Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-18

Supt. illiam f. Chancellor of the pub
lie schools was summoned this afternoon
to appear before the board of education
at 3 O'Clock next Saturday afternoon and
make answer to formal charges drawn up
today by Assistant United States Attor
ney Stuart Mcnamara, special counsel for
the board, and signed for that body by
Capt. James +. Oyster, its president. The
charges are a severe arraignment af the
superintendents conduct in his capacity
as head of the school system, and are OF
a most sweeping nature.
Members of the board conferred with
Attorney Mcnamara in his Office in the
Fendall building this morning and went
over the charge. Capt. oyster, who Is
absent from the city for few days. was
not present Mr.. Mcnamara stated that
the board was prepared to establish it's
position by witnesses.
DR. Chancellor was seen this morning
in the offices OF Leckie, Fulton 6, Cox.
his attorneys. but refused TO say anything
more about the situation. Creed NJ. Full
ton of the law firm said a plan of defense
is being drawn up and might be an
nouncd later.
The Formal Changes
The charges against DIR. Chancellor set
forth that he(is accused of certain Of
fenses' rendering him Subject to re-
movaI and dismissal from the office of su-
perintendent of public schools of the Dis
trict Of Columbia" on grounds as ade-
Quate cause affecting his efficiency as
such superintendent
Following are the specifications.
Specification I-Incompetency and
1nefhciency as Superintendent"
''ta) In that said William f. Chancellor.
superintendent. is inefficient and incom-
petent to properly discharge the duties
OF superintendent of public schools of the
District of Columbia by reason of his
temperamental unfitness, his lack Of
Judgment and tact. his extreme excitabil-
fty and contentiousncss, his evasiveness
and unrcilability of utterance, his ton
dency 10 publicly denounce the school
board, It's members and public officials
of the District of Columbia, his lack of
mental poise, and hi isuncontrollable flight
mess, whereby he has brought about mis-
discharge Of his duties as Superintendent
in the school system of the District OF
Columbia, and reniering himself inef,i
cient, incompetent, and disqualified IN
properly discharge the duties of superin-
tendent.
"'b) In that said Supt ChanoeI1or hy,
reason of the matter stated in tna frst
paragraph of this specification and Of
tnoSe hereafter stated in this aud the
other specifications. has DESTROYED an
confidence in him, and gained tba an
taSonIsm of the board Of education of
ofhctrs, teachers, pupils and the com
munlty OF the District of Columbia and
is thereby unable to carry his measures
or To efficiently DISCHARGE his ,intias :, {
superintendent, and rendering his Sen.
aratIon from the school system imnera-
i've as advocated by Chancellor on
Ouf Schoois, etc, page 395:
Aroused Antagonism.
When he has aroused sucn serious
ana extensive personal antagonism in
the board and in the community as to
be unable To carry his measures.'
tcJ In that tie said William e
Chancellor. superintendent. in or about
September. 1906. originated and SUPER
intended the organization of an ad-
ViSoTy committee for alleged .duca-
tonal purposes, and to whom the said
Chancellor attempted to delegate du
ties and powers properly discharseable
by MIN, and that after the dissolution
OF the said advisory committee in June
1907, after Investigation by the board
of education the said Supt Chancellor
denied to the board of education any
knowledge of or part in the orSaniza-
ti0n of the said advisory committee
'db In That the said Supt. Chancellor
by the terms OF his order issued October
s. 1907. needlessly and wastvfuIl,
caused TO be discarded about "A 600
textbooks.
''(el In that the said Supt. Chancellor
after directing the Introduction of the
study of geography into the eighth
grade. of physiology in the seventh anC
eighth grades and OF writing IN the
eighth grade. and requiring the pur-
chase of textbooks for such studies
before the said textbooks SO pur.
chased could be used, heedlessly ant