Evening star., 1908-01-23
REPORT NO VACANCY
President Oysters Comment
Regarding Superintendency.
EDUCATION BOARD MEETS
Plans Made for Entertaining Con.
vention of Educators.
PETITION OF TEACHERS FILED
Commends Present Board and the
School Law-Changes Among
the Teachers.
PETITION OF TEACHERS FILEI

The board of education at a meeting
held yesterday afternoon at the Franklin
building heard the details of the plan for
the retirement and pensioning of veteran
teachers as prepared by the special COM
r.littee of the board headed by Mr.. W. v.
Cox. The board voted against the passage
of bill by Congress approprating 5000
to buy busts of George Washington. Abra-
ham Lincoln and other great men of the
United States TO be placed in the local
school buildings. approved the petition
of the teachers indorsing the present
board and asking for a further trial of
the present school law, and decided to
send the petition to Senator Burkett
chairman of the school subcommittee of
the Senate District committee Some time
was also occupied in correcting previous
actions of the board found to be in viola
ton of the law. and tho session was en-
1vened by a tilt between r. r. Horner
Mrs. Mary Church Terrell and S,lpt A. r.
stuart. Considerable routine business was
transa cted
!ne meeting was called to order thirty
minutes after the scheduled time Mr.
Con first asked that a correction in the
minutes of the last meeting be made and
as amended the minutes were approved by
the board. Attention vas called to the
"' ''oii VI the eDodru at the last meeting
promoting Miss Ada Birch to a higher
class with more salary. After the ap-
pfofal had been granted by the hoard it
was discovered that Miss Birch. being as
signed to clerical work. could not under
; the law he promoted to the class higher
ana the previous action was rescinded
Convention of Educators.
The report Of the superintendent was
next called for That official suggested
that the board appoint committee to
confer with the local arrangements COM
mlttee for the convention of the depart
ment superfntendents of the National
Educational Association. to be held here
IN FEBRUARY. the Joint committee to de-
eide upon a plan to raise the 5000 neces-
sary to defray the expenses of the con-
Ventlon and to plan the details for the
reception to be given by the board of
education to the 1.2U or more supern-
tendentS who are expected to attend the
convention. The reception will be held in
the corcoran Art Gallery and the APP
pointment of a representative reception
committee for the occasion was suggest
ed. The board indorsed the suggestion
Of Supt Stuart.
Mr.. Stuart next reported that the first
important communication he received
after assuming his new duties. was a re-
quest signed by twenty of the twenty
eight teachers in the NJ Street High School
asking that they be relieved from the
model lessons classes. introduced by Asst
Supt. r. G. Bruce. Mr.. Stuart stated
that ne investigated the matter and held
a conference with the teachers of the NJ
Street High School. 1t was explained
that the model lessons were an expert
ment. and that it was desirable to con-
tinue the experiment until it's merits could
be tested. After the conference Mr..
Stuart stated. nineteen of the twenty
teachers withdrew their request for the
discontfnuance of the classes. Mr. Stuart
stated that the teachers. in taking that
action. decided that it was better to show
a cooperation their part with the
efforts of the school authorities to learn
what is best than to cause a division,
and Mr.. Stuart added that he regarded
this decision to cooperate encourag-
ing and significant. The teachers were
willing to come together he concluded.
When asked about the one teacher who
kdid not withdraw the original request,
Mr.. Stuart stated that he heard her per-
sonal reasons and he felt inclined to be
charitable in her case.
Il told her / would not urge her to
withdraw her request and ] did not tell
her TO go and sin no more
Mrs. Terrell's Comment.