Evening star., 1952-01-17

things on the school board.
AS outlined by DR.. johnson, the
committee would be made up of
the chairmen Of the other stand
ing committees Of the school
board with the president Of the
school board serving as a mem
Der Of the watchdog committee as
an ex ofi1cio member.
Includes Mine Members.
Since all board members, with
the exception of the president,
are chairmen of committees. the
proposed committee would include
all nine school board members.
DR.. Johnson's suggested rule
setting up the committee read as
follows:
"It shall be an advisory COM
mittee to the Board Of Education
and shall make its report directly
to the board. It shall have execu-.
tive and fact-finding powers ac-1
cording to the. nature Of the busi-,
ness before 1t and the Law gov
erning such business.
"The routine duties Of the COM
mittee shall be to receive the SUI
perintendent's yearly report to the
Board Of Education upon proper
reference and make recommended
tions to the board upon 1t.
Would Hear Complaints.
"1t shall consider and make
recommendations to the board on
matters referable to the election,
retention or separation Of the
superintendent of schools. It
shall hear all complaints against
the superintendent and report to
the board its findings"
DR.. Johnson's outline went on
to say that the committee would
meet twice a year but could be
called to other sessions by the
president Of the board or by three
members. The school superin-
|tendent would attend the meet
|ings Of the watchdog committee
by invitation only. g..
DR.. johnson, along with Adel-
bert w. Lee, board vice president,
and c. Melvin Sharpe, president,
voted against reappointing DR..
Corning to the superintendency
earlier this month. The six other
members prevailed In remaining
DR.. Corning to his third term.
DR.. James A. Cannon, DR.. Corn
ing's most avid supporter, then
suggested a change In the school
board rules himself.
Rule Change Urged.
DR.. Gannon's change would
make a two-thirds vote of the
school board necessary to fire DR..
Corning. The present rule cover
ing that says:
HE (the superintendent may
be removed at any time for ade-
quate cause affecting his char
acter and efficiency as superin-
tendent by a majority ballot vote
of the entire board"
This also was sent to the rules
committee for study.
Concerning the future status Of
the teachers collegeS-Wilson for
white students and Miner for col
ored-Dr. Corning said the expan-
sion Of the courses offered so that
graduate work could be included
at the institutions would take an
appropriation. He pointed out that
professors would have to be as
signed In the various fields.
In response to questions, he
said the physical plants Of the two
colleges are inadequate now and
any expansion would have to be
accomplished along with new ia
Icilities. He declared, "this prob
ably could be solved by changes
in the utilization Of other schools. %
No Specific Buildings.
After the meeting, he told re-
porters no specific school build
ings have been selected for the
future shifts Of the colleges to
new quarters. He denied that
Western High and Mckinley High
have been chosen. But he said there
lis no intention to ask Congress
for the millions Of dollars that
would be necessary to build new
plants for the two colleges.
The transfer Of the nearly I'm
lished River Terrace Elementary
School was voted by the school
board with little discussion. II
Jail had been settled on Tuesday
at committee meeting.
The shift was voted after DR.
Corning reported . census Of thu
hborhood showed that q ma.
ljority Of the families now Twins
lin the area were eolored. WheE