Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-13

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| that the promotions would not have bee
| made at the time they were made If Dr.
| Chancellor had not taken them up.
DIR. Chancellor merely executed the
law. them" Mr.. Mcnamara persisted.
| 1T was not necessary that they should
be made at that Tina. and I gave him
credit for it," the witness replied.
Perfunctory Attendance.
S. f. Kramer, supervising principal OF
the sixth division, the next witness. ex-
planned he had been connected with local
schools since 1890. He said, in answer
to questions, that Dr. Chancellors lee
| lures had a registration of about 400
teachers and that very large percen-
| tase attended regularly.
| Were the lectures sre ceived favorably?'
| Attorney Fulton asked.
"They were favorably received and there
was perfunctory attendance" the witness
replied.
Were they stimulating?"
| Lectures on such subject could hard
ly be anything but stimulating" the wit
| less replied.
What do you say as to DR.. Chancellor's
| frankness and candor and his interest in
advancing the conditions of the schools
| to their highest plane of eXcellence?' the
witness was asked.
| when DR.. Chancellor could be seen. no
doubt as to his frankness.' the witness
said. DIR. Chancellor ranks high as an
| educator and was keen for advancing the
| theory of education"
| with regard to the practice of educa-
ton. what do you say?" asked Mr. Nc
Namara on cross-examina,tion'
| Ability"
! "Cndoubted."
| What about the net result of his adj
ministrative work. the prosecutor asked.
That is not a fair question to ask a
subordinate" the witness replied. y
Baked When Asked About Results
The counsel for the board remarked that
the witnesses for the defense seemed
| willing to advanc their opinions on what
| they regard as specific improveme nts
started by DIR. Chancellor, and yet baked
when asked about the general results of
! the administration. He insisted on an
| answer.
There is room to differ with DR.. Chan
cellor on questions of educational pro-
| cedure.' the witness replied.
Are you one who differs?" he was
| asked.
"In some points,
| Asked as to the points on which he diff
fered. the witness said that one was IN
| regard to the personal contact of officer
and superintendent and another was In
the ada ptation OF educational theory to
the conditions actually in existence.
From your dealings with DR.. Chancel-
lor how do you think he has adapted the
| thing in theory TO the thing in expert
enca?'
The witness replied that his dealings
| were not sufficient for him to tell. but lie
| later said that "a good del has ueen
| good. but some things ll-advised." AS
| to things of the latter class, he mentioned
the withdrawal OF BOOKS from pupils
| hands.
| The witness said that he recalled the
| order from the superintendent for tn
| holding of two sessions per day Tor pu-
pts and also recalled the revocation of
the order. He said that the first was no
a Written order and that he understood
the withdrawal resulted from action by
the board.
Mr. Kraemer stated he was one of the
| supervising principals who attended t"e
nesting in DR.. Chancelcr's office one
| morning al O'Clock and said lie remained
until IL o'clock and others remained
| longer. The discussion re-ated to the
payrolls
Had the superintendent tried to get
the information before from you?' the
witness Was asked He replied in the
negative.
In reference to his testimony that 400
teachers We're registered ~ Dr. Chance
lor's lectures, it was brought out ny the
counsel for the board that there are
| about 1,SOU teachers in the local schools.
You said the lectures Were perfume
torily attended; what do you maan?" the
| witness was asked.
| Il am afarid ref1ectedS on some one
who did not attend" the witness stated.
Il meant that while many We're inter-
sted, others might have attended just
to be there.
You used the expression when he
could be seen What do you mean?
1T was often difficult to see DR.. Chan
cel!or.' the witness explained.
1t was next brought out that the lee
lures by DR. Chancello. for teachers had
an attendance of about AGO. while a
course given at George Washington Uni
versity was attended by only about 80
or 10.
Those at the university We're paid for.
those to the teachers We're free, were
they no;?' asked Mr.. Mcnamara. The
witness said Yes
Improvement of Conditions.
w. j. Patterson. supervising principal
of the fourth division. was the next to
testify. When asked as to the effect OF
DR.. Chancellor's lectures he said:
Stimulating, but some few teachers
DISCOURAGED"
AS ed as to what DR.. Chancellor had
done to improve local school conditions, h.
stated that the superintendent had
awakened educational interest. that lie
had established a school for children of de-
fectve or feeble minds. taking a great in
ter st in them and recomme nd ng segre-
CATION of pupils for this school. He
stated that the interest was shown by tn
fact that DR.. Chancellor brought a lee
turer here from a successful institution
of that kind. to tell the teachers about il
and that he had sent some teachers to
summer courses on the subject.
Has he manifested an interest to bring
the schools to the highest eXcellence?'
the witness was asked.
Il think he has endeavored. in his own
way. to bring them up Mr. Patterson
replied.
On cross-eXamination the witness was
asked If he attributed the establishment
, of the school for faebleminded children
, alone to DIR. Chancellor. and he stated
that a committee of the Associated Char
tiles and from the women's clubs had
urged the step.
Were there no others in the schoos?'