Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-05
INQUIRY IS ORDERED
| ON BRUCE CHARGES
Filed Against Colored School
Official by G. C. Smith of
Northwest Citizens.
PARENTS LEAGUE FAILS

| charge of colored schools, by George
C. Smith of the Central Northwest
| Citizens Association, have been re-
ferred to the corporation counsel by
the board of education for investiga-
| ton.
| This announcement was made by
George E. Hamilton. president of the
! school board, at the meeting of the
! board at the Franklin School yester-
! day afternoon. In making the an
| nouncement Mr.. Hamilton stated that
| the charges of Mr.. Smith were the
only ones that the board had decided
to refer to the corporation counsel.
! 1t amounted to a rejection Of the
petitions filed against Mr.. Bruce by
the Colored Parents League. which
| has been wagfnE vigorous cam
paign against the head Of the col
ored schools.
Unwilling to Discuss Details.
| Mr.. Smith was unwilling to discuss
the details of the charges he filed
in the appointment Of teachers, he
said, was one Of the matters mem
toned in the letter.
| Mr.. Smith, who Is chairman Of the
schools committee Of the citizens as
| ISOLATION, said in answer to a Ques-
1
| citizens association charges do not
include the so-called "slush fund" let
ter. This letter was brought to light
| by the Colored Parents League. The
| league charged that 1t was sent out
! from the office Of Mr.. Bruce to col
ored teachers, soliciting their sup
port for the colored assistant super
| intendent.
| Mr. Hami1ton's announcement yes
| terday that only Mr.. Smiths charges
would be sent to the corporation
counsel practically means that this
charge of the parents league will be
| dropped by the board. A large dele
CATION of colored men and women,
some Of them from the parents
league, was at the meeting yester-
day.
| 1t is for the corporation counsel to
decide now whether the charges OF
the Central Northwest Citizens Asso-
citation form sufficient ground for &C
ton against Mr.. Bruce.
The board granted authority to the
Boy Scout organization to distribute
to the boys in the public schools
pamphlets and membership blanks for
their mothers and fathers to fill out
and become associate members Of the
scout movement.
Changes in Personnel.
Tho following changes in personnel
Of the teaching force were announced
! Appoint the following: c. NJ. Dris-
coll. teacher first grade. at H. D.
Cooke; Mrs. H. B. Johnson. temporar-
| lily. teacher class in special schools;
J. p. Wallace, teacher at Powell; c.
H. Johnson. teacher first grade at
fourth grade at Jefferson Amidon
school; Mrs. c. W. Jones. teacher
! sixth grade at Takoma School: N. C.
Harrington, teacher fourth grade at
Tenley; H: I: Appler. teacher sixth
| teacher first grade at Van Ness; A.
| B. Bryan, teacher class 8. drawing
NJ. R. Williams. teacher class 8. do
| nestle art (c); A. L. Costin, tenn
gorarily; teacher class 3 at Cook;
| gardens 1c): s. NJ Wilder. teacher
class 2. Jones School: G. E. Jernagin.
| teacher first grade at Lovejoy: E. L.
Webster. temporarily. as military in
structor Co: Sadie A. Gaskins. tenn
Porarily, community secretary at
ga at Dunbar. High; T. R. Holmes.
teacher class ga at Armstrong NJ T. !;
w. II. Policy, assistant janitor at
Mckinley: William H. Miller, laborer
at New Central; F. NJ. Rupert, jani-
tor at Kenilworth; Edward Scott, la
borer at Powell; ]. NJ. Holland, la
borer in community centers.
designations.
Accept the designations Of the fol-
lowing: Mrs. ". b. Wiesen, teacher
second grade at Powell; Mrs. o. e.
McMullen, teacher first grade at Orr:
Maudie Holmes. teacher first grade at
Van Ness; Raymond A. Wallace, labor
or at New Central: Whitson Pickett,
janitor at Kenilworth; Horace Jefrer-
son, laborer at Congress Heights; F.
NJ. Rupert, assistant janitor at Nc
Kinley High.
Transfers.
Transfer @. B. Holmes, from Pet
worth to Takoma, and from nth to
sixth grade; H. L. Collier, from
fourth grade at Lovejoy to tubercular
class at Harrison; U. g. Black, from
| third grade to fourth grade at Love-
| joy; B. I. Wade, from first grade to
third grade at Lovejoy: Grace Rice,
from fourth grade at Jefferson to fifth
grade at Petworth.
Leaves Of Absence.
Grant leave of absence to the fol-
| lowing: Mrs. L. K. Lloyd, teacher OF
domestic art (c); Mrs. G.. E. Hill
! teacher at Cook School.