The Washington bee., 1907-11-23
.ChanceIIor's CHARGES
DR.. CHANCELLOR TO BE TRIED
A DOSE OF HIS OWN MEDICINE.
THE CHARGES.

I. Incompetency and ineficiency.
2. Insubordination.
3. Opposing and antagonizing the
Board of Education.
4. Conduct unbecoming Superin-
/ tendent.
THE TRIAL.
Place-At the Franklin School Build
ing.
Time-3 P. NJ, Saturday afternoon,
November 23.
Attorney for the Board-Stuart Nc
Namara.
Attorney for Chancellor - Greed NJ.
Fulton of Peckie, Fulton & Cox.
On charges attacking his personal
honor and alleging his temperamental
unftness for his position, Superintend-
ent of Schools William E. Chancellor
will be called to face the trial bar of
the Board of Education at 3 o'clock this
afternoon, where he will be given his
last chance to prevent his dismissal as
superintendent.
Stuart Mcnamara, attorney for the
board, who prepared the charges against
DR.. Chancellor, said this morning:
eff the superintendent does not appear
in person at the trial the charges will
be read, and his dismissal will follow"
Dr. Chancellor, who, with his wife,
had a long conference this morning with
his lawyers, Leckie. Fulton & Cox, re-
fused to say whether he would appear
in person for the trial next Saturday.
The charges, which are now being
served on the Superintendent, allege
against DR.. Chancellor, "incompetency
and ineficiency" ''insubordination,
opposing and antagonizing the Board
of Education" and conduct unbecom-
ing superintendent"
They are as follows:
"To William z. Chancellor, Superin-
tendent of the Public Schools:
"You are hereby charged, under the
following specifications, with the certain
offenses therein named rendering you
| subject to removal and dismissal from
the Office of Superintendent of Public
School of the District of Columbia, on
the grounds thereof as adequate cause
affecting your efficiency as such super
intendent.
Specification I - Incompetency and
ineficiency as uperintendent-In that
said William Z. Chancellor, superi1-
tendent, is inefficient and incompetent
to properly discharge the duties of SUI
perintendent of Public Schools of the
District of Columbia by reason of his
: temperamental unhtness, his lack of
judgment and tact, his extreme excita-
bility and contentousness, his evasive-
} ness and unreliabiIity of utterance, his
tendency to publicly denounce the
School Board, its members and public
officials of the District of Columbia, his
lack of mental poise, and his uncontroll-
: able flightiness. whereby he has brought
, about mismanagement and maladminis-
tration in the discharge of his duties
as superintendent in the school system
= of the District of Columbia, and render
r ing himself Inefficient incompetent and
= disqualified to properly discharge the
7 duties of superintendent.
7 I'm that said Superintendent ChanCel-
t lor, by reason of the matter stated in
: the first paragraph of this specification
] and of those hereafter stated in this and
t the other specifications, has destroyed
= all confidence in him and gained antag-
i onism of the Board of Education, of
4 officers, teachers, pupils and the COM
| munity of the District of Columbia, and
y is thereby unable to carry his measures
e or TO efficiently discharge his duties as
n superintendent, and rendering his sep
D aration from the school system impera-
n tive, as advanced by Chancellor on Our
e Schools etc, page 305:
when he has aroused such serious
and extensive personal antagonism in
e the board and in the community as to
= | De unable 10 carry MS ledSuIcS-
n DUPLICITY CHARGED.
j "In that the said William z. Chan
y cellor, superintendent, about September
! 1906, originated and superintended the
S organization of an advisory committee
S for alleged educational purposes and to
}, whom the said Chancellor attempted to
= delegate duties and powers properly dis
e agreeable by him, and that after the dis
y solution of the said advisory committee
+ in June, 1907, after investigation by the
; Board Of Education, the said Superin-
: tendent Chancellor denied to the Board
n of Education any knowledge of or part
e in the organization of the said advisory
a committee.
n SIN that the said SuperintendentChan-
y cellor has by the terms of his order is
IS sued October 8, 1907, needlessly and