Evening star., 1936-04-02
EDUCATION BOARD
TO GATHER DATA
in RED WRANGLE
Texan Seeks Names of
Those Who Graduated
From Columbia U.
VOTE OF MRS. DOYLE
DECIDES COMPLIANCE
DR.. Ballou Makes Public His Cor
respondence With Repre-
sentative.

sentative.
In a new development growing out
of the red rider" controversy, District
school teachers will be required to fur
nish the Board Of Education with a
complete record of their college educa-
ton, to comply with a request by Rep
resentative Blanton, Democrat, of
Texas for the names of all teachers
who were graduated from or attended
Teachers College Of Columbia Uni
versity.
The board late yesterday voted to
gather the data after Supt of Schools
Frank w. Ballou read letter in which
the Texas Representative asked the
scholastic background of the teachers
and for information regarding DR..
Ballou's association with the American
Historical Association or the Commits
sion OF Social Studies, and likewise
his attendance at Teachers College.
Blanton has been granted 40 min
utes to address the House on the
red rider today.
Mrs. Doyle's Vote Decides.
The vote on Henry I. Quinns mo
ton to comply with the Texans re-
quest was to 4, Mrs. Marion Wade
Doyle, president. casting the deciding
ballot. Shortly before this, the board
defeated motion by Henry Gilligan
to refuse Blanton's request.
Quinn specified in his motion Blan-
ton should be advised of the method of
selection Of teachers. He declared the
board should explain instructors are
picked on their merits, from the
eligible lists, and that their college
connections have nothing to do with
their appointment.
Gilligan and Robert A. Maurer OBJ
jected strenuously to the request. and
another board member, George M
Whitwell. questioned Blanton's autho~-
| ity to demand the information. Blan-
ton asked for the information on be-
half of the subcommittee handling the
District appropriations, Of which he is
chairman.
DIR. BaIlou Replies.
LII DdIAOu SOIIC-
spondence between Blanton and him
self, including two letters from Blanton,
and his two answers.
DR.. Ballou took up in his first reply,
the seven specific questions asked by
Blanton, and answered them one by
one.
Referring to Blanton's request Of
March 25, to have the information
tomorrow" DR. Ballou said, II am
giving you such information as is
available within the time limit which
you have set. I shall repeat your
question and reply thereto"
The Questions and Answers.
The questions and answers in Dr..
| Ballou's letter of March IS are as fol-
| lows:
"u What was the total amount
that you received from the American
Historical Association or the Commits
sion on Social Studies or from any one
connected with the above, covering
| expenses honorariums, or fees during
the five-year period that you acted as
the secretary for said Commission on
Social Studies?
Il received no honoraiums or fees
either from the American Historical
Association or the Commission on the
Social Studies. During the period that
I was a member of said Commission
on the Social Studies I did receive the
amount of money represented by the
expenses incurred by me in travelling
to and from the place of meeting AMI
while in attendance during the meet
ings
The amount of such expenses is not
readily available, and doubt if can
give definite information on that sub
ject because I do not keep a record
of such expenses.
Holds B. S. From Columbia.
"'(2) Please advise whether or no.
you are a graduate of the Columbia
University and how long you attended
the Teachers College of Columbia
University
II received a B. S. degree from
Teachers College, Columbia University,
in 1904. I attended Columbia Uni
versity between 1902 and 1904, and the
Summer session of 1908.
"'(3 Please advise whether or not
during any period of time that you
attended the Teachers College of
Columbia University you were in any
way associated with either DR.. George
S. Counts or DR.. Charles A. Beard,
and If so, then in what relation?'
na II in r.
ance at Teachers College, Columbia
University. between 1902 and 1904,
had never heard of DR.. Counts or DR..
Beard. I find on consulting Who's
Who in America that DR.. Counts was
born on December 9, 1889, and there
fore he would have been Is years Of
age when I entered Teachers College
in 1902.
ALSO 7 find on consulting Who's
Who that Dr.. Board was a graduate
student at Columbia University (not
Teachers College, between 1902 and
1904, having received his M. A. degree
in 1903 and his Phi. D. degree in 1904.
I never saw DR.. Board during that
period and did not meet him for
many years thereafter.
DIR. Charters Record.
"'(4) Do you know whether DR.. w.
w. Charters ever attended Columbia
University or the Teachers College of
Columbia University
II do not have personal knowledge
as to whether DR.. w. w. Charters ever
attended Columbia University or the
Teachers College of Columbia Uni
versity. The statement relative to DR..
Charters in Who's Who does not
show that DR.. Charters was ever con-