The Washington bee., 1910-10-01
Reform In The Schools
THE KINNER CASE ONLY AN
INCIDENT
Dozens of Other Questions to be
Discussed.

Discussed.
The several reports that have been
published in the daily press relative to
the Kinner case in the public schools
are somewhat misleading. The facts
are these: Miss l. / klnneT was the
principal at the DeauWOOd Cd. -
School. which she had built up by hard
work and perseverance. SOue time
last year Mr. K. C. Bruce. the cOlOred
assistant superintendent of schools, III
an address to the school at DeanwoOd,
complimcnted Miss kinner's work, and
said among other things that when
an occasion arose for an eighth grade
school to be placed at DeanwoOd,
Miss kinner, your very excellent
teacher. will be recommended for the
position Some time thereafter Ny
+. /. Cardoza took IT into his head
to move to Deanwood with his family.
1t will be remembered that he was At
the time or very soon thereafter the
advertising agent or manager OF Mr..
BruCe's paper, The Teacher, which has
been and is now the mOuthpleCe OF
Mr.. Bruce. Every teacher IN the pub
lie school was sent paper, and many
of them who did not want The Teach
Cardoza and Manager Wilkinson
could not agree CardOza, It seems,
was not quite in harmony with BTuCe's
policy, so the breach grew wider.
However. Prof. Montgomery, the su-
pervising principal, when asked by
Miss kinner about the transfer, is said
to have remarked that he had not
made any recommendation of trans
fer and demotion, but he had recon-
mended the lady to the seventh and
eighth grade at DeauWOOd.
When Miss Kinner was convinced
that she was transferred and denoted
she called at the office OF the assist
ant superintendent, and she was in
formed that he (Bruce) would not be
in his office until the last of August.
Miss kinner, whose marking IS eN-
cellent, will lose $50, and Cardoza.
whose marking Is very good, will get
the increase.
Before the transfer was made. Capt.
James +. Oyster, upon whom the col
Ored schools can always rely, told
Bruce to go slow. He was also told
in the same interview with the presi-
dent of the Board of Education to con-
suit Miss Kinner. But did he? By
no means. He Is in a position too big
for him, and to take q youngster like
Bruce, with no experience, and place
him over teachers who are his supe-
rlOrs. IS an imposition upon the peO-
pie
The people have no complaint to
make against the Board of Education,
because Bruce is pupil of the late
William +. Chancellor, who afterward
repudiated him. The white schools
got rid of Chancellor, and the color
ed schools will not support a man who
Is Objectionable to them and the peo-
pie
The Kinner case is only one of the
many complaints that will be discuss
ed by the people and laid before the
Board of EucatiOn. There are dozens
of things to be discussed by the peO-
pie and laid before the Board of Ed
ucation. The president of the Board
of Education. Mr.. Cox, was informed
a few days ago that nine-tenths of the
teachers in the public schools are op-
posed to Bruce
A canvas of the schools will verify
The Bees assertion. provided that
the Board of Education would guar
antee them protection. The meeting
that Is to be held next week will ex-
press the sentiments of the people
Meeting of the people at True Re
formers Hall. 18th and I streets
northwest, Friday evening, Oct. I, at
7:3o o'clock, Mr.. w. Calvin Chase,
editor OF The Bee, will preside.