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CANPS' WARDENS QUIT UNDER FIRE Atlanta Convict Conditions “Deplorable” at Places Covered by Probe. Bv the Assoclated Press. ATLANTA, July 13.—Wardens of two convict camps where a legisla- tive committee said conditions were *“deplorable” resigned today. Chairman W. E. Wilburn of the State Highway Board said the resig- nations were received from Warden H. B. Smith of the camp in Heard County and J. C. Price, warden of & prison camp in White County. The highway chairman said a book- keeper of a convict camp in Gilmer County, whose dismissal was recom- mended on a charge of inefficiency, will be replaced probably within a few days. The bookkeeper was listed in the committee report as H. N. Hall. TRIAL NEARS END. By the Assoclated Press. CHARLOTTE, N. C., July 13.—Trial of five former prison camp officials charged with mistreating two colored prisoners recessed for the week end here today with a promise that State’s evidence would be completed Monday. The testimony was along lines pre- viously given and at the end of the day Solicitor John G. Carpenter said he hoped to complete on Monday evidence tending to show that the feet of Woodrow Wilson Shropshire and Robert Barnes, the two convicts, had to be amputated because of in- fection that set in allegedly while they were incarcerated in a cold cell last Winter as a disciplinary measure. The prosecution smiled when Clyde Richardson, colored cook at the camp, took the stand and—answering a question by G. T. Carswell of the de- fense as to whether Little had mis- treated prisoners—said: “Yassuh. I've seen him kick ’'em | and slap ’em and I seen him take one | down dead from his chains in the dark | cells.” Teachers (Continued From First Page.) will be 20 more vacancies this year, according to Assistant Superintendent of Schools Robert D. Haycock, with only four successful candidates wait- ing to fill them. Announcement al- ready has been made that another examination will be held this Fall to | get enough teachers to fill these posi- tions. School officials, much aroused | by the situation, yesterday were trying to get at the source of the trouble. Figures Not Public. Superintendent of Schools Frank W. Ballou, however, seemed entirely un- concerned. Asked for figures as to the number who took the examina-| tion in past vears and the percentage who passed, he replied that these fig- ures were “not public records.” and he never would give out such informa- | tion unless specifically ordered by a public vote of the Board of Education. Dr. Clyde M. Mortimer, registrar | and acting president of Wilson, said: The failure of a large percentage | of the kindergarten-primary group of | this year's graduates of the college | naturally has been of great concern | to the administration and staff of the | college. The Executive Council will | make a very thorough study of the situation through its committee on| elementary education. The result of this study will form the basis for such; recommendations or curricular im- | provements as are deemed necessar Another official of the school sai he thought it “a shame that students should spend four years in the belief they were fitting themselves for teach- | ing positions only to find they can’t qualify.” Given Higher Examination. Most of the Wilson College grad- uates who took the examination com- Iplained that questions were asked which called for knowledge entirely outside what they had been taught or what they would be required to| teach. Candidates in this group were given | the identical examination offered the | intermediate group. The kinder- garten-primary level includes the kin- dergarten and the first, second and third grades. The intermediate group covers from the third through the sixth grades. Subject matter which is taught in the two divisions differs considerably, but no allowance was made for this | difference in the examination. Teach- | ing methods, of course, vary widely, | and in recognition of this candi-| dates were told to answer questions | in the section of the examination de- voted to professional methods ac- cording to their own grade level. Even in the method examination. | SPECIAL $5.50 Value Vivi-Tonic Oil CROQUIGNOLE or SPIRAL Permanent Wide, Soft 50 Natural Waves With or Without Ringlets Including % Vivi-Tonic Wave % Shampoo Before Y Shampoo After Y Finger Wave This brilliant wave conforms to your This individuality. is a very exclusive wave at the price. Beauty Service, 25¢ & 35¢. Mon., Tues, Wed. and Thurs. Expert Operators Only ~Beau Box (Opp. Garfinckel's—Over Velati’s) 609 14th St. N.W. Phone MEt. 7225 OPEN EVERY EVENING A Hold-up at Miss Eileen Herrick, daughter of New York and prominent in the younger social set, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, Southampton Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Herrick of poses with an inflated friend while cooling ofl in the surf at Southampten, Long Island, Beach Club. —— |umes since their curriculum had not however, questions were asked whlch; went beyond the scope of instruction Teceived, it was learned. An example of this occurred in the arithmetic questions. Candidates were asked how to correct children who had made errors in long and short division end multiplication, | subjects which are not taken up until | the intermediate grades are reached. Difficulty in Literature. Considerable difficulty also resulted | from the questions concerning chil- dren’s literature. The candidates were asked concerning & long list of books which ere used in the inter- mediate levels, rather than in the pri- mary grades or kindergarten. They were unfamiliar with the specific vol- covered them. Geography and history were two other subjects in which matter taught in the primary and intermediate grades differs, but questions asked in the examination on these subjects were the same for both groups. Only the highest fourth of every high school graduate class is eligible for entrance to Wilson, assuring a —A. P. Photo. high-level of scholarship among stu- dents at the school. It was pointed out that when the top fourth of high school graduates, spending four years in a college course for which they are awarded degrees and which is intend- ed to prepare them for teaching, can=- not pass an examination for teach- ing—something is more apt to be wrong witis the system than with the c_m;n. POOL At the Y.M.c.A. 18th & G Sts. 3 Mos.—$5.00 FIGHTS LONG INVASION Arkansan Calls by Inference for Resistance to “Dictator.” LITTLE ROCK, Ark., July 13 (®). —Pointing toward Louisiana, but avolding mention of any name, C. P. 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