Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-01
BOARD TOEXAM|NE
FITNESS OF BRUCE
Calls for Investigation of As
sistant Superintendent
of Schools.
PROBE TO BE PRIVATE

Inc DOard OF educatlOn at a meet
ing in the Franklin School yesterday
afternoon. adopted resolution call
ing for a prompt investigation to de-
termine the fitness Of Roscoe c. Bruce
"as an organizer and director of the
colored public schools of the Dis
trict."
The board also adopted a resolution
approving the report of the corpora
ton counsel on the charges which
were filed against the assistant su-
perintendent by George {. Smith.
representing colored citizens asso-
citation. 1t reads:
The board of education after con-
sideration of the opinion by the cor
poration counsel in the case of RoS-
coe G. Bruce, assistant superintendent
of schools. rendered under date of
June Il, 1919. hereby announces their
satisfaction with this opinion so far
as the charges of moral turpitude are
concerned. The board finds no ground
for any such charges as have thus
far been brought against Mr.. Bruce"
Announces Intention.
The second resolution reads as fol-
lows:
The board of education hereby an
HouHceS tndl IL Will promptly declde
the question of Mr.. Bruces fitness as
an organizer and director OF the col
ored schools of the District of Column
bia, this being matter within the
boards discretion"
Fountain Peyton, colored member of
the board, asked George f.. Hamilton,
president, if witnesses of the Colored
Parents League would be permitted to
testify at the investigation which the
BOARD voted to conduct into the ques-
ton of Mr.. Bruce's fitness to head the
colored schools.
To Hear Any Material Witness.
Mr.. Hamilton replied that the inves-
tigation would be private one before
the board, not a public hearing. In
answering several other questions of
Mr.. Peyton. Mr.. Hamilton said that
any person who has material evidence
to offer would be heard.
After Mr.. Peyton had finished ques-
tioning Mr.. Hamilton about the nature
of the inquiry. a lively debate took
place between Mr. Hamilton and J. c.
Vaughn Todd. colored, who introduced
himself to the board as an humble
parent.
Says Colored People Anti-Bruce.
After announcing that he did not
represent the Colored Parents League,
he told the board that the colored peo
pie of the District are determined to
have Bruce removed.
Several times Mr.. Hamilton called
the speaker to a halt to inform him
that he was not stating correctly
the acts of the school board in the
Bruce case.
Mr. Peyton sought to have the
board set a date for the beginning
of the inquiry. but failed Prof. Henry
Wh 40
for an inquiry. said he did not want
to see a specified date set. He said
he wanted to see the board act
promptly, but with elaboration.
Calls Facilities Inadequate.
Residents of Benning made written
complaint to the board that school
facilities in that suburb are made
quate for the needs.
Resolutions also were received from
the Mid-City Citizens Association,
suggesting to the board that the
webster School be abandoned for
classroom purposes and used as an Of
hce building for school officials. An
other resolution asked the board to
endeavor to have new building
erected for the Abbot School.
Changes Made.
Changes in personnel were an
nounced, as follows:
Appointments-Dr. Martha b. Lyon,
temporarily. medical inspector: l.. NJ.
Vermillion. temporarily. clerk in su-
pervisor's office: II. d. Wise. teacher,
class 2, at Cleveland: A B. N. Thrash
er. teacher. second grade. at E. V.
Brown; l.. H. Thaden. teacher, sec
ond grade, at Weightman; c. NJ.
Young first grade, at Deanwood; N.
H. Lomax. teacher. class 1. school
gardens Co; E. L. Jackson. teacher.
K. A., at Payne; NJ. ". Williams. tenn
porarily. teacher. class j. at Payne:
NJ E. Clark, teacher. second grade. at
Burrville: NJ. P Adams, temporarily,
teacher class ga. at Armstrong.
Resignation-P. c. Du Nee. teacher,
fop5th sTads at E. NJ H TonTs from
second to fourth grade. at E. V.
Brown; A G. Knorl, from class 3 to
class 4, at Mott School; S. e. Browne,
from first grade at Deanwood to
third at Burrville; NJ. E. Allen; from
second grade at Burrvllle to fourth
grade at Deanwood.
Transfers-E. W. Tancill, from
fourth grade at Burrville to coaching
class at Mott; L. r. Lewis. from third
to fourth at Burrville.
Leaves of ABSENCE c. Eakin,
teacher class ga at Mckinley High;
C. r. Harrington. teacher class ga at
Business High; c. NJ. Bowser. teacher
fourth grade at Deanwood: Mrs. I. l..
Connolly, on leave for war work.
Appointments for summer work-In
school gardens: (W.) NJ. A. Emory. A.
p. Barton, M. F. Taylor, H. F. Anstine
and Mrs A. T. Gage. In Summer High
School (WD, Alice Deal. principal;
teachers, Marion Clark, Il. l.. Yoder.
Mrs E. C. Paul. Rhoda Watkins. s. T
Kimble, NJ. c. Halves, Helen Ellis. n.
A. Wright, l.. w. Mattern, X. c. Peck,
f. A. Hummer, S. II. Gardner. Mrs. >.
M. Farr, e. l. McNutt. L. w. Hunts
berger, Mrs. K. S. Outwater. Mrs. NJ.
|G. Hart. E. A. Benoliel, w. A. Smith,
lGenevieve Marsh. Irene Rice. 6. r.
Dewitt, f. B. Baldwin. ]. c. Taliaferro.
ing. Summer High Co, Mineola Kirk
land, principal: teachers. n. H.
Thomas, J. b. Allen, ]. II. Cowan, H.
NJ. Thomas, Mrs. f. l.. Haynes, q. ID.
Houston and Miss S. NJ. Mckinney; as
director Of industrial work In graded
schools, NJ. NJ. Greenwood.
The following were appointed in
the summer graded schools:
At Dennison-J. A. Kupfer. princi-
pal; NJ j. Prentiss B. L. Crockett and
phoebe Preston. teachers. Johnson
Powell--A. N. Crook, principal; Mrs.
f. Nice. Davis, +. Z. Elicit and r. E.
Tuckey, teachers. II. d. Cooke-E. NJ.
Crook, principal; F. A. Reeve and H. l.
harrington, teachers. Henry-H. D.
L. NJ. clark and NJ. c. Gervais. teach
ers. Ludlow-M. H. Selah. principal:
+. C. Carroll, D. c. Smoot and r. NJ.
Hillyard, teachers. Corcoran-M. F.
Gore, principal; Agnes Harrington.
II. E. LYNN and Bessie Wood, teach
ers. Jefferson-S. A. Tichenor. princi-
pal: D. C. Alwine, E. B. Graham. K.
c III nd II