The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-25
What the Parents Want for the Schools.

bill to proving ground of the public schools of the Dis
t of Columbia will be urged upon the Senate tomorrow shortly after
viii bear the seal of the Committee the District of Column
ba and if shall be taken up for consideration will be advocated by
its author Senator Deliver and its poponent Senator Bue with
much skill
Nevertheless The Times hopes earnestly that may beaten
decely its merits the open This the q
practically all the people of the District and for the good of all tie
children.
That broad prase-n the name of practically all the people
District" fully justified For the people have fired at this
bill through every oopho opened to them in the wall erected about
the subcommittee which has reported it. They could not protest to the
legislators who will speak in its favor tomorrow up
denied them every likeness of
hearing and have obtained the testimony which they base their favor
the without consulting either parents teachers in the
open But the people of the District could their organizations
protest against this bill calculated work grave injury the
schools And they have done so through
petition signed by 1901 out of $50 of the teachers.
Trade which by vote of meeting fully
representative professional and business its rolls
strcted its committee schools to make direct appeal to Congress
against this bill
The Chamber of Commerce which by its thirty
directors, spoke business direct appeal
to Congress through its committee on schools.
The Knights of Labor Assembly No. 90.
The Central Labor Union.
The Northeast Washington Citizens Association
The North Capitol and lexington Citizens Association
The Southeast Washington Citizens Association
The AnacOsta Citizens Association
The Georgetown Citizens Association
The Northeast Suburban Citizens Association
The Petworh Citizens Association
The East Washington Citizens Association.
The Northwest Suburban Citizens Association.
The Garfield Citizens Association (colored)
The Hlsdale Citizens Association (cooed).
A maSsmeeing of colored taxpayers
Three of the four daily newspapers of the District
Against this of indignant public opinion the friends of the
Dolver bill present.
One newspaper which accepts the bill only possible means
of obtaining power for the District Commissioners.
association of man-AmercanS
The Columbia Heights Citizens Association which approved the
bin by close vote condition that certain radical changes shall
made in it.
The West Washington Citizens Association
The indicated based their action the ground that the
present authorities had introduced language of the Father
land into the curriculum of the graded schools The Citizens asso-
citation of all the city which approved the bill without fundamental mo
faons had less than citizens present. and these did
agree If it necessary this approval could further be
weakened by tracing the special considerations which weight
in these instances But not necessary TO do this prove that
public opinion Columbia Overwhelmingly against
Any what the people Washington
want for their children will find the contrast of these lists
fcenly impressive.
1t ought to be enough that we of the District of Columbia do not
The children in them are
system that Government nearest to our
hearts We know how managed and generally speaking APP
pove and have approved the present management But
enough majority of the members of the Senate outside the sub
committee which reported the Dover bill be brought TO
agree with So The Times urges them these considerations
First That the present law only eighteen months old The
have only construed it. The schools more than
adjusted it. Any law however good would impose
another year adjustment And as stands the people of
the District believe the present law obe excellent principle and fairly
Second Under the present law the schools have been brought
peace the teachers nearly unified company work
ing together hamOnoSly than for fifteen years past Interviews with
teachers The Times only fear which alarms
them now that this bill may pass uSeng all present classcaons
and putting them under charge of chosen by the National
Cnmen and M remotely responsible to the parents of pupils
Third There has been disclosure of happening condition
Waantng any such revolution of the schools HueS there
have been to be rcey the inevitable byproductS of
ncompency INSTRUMENTATION worse organization that not
dismissed such offender for ten years back. Most of the
due to that cause has been due TO the extraordinary fact that
present Board of Education has had the courage correct its
taxes when removed Dr. Chancellor The caused by s
the Of