The Washington times., 1922-01-10
EDWARDS.
SCORED IN
MEETING

Schools Head, Condemned by
superintendent, Still Claims
He Did No Harm.
The practices Of the Columbian
Information Bureau, Of which
Daniel A. Edwards, is secretary, is
vigorously condemned by DR.. Frank
w. Ballou, superintendent Of
schools, and subordinate to Ed
wards, who is president Of the
Board Of Education.
Is vigororously Condemned.
The hearings before the subcommit-
tee on District Appropriation. made
public in part today, show that the
Superintendent attempted to- avoid an
expression of opinion but finally yield
ed to the desire of the committee.
81 would Hike to say that I have no
sympathy whatever with this enter
prise as . commercial enterprise, ana
] certainly condemn II very vigorously
from the standpoint Of education" !"
Ballou declared.
1t was then suggested that IT was
Ballou's place to ask the president Of
the Board Of Education regarding the
practice of the information bureau to
sell compositions to eighth grade
pupils. ..
"I shall do so," said Ballou.
Ballou also stated that he did not
believe the superintendent of school
or school officers should be called to
account for "a commercial enterprise
of this sort with which any member
Of the Board of Education 10 con-
nected, SO long as 1t Is purely q pri-
vate concern. ..
Would Not Permit It.
Speaking for myself" Ballou con-
tinued, that sort Of thing participated
In by the public school pupils and by
teachers would be condemned, and
would not be permitted"
Chairman Davis. Of the subcommit.
tee, said today that the subcommittee
planned no action other than exposing
the private work Of the president Of
the Board of Education.
"If the people OF Washington want
that kind of a man as head Of the
schools, all right" Davis commented.
In the hearings made public thie
morning by the committee the cross
examination of Edwards is contained
Congressman Buchanan of Texas,
at the opening Of Edwards defense,
declared:
''I, for one member Of the COM
mittee, do not think 1t would be right
for a trustee of the public schools
to furnish essays for the use Of
school children and to expose them
to the temptations Of cheating and
defrauding In school work and ad.
vertising the fact that he is trustee"
Sees No Harm In 1t.
To this Edwards replied: IT see
nothing wrong in advertising am
member Of the School Board"
Buchanan then presented a hypo.
thetical question:
Suppose a school child buys from
you an essay and pays so cents or
81, according to whether she gets
the original or a copy, and you ac-
cept the money, and the essay In
handed to her teacher, and the
teacher discovers that the child had
deceived her and reports to the
PRINCIPAL that she Is recommending
the child for expulsion: VIII you vote
to keep her so cents and not let It
be known7'
Edwards: "I would simply say that
7 had nothing to do with the case at
ALL"
Buchanan: you would. That
would not be true" -
Edwards: 80 far as I can see
now, Il would be true"
Buchanan: you are advertising
here you will sell the child some
thing to steal with"
Congressman Evans: "Will you an.
swer the question: Would you vote
for her expulsion?"
Edwards: 1T would depend entire
ly on the case"
Evans: "The case is what 1 tell
you-she had offered one of your
essays and handed Il In N one Of
her own and II had been so used. and
now you are a member Of the board
Of education and have her so cents
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