Evening star., 1951-02-08

! ing waiting legal opinions as to
whether DR.. Corning did wrong
| in removing it.
into the discussion, saying she did
not feel it was a policy of the
board and that the board had
nothing to do with the cancella-
tion of Mrs. Bucks speech at
Cardozo High School.
"I don't ever remember hearing
any board member saying to the
superintendent that he should
check" Mrs. Williams said. 1--we
heard some say. Have you
checked?"
Mr.. Lee, the board member who
usually was the one to ask DR..
Corning in the past if names had
been checked with the committee
files, said:
"It is true that DR.. Corning has
been asked if he consulted the
files of the House Committee. But,
evaluation is another thing"
"As for the House Un-American
Activities Committee files, any
official that ignores. the records of
| the committee would be derelict
in his duty. 1t is true they have
certain value and should be
weighed" he added.
DR.. Corning put in:
THE administration is willing
to assume responsibility, provided
there is a clear-cut understand
I.ng of the policy Of the Board of
Education. References to the
Corning blacklist are not fair"
DR.. Corning said his new recon-
mendations "set up safeguard"
but put the House committee files
IN relation to other known factors.
| Mr.. Steinem then brought up
/ the question of the violation of
the rules by Cardozo High School
officials in inviting Mrs. Buck be-
fore clearing her name with DR..
Corning.
The rules should be obeyed, ..
Mr.. Steinem declared.
Mrs. Philip Sidney Smith joined
in this thought and Mrs. E. c..
Madgeburger asked DR.. Corning
what had been done about the
violation. Miss Jennie Mustapha,
assistant principal at Cardozo, is
credited with making the arrange
ments with Mrs. Buck.
Tells of Reprimand.
DR.. Corning said he would
rather tell what disciplinary ac-
ton he had taken in private, but
Mrs. Smith declared: II would
like you to answer it right here
and now"
DR.. Corning related he had
called in Miss Mustapha and
Robert N. Mattingly. principal of
Cardozo, and discussed the rules.
Dr.. Corning said he had repri-
manded her severely. And Mr..
Lee put in that such violations
of the rules could lead to dis
missal from the school system.
Then, the recommendations
were passed and a new policy was
born.
The board heard from DR..
Corning a defense of four text
books criticized recently by Mr..
Lee as inclined toward social
ISM"
But, no debate occurred as DR..
Corning also submitted long list
Of textbooks he wants to use in
the schools and asked the board
to look the books over before TAX
ing up the whole textbook prob
| lem. ....e
Finds Criticism Unjustified.
| DR.. Corning said he found mo
justification" for the criticism of
the books by Mr.. Lee.
One copy of Elementary Eco
nomics," by Leland j. Gordon, was
| found in the library of Wilson
Teachers College, DR.. Corning
said. 1t is a reference book, but
/! library records show that no
student has bothered to take it
off the shelf
Another book, Roots of
Political Behavior" by Richard
Carlton Snyder and H. Hubert
Wilson. also is on the shelf at
both Wilson and Miner Teachers
Colleges, he continued. This one
was used once in August and
once in September, he said.
workers at Home and Away
by Alta McIntire and Wilhelmina
Hill, is a third-grade textbook,
DR.. Corning said. 1t was re-
examined by the Elementary
Textbook Committee and received
the unanimous approval of that
group" he added.
There is no justification for
the removal of this book from
the authorized textbook list" DR..
Corning declared.
American Government" by
Frank Abbott Magruder, a high
school civics text, had been criti-
cized severely by Mr.. Lee. OF this
book, DR.. Corning said:
ut is quite possible that the
author. now deceased, believed in
more Government controls than
are approved by many thinking
citizens. 1t is not the opinion of
our department heads. however,
that the use of this textbook in
classrooms under our trained
teachers will make Socialists out
of the students"
Lee Defers Airing Views.
Mr.. Lee said he had plenty to
say, but would restrain himself
until the next meeting.
DR.. Corning made one unsuc-