The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-04

'''- ''Np'' give US on
Ject lesson, but II wns not done"
DO you not know that Miss Harris
conducted tho classes in the room
next TO yours for part OF 4 SEES
sion?"
NO, sr."
Ituics AEninst bryan.
Mr. Bryan again asked permission
TO cross-cxamine tho witnesses, and
colonel Ander4pn was appealed 10 by
members of the committee who qucs-
toned the ruling OF the chair Col
onel Anderson said that in stric. law
legislative investigation should be
conducted by its own attorney, who
asks all the questions without inter
Veniiou OF outside attorneys, this hav-
ing been the rule laid down by Ji.>tice
IiGgnes in the insurance investigation
in New York. In all Council invests
cations heretofore it has been the
custom TO aliow counsel by courtezy
|" cross eNaiiiinc witnesses
Colonel Anderson continued his
cross examination OF Miss Mallonec as
to hei Tritten statement and its pencil
ih'e'iineations, asking By whose adj
wee or suggestion she had made Ger
tam changes. The pencil corrections
,.a"e Up the statement she had read
MISS Mailonee asserted, and she did
not see that She should nc questioned
on what she had writtene and changed.
Sne refused 20 answer the question::
VINO did YOU show that paper 70 be-
."re you read IT, asserting that II
80 hef own paper. and Sine had pre-
Aehted IT. Tor what IL was worth
Threatens TO Exclude Him.
audioly. aI'
Ine remark brought Chairman Pol
'ock Sharply TO mis- feet
ne committee VIII! suffer no inter
rnption.' he said sharply "If this
continues Will have YOU excluded
from ia" room
: IwL!I you?" asked Mr. Bryan. Il,
VIII take more than you TO do it."
inc chair Will De the Judge OF It's
talrness. and IL you nave any opinions
to express, it must be somewhere else
than here" said Air Pollock Wit.
neat You have no standing here
ana will sec that YOU are excluded
from me room If there Is any fur,h.,
Interruption"
seeing that the coemittce had no
desire TO hear the side OF his client
and in fact. had bccn organized with
dehni'e views prejudiciai to certain
o. the supervising teachers, Mr. Bryan
o'd not further press the point
No Attack on 3Ii-s Harris.
Miss Malloncc explained thar Miss
harris had never taken charge OF am
one grade FOR complete day SO far as
Sne knew. II was a matter OF com
nlent. though not brought into the rnr-
ORD that Miss Harris, as assistant nri-
mary superintendent, receives 1000
Eear-much more than am t,acher-
ana tiie fact was given by some as ex-
n .h INC APPARENT jealousy between
IN teachers and the supervisors.
questioned bS Colonel
Miss Mallonee said she kn.w Miss Har
IT'S had conducted classes in other
grades. bu, tina; she had never asked
her 10 assist in her room. Miss Mallo.
nee. seeing the turn tn inquiry had
taken, volunteered the statement that
'Ae clause In her statement wa, not
put In as an attack on Miss Harrie.
That - enarzly satisfactory" com
r,5ntcd NJ Bryan.
Miss Mallonce closed her ,es,,mony.
by explaining that she had been elu.i
Gated only in the Richmond public
schools. except as TO her music. and
ihai no manua training or drawing
was taught when she went to school
Other Teachers Called.
Miss pobbins, q teacher OF the IL
and IL grades in Runner School. fol.
lowed explaining that She taugnt
ichildren seven years old. Just out OF
me kindersarten. giving eighty MIN
utcs day 10 reading in the i grade
In the morning. and siXty-nve minutes
day TO the r. grades In the after
noon She gave forty minutes week
% drawing. forty MINUTES a week to
manuai training. aad loo minutes a
week TO arithmetic, having little time
for supervision OF writing She OBJ
!ected to the manual training outline
~ too hard for children of that age,
and thought the period OF supervised
writing Fhouid be extendaL. She was
graduate OF the High School. holding
a first grade certificate.
DR. Chandler explained his views
that there should be sepa rate teachers
for the y and Is grades, nscessitatine
twenty.one more teachers and IS many
additional schoolrooms.
Miss Dobbins said she preferred the
word method of teaching reading In her
grade, with no teaching OF the letters,
and that therefore there was no Nee
for instruction IN spelling III that
grade. She believed IN manual train
ing. drawing and music. but desired
new outline for their instruction.
Miss Royal TestiReE.
Miss E. c. Royal. OF 200 South THIRD
Street. teacher at Jefferson school
holding PROFESSIONAL certificate. a