The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-30
DR.. Eggleston Succeeding DR..
Jarman on State Board Is
Not Yet Member
Standardization
Under Amusement
Heads of Three Junior Col
lcges for Women Oppose
Virginia Associations Plan.
To Meet Again Today

Final action on the textbooks a6op-
ton for the public schools OF Wy
ginia was delayed again yesterday
when the State Board OF Education
met TO take action on the proposition
OF the Il +. Johnson Publishing Com
pany. on which the board deadlocked
Ave weeks ago. The delay yesterday
was occaSioned by the receipt OF n let
ter from DR.. J. IL. Eggieston. recently
elected member OF the board. IN which
he rendered his resignation.
How serious the delay will prove Is
yet 10 be developed. II may happen
that the tangle may be at once
Strengthened out but the situation is
such that the board is now more sorelv
puzzled than It has been since It took
up the matter OF book adoption sew
eral months ago,
Mr.. Egsleston, according 10 an
opinion of Attorney General John
Garland Pollard. canot resign because
he has not yet become a member Of
the board by qualifying for the office
TO which he was elected by the last
Legislature, and If he qualities and
then resigns the resignation cannot be
accepted by the state Board of Eiu-
cation. II must be made to the SEN
ate which named him and the Senate
VIII not be IN session again until next
winter. Resignation by Mr.. Eggleston
viii not create a. vacancy In the board
because the board cannot create va
cancies by designations
Eggfeston Not Yet Member.
DIR. Egsicston was named to sue
coed DR.. ]. l.. Jarman. whose term
as a member OF the board expired
March !, but TO become a member OF
the board Or. Eggleston must qualify.
He cannot resign from a body unfit he
is "a member OF that body. Though the
term Of DR.. Jarman ends March l,
under the constitution he holds his
Office until his successor qualities. Mr..
Eggleston, not having qualified. Mr.
Jarrnan is still member OF the State
board.
DIR. Jatman is still d member Of
the board, though he did not come
40 Richmond to attend the meeting
yesterday. Until DIR. EgslestonS
resignation was laid before the body
yesterday morning and II was learn
ed IL could not be accepted because
ne had rot become a member by
qualifying. was It realized by the
beard that there had been no change
In the personnel. which. February ~,
hopelessly tied up the final book
adoptions by voting to On the
ace ptanca Of the Johnson Compa-
nys proposition.
How Board Is Divided.
Each ballot taken at that meet
Ing and later showed the board to
stand divided, with Governor stuart,
Attorney General Pollard. Superin-
sendent stearnes and Superintendent
West. of Louisa. voting for accept
ance Of the johnson proposition. and
pr. Page. of the University: super
tnteadent Hart. of Roanoke. Or. Jar
man. OF F'armville Normal. and Colo
mel Ford. of the Y. NJ. l., voting in
the negative.
Since that meeting Or. Jarman's
term expired and yesterdays meeting.
with the new member, DR.. Eggleston.
attending, was TO have broken the
deadlock. IN the opinion OF members
OF the board and others interested.
But Or. Egsleston's letter presented
the newest complication.
Ever since the book adoption mat
ter was taken up by the board there
has been some development to delay
the work. There have been hearings,
Investigations. legislative action,
charges of discrimination against vir-
ginia by book publishers. and various
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