The Washington times., 1907-11-17
Calls School Board Mem
Der Both " Wrong and
Cowardly."
Superintendent Demands
His Immediate ReSig-
nation for Good of
Schools.

In one of the most remarkable at
tacks ever made on a Washington pub
lie official. DR.. William L. Chancellor,
who has himself been called on to re
sign his position as Superintendent of
Schools, issued 81 statement to The
Times last night. calling on Barton
W. Evermann TO resign his place as a
member Of the Board Of Education.
DIT. Chanceuors censure Of DIT. Ever
mann is all the more dramatic when it
is remembered that it was Captain
oyster and DIT. EveTmann who called
on superintendent Chancellor Friday
afternoon and asked him for his resig-
nation.
In his statement DR.. Chancellor not
only says the true solution of the pres
ent school troubles is the Immediate
and unconditional resignation Of Barton
W. Evermann," but he also charges Dr..
Evermann with being both wrong and
coWardly."
Attacks Evermann Only.
The superintendent did not attack any
member of the board except Dr.. Ever
mann In his statement, which refers
tc the remark OF Dr. Evermann at the
board meeting last week that not
enough attention is paid to the teach
ing Of English IN the schools. Dr. Chan
ceIIor says:
The statement by Barton w. Ever
mann. an ex-schOoI teacher, formerly in
Indiana, that the English work in the
schools is COnspicuOusly poor is con-
traFy 70 fact Every year. the grad
yates OF our high schools are admitted
TO advanced standing in English in the
best universities of the land.
Eliot MisquOted, He Says.
''Also. his statement that President
Charles William EHot, of Harvard, is
opposed 10 the teaching OF the foreign
languages is contrary 70 fact. Presi-
dent Eliot is the leader in the move
meRt for the enrichment OF the gram
mar courses, and for thirty-four years
has been on record 10 this effect. he
has indeed written an entire book on
the general subject, called Educational
Reform
''The true solution Of the school sit
uation for the present is the immediate
and unconditional resignation OF Barton
W. EveFHiann from the Board of Edu-
cation for these reasons:
tThe rest Of the board are all right ia
motiye).
Eliot Misquoted, He Says.
First his attack on the superinten-
dent without giving him the slightest
warning. Only a man who is both
wrong and cowardly does this kind OF
thing.
Second, his neddling with pedagog-
ical matters that ne thinks he under
Errsn7 IN,
incompetent
Thinks Funds Wasted.
Third, as chairman Of seevraI i'm
portant committee his wanton waste of
the public school hook fund, Illustrated
by his spending one-sixteenth Of all the
money for books to bo used in two
grades only and for but quarter of an
hour week He spent nearly a,UOJ
Tor books written by an old friend Of
his and used nowhere else but here, ard
long out Of date.
can attack OF this kind so obviously
unwarranted, upon an officer with only
a three year tenure and IN the middle
OF his tenn Is an attack upon the welfare
10 sixty thousand pupils
''Of course. ! have never exceeded my
authority. The auditors take care of
that. The staotute Of 1906 says that the
superintendent shall have direction of
and Supervision in all matters pertaining
to instruction in all the schools
The question where Latin or German
is 70 be taught is for the superintendent
alone to decide, but whether extra teach
ers are to be employed Is for him TO
initiate and for the board TO decide.
Therefore, I submitted the names OF
four teachers to the boar and they were
all legally appointed.
Says Stuart Can't Take Place.
"As for the suggestion that former
superintendent Stuart viii take any part
OF my unexplred term, that Is impossible
for him without a breach OF professional
honor. I came here from a life-teure
upon the assurance from A. T. Stuart
OF his unconditional loyal support I
nominated him ID his present position.
"lf DR., George L. Myers. the new
principal OF the Mckinley High School,
Is a success that Is due to me. for I
brought him here. I examined him,
passed him, and nominated him and
have, of course, helped at every point.
! continue to have absolute faith in
his loyalty.
Il believe in the good faith Of all
my two thousand subordinates. 7 noml-
mated every one IN the service to his
present position"
Won't Appear in Person.
When DR. Chancellor was questioned
as to the correctness with which he had
been quoted in the statement that he
would not submit being put on trial
BY the Board OF Education on charges,