The Washington herald., 1907-12-10

For four and one-haIf hours the board
Of education listened 10 the witnesses for
the prosecution in the case against DR..
William E Chancellor. superintendent Of
the public schools Of the District.
Al 10 O'Clock last night, after the last
witness called by Attorney Mcnamara.
counsel for the board. had testified, the
prosecutions side was finished.
The defense VIII be taken up tomorrow
afternoon at 2:S0 o'clock and ii was said
by counsel for DIT. Chancellor that his
side Of the case viii not likely take more
than two or three hours. DR.. Chancel-
lor. owing to illness. did not attend the
| hearing.
Before the board adjourned, Mr.. Nc
Namara withdrew three OF the counts in
the bill Of complaints against the super
intendent These dealt with charges that
Dr. Chancellor denied to the board. hav-
ing attempted. in or about September,
1906 70 form an advisory committee for
I alleged educational purposes.
second Charge Withdrawn.
The second charge withdrawn was one
in wl-ieh DR.. Chancellor was alleged 10
/ have made an attempt to supersede GER
\ tain studies N certain grades Of the
/ schools. The last charge abandoned was
/ one in which Dr. Chancellor was alleged
I to have exceeded his authority in the
/ extension Of high school studies 10 the
/ graded schools.
/ The charges which stin stand against
/ DR.. Chancellor. and which the prosecu-
ton alleges It has proved to be correct,
are. briefly.
/ charge Of incompetency. based on his
/ alleged contentousness, and other
/ qualities of a psychological nature
/ The second charge is based on the first,
and alleges that-Dr. Chancellor should
+ be removed. IN connection with this
charge. NIr- N-ce-amaraslast night quoted
from a work alleged 70 have been writ
ten by the superintendent
/ The next charge remaining IS that OF
INSTRUMENTATION. In setting up this charge
in the original complaint. it was alleged
that Dr, Chancellor lied TO the board in
regard 20 an alleged vacation he took in
August 1907
Refusal 10 obey Orders.
The next charge is that OF a refusal
10 obey the orders Of the board. Il IS
alleged N this instance that Dr. Chan
celior refused to attend a certain meet
ing Of the board. and later repudiated
his statement 20 that effect.
The next charge further amplihes tIl5
charge Of insubordination-
Then comes the charge that the superin-
tendent sought 10 obtain the passage,
through Congress. OF measure known
as the Smith bill
The next charge alleges that DR.. Chan
| cellor in an article in an educational pa
per Ibeled the school system Of the Dis
trict.
Next is a charge Of sedition. brought
about in an address TO public school
teachers OF the NJ Street High School
In the next 70 the last charge he is al
legged TO have aroused dissatisfaction
among school heads and others
I The last charge Is that DE-. Chancellor
'at divers times in the month of Deem
Der 1SS, was guilty OF conduct unbecom-
ing a superintendent
In a short address 20 the judges. the
I jury, and the prosecutors. the attorney
I said that all these charges have been
proved by the testimony OF his witnesses.
! he said further that the three charges
/ withdrawn were Of such nature that IL
/ would be rather hard 10 prove them. For
/ this reason he allowed them TO be stricken
out.
First Afternoon Witness.
The first witness for the prosecution in
the afternoon was Miss Westcott. prin-
cipaI Of the Western High School. Her
| testimony dealt mainly with discussion
of an article which appeared in an edu-
cational paper last winter. This discus
sion was held in the house OF DR.. Chan
ceIlo- in the fall Of 1896. before the article
had been submitted 10 the paper. which
afterward published il. she said. A.
torney Mcnamara asked her who was
there.
Mr.. Hughes, Mr.. English. and myself"
DO you recall any point raised that
evening that seemed a little broad2'
There was no dissent to any extent"
Mrs Westcott stated that the article
was read aloud by Mr.. Hughes. after the
Ntt~4iNlA was bifcn ~ III chancellor
to Mr.. Hughes 70 be typewriter After
some further questions. attorney for the
board objected 20 her reading the article.
Unless she could identify it as the one
exhibited in DR.. ChaneeIlor's house. The
board sustained more than fifty objec-
tions offered by the prosecution.
Charles NJ. Thomas, colored. teacher OF
mathematics in the normal schools. testi-
fed that on October D. 1907, while he was
pounding a typewriter in the Franklin
School building. he had time 10 listen 10
a discussion between DR.. Chancellor, Mr..
Evans. and Mr.. Jackson.
4 Seeae OF WranSIe.
Mr. Thomas. after some wrangling in
which Capt. Oyster. complainant against
the superintendent, sustained the school
objection TO question OF sIr Fulton's,
testified he had heard these men talking.
He said Dr. Chancellor told them the
beard intended to get rid Of himself
Bruce, and Jackson. He said the superin-
tendcnt also advised them 70 enlist the
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