New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-12
BOARD TURNS DOWN
WOMEN PEDAG0GUES
DR.. w. |. Ettinger Gets Post
Miss Grace StraChan
Hoped to Attain.
A FRIEND OF CHURCHILL
Steam Roller Strongly in Evi.
dence at Meeting Attended by
Many Teachers-Wile De-
tends Action Taken.

! Three places in the public schools sys-
tenn for which women have been strongly
contending were filed yesterday by the
! Board Of Educat ton, and all went to men,
The first and most important post was
that Of associate superintendent
! The steam roller" was much in evil
dence. on the instruction Of the board
the secretary cast one vote for DR.. Will
lam l.. Ettinger, who had been nominated
by Frank d. Wisey This disposed of
the candidacy of the present incumbent
/ Thomas S. OBren. At the same time it
interfered with the aspirations of Miss
Grace Strachan. Her name was not even
mentioned.
| Dr. Ettinger. who will assume his new
place September 10. is q personal friend
of President Churchill OF the board. Mr..
( O Brien has been a close friend of Dr.
/ william ~. Maxwell, the City Superin-
! tcndent The action OF the board was
/ looked on as another milestone in the ad-
vance Of the progressive element therein.
Two Princ pa ships Involved.
The two other posts to which women
/ had aspired were principalships. One
principalship involved was that Of new
/ high school for girls to be organized in
The Bronx. The board elected Gilbert S.
/ Blakely. The second was that Of a new
| high school for girls to he organized In
Manhattan. and Arthur NJ. Wolfson was
chosen
A letter Of protest from the INTERIOR
ough Association OF Women Teachers, OF
which Miss Grace Strachan is president
was read to the board before the cleo
lions. A telegram from the Woman Suf-
frage Party study club. urging the APP
pointment OF woman principal, also was
, received.
/ The board listened and then voted for
. the men,
I DR.. Ira S. VILE declared the protest Of
the marlborough Association that women
had been passed over for men because Of
sex was not true.
There were male principals passed
over. too. he added '"Of the forty or
more candidates who appeared five were
women. and the women were shown un-
usual courtesy
DR.. VILE said that when the members
! Of the committee considering the candi-
dates were asked individuality 10 submit
names. all did. but not one slip OF paper
bore the name Of A woman.
Mrs Ella W. Cramer. one Of the mem
bcrs OF the board. then asked DR.. VILE
! II any Of the women were equal In
scholarship and other qualifications TO the
men appointed.
"If SO. then one Of the places should
/ have gone to woman said Mrs. Cra-
mer.
DR. VILE asserted he did not Ike to be
! so explicit. but he would answer, never
theless.
Not Equals Of Men Chosen.
The women who presented themselves
were not the equals Of the men APP
pointed" he declared.
} This satisfied Mrs Cramer.
/ After the meeting Or. VILE said Miss
olivia Leventritt. daughter OF the justice
was a member Of the committee which
considered the candidates and she had not
named any woman for a prncipalship.
The possibility OF wrangle over the
candidacy Of Mr.. OBrien for reelection
as associate city superintendent and the
possibility that Miss Strachan's name
might be brought into the debate caused
a large attendance OF teachers and others
connected with the system. The expected
trouble. however. failed 10 come. II was
intlmated that a caucus the night pre-
vious had disposed OF the matter.
Some members OF the board have main
tanned that Miss Strachan was not eligible
because she was NOT a college graduate
and in other ways did not come up TO the
requirements specified in the charter Her
supporters. however. contend she is eligi-
bic and may take the question to the
] courts
| DR. Ettinger, who received the coveted
| appointment. which is for term OF sin
| wears qnd carries "A salary OF $500 was
! born i'm this city. lie was graduated from
! Manhattan College in 1881 and received