The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-20
SEEK GILLIOM
AID IN TEACHER
LICENSE PROBE
State Board Committee Is
Named to Determine
Legal Action.
GIRL FAILED TO QUALIFY
Application for Faye Green
Permit Dictated by
GLADDEN., Is Charge.

ne OGdCe DOdrQ VI SQuCdVlOA W.
day instructed a committee to con-
fer with the attorney upon what
legal action can be taken toward
any State employe found culpable
in the Miss Faye Green music teach
er license affair.
Miss Green, daughter of a town.
ship trustee of Scott County, was
found to be holding the job of music
supervisor and a license from the
State when she had not completed
one-third of the education required
by the State. She has resigned.
State Superintendent of Public
Instruction Roy P. Wisehart began
an investigation several weeks ago
Charles Miller, former State
superintendent, now superintendent
of Indianapolis public schools and
a member of the State board, at
tempted to block the case going be-
fore the board today.
Letter to Teachers Father
Wisthart introduced evidence
that:
l. The license was issued the day
before Wisehart succeeded Miller as
State superintendent.
2. The license DIVISION had re-
fused some time before to issue the
license, holding the teacher was not
qualified.
3. A letter was written to Miss
Green's father, Wesley O. Green, by
Fred T. GLADDEN., assistant superin-
tendent, after the license was is
sued stating: "I am sure you ap-
preciate the necessity of saying
nothing about this license to any
one" GLADDEN. denies writing the
letter.
Mrs. Pauline Hume, a Steno-
grapher, said she typed the letter
for GLADDEN.. Miss Mary Merrill,
file clerk, said she remembered filing
a carbon copy.
Dictated Application
4. Miss Cleora Lipscomb, license d1-
vision clerk, testified GLADDEN. asked
her for teacher license application
blanks. She objected because they
were numbered and he might dis
rupt the filing system. She said
she told GLADDEN. "You had better
let us put it through in the reg
ular order or there might be trou-
ble." She said GLADDEN. stood over
her and dictated an application for
a license for Miss Green.
5-The back of the application
blank bore Gladden's approval Of
credits.
When the board had completed
routine matters, Board Member E.
c.. Elliott, Purdue University preSl-
dent, moved that the board go into
executive session and exclude news
paper men.
Miller Tries to Block Affair
Board Member L. N. Hines asked:
"Does this refer to the Fay Green
case?"
Elliott said it did not.
The board was in closed session
for a few minutes, reporters were
recalled.
Wisehart reported the return OF
Miss Green's license.
Miller instantly remarked, "Oh
that Is merely a Democratic fac
tional squabble down there" and
added, "I feel that now that the Ii
cense is returned there is nothine
more to be done, so let's close the
matter.
Wisehart asked if this was mo-
ton. Miller said, "Yes." Elliott
seconded.
Only three members, including
Miller and Elliott, voted in the af-
firnative. DR.. L. N. Hines, presi-
dent of Indiana State Normal
School, voted no.
Then Hines remarked: where
there is so much smoke there must
be fire. I demand division.
Committee Is Named
The division showed only Elliott
and Miller voting to close the mat
ter and the rest voting to discuss it
Miller took up the defense Of
GLADDEN.. Finally he put Green or
the stand.
Green admitted writing a letter
in intimate terms, describing how 6
professor in a Hoosier university
had told him he did not believe hi
daughter was qualified.
The committee to see the attor.
ney general includes Wisehart, Mis-
Martha Whitaker of Richmond, A
E. Moss Of Marion, and Mrs. Berry
Holland of Bloomington.
To this committee also was re
ferred the task of asking for al
opinion upon the charges of NAL
feaSance in Office, which Green f1leC
against Floyd E. James, Scott Coun