The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-14

the very nature OF things, ] shall be
an officeholder until / die or until L
am sixty or seventy years old. / have
heard nothing from any member of the
Board of Education to the effect mat
my services are not desired have no
reason 10 believe that my services are
undesirable. / shall not resign
Acted Without Authority.
In the course Of a statement to The
Times on the boards position, Captain
oyster said this morning:
'sDr. Eyerman's statement is complete.
1t shows not only that the board direct
ed DR.. Chancellor simply 10 prepare a
tentative plan enI report II 70 the boaIu'
but also that teachers have been as
signed according 10 that plan ana chlt-
dren transferred from one School 70
another TO put the plan in operation.
Tie board believes that in doing TINS Ut
Chancellor acted wholly without aothof-
''By its order the board intended TO
restore the old conditions, that Is, Ihe
conditions which existed before Dr.
Chancellor undertook 10 introduce these
new subjects. The children transferred
are to 20 back to their old schoOls-
Latin and German will not be taught.
And the board did this, knowing that
81 was deliberately setting aside orders
from the superintendent.
DlSdppIOfCo ElOJCCts
The board intended also. by its action
yesterday, TO disapprove the whole pro-
ject 10 Introduce languages into the
seventh and eighth grade courses. The
members believe the graded schools
should lay more stress upon the ele-
mentary subjects. They object TO haV-
ing the superintendent, or anyone else,
introduce high-schOOi studies into the
grades. They viii certainly not give
their sanction to any such effort. More
than that, they are not going to sit
by and look on while some one under
takes to do IL.
This action was not intended chiefly
10 humiliate DR.. Chancellor. 1t was in
tended 10 care for the best interests of
the children as the board sees them. If
caring for the best interests OF the
children involves setting aside the Su-
perintendent, why. then, the SupeTin-
tendent has got TO bear the conse-
quences-'
Chancellor Assailed
The storm which indicates that The
Board Of Education and the Superin-
tendent OF Schools are at loggerheads in
a most serious fashion broke at the
meeting OF the Board Of Education in
the Franklin School building yesterday
afternoon. After routine business, Prof
Evermann, who has just returned from
Chancellor, charging him with having
exceeded his authority in introducing
Latin and German classes into the sew
enth and eighth grades.
The charge was followed by a denial
from DR.. Chancellor.
After some heated discussion. the
board voted unanimously to cancel DR..
Chancellor's action and TO cut the Latin
ana German classes from the coUreses
IN the seventh and eighth grades
In making his attack on the Superin-
tendent Of Schools, Prof. Evermann
said:
At meeting OF the board Seuteurer
q Inc superintendent submitted a re-
quest Tor tentative authority TO establish
NiFHt special hlgh suhools.' or high
sehOoI preparatoTtes in the graded
SCHOOLS. He explained that Il was mere
~ tentative plan TO teach Latin ana
German In the seventh and eighth
Grades OF these schools, and that the
plan would he submitted TO the board
DtLuIe being put INTO effect The f0rmu-
iaSlGa OF the plan. or the experiment
was 70 be in charge Of Supervising
Principals Clark and Montgomery. The
authority was granted by the board
The board, however. did not intend
thal Il should be put into effect until IL
na1 oeen fully explained TO the board
IN all its branches. and that carte
blanche should not he given in a matter
so important and so revolutionary
It was, therefore. with no little sur
prise, not to say CONSERVATION, that I
learn that twenty-One such classes have
already been established or arranged
for, and at least four more are con
templated. Fourteen different schools
are represented.
Garry Out Instructions.
The putting Of the plan into effect
was placed by the superintendent I'm the
hands OF Mr.. Clark and DR.. Mont
gomery, and they have endeavored to
carry out the Superintendent instruc-
tons IN good faith
To find time for this, IL was neces-
sary to cut the more essential SUP
Jects OF the grades. It is proposed 10
cut geography from the eighth grade
and physiology from the seventh grade
and that the tinsS now given 10 such
primary but essential subjects as writ
Ing history, arithmetic English and
music, are to be seriously shortened.
Considering the necessity Of pur-
chasing text books and other cOnsidera-
lions, the dtaculties and objections in
the way OF putting this fad into the
grades at THIS time seem insurmOunt-
able. for the reason that il is Of doubtful
legality. It his not been authorized by
the board or by Congress"
Prof Evermann then offered the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved, That it is the sense OF. this
board that the establishment at this
time of Latin and German centers in the
graded schools is impractical, and that
the superintendent is hereby directed TO
reverse any tentative action he may
have taken toward the formation of
such centers"
After DR.. Chancellor had denied any
knowledge of the actual formation of
the language classes, the Evermann
resolution was adopted