The Washington herald., 1912-11-21
CLAIM
AGAIN REFUSED
Prof. W. B. Evans Denied Hearing
by the Board Of Educa-
ton.
HENRY W. BLAIR HAS CHAIR
IN CAPT. OYSTERS ABSENCE
Committee on Calf Prizes Makes
Regular Awards-Business
Transacted.

The second attempt on the part of Prof
W. B. Evans, deposed principal Of the
Armstrong Manual Training School, and
director of colored night schools for a
hearing on his dismissal was made yes
terday afternoon at the meeting of the
Board of Education, and again the at
tempt was defeated by the vote of the
board. Prof. Evans put his request in
the form of a letter read before the
board, and the written motion was quash-
cd even more quickly than his personal
request made at the meeting before, when
his dismissal was accomplished.
R. r. Horner, one Of the colored mem-
bers of the board. who had been Prof.
Evans staunchest champion at the pre-
vious meeting was absent yesterday, and
there was but one voice raised in sup
port Of the motion for hearing, that of
Mrs. Caroline W. Harris; colored, Charles
| II. Marshall, the other cOlored member
present. presented the motion for denial,
which was finally carried.
| The defeat OF Prof. Evans request was
short and snappy. On the reading OF his
letter, Mrs. Harris made a motion that
il be granted. This got no second and
Mr.. Marshall Immediately put his mega
| tive motion which was seconded by
the contrary vote OF Mrs Harris
Prof. Evans Protest.
The letter Of Prof Evans follows:
81 respectfully request an opportunity
to present a statement in defense Of the
charge of incompetency resulting in my
dismissal from the public school service
after conscientious work in the system
covering a period Of more than a quar-
ter of a century.
Il respectfully state that l have never
received from any superintendent or as
s!stant superintendent one word Of ad-
verse criticism OF my administration of
the Armstrong School since / organized
the same; in fact. the expressed opinions
to me have always been highly commend
atory As to the development of the
colored night schools, respectfully call
attention to the results attained and at
tested to in the report Of the direcor
CT night schools for ls0S-lslo.
In conclusion, l respectfully state
that have not been acquainted. in
general or in detail, with any charges
showing incompetancy on my part. l.
therefore, respectfully ask that l be per-
mitted to submit the opinion of some
of the leading educators of the country
who have visited the Armstrong School
even as recently as October. 1872
With the exception of the incident OF
Prof. Evans letter the meeting yester-
day passed without a ripple Of dissent
most of the matters discussed being
purely of a routine nature.
Henry w. Blair Prcsidcs.
Henry w Blair, vice president of the
board, held the chair in the absence of
Capt James F. Oyster. The board
adopted a resolution that Monday, De-
cember o. be included in the Christmas |
holidays. An offer OF three prizes of S |
each for essays on social service and
kindred subjects made by Mrs. II. Cal
win Gage, president of the National So
ciety OF Colonial Daughters of American
Founders and Patriots, was accepted.
Resolutions in memory Of George +. T. |
Cook. late assistant superintendent OF
colored schools, asking that the new
normal school for colored be named
after him. were spread on the minutes.
The matter of naming the school will
have to be passed on later.
The committee on the awards of Gait!
prizes reported that the following
awards had been made: First prize of
$50 to Miss Katherine w. Farrar. 1873
Eighteenth Street Northwest and second
prize of SO. Frederick NJ. Dickey, 1917 |
Third Street Northwest.
The following appointments and
changes were reported:
Appoint Miss l.. y. broWn teachtI' HlSb gI1uc'
Briggs School.
Appoint Miss E A. Braxton teacher. first grade,
WUnnley School.
Accept resignation 6 r. Clason. clerk in class
one, November l3. 1872
Appoint Edward Goldberg. Temporarily. not TO
extend beyond December 81 1872 clerk in class one.
Appoint W. NJ Menard permanent teacher. VI
Street High School
Appoint Z. C. Wesley teacher manual training.
grade schools.
Appoint Mis- NJ V Smith teacher first grade,
Wormley School
Appoint following substitute teachers high and
normal schools: Cedric Francis and ]. H. Martin.
Open leadership in geography. department bust
ness practice. Street High School.
Transfer Miss NJ OH. Williamson. geography
teacher. from Normal School No To department
business practice. VI Street High School
Appoint Miss I. C. Plummer teschcr DeanWoOd
Night School
Accent resignation Miss E NJ Smith teacher
eighth grade, Wisconsin Avenue Manual Training
School.
Appoint Miss Dorothy Shaw kindergarten assist
ant Van NeSs School, eighth division.
Appoint Cedric Francis teacher night schools.
Armstrang School.
Appoint G. f Bittner substitute teacher mcchAn-
ieal drawing Mckinley Night School
Appoint F. W Richardson substitute teacher
shopwoTk Mckinley Night School.
Appoint Miss H NJ. PatESchks substitute draw
ing teacher white graded and high schools.
Appoint Miss Virginia Kirby substitute teacher
Business High School.
Appoint Miss J. +. Best substitute teacher mAth
rmAtics, white high schools.
Appoint Mis- q. Schragenheim substitute Ger
man teacher. white high schools.
Appoint Mis- q. r. Chaplin substitute teacher Of
English. history Latin, and Mathematics, white
high schools.
Appoint E d. Thompson substitute teacher shop
work, Mckinley Manual Training school
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