The Washington herald., 1907-11-24
TRIAL IS POSTPONED
DR.. ChancellOr's Case Goes
Over Until Tuesday.
TWO DAYS FOR TESTIMONY
Following the Hearing Of Witnesses
Another Adjournment VIII BE Had
TIL the Following MOndHy-LOnE
wrangIe at Board Meeting Yester-
day-Attacked In Paterson Paper.

Dr. William T. Chancellor, superlntend-
ent of schools. will not be tried by the
board Of education on the charges prefer
red against him by that body until Tues
day afternoon at o'clock. IL is definitely
settled that the trial will open at that
/ time
! Two days will be occupied In the taking
Of the boards testimony by the board
and the trial will then adjourn until Mon
day. when the superintendent will make
1 reply.
Prof. Barton W. Evermann and Richard
I r. Horner. members Of the board. an
nounced their intention Of demanding a
full and exhaustive investigation of the
charges made by DR. Chancellor against
them. just as soon as the present trial
! is completed This. il was stated by
one Of the superintendent supporters,
is just what he wants. and what he in
tends 70 make strenuous efforts to obtain
1 The trial Of the superintendent, as was
expected. was not opened yesterday. AZ
ter a short session and the hearing OF ar
guments. a postponement was agreed
! upon.
/ capt. Oysters Statement.
| Capt. Oyster. after rapping for order.
made the usual statement outlining the
purposes OF the meeting. The board
room WAS well filled with spectators. most
OF them employees Of the schools. but DR.
/ Chancellor was not present. Mr. Leckie
and Mr.. Fulton appeared for him.
| Stuart Mcnamara, attorney for the
/ board said ne thought the defense had
; had sufficient time TO prepare its case
but that a postponement as outlined
would not be unreasonable
Mr. Leckie and Mr.. Fulton made force
I ful arguments Tor an adjournment for
two weeks. to which reply was made by
Mr. McNamara and Capt oyster, presi-
( dent OF the board. and the vote on the
action taken was unanimous.
Mr Leckie said that, despite state
ments 10 the contrary. his client and
/ counsel were denied access To the records
OF the board; that they had made several
/ efforts. all Of which were baked.
After much effort he said, ''wc OBJ
/ tained the minutes of the board meetings
/ up 10 and including October 25. but Sec
retary Hine declined To- give them the
minutes Of the last meeting. the most i'm
/ portant of all. saying they were not yet
ready but were in the room. We asked
/ for the original charges and presented
I a specific order for what We wanted. hut
after calling up some one Mr.. Hine said
! we could not get them.
! MIR. LcCkie asked for two weeks time
/ &c prepare the case. saying it would save
1 both time and money. not only for him,
/ hut for the board. and that the board
would surely not be so unjust as 20 force
| them 10 trial with an uncompleted case.
Meaning of Charges
These charges mean that the superin-
! tendents whole reputation Is al stake
/ his honor as a man. the name he has
/ festly unjust and prejudiced not 20 give
him ample opportunity to refute them?"
! Capt. oyster made reply that the su-
] perintendent had had time To file coun-
! ter charges and that they had no assur-
! ance that he would deslst from the at
! tacks upon the board, which were un-
pleasant, and should be resented. and
/ further. there was no assurance he would
| appear when the trial was called. but
/ that they would take counseTs word as
TO his silence and the faithful discharge
/ Of his duties in the meantime.
/ Mr.. Hoover moved that they proceed
with the trial Tuesday. as suggested by
| Mr.. Mcnamara, and Mrs. Mussey sec
| onded.
| Mr.. Fulton entered an objection. say
! ing he and his colleague knew their posi-
/ tion much better than the board or Mr.
/ Mcnamara possibly could, ana he could
/ not see why the board should adopt its
! own view irrespective OF the consequences
| 10 the superintendent and his counsel.
/ and ne appealed 20 their fairness and
good judgment In answering Capt.
/ oyster with respect TO the muzzling of
the superintendent. he said there was a
/ great deal less notoriety in the news
| papers about school matters when the
] board was not in session than when il
was. and for this reason. on his own
| statement. il should appeal to him that
/ it would be best 10 prosecute the trial
/ rapidly without intermission.
! Capt. oyster asked for a vote on the
motion before the board, and II was
/ unanimously adopted.
After the meeting, Prof Evermann
/ handed 20 each of the newspaper repre-
/ sentatives copies Of an extract which
/ he had taken from the Paterson IN. j.
/ Morning Call:
Attacked in Paterson.
! Few people connected with the public schools Of
| Paterson w be surprised 10 hear that DR. William
/ T. Chancellor is in hot water in Washington 10
which city he went from here. The doctor is haled
20 appear fer trial before the Washington board Of
I education Saturday 10 answer a number Of
charges He Is accused Of Incompetence appcsinV
the board insubordination, dis0bedience promoting
dissatisfaction. sanderng the board and destroying
/ The public belief in his efficiency.
| All these are set forth in specifications several
| II which accuse him Of falsehood. II is also de-
cared that ne ueedesy and wastefullv caused 81 90
Textbooks 10 he discarded snd that he ibeled the
| school system IN articles published in the Educa-
4 tional Review II is also said that from the dav
Of his arrival in Washington in August OF last wear
he has been involved in friction with the boari II
education"
/ II was practically the sane here.
When individual teachers called upon him here no