New-York tribune., 1922-02-09
rducation Board Re-elects
Candidate Attacked by
Navor. Also McAndrew,
With Snyder and Jones
Meeting Marked
By Bitter Speeches
Administration Defended
and Press Is Assailcd;
Miss McNally Defeated
for Directors Place

Under dramatic circumstances ana
following an hour Of oratorlcal
zorr;shes which at times forced
lauqhtcr from crowd that iammed
re meeting room Of the Board OF
Education, Associate Superintend-
erts Meleney and NfcAndrew, c. B.
]. SNYDER, superintendent Of school
buildings, and Patrick Jones, super
intendent Of school supplies, were
reelected yesterday by the board.
This WAS the boards answer to
Nsvor Hylan's Instructions, tele-
rhoned from Palm Beach, to David
Hirshfeld. Commissioner of Ac-
eounts. to Smash Meloney.' Tam
many failed to back up the Mayor,
and all the elections were unanimous.
Then. after The smoke of the
verbal pyrotechrics had cleared away
snd the crowd in the small meeting
room mad dwind'ed to not more than
ffty. the board. upon the challenged
statements Of VI. Samuel Stern, the
principal orator, re ected the Board
of supcrintendents nomination Of
Miss Elizabeth L. McNally for di-
rector Of speech Improvement.
Stern Causes Climax
TIE action upon Mss McNaliy's nomi-
\ s.iou served as d climax 70 the ses-
4 on. I. was predicated upon a report
Nr. Stern, IN which he found the
rdidate mot the proper person" for
position because. he said, she had
zen guilty Of teaching pupils over the
-e limit and pupils from outside the
=. lie repeatedly referred TO $500"
heh, be dec Jared in tones as loud as
Sc he had used to champion the can
.laces Of the four superintendonts,
speech Improvement pupil from
sischmanrs, n. y, had told him she
sii for the in truction givcr her.
To whom the money went, or ae 70
Ia. disposition was made Of il, Mr..
stern admitted he did not know Nor
7as lie able at the board meeting to
cser any proof as TO the alleged
.rsnsaction. when Mrs. Emma L. Muir
'ay another member of the board. de-
handed somewhat heatedly that ho SC
pecfic
Fs One Of the candidates for the posi-
non sought by Miss McNaily was Miss
lgnes birmingham, 3 re,ative Of Mayor
iyisn Mss BirmiUa aham stood fourth
= & hist Of applicants examined by the
lesrd of GperiNtendcnts recently.
Ihefe have been lnsistent reports that,
! n spite of the fact that she is said to
| Fare withdrawn her application, the
| tAayor's friends on the B 0ard of Edu-
ahon, Of whom Mr. Stern is one, in
I'1aded IN some way to obtain the po-
us:tion for her.
IN While Mr.. Stern refused to recon
',aer ms motion for her rejection,
alter Miss McNally. who was present
a tne ooard room, had requested ard
NeN gwen the floor to answer the sur
Hs-ng stateme' t. made, he confessed
aa' part O. what he had said prob
~; was not justified. He previously
ac denled, also, in tones that could
&c 'e heard throughout the building, that
'.Ss plrmiNgham was still candidate
" mat Ma. or Hylau had approached
I'm WIN 4 view 70 having her nomi-
oratofy Gushes Over Meeting
, ae FTom,sed, upon being pressed Sc
N Sssly by Mss McNaliy, to conduct a
n .~..sugn I'VE tigation. manfully and
N s.es'-'' and to summon the parents
,,.s suae CT the pupis Miss McNally had
&c Tor instruction, as well as the
sssa of the several schools in
~. ~'.a ne charged that the "privatc" or
TTs.''o"n ~ pupils we're taught.
s~ efatlons preceding the re-elec-
rsa the ~erintendcrts. one of
Ia Dr. Neleney) Mayor Hylan had
'ssl. .eu 'sma led and killed." proved
srd$% % e'''er ainine, to the crowd of men
4 s,s,J J1vn'ch who had gathered in the
r.Sl..Vm ,YVm Al enc end sat the seven
S's Of the Board OF Education.
-*si,n cent of schools, The sec
s,er a.a CLERKS. I'm the middle Of the
s. 80. 80. sc-fe OF reporters. In the
4 lxJ 's.,s' ne ne doors. sitting and
,i ~ p @ya' the walls. standing
M las ND ,r,d;;ed IN tie short balcony. were
fsB,wor b. Chambers member from,
Il :.'sr al one Of the most recent
II rss I'd 'Htees. after Chairman
II ss-,d ~ ~ csHed t'c meeting TO order.
n 'esed our sNperintendents be re-
sss,,oin ~ so moving he assa;'oa he
II sr>iesr OF the c'ty for printing
Ap tli.t me oF'g'n Of which he did
II srsssed nee ssary to explain. He
Il s,or.ess s,ossa MS remarks largely to the
II 'tssSs,s lie SAID lie trusted the
s'ssa.e w., would henceforth CO.
II I'D tbs ,n NJ the Board Of Education
IN lAa 70, Tfs:or fa: lie praised Mayor S,cs
n srses. -, ,aaTlng carried through the
H slstory 'cs0ol cs building budget in The
.syor II Of the city, and sid ID the tl'e
Hs .s mad shown "the propor ron sIta irtere t"t at
Il sss1y 'osn oh,l. A. Ferguson. the Navor,s
II lie SS"ss,cian So:n and another member
II .sy thai ",G, NJ, next arose. More vigor-
!srb in III Dir. Chambers and At grestar
Asesy@ @s also assailed the press I,
asss sAs, Strange to him that the news.
M Print "Yuio ". be allowed bv the CITY
bH %sy u,.n sucn scurrilous and scando'
,c.. w afscles.' He thought
'S'"'''usd on pass fous)
4 NV 4. s To