Evening star., 1912-11-21
DENIES EVANS PLEA
Board of Education Refuses
to Hear Dismissed Principal.
ONLY ONE VOTE IN FAVOR
Recommendations Approved by
Award of Gait Prizes.
CHRISTMAS RECESS EXTENDED
Competition in Discussion of Patri-
otic Subjects to Be Established.
Teachers Appointed.

! With practically no business for con-
| sideration except routine matters men,
bers of the board of education of the
/ District of Columbia met at the Franklin
| School yesterday afternoon. An echo OF
| the dismissal of DIR. w. Bruce Evans as
principal of the Armstrong Manual Train
ing School and as assistant director of
night schools at the last board meeting
was heard.
| A letter from DR.. Evans was read ask
| ing for a hearing. He said, in part: i
respectfully state that I have never re-
| ceived from any superintendent or assist
ant superintendent one word of adverse
| criticism of my administration of the
Armstrong School since 1 organized the
same; in fact, the expressed opinions to
me have always been highly commenda-
tory"
! DR.. Evans referred to the reports of the
| director of night schools for l9OS-l9lO to
show the standards he had maintained ia
the position of assistant director OF night
schools
In conclusion" he added, Il respect
fully state that have not been acquaint-
| ed, in general or in detail, with any
| charges showing incOmpetency on my part
therefore respectfully ask that be per-
| mitted to submit the opinion of some OF
| the leading educators who have visited
Armstrong School as recently as Octo-
! Der, 1912.
| Mrs Caroline w. Harris, one OF the
| two colored members present, moved that
DIR. Evans be heard. None OF the other
| six members in attendance seconded the
| motion. Dr. Charles II. Marshall. the
other colored member present. then made
| a substitute motion that DR.. Evans be
denied a hearing. His motion was carried
with only one dissenting voice, that OF
| Mrs. Harris.
| Award of the Gait Prizes.
| Recommendations regarding the award
| ing of the two Gait prizes at Business
High School for the best exhibits ar
ranged by students of the geography
| classes were ratified. Miss Katherine
Watson Farrar of 1920 18th street north
west won the first prize of $50 with her
exhibition entitled, THE Costumes of the
People of Different Nations and their
| Industrial Environment" The second
prize went to Frederick Morse Dickey Of
| 1917 Sd street northwest His exhibit
/ was Birds, Wild and Domestic"
| A request that prizes might be offered
/ for similar exhibits in commercial his
tory and sociology, the prizes to be taken
| from the surplus interest of the Gait
prize fund, was granted.
| Christmas Recess Extended.
On the recommendation of the superin-
tendent of schools, :. William NJ. David
son, the board granted holiday Decem-
Der 23 This was done because Decem-
Der % will be Monday and the rest of
the wee.. is a holiday period. This would
necessitate building new fires in all the
schools or keeping them up and. of
course, with the close proximity of
Christmas, il is not expected much work
, would be accomplished in the one day.
BY the granting of the holiday the chill
dren will have a longer continuous holi-
day than they usually do.
president of the National Society of Colo
nial Daughters of American Founders
and Patriots. to give three prizes of $
each in a contest to be held in the form
of essays, Orations or debates on subjects
!, involving American citizenship, social
service or civic virtue was accepted.
In the absence of President James F.
Oyster, Henry P. Blair, vice president of
f. Slater School were granted permission
to hold an entertainment for the benefit
of their athletic association. A letter
thanking the school officials and the
board for opening an additional class at
the Deanwood Night School was read
| Appointments Approved.
The following appointments were ap-
proved:
Miss /. C. Plummer. to be teacher and
assigned to the Deanwood Night School.
to take effect on and after November 13.
Miss Dorothy Shaw as kindergarten as
sistant and assigned to the Van Ness
School. eighth division, to take effect on
and after November 10.
| Cedric Francis, teacher In the night
schools and assigned to the Armstrong
/ School, to take effect on and after No
| vember IL.
/ G. E. Bittner. as substitute teacher OF
| mechanical drawing in the Mckinley
/ Night School, to take effect on and after
/ November 20.
i f. w. Richardson. as substitute teacher
of shopwork in the Mckinley Night
School. to take effect on and after No
vember 20.
4 Miss II. NJ. Patzschke, substitute
teacher of drawing in the white graded
and high schools, to take effect on and
after November 70
i Miss Virginia Kirby, as substitute
teacher in the Business High School, to
take effect on and after November 20.
Il Miss J. f. Best, as substitute teacher
of mathematics in the white high schools,
affa Of