New-York tribune., 1922-02-24
Stern Absolves
Miss McNallv:
Also Himself
Contends Criticism Was
Justified. bu, Withdraws
Charges and Advocates
Her Immediate Election
Board Posipones Action
Mrs. Forsy,hc Appears in
Wheel Chair to Answer
Charges of DIR. EttinScr

Nrdicat.nE both himself and thc
candidate whom he bad charged with
beng rot The proper person" for al
rector of speech improvement IN the
public schools. H. samuel stern with
drew 4; yesterdays meeting OF the
Board Of Education his objection to
Niss Elizabeth NcNaliy for The Office
snd proposed ho7 election. What fol-
lowed dissipatcd some O. inc cn-
thusiasm which NJ. Storms reversal cf
attitude bad created. Tho board
amended resolution of approval BY
dcferrng another vote on Mss Nc
Nslly until Il could ascertain uhothcr
the office was really 4 necessary one.
O. rs John <. Bowc. the Staten Island
member, said in moving the delay,
find out whether speech Improvement
means eHunciation or pronunciatlon,'
In addition to She boards recon
s,deraticn OF tho McNaily case. Mrs.
Grace Strachan forsythe, appearing be
fore the board IN a whoelchair and
with a woman friend holding q glass
of milk for her, answered the state
r,cnts made by Or. William l.. EttinEer,
Superintendent Of Schools. month
ago. when he strongly opposed her Sc
lection by the board IS an associate
super ntcndeit to succeed Dr.. Andrew
". Edison, retired.
Challenges Ettinger's Statements
Mrs Forsythe, who vas ected in
pite Of the superintendent's state
,ments that she was not a person to
add dignity to the Office, and that, as
lhe superintendent intimated She
round more time for electioneering in
iehalf Of the Mayor than to attend
% her duties as district superin
-cndent IN Brooklyn, insisted on stand
ng to address the board but raised
herself from the whcelchair with ap
parent difficulty. While she was chal
-enging the superintendent's state
Hsents. paragraph by paragraph, the
CONAN who was assisting her to re-
main on her feet frequently passed her
the glass OF milk.
when l came here to-day" said Mrs.
lorsythe, 81 did so without the per
mission Of the doctor in charge OF my
case. 1t does seem to me that |. who
ave been in the city's schools since
1858. and in view of the Superintendent
- Schools arising to attacH me- have
q right TO be heard. At the same time
;nat the superintendent attacked me q
protest against my nomination from
me Teachers Union was ordered print
ed in the minutes Of the mceting'
Mrs. Forsythe could not understand
why her letter demanding an investi-
cation Of tho Superntendent's state
ments had not also been printed n the
minutes Of the board. This letter was
ordered tabled at the meeting two
weeks ago.
She suggested that the matter be
settled once and for all by the board
ordering the collection of all oata bear
ing on her work and the work of her
associates in the positions held since
1893, and then having q comparison
made
Charges Slur on Character
II say my character should be inves-
Ngated.' Mrs. Forsythc assorted. en-
bhatically; also the character Of eve~v
one II the Board of Superintendent.
=" non reference was made to - woman
q her type she said, in quoting the
Nuperlntendent's utterancos Il feel NV
mothcr. ny brothers and sisters. nv
niood or Whatever relation, arc slurrcd.
nerefore. whom throughout the couu-
Try the story has gone forth that Grace
soi"chan forsythe was elected asso-
'"to""o0t over the protest
OF the uper!ntendent, think too
ltr "@s oeen SAID tor more not to be
said. ~
Il think instead of nv. hoo}.r ~