Evening journal., 1914-05-29
NO BOOKS Of ITS
Finances KEPT
BY School BOARD
Colonel Slower Raises QueS-
ton of How II Can Tell
II Has a Deficit
Mr.. BAYNARD Says CITY
Treasurer HAS RECORDS

Of the Board of Education at the meet
ing of Council last night. 1T takes |
good bookkeeping and a trial balance
to determine that" continued Colonel
Stoyer. "A we'll regulated system OF
is something the Board OF
Education hasn't got They keep no
books of financial transactions and have
no bank books. ! can't see how you can
tell whether there will be a deficit
or not"
These words which We're spoken in
reply to utterances by Mr.. Baynard to
the effect that the Board of Education
would live within their appropriation
next year and would come to the Coun-
ell mt the end of the year without
deficit. not only astonished the members
of Council but revealed a new condition
in the methods of the Board of Educa
tion in the management of their affairs.
In reply Mr. Baynard stated that
the boards financial affairs were
transacted through the City Treasur-
ers Office and it was therefore not
necessary to have any bank books.
Mr.. Baynard then attacked THE
EVENING JOURNAL for what he
termed malicious utterances without
foundation" that have appeared in the
columns of this paper, which place
the paper Gin Row A of yellow jour
nalism suitable for Chinatown" He
characterized the utterances of THE
JOURNAL as malignant lies from
start to finish, and stated that the
article that appeared in THE JOUR-
NAL yesterday, relative to No. 4
School, was not true That article
referred mostly to the unclean con-
ditions at No. School and to a re-
tort Or. II. o. Cooper of the Board
made to Miss Butler, principal of the
school to the effect that if you
didn't like the way il was kept
cleaned you can clean 1t yourself"
1t made one reference to Mr.. Bay
nard.
Miss Frances A. Butler, principal of
No. public school, at Third and
Washington streets, has requested
THE EVENING JOURNAL to make
one correction in connection with the
story she told yesterday in relation to
the troubles with the janitor in that
school and with certain persons con
nected with the Board of Education.
In the course Of her talk with a re-
porter yesterday the reporter was led
to understand that it was Samuel Fl.
Baynard, president of the board, who
told her that the floors of the school
"are old, like some people are, and
won't stand scrubbing" Miss Butler
now says it was not Mr. Baynard who
made that remark to her He was
not present, she says, when the re-
mark was made. Those present were
DR.. T. o. Cooper, and a man named
Burton, who was supervisor of jani
tors. She was so excited at that time
that now she cannot remember
whether it was DR.. Cooper or Burton
who said IT, Another teacher there
heard the remark made but she can
not remember who made it. In all
other respects, Miss Butler insists
the story printed in THE EVENING
JOURNAL was true. Other teachers
in the school had spoken to her about
it since il was published. she said, and
asserted that it was true to the let
ter" so far as conditions at the school
were concerned.
Therefore. as it always is the policy
of THE EVENING JOURNAL to discuss
public men and measures fairly, it takes
| Justice to Mr.. Baynard and suggests
that he order an investigation to see il
he can find out who did say it and, at
the same time, devote part OF his en-
erey to cleaning up the janitorial
trouble in that school.
Miss Butler reaifrmed all she haC
said yesterday with the exception oI
| Mr.. Baynard's statement. She STATED
that she had met Mr.. Baynard one day
at church. while ''writhing under DR.
| Coopcrs insolencc," and had informed
him of the conditions at the school. Mr.
/ Baynard, she said, assured her thai
something would be done to correct these
conditions, but nothing had been done
She stated to him: Il expect l viii los'
my position some time and Mr.. Bay
nard replied 1--WE viii take care OF YOU
Miss Butler attributes most Of the
trouble at the school TO the interfer
ence of Marine Thomas, the Higi
School ianitor She repeated state
ments made yesterday, and stated tha'
last September when the school was
opened James Mitchell. the janitor o
] No. 4 school, who resides in DR.. Coop
er's home, told her that the building
had been cleaned and that "he has
swept it forty times" She said tina
when she went into the building sh'
found It thick with cobwebs, the cob
webs on the stairs being so thick tina
she could hear them brushing of a
she walked upstairs.
She stated that there was one room
in the school in which the children at
their lunch. and the floor was spotte
when Jelly and other things ha
fallen on II.
After Christmas week she aske
Janitor Mitchell to scrub this iiool
{ and he told her no water could be pu
} on the floor. She then had the foo
. scrubbed herself. and while it was be
ing scrubbed Mitchell entered tn
] room and told her that no waite
{ should be put on the floor. She tol
him to get out, as she was paying
have the work done herself. She r6
heated that the odor from the out
, buildings was so bad that the neigl
bors had complained, and assured tn
reporter that the statements relative
, to Dr. Cooper in yesterdays stor
were true.
Miss Butler remarked that tn
morning she had received a call fro
!. a Young man who was almost
stranger TO her, and he informed hI
7 that there we're ten men working
Y the office in which he worked, an
the, oil wanted to assure her that 81