Evening star., 1907-11-16
To REPLACE
SUPT. CHANCELLOR
Consents to Take the Office
Temporarily.
CHANGE COMING SOON
Specific Charges to Be Brought
Against Superintendent.
QUESTION OF, TRUTH ARISES
Office Not to Be i illed Permanently
Until Februar,s.-Board Will
Take 1tl Time.
QUESTION OF, TRUTH ARISES

Specific charges unAer the law are to
be brought against Superintendent Chan
cellor as soon as theyi can be formulated
by Attorney Stuart iMcNamara, which
will probably be the 3rst of next week,
and DR.. Chancellor y to be removed
from the school SYSTEM.
That is the programs of the board of
education in the present difficulty with
Dr. William E. Chancellor.
Former Superintendent A. T. Stuart,
who is now director oa intermediate in
struction, to which position he was ap-
pointed after his voluntary resignation
from the position of Superintendent at the
beginning of the presdnt regime, Is to
be appointed superintendent Immediately.
Mr.. Stuart. having collsented to fill the
position only at the urgent request of the
board of education, in kder that the bust
ness of the schools maf suffer 10 inter-
ruptfOn. and having n0 desire to hold
that office permanently is to resign as
soon as the board has fd d.und another man
for the place. .
In looking for successor to Mr.. Stuart
the board has decided II be in no hurry,
but to study the field cArefu.ly in order
that it may make no mistake. The ap-
pointment may be put: off until after
the convention of the department of su-
perintendents of the National Educational
Association in this city, next February.
A local educator, not at present in the
school system, and DIR. Gearge N. Myers.
principal of the Mckinley Manual Train
ing School, are prominently lin the minds
of the members of the board as possible
successors to M. Stuart.
Preparing Formal Charges.
DIR. Chancellor. who yesterday refused
to resign from the position OF superin-
tendent of public instruction when his
resignation was demanded by Capt James
F. Oyster, president of the board of edu-
cation, and DR.. Barton W. Evermann,
who together presented request for the
resignation signed by all of the .other
members of the board. will be oustsd from
the position as quickly as the board can
legally act in the matter. Assistant
United States Attorney Stuart Mcnamara,
special counsel for the board, is nov pre-
pairing formal charges. which will be
brought against DR.. Chancellor next week.
1t is the intention of the board to make
the proceedings regular in every way.
yesterday was expected, and the program
that is now to be followed had .been
planned before the request was made.s
The interview of Capt. Oyster and DR..
Evermann with DR.. Chancellor which
took place In the latter's office late yes
terday afternoon. was most stormy
Resign or be removed was the sllti-
matum of the board. and the reason as
signed was that the members had los: all
confidence in Dr.. Chancellor and couls be
patient with him no longer
.'The loss Of confidence Is mutual" re-
torted DR.. Chancellor hotly land I will
not resign. and. If I am removed. I shall
stay in Washington and watch the pro-
gram of much-needed reform in this
school svstem."
Accuses Dr. Evermann.
The superintendent then taxed Dr..
Evermann with having taken unfair at-
vantage of the affair of the establishment
Of Latin and German centers in the grad
ed schools. which the board asserted were
begun by the superintendent without
authority of the board. to get rid of him.
Discussing the interview later DR..
Chancellor said:
Although DR.. Evermann promised me
his support when he asked me to take
charge of the schools, he differed with me
in my refusal to recomme nd the purchase
of Jenkins Physiology for use in the
schools. This book, which was written by