The Washington herald., 1909-05-27

Al a largely attended meeting OF the
committee on public schools Of the Chan
Der Of Commerce last night action was
taken recommending TO the directors that
the policy OF the chamber with reference
tect be the choice OF George o. Won
Nerta in preference 10 Snowden Ashford
II opening the meeting, P. II Brown,
chairman. stated that he had called the
committee together 70 consider the report
made 10 the District Commissioners by
the commission appointed 70 investigate
the claims Of the candidates for the
position. He thought the matter Of Sc
curing a competent municipal architect
OF sufficient public Importance 70 warrant
action on the part OF the committee. Mr..
Brown suggested that the committees
action should take the form Of q recon-
msndation 10 the board Of directors. 10
be acted upon as that body might see
fl. Mr. Brown presented the resolution
which accompanies this article, and the
discussion Of the evening turned upon Il.
Discussion Takes Wide Range.
Talk upon the resolution took a wide
range and the respective fitness OF the
men named in the resolution were gone
into az some length. especially Mr- Ash
ford's connection with repairs upon
school buildings and his relations with
the board of education. A good many
facts were brought out regarding the
condition OF the school buildings and the
methods pursued BY the building depart
rent OF the local government toward
them IN the past The discussion AZ
times were very animated and somewhat
personal. With a single amendment in
the phraseology Of the resolution. Il was
adopted with one dissenting vote.
Members speaking on the resolution
were Allen D. Albert. Ernest H Daniel,
3. ?. Guy, Granville Hunt Charles ".
Claggett. J. c. Ergood. and William K.
shannon
Other members OF the committee pres
eni were 3. B. Earnshaw. Dr. Lewis d.
Wilson, Fred g. Couldren, Albert Schul-
ties. and J. l. ErgoOd.
Terms Of the Resolution.
The resolution adopted follows
Tie committee CO uzsbiic scaoo,s q tie Washing
ten Chszher q CCumcrce being 5eeQ.y .l-l-ss- IL
& TIE welfare q Cur public scl1c-s both u thei-
riucat01ai and material ssie. assDts tss follow
ius resoigtiols
nat 8, should Dc tie r1li-y q. tlis oo--i--ss
and q the Chsm5er q Coume-oe % actively sup
port az msthods uace % continue e re Dfsr--
the hest cas- q public schooi e-ozst9-al vo-k uz-
der material coalitions as Co scloc 5z1l1Es. equip
rasn.- heath. Ere u-oteccE- ard zze-ll safety q
t1o bes- ard 1ost approved character
That thls clEHisre- 7ecDsuIz-s and a7l<ec-ate TIE
- H- - HHr
& education. That 10 considers ira. sid tos-J ass
reu1s7sd az lrvallaSle service % Jhs psoge 1f tie
District q Columbia by calling attention t1 tle
material conditions N o-r schools a1d Ge-az11-zs
thst they he of tie bss, poszi5le c,isrzcts--
Eh1- me EpDo-u-Cc-r 1y RE Cu-l---sz-1--e-F o.
tEc District q Columbia o. tire ezgeTt oouEissoa
q builders and architects % Examine into RE ma
ecrl2 conditions q our schoo. o-Ll6.uZy; ths re-
guest b TIE ComnisEoue-s q the D-S-ric- o. Co
iEzahia II gppVoFl1E THE estiEatss q TIE bca-5 u
e5ucatioa f1< sn Appropriation la-ss soo-gh - ru-
ou- school buildings ln ars,-czss c-15ito- suE tLs
demand n 'he Commissioners of ths District q Co
lurltis ard the board @ C5uclt11- which hzs re-
suited u TIE creation 4 tie o.Ecc x uu-ic-pll
zTcaltect. sfo-1- which slou-d receive tls aD
( U-CTal q tle C1uU-ni-T- ard.
Whr-rzs commission Ehich hzs been a7po.n- q
% adrlSs the tcElullss-0lers l- tEs matter q a
Municipal s7-titeCt. has presented tle names =
Sncwdeu AsEford ard GeoT-e o. rlu Nersa. a-6 the
rCcUf n sid S-ETdCu As1f-u1 ID sad school
w0k has becn So u-sz-isfac-UT % tie acard u
education as 20 cause frequent co1p.zi--s and
friction aid has becn q such a character that
the bozTd q Cd-cl-Cl has uua-iUC-sly Tuc-D-
minded % the CcDuissio1ers tie sppo1-msu- o.
;Teo-ge O. vo1 Ns71s 90 The 04ce q ---ni--ral
ar-htrec-. Therefore b 10
Reso.Fed. That although in genszi this c0--i--
tee feels that Szch e body should neither rso1u-
mend Or opcose c1rii5atfs for any oEce. ~et e.
believes hat il these 5-rI=s-srces 81 ur-s1aI a
situation exists as % require tie expression g the
opinion q t1is ccunittee tlat tie zro1rtu-en-
cf SrCwdsn Ashford % the oEce q municipal
srclitc-t would nos be f0T ere best Interests q
the V1b,ic schoo,s = the Diz--i- q Columbia
ard that these resolutions p az o-ce reported %
The boz-d z directors q the Chau,ber q Con-
u6ce fcr sIch action as said board msy deem ap-
TTop-1ete ard proper