Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-21

(and there are many which the com.
mittee regard as grave errors) are
more the result of the system than OF OF
| intentional wrongdoing on the par, ol
any one connected with the Schools.
c. The bill submitted by the senate
| committee, of which William stewart
was chairman and Jacob H. Gallinger
| leading member, provided that there pc
| a complete enforcement of the public
school department from the control OF OF
| the Commissioners of the District OF
Columbia, and requiring it to report u
Congress.
The bill as it passed Congress left the
control of the material interests IN inc
hands of the Commissioners and pro-
vided for the second plan.
Second Plan, to June 20, 1906.
The Commissioners of the District OF
Columbia appoint the board of education
which appoints superintendent. teachers
etc (No salary schedule for teachers
A. Defects as shown by report NO.
1895 and hearings. Fifty-ninth Con-
gress, first session, April 20, 1906:
/. Control by civilian Commissioner
over educational interests; control by
Engineer Commissioner over material IN
terestS of the schools.
g. When educational interests con-
flicted with material interests OF the
engineering Department., the educational
interests always yielded.
8. Board. not superintendent, seemed
to be supreme in educational matters.
Constant interference.
A. Teachers received starvation wages:
were leaving in ever-increasing numbers
and finally forced to band themselves
together to obtain increased salaries
and salary schedule.
5. Lack of economical administration
Ny,,te fNv, af.s- n NJ
eating and planning school buildings.
B. Some of the conclusions Of the
subcommittee reporting the bill:
There does not seem to be a clearly
defined plan. whether in regard to the
arrangement and size of the building, or
of course OF studies. for the extension
of the school system with due regard
TO a judiciouS economy"
G.. The bill as it passed Congress con-
tanned provisions as follows:
That a commission. consisting of a
superintendent of schools. the engineer
Commissioner and the supervising archi-
tect of the Treasury Department, is
hereby created for the purpose of sub
hitting to Congress at the session be-
ginning December, 1906.
First: A general plan for the con-
solidation of the public schools in the
District of Columbia. and the abandon
ment and sale of such school buildings
and sites as may by them be deemed
lltteSSdiS anu dtSlld loi Tue pCSe
good of the public school service.
Second: A general plan for the char
acter, size and location of school build
ingS in accordance with which the edu-
cational and business interests of the
public school system may be subserved.
And provided further for the third plan.
Third Plan, to Present Date.
Judges of the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia appoint the board
of education. which appoints superin-
tendent. teachers, etc. SALARY schedule
amended to the benefit of teachers, 1908,
1910, 1922
(Note-Teachers forced to incur heavy
legal expense to obtain from the courts
the rights to salaries granted them by
Congress, but denied them by authori-
ties foreign to the board of education)
Proposed Plan of Commissioners.
Commissioners plan to abrogate third
plan and return to first plan (probably
second plan) given before.
Another possible plan:
Complete and absolute separation OF
school interests. material. educational
and financial from the District govern
of education as constituted. in accord
ance with general tendencies and actual
practice of many progressive cities.