The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-09-16
Say No Politics
In Shake-Up at
Caswen School,
Charities Board Thinks
Gross Mismanagement
Prevailed in Past
By J. C. BASKERVlLL
The Times News Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel

RALEIGH. Sept. 16..- While
there is no longer anything to in
dictate there were any political
considerations involved in the re-
cent shake-up in the CaSweIl
Training School in Kinston, or
that Governor J. c. B. Ehringhaus
had anything to do with changes
made there in which Dr.. W. H.
Dixon, its superintendent and
DR.. 4. VI. Inclusion, medical di-
rector, were dismissed by the
new board Of directors, the feel
ing is still prevalent that Gov
e.nor Ehringhaus made mistake
by Withholding the report Of the
investigation made into the con-
duct Of the school so long. Most
OF this investigation, on which
the report is based. was made
during the administration Of
former Governor O. Max Gard
ner. 1t was delivered to Gov
ernor Ehringhaus back in May
of this year and a copy Of it was
sent 70 every member Of the
board Of directors of the Cas-
we'll Training school
The prevailing belief here is
that if Governor Ehringhaus had
instructed Mrs. W. 7. Bost, COM
missioner Of public welfare. I'M
der whose direction the investi-
cation was made, to have made
the report public at the time the
officials of the school were dis
missed bv the new board Of di-
rectors, there would have been
much less criticism and fewer
charges that the governor was
playing politics. But those who
have read the report Of the in
vestigation made by the state
board of charities and public
welfare are convinced that pol
itics OF no politics, the school has
been grossly mismanaged and
that a change in administration
was essential. Whether the new
administration will De any better
than the old one, remain to be
seen.
The administration of the
school seems to have gone utter
ly stagnant under the admins
tratlOn Of Dr.. Dixon and DR.. Nc
Cuiston, according to the report
submitted by K. Eugene Brown
and DR.. II. w. Crane Of the state
board of charities and public vel
fare, who made the investigation,
Incidentally, it has been definite
" learned that this investigation
was undertaken by the welfare
department, at the suggestion of
former Governor Gardner, after
having received many complaints
from county welfare officers
over the state who he'd dealings
with the school. The report
states that the investigators
found DR.. Dixon turned over too
much responsibility to other en-
pIoyes and contains a very strong
Indictment Of DR.. McCuiston,
who apparently turned over most
Of his duties as medical officer
to the nurses in charge. The re-
pert is generally commendatory
Of the work Of w. L. Sutton as
business manager, and who has
been retained as farm superin-
tendent.
The investigators found the
food decidedly poor and the diet
unbalanced, despite the fact
That much greater variety of
I"od was available than was used.
lhe school management had given
up raising chickens on the
grounds that the efforts to raise
chickens We're too costly, with
Ihe result that eggs were scarce
y ever served the children in
the school. Here is the menn
round on December II, 1882, the
uay the Investigators were pres
breakfast; Rice, bread, syrup.
'u'tef' milk, gravy made from