The Washington bee., 1912-03-23
BRUCE INDICATED
SUPERINTENDENT DAVIDSON
Exonerates the Assistant Superin-
tendent-Great Enthusiasm Of His
Friends-Vote Stood to 3 for
BTuce's Retention.

Friends-Vote Stood to 3 for
Bruce's Retention.
At a full meeting Of the Board
OF Education held IN the Franklin
Building Wednesday afternoon, Mr..
Roscoe Conkliug Bruce was fully ex-
oncrated of all charges against him,
and received the unanimous indorse-
ment of the Board of Education and
the hearty COngratulatiOn of his
friends Two weeks ago The Bee
was the first journal to publish the
fact that Mr. Bruce had been ex-t
onerated by the Superintendent of
Schools. DR.. Davidson. All material.
charges. expressed, implied and di-
rect, were fully investigated by DR..
Davidson. He had interviews with
teachers, and in many instances Mr..
Davidson wondered how Mr.. Bruce
succeeded as we'll as he has. Many
of The teachers didn't cooperate with
him, and 1t Is more the determination
OF the superintendent to give the en-
tire control of the Colored schools to
Mr Bruce, which ought to be done.
as the law provides After the rec
omrlendation of Or. Davidson was
submitted, Messrs. Horner and Tun-
nell made addresses III opposition
10 the adoption of the superintend-
tnt's report. and Mrs Harris read an
address. which failed to show any op-
position 10 Mr. Bruce. The only evil
denCe Of her opposition was recorded
IN her vote. Dir Tunnel failed TO
vote against Mr. Bruce on the first
ballot until Mr. Horner called for
another vote. There was no spirit of
vIndICtiveness in any of the oppOsi-
ton speeches, which were listened to
by those who voted for the retention
OF Mr.. Bruce with a degree of com
placency. President Oyster called
for the previous question, which was
the superintendents report, which re-
suited in vote Of ) TO 3 in favor of
Mr. Bruce
Roscoe Conkling Bruce was born
in Washington. D. c.. April 2I. 1870. !
TO Blanche KelsO and Josephine
Bealle (Wilson) Bruce. The father
was the only man of Negro blood !
ever elected TO a full term in the u. !
:. Senate. The mother left a class !
room in the public schools of Cleve- !
land, Ohio. to marry; her father was
Joseph Wilson, a dentist, and a man
of letters.
Roscoe attended the Friends School I
IN Washington, and then the public |
elementary and secondary schools. !
He spent two years at Phillips Exeter
Academy, taking a special interest
in debating and in school journalism.
Upon graduation from Phillips EX-
eter, he entered Harvard College.
At Harvard Bruce's studies were
mainly in the social sciences. I'm de |
batting he won the Sophomore and
Pasteur medals. the Coolidge prize. |
and medals for being on the winning |
Varsity teams against both Prince |
ron and Yale. He was president of |
the Sophomore Debating Club. and |
for two terms president OF the Uni |
versity Debating Club. Bruce grad |
uated from Harvard College. a mem |
Der of Phi Beta Kappa. with distinc-
ton in political economy and in phil
osophy, and the degree Of magma /
cum laude' Bruce was class day orr
atOr, his Oration being devoted to |
the problem of national education in |
America
Upon graduation Bruce entered at
once upon career in educational ad- /
and supervision as di-
rector of the Academic Department
Of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial
Institute (IoO2-6).
June 3, 1908, he was married to