The Washington herald., 1907-10-10

That Richard R. Horner, negro mem
Der Of the board Of education. is de-
termined to see that the negro schools
have the same opportunities as the white.
was made evident yesterday at the meet
ing Of the board of education. when he
declared that the same rigorous atten-
ton 10 examinations and examining
boards was not shown TO the negro stu
dents as 10 the white.
He stated that he was opposed TO al
lowing the appointment OF T. B. Will
Jams without a more serious investigation
Of the circumstances surrounding the ex-
animation for the supervisorship.
Capt Oyster resented this imputation
as unjust, and told IN. H9rner that if
the>negro members Of the board had any
grievance they had ample opportunity Of
making It known.
Mrs. Terrell in Fray.
Mrs. Terrell came into the fray by
agreeing with Capt Oyster. and insisting
that there was absolutely no discrimina-
ton. Another incident which shows that
the race question has entered largely into
the executive administration OF the
schools was the reading Of a communica-
ton from Calvin Chase, a negro lawyer.
in which he declares that Mr.. Bruce.
superintendent Of negro schools. is in
competent and should be dismissed.
He declared that Bruce made false
charges against him in saying that he
had received money hom Mary Gibson
for prefeTment in the schools He pre-
sented an affidavit from Mrs. Gibson
which bore out his statement. This let
ter, which is the elimination of long
fight on the question of emoluments. was
referred to a special committee.
Mrs Mussey presented resolution 10
prevent the employees Of the schools from
taking any pernicious part in forwarding
legislation at the Capitol. This resolu-
ton was agreed TO in part by the board.
but It was referred to a committee for
Improvement in wording.
Mrs. Mussey also announced the Gait
medal award, saying that Nina r
Thomas won the first prize on her thesis
on Forestry and that Emory I, Bal
lard was awarded the second prize. The
board recommended the dismissal of
David L. Monroe, engineer at the Arm
strong Manual Training School. This
was opposed by Messrs. Horner and
Cook
Report on Fraternities.
DR.. Chancellor submitted his report on
fraternities, in which he said that twen-
ty-nine secret societies existed in the Dis
trict schools, twenty in the Central High
School three in the Eastern High School |
two in Western High School, and four
in Mckinley School.
He said that he had received many com
on the subject Of secret So
cieties and that the sentiment seemed TO !
be equally divided. He named the COM |
mittee which he said was holding daily
sessions on the matter and would make |
an accurate report as soon as it had |
concluded its sittings.
Dr. Chancellor favors the encourage
ment Of literary and debating societies |
but viii await the report of the commit /
tee before taking any action.
Mr.. Cox. in a report to the board. ex-
planned the reason for delaying the nav
ment Of salaries, saying that it was due /
10 a new system Of payroll accounting. |
the smallness of the clerical force. and
being hampered by the Treasury Depart-
nent. The matter was referred to the
attorney for the board. The following
in the high school cadets
were made:
To be colonel n p. Clagett. Central Higb
School; lieutenant colonel 5. n Williams Eastern
High School; major First Battalion James
Webb. Central High School: major Second Bat
alion, r. Cremer, Eastern High School; major
Third Battalion. J 5 Zebley, Mckinley Mammal
Training School; regimental adiutant. H. W CLARK.
Central High School.
First Battalion; Central High SchooI-Captaiu,
G. A. Bonine. G. r. Heitmuler and L. F KeIiv.
irst lieutenants. r. H. Harrison f. L. Jackson. !
md r. B. Owen; second lieUteDants J. c. Town
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