently neces-
sarY that there be a superintendent of
schools in order that the business of the
system be conducted at all For this rea-
son the board has been confronted with
the necessity of filling at once the vacancy
to be caused by DR.. Chancellors removal.
This has caused the members to go
little slow, they have not yet found
man they want who will accept the place.
nrt
agreed to accommodate them by accept
ing the position temporarily they had
solved the difficulty and decided to pro-
ceed at once with the removal of DR..
Chancellor.
Hughes Name Eliminated.
All rumcrs to the effect that Assistant
Superintendent Percy, M. Hughes is being
considered for the position are groundless,
Mr.. Hughes having been completely elm
mated from the discussion several days
ago. His name. along with that of Super
vising Principal Clark. was mentioned by
some members last week, but 1t was def
nitely decided at a conference Wednesday
night that Mr. Hughes should be no
longer considered as even q possibility.
The charges that are being prepai ed by
Attorney Mcnamara and which will be
formally preferred against DR.. Chancel-
lor next week are to contain more than
the statement of the latest case with
which the board has found fault-that of
the establishment of Latin and German
centers in tire graded schools against the
will of the board Of education. There are
to be other charges, dating back to the
first year of DR.. Chancellor's adninistra-
ton.
Capt Oyster expects to leave the city
for weekend vacation either tonight
OR tomorrow morning. There was no
meeting Of the board today, and will be
none until Tuesday or Wednesday next,
in all probability.
Superintendent Chancellor was not in his
office this morning. and it was said by his
subordinates that he had taken an early
train for Baltimore, where he had an
engagement to lecture.
Career of DR.. Myers.
DR.. George N. Myers, who is being con-
sidered as a possible successor to DR..
Chancellor, is regarded by board mem
bers and by teachers and officials of the
schools as one of the most efficient men
in the system. He has become very pepu-
lar with his pupils and faculty since TAX
ing. charge Of the Mckinley School last
year. His recent successful fight against
the superintendent for the life of the
freshman class of the Tech" brought
him into public notice and won many
friends for him.
Dr. Myers is native of Iowa, and re-
ceived his early education in Kansas,
where he was graduated from the Ottawa
University in 1896 He was a student in
the University of Chicago from 1859 to
1901, where he was made master of arts
He is also fellow in education from Clark
University and a doctor of philosophy.
He has served as teacher in secondary
schools and of the high school of Colorado
Springs. Col. He is lecturer on educa-
tion at George Washington University
and is the author of Moral Training in
Schools and a contributor to education
journals.