The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-03
REMARKS or SCHOOL BOARD
HEAD STYLED As CoNTEMP-
TIOIs ny POLLOCk.
TILT BECOMES SPICY
INNEsTTGATrxG CnMNETTEEMEN
SAY CRITICISM VOICED Al
stuooI. FINALS WAS
INCAILED FOR,

night scho"l "t 1"hn M''' a'i.l'' ,.atc-.d
7'""'i w '''''SN'. ,ha Conn
ESt hlkht 'F ..,.''f,i,,e, the
cE committee ''"E'd '' -
p"iIic Sfhos! ,..,,tsr n This
5"hh 4 "l, III
committee LOOK lA - t,,,
ing Mt if'i~''f - -, ~.
commute. i$S 3+''
PROBE. A. 4tt+,neil
"a u"}''d''','9 -, No., t,1ard to
''"N the h'"H ~ "a .t.,, Tor
task for crit.cisirR -" comm ~,
not attending thu Nhals ~ tile "'N ~
! school lie thought MT i0e@ler &
ulfTKs were uncaIted ZOE u say NV
least --.-..,-
Marx Guhst. another 'neinoef "f li,V
committee. also resented IN" cru
,isIa, though he oppressed the oellei
that Mi Hutzter sd not intend 10
s.aks any undue structures upon the
committee Commute emah Jacob / M
lauf followed Mr.. Guust, speaking in
similar vein. 1t Developed that Mr.
Irnlanf was the ouiy member OF tho
committee present at the night school
commencement With the exception
Of Mr.. Fuller the other members were
9n buail,y engaged with meetings at
the csit, HAIL
II remained for Mr. Pollock, chair
man of INC COMMITTEE. to style MIR
trtzler.s remarks AS contamptuous
ana utterly hHeaIit4 ~
Ciasnes win 7u'@'e''
I ms precipitated NFFpat tuA"he-
R"ht pt'"e'h IN" t"" t'
Whleh Af. Pollock ASH" IN"
hoard chairman II H. uao not iH""e
the remark That II would De wise I"
-, - nj C,,,-,t
dissatisfied with the preF9ihlg HuIff-s
Culum.
AtteF pause az Few moments,
( Mr. Hutzier replied mat ne had
/ thought as much nut had never hfade
! SuSh remark 10 anyone
Mt Pollock then stated mat ac-
I c"fdlhg 10 information reaching MN
some Of the school principals had suG-
! Eested to these teachers mat they
/ mad better stay away from the probe,
The situation finally narrowed down
i =" the question %hetheF AT Tollo'K
+ was unwilling Ia "sthdfa" tho term
'contemptuous He said he would
! do go II Mr. Iful2ier intended no re-
Heetipn upon the committee IN MS re-
marks Wednesday night.
sticks Ia Statement
Nh Hutzler decided to stick to
his original statement and LET the
matter go Mt that saying that out
"f regard for the Commitfse and
others present he would not under
. take to reply to AIR. Pollock's IAN
4 giiage as he would ike 10 do under
he circumstances.
Only one Witness VAS examined dur
ing the evening. Miss j.. NJ. Craig,
( teacher in ! - grade, Jefferson school,
! who has been in harness twenty-five
years, took the stand at $50 o'clock
and remained there for three hours.
She read prepared paper in which
she freely criticised manual training
and other so-called new tangled arts.
She held out for firm and solid
foundation in the system Of instTuc-
ton so that the average pupil in
the schools may be equipped Ia 60
+ forth to earn tnRr--4seyss she ii,
were especially slow in learning music
and had better be spending time, de-
voted ia this branch. learning the sub
Jects that VIII be of the most practical
I henefit Ia him. She insisted that the
rudments should be given all time
possible, Personally, she would pre-
fer some other arithmetic than the
book now IN use. And she believed
most Of the other elementary teach
ers wanted some other arsthmetic too.
If the fads and fancies are cut
out Of the curriculum and there is
any time left over. she would adVo-
cate giving the extra time to outdoor
exercise which. in her opinion, would
he FAR more beneficial 10 the pupil
then is The artificial physical exer-